WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG60/2
14 October 1998
(98-3956)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND ISRAEL
Terms of Reference of the Examination
Terms of Reference adopted on 5 June 1998
"to examine, in light of the relevant provis ions of the GATT 1994, the Free Trade Agreement
between Turkey and Israel and to submit a report to the Council for Trade in Goods".
Understanding read out by the Chairm an of the Council for Trade in Goods
at its meeting of 5 June 1998
It is understood that the understanding read out  by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in
Goods under item 7 of the Agenda of the m eeting of the Council for Trade in Goods on
20 February 1995, as contained in document WT/REG3/1, will apply mutatis mutandis  to this
examination.  It is also understood that, during the examination, due account will be taken of the
intrinsic differences between customs unions and free-trade areas.
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