WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/C/N/207
3 December 2002
(02-6668)
Council for Trade in Services Original:  English
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V:7(a) OF THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
Agreement Amending the Convention Establishing the
European Free Trade Association
The following notification has been received from the delegation of Switzerland on behalf of
the EFTA States.
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The Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) (Iceland, Liechtenstein,
Norway and Switzerland) have the honour to info rm the Members of the World trade Organization
(WTO) that the Agreement amending the Convention establishing the European Free Trade
Association signed in Vaduz, Liechtenstein on 21 June 2002 entered into effect between the Parties on
1 June 2002.  The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in services in the sense of
Article V of the General Agreement of Trade in Services (GATS).
The EFTA members States will submit separately detailed background information on the
amendments to the Convention concerning trade in services on the basis of the Standard Format for
information.  The complete text of the consolidat ed version of the Convention is available on the
Internet at the EFTA Homepage ( http://www.efta.int) .
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