WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG125/N/1
8 March 2001
(01-1136)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  Spanish
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CHILE AND MEXICO
Notification from the Parties to the Agreement
The following communication, dated 27 February 2001, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Chile and the Permanent Mission of Mexico with the request that it be
distributed to WTO Members.
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The Permanent Mission of Mexico to the WTO and the Permanent Mission of Chile to the
WTO, have the honour to notify to the Members of the WTO that their respective authorities have
subscribed the Chile-Mexico Free Trade Agreement,1 by which a free-trade area is established within
the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and which entered into force on 1 August 1999.
It is worth mentioning that this notification is presented pursuant to part (a) of paragraph 7
Article XXIV of GATT 1994 and the Understandi ng on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of
GATT 1994 and that both Mexico and Chile wish to express their willingness to contribute actively to
the process of examination in accordance with the procedures agreed upon in the Committee on
Regional Trade Agreements.
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1 The text of the Agreement is circulated in document WT/REG125/1.