WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG116/2
30 April 2001
(01-2163)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY AND LATVIA
Terms of Reference of the Examination
Terms of Reference adopted on 14 March 2001
"to examine, in  light of the relevant provisions of the GATT 1994, the Free Trade Agreement
between Turkey and Latvia 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 14 March 2001
It was understood that the understanding read out by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in
Goods under item 7 of the Agenda of the meeting of Council for Trade in Goods on
20 February 1995, as contained in document WT/REG31/1, will apply mutatis mutandis  to the
examination of the agreements.  It was also understood that, during the examination, due accountwould be taken of the intrinsic differences between customs unions and free-trade areas.
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