WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG71/3
6 January 2000
(00-0048)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
ACCESSION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC TO THE CUSTOMS UNION BETWEEN
THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION, BELARUS AND KAZAKHSTAN
Terms of Reference of the Examination
Terms of Reference adopted on 2 July 1999
"to examine, in light of the relevant provis ions of the GATT 1994, the Accession of the Kyrgyz
Republic to the Customs Union between the Russian Federation, Belarus and Kazakhstan and
to submit a report to the Council for Trade in Goods".
Understanding read out by the Chairm an of the Council for Trade in Goods
at its meeting of 2 July 1999
It is understood that the understanding read out  by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in
Goods under item 7 of the Agenda of the meeting of the Council on 20 February 1995, as contained in
document WT/REG3/1, will apply mutatis mutandis  to the examination.  It is also understood that,
during the examination, due account will be taken of  the intrinsic differences between customs unions
and free-trade areas.
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