WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG66/N/1
8 March 1999
(99-0918)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND SLOVENIA
Notification from the Parties to the Agreement
The following communication, dated 18 December 1998, has been received from the
Permanent Mission of Israel and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia with the request
that it be circulated to WTO Members.
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The Permanent Mission of Israel to the United Nations Office and other International
Organizations and the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Slovenia to the United Nations Office at
Geneva, pursuant to Article XXIV: 7(a) of GATT 1994 and the Understanding on the Interpretation ofArticle XXIV of GATT 1994, wish to notify the Counc il for Trade in Goods that the two parties have
concluded a Free Trade Agreement within the meaning of Article XXIV of GATT 1994.
The Israel-Slovenia Free Trade Agreement wa s signed on 13 May 1998.  The Agreement has
been provisionally applied as of 1 September 1998.
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Both parties 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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1The text of the Agreement is circulated in document WT/REG65/1.