WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG107/3/Corr.1
4 January 2002
(02-0025)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND POLAND
Corrigendum
The whole Section II.5 should be replaced by the following text:
II. TRADE PROVISIONS
"5. Safeguards
Article 26 provides for the application of general safeguard measures by a Party where any
product is imported in such quantities and under such conditions as to cause or threaten to cause:
(a) serious injury to domestic producers of like or directly competitive products in the territory of
the importing Party;  or
(b) serious disturbance in any sector of the ec onomy or difficulties which could bring about
serious deterioration in the economic situation of a region.
In case of balance of payments difficulties, Article 31 of the Agreement gives the Parties the
right of adopting restrictive measures in accordance with the conditions laid down within the
framework of GATT 1994 and with the relevant Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary
Fund.
Article 30 of the Agreement establishes the procedures for the application of safeguard
measures between the Parties in case of emergency action on imports of particular products
(Article 26), re-export and serious shortage (Article  28), provisions concerning rules of competition
(Article 20) and state aid (Article 21)."
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