WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG75/N/1
15 June 1999
(99-2403)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC AND UZBEKISTAN
Notification from the Kyrgyz Republic
The Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic has submitted the following notification in
pursuance of the commitments undertaken in the Protocol of Accession of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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The Permanent Mission of the Kyrgyz Republic has the honour to inform that a Free Trade
Agreement between the Republic of Uzbekistan and the Kyrgyz Republic was signed on
24 December 1996.1  The Agreement entered into force on 20 March 1998.
The Free Trade Agreement contains provisions relating to trade in goods that are of relevance
to the Members of the WTO.  The Agreement establishes a free-trade area between the
Kyrgyz Republic and the Republic of Uzbekistan in the sense of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and
the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV.  Duties and other restrictive regulations of
commerce have been eliminated on substantially all trade between the signatories.
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1 The text of the Agreement is circulated in document WT/REG75/1