 
  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG166/N/1 
31 March 2004 
 
 (04-1453) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:   English 
  
 
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CROATIA  AND ALBANIA 
 
  The following communication, dated 8 March 2004, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegations of the Republic of Croa tia and the Republic of Albania. 
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Notification from the Parties to the Agreement
 
  The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Croatia and the Permanent Mission of the 
Republic of Albania pursuant to Article XXIV :7(a) of GATT 1994 and th e Understanding on the 
Interpretation of Article XXIV of GATT 1994, have  the honour to inform the Members of the WTO 
that the Free Trade Agreement between the Repub lic of Croatia and the Republic of Albania was 
signed on 27 September 2002 and following the respective ratifications in both Parties, entered into 
force on 1 June 2003.
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 The Agreement contains provisions relating to  trade in goods that are of relevance to 
Members of the World Trade Organization.   The Agreement provides for the gradual est ablishment of a free-trade area between the 
Republic of Croatia and the Republic of Albania in the sense of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and 
the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article  XXIV of GATT 1994, over a transitional period 
ending on 1 January 2008. At that time, duties and other restrictive regulations of commerce will have 
been eliminated on substantially all the trad e between the signatories of the Agreement. 
   
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1 The text of the Agreement will be circulated in document WT/REG166/1. 