WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG61/N/1
10 June 1998
(98-2361)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY
AND LITHUANIA
Notification by Turkey
The following communication, dated 16 April 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Missions of Turkey and Lithuania with the request that it be circulated to the WTO Members.
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The Permanent Mission of Turkey to the World Trade Organization and the Permanent
Mission of Lithuania to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations, pursuant to
Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994 and the Understa nding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of
GATT 1994, wish to notify the Council for Trade in Goods that the two parties have concluded a FreeTrade Agreement within the meaning of Article XXIV of GATT 1994.
The Turkey-Lithuania Free Trade Agreement was signed on 2 June 1997.  The Agreement has
entered into force on 1 March 1998.
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Both parties wish to express their willingness to contribute actively to the process of
examination in accordance with the procedures agreed upon in the Committee on Regional TradeAgreements.
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1 The text of the Agreement is circulated in document WT/REG61/1.