WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG110/N/1
7 November 2000
(00-4699)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
EURO-MEDITERRANEAN AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND ISRAEL
The following communication, dated 20 September 2000, has been received from the
European Commission with the request that it be circulated to WTO Members.
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The Delegation of the European Communities and Israel have the honour to inform the
Members of the WTO that the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between
the European Communities and their Member States and the State of Israel entered into force on
1 June 2000.1
The Agreement reinforces the existing free-trade area in the sense of Article XXIV of the
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 between the European Communities and Israel.
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1 The text of the Agreement is being circulated in document WT/REG110/1