WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG60/N/1
18 May 1998
(98-1969)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY
AND ISRAEL
Notification by the Parties
The following communication, dated 16 April 1998, has been received from the Permanent
Missions of Turkey and Israel with the request that it be circulated to the WTO Members.
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The Permanent Mission of Turkey to the World Trade Organization and the Permanent
Mission of Israel to the United Nations Office and other International Organizations, pursuant to
Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT and the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of
GATT 1994, wish to notify the Council for Trade in Goods that the two parties have concluded a Free
Trade Agreement within the meaning of Article XXIV of GATT 1994.
The Turkey-Israel Free Trade Agreement was signed on 14 March 1996.  The Agreement has
entered into force on 1 May 1997.1
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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1 The text of the Agreement is circulated in document WT/REG60/1.