WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG79/2
10 October 2001
(01-4907)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EFTA STATES AND
THE PALESTINE LIBERATION ORGANIZATION FOR THE
BENEFIT OF THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY
Terms of Reference of the Examination
Terms of Reference adopted on 17 July 2001
"to examine, in light of the relevant provisions of the GATT 1994, the Interim Agreement
between the EFTA states and the Palestine Liberation Organization for the benefit of the PalestinianAuthority 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 17 July 2001
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 mee ting of the Council for Trade in Goods on
20 February 1995, as contained in document WT/REG3/1, will apply mutatis mutandis  to the
examination of the agreement.  It is also understood that, during the examination, due account would
be taken of the intrinsic differences between customs unions and free-trade areas.
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