WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG73/2
7 January 2000
(00-0056)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
AND THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION
Terms of Reference of the Examination
Terms of Reference adopted on 2 July 1999
"to examine, in light of the relevant prov isions of the GATT 1994, the Free Trade Agreement
between the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation 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 2 July 1999
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 meeting of the Council on 20 February 1995, as contained in
document WT/REG3/1, will apply mutatis mutandis  to the 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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