WORLD TRADE G/TMB/N/308
25November 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5188)
Original: English Textiles Monitoring Body
AGREEMENT ONTEXTILES AND CLOTHING
Notification under Article 3.3
Communication bytheEuropean Community andTurkey
TheTextilesMonitoringBodyhasreceivedajointcommunicationfromtheEuropeanCommunity
andTurkey pursuant toparagraph 3ofArticle 3.
TheTMB, inaccordance withparagraph 5ofArticle 3,iscirculating thiscommunication to
WTO Members fortheirinformation.G/TMB/N/308
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Geneva, 7November 1997
Mr.Szepesi
Chairman oftheTMB
World Trade Organization
Centre William Rappard
RuedeLausanne 154
1211 Geneva 21
Dear Mr.Chairman,
Please findenclosed acopyofajointcommunication fromtheparties totheEC/Turkey Customs
Union totheTMB forinformation pursuant toArticle 3,paragraph 3oftheAgreement onTextiles
andClothing. Wewould begrateful ifyouwould arrange forittobebrought totheattention ofthe
members oftheTextiles Monitoring Body.
Yours sincerely,
(Signed) R.E.Abbott (Signed) Mithat Balkan
Ambassador Ambassador
fortheEuropean Communities forTurkeyG/TMB/N/308
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CUSTOMS UNION BETWEEN TURKEY AND
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Communication from theParties totheCustoms Union
Turkey andtheEuropean Communities havethehonour tocopytotheChairman oftheTextiles
MonitoringBodyforinformationthestandardformatnotificationmadetotheChairmanoftheCommittee
onRegional Trade Agreements (CRTA) concerning theCustoms Union between thetwoParties
(WT/REG22/5).1Thisnotification forms thebasisforexamination oftheCustoms Union bytheCRTA
inthelightofArticle XXIV ofGATT 1994.
Inaddition Turkey andtheEuropean Communities havethehonour tocopytotheChairman
oftheTextiles Monitoring Body forinformation acommunication totheChairman oftheCommittee
onRegional Trade Agreements (CRTA) annexed towhich aredetails ofcertain quantitative limits
introduced byTurkey inrespect ofimports ofcertain textile andclothing products intoTurkey from
certain WTO Members, andnecessary togiveeffect totheCustoms Union inconformity withthe
provisions ofArticle XXIV ofGATT 1994.2
(Signed) R.E.Abbott (Signed) Mithat Balkan
Ambassador Ambassador
fortheEuropean Communities forTurkey
1Distributed on30October 1996.
2Thedetails ofthequantitative limits introduced byTurkey oncertain textile andclothing products were
reproduced indocument WT/REG22/7.