WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG122/N/1
21 February 2001
(01-0860)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GEORGIA AND TURKMENISTAN
Notification from Georgia
The Permanent Mission of Georgia has submitted, on 8 February 2001, the following
notification with the request that it be circulated to WTO Members.
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The Permanent Mission of Georgia to the United Nations Office and other International
Organizations at Geneva has the honour to inform that the Free Trade Agreement between the
Government of Georgia and the Government of  Turkmenistan came into force on 1 January 2000.1
The Agreement contains provisions relating to free trade in goods between Georgia and
Turkmenistan within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994.
Georgia and Turkmenistan are expressing their preparedness to provide any further
information requested by the WTO Members in respect of the provisions of the Agreement, and to
participate actively in the examination of the Agreement in the Committee on Regional Trade
Agreements.
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1 The text of the Agreement is circulated in document WT/REG122/1.