WORLD TRADE WT/REG11/3
8January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0044)
Original: English Committee onRegional Trade Agreements
CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Thefollowing textreproduces theAgreement Amending theCentral European FreeTrade
Agreement.
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AGREEMENT AMENDING THE CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
TheCzech Republic, theRepublic ofHungary, theRepublic ofPoland andtheSlovak Republic
(hereinafter called theParties),
Having inmind theDeclaration ofPrime Ministers, doneon25November 1994 inPoznán,
Reaffirming theircommitment totheprinciples ofamarket economy, which constitutes the
basis fortheirrelations,
Considering thepositive development ofthemutual economic cooperation within theCentral
European FreeTrade Agreement,
Wishing tocontribute totheprocess ofintegration inEurope through thefuture extension of
theCentral European FreeTrade Agreement,
Inaccordance withtheprovisions ofArticle 39ofCentral European Agreement,
Have decided asfollows:
Article 1
Theprovisions oftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement shallbesupplemented bythe
Article 39a,which shallreadasfollows:
Article 39a
Accession totheAgreement
1. AnyEuropean State mayaccede tothisAgreement withtheconsent ofallParties.
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2. Terms andconditions oftheaccession should bedetermined inanAccession Agreement
concluded between alltheParties ontheonesideandtheacceding stateontheother
side.
Article 2
ThisAgreement shallconstitute anintegral partoftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement.
Article 3
1. ThisAgreement shall enter intoforce onthedateofreceiving bytheDepositary oflast
notification ofParties totheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement ofthecompletion ofprocedures
necessary forthatpurpose.
2. TheDepositary shallnotify toallParties thecompletion oftheprocedures necessary forentry
intoforce ofthisAgreement.
3. TheParties shallapply thisAgreement provisionally from thedateofsignature.
INWITNESS WHEREOF theundersigned plenipotentiaries, being dulyauthorized thereto,
havesigned thisAgreement.
Done atBrnothis11dayofSeptember 1995inasingle authentic copyintheEnglish language
which shallbedeposited withtheGovernment ofPoland. TheDepositary shalltransmit certified copies
toallParties.
FortheCzech Republic FortheRepublic ofPoland
FortheRepublic ofHungary FortheSlovak Republic
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