WORLD TRADE WT/REG43/2
6February 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0446)
Committee onRegional Trade Agreements
EURO-MEDITERRANEAN INTERIM ASSOCIATION AGREEMENT ONTRADE
AND CO-OPERATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND THE
PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION FOR THE BENEFIT OFTHE
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY OFTHE WEST BANK AND GAZA STRIP
Terms ofReference fortheExamination
Terms ofReference adopted on21July1997
"toexamine, inlightoftherelevant provisions oftheGATT 1994, theEuro-Mediterranean
Interim Association Agreement onTrade andCo-operation between theEuropean Community
andthePalestine Liberation Organization forthebenefit ofthePalestinian Authority ofthe
West Bank andGaza Strip andtosubmit areport totheCouncil forTrade inGoods"
Understanding readoutbytheChairman oftheCouncil forTrade inGoods atitsmeeting
of21July1997
Itisunderstood thattheunderstanding readoutbytheChairman oftheCouncil forTrade in
Goods under item 7oftheAgenda ofthemeeting oftheCouncil forTrade inGoods on
20February 1995, ascontained indocument WT/REG3/1, willapply mutatis mutandis tothis
examination. Itisalsounderstood that,during theexamination, dueaccount willbetaken oftheintrinsic
differences between customs unions andfree-trade areas.
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