WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TMB/N/326
4 August 1998
(98-3072)
Textiles Monitoring Body Original:  English
AGREEMENT ON TEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 3.3
Communication from the European Community and Turkey
The Textiles Monitoring Body has received a joint communication from the
European Community and Turkey pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 3.
The TMB, in accordance with paragraph 5 of Article 3, is circulating this communication to
WTO Members for their information.G/TMB/N/326
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(This notification was delivered to the TMB Chairman on 6 May 1998.)
Dear Mr. Chairman,
Please find enclosed a copy of a joint communication from the parties to the EC/Turkey
Customs Union to the TMB for information pursuant  to Article 3, paragraph 3 of the Agreement on
Textiles and Clothing.  We would be grateful if you would arrange for it to be brought to the attentionof the members of the Textiles Monitoring Body.
Yours sincerely, Yours sincerely,(Signed) (Signed)
Ian Wilkinson Mithat BalkanDeputy Head of the Permanent Ambassador
Delegation of the European Communities for Turkey
Chargé d'affaires a.i
Mr. Szepesi
Chairman of the TMB
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
Rue de Lausanne 1541211 Geneva 21G/TMB/N/326
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CUSTOMS UNION BETWEEN TURKEY AND
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Communication from the Parties
to the Customs Union
Turkey and the European Communities have the honour to copy to the Chairman of the Textiles
Monitoring Body for information pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 3 of the Agreement on Textiles
and Clothing information supplied to the Chairman of the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
concerning details of changes in respect of the quantitative limits applied by Turkey in respect of
imports of certain textile and clothing products from certain WTO Members in conformity with itscommitments arising out of the customs union and with the provisions of Article XXIV of
GATT 1994.
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1The details of changes in respect of quantitative limits applied by Turkey in respect of imports of
certain textile and clothing products are contained in document WT/REG22/8.