WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG65/N/1
25 February 1999
(99-0732)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND POLAND
Notification from the Parties to the Agreement
The following communication, dated 18 December 1998, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Israel and the Permanent Representation of Poland with the request that it be
circulated to WTO Members.
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The Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations Office and other International
Organizations and the Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the United Nations
Office at Geneva, pursuant of Article XXIV: 7(a) of GATT 1994 and the Understanding on theInterpretation of Article XXIV of GATT 1994, wish to notify the Council for Trade in Goods that the
two parties have concluded a Free Trade Agreement within the meaning of Article XXIV of
GATT 1994.
The Israel-Poland Free Trade Agreement was signed on 1 July 1997.  The Agreement has
been provisionally applied as of 1 March 1998
1 and is awaiting its entry into force.
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 Trade Agreements.
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1The text of the Agreement is circulated in document WT/REG65/1