 
 RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG138/M/3 
10 November 2004 
 
 (04-4782) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements 
Thirty-Seventh Session  
 
 
 
EXAMINATION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, SERVICES 
 
Note on the Meeting of 7 October 2004  
 
Chairman: Mr. R. Saborío Soto (Costa Rica) 
 
 
1. The meeting was convened in document WTO/AIR/2393. 
2. Under Agenda Item B.IV of its Thirty-Sev enth Session, the Committee on Regional Trade 
Agreements (hereinafter CRTA or the Committee)  took up the third round of examination of the 
services aspects of the European Economic Area (EEA) Agreement. 
3. The Chairman  said that previous rounds of examin ation had taken place in November 2002 
and December 2003, with the proceedings of these meetings distributed as documents 
WT/REG138/M/1 and WT/REG138/M/2.  Since that ti me the Parties had provided written responses 
to questions by delegations which had been dist ributed as document WT/REG138/4.  He proposed to 
use the Standard Format provided by the Parties,  document WT/REG138/2, to guide the debate.   
4. Given that no questions were raised by Members, the Chairman  said that the Committee had 
completed the factual inquiry of the services aspect s of the EEA Agreement and he proposed that the 
Secretariat begin drafting the examination report.   
5. The Committee took note  of the comments made.  
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