WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG49/3
16 November 1998
(98-4539)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND
AND THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA
Additional Protocol
Communication from the Parties
The following communication has been received from the Permanent Mission of the Republic
of Poland with the request that it be distributed to WTO Members.
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Pursuant to the provisions of Article XXIV:7(a) of the GATT 1994 and the Understanding on
the Interpretation of Article XXIV of GATT 1994 and with reference to the communication made by
the delegation of the Republic of Poland, on behalf of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania, on30 December 1997 (WT/REG49/N/1 of 15 January 1998), I have the honour to inform you, on behalf
of the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania, that the Additional Protocol No.1
1 to the
Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania, has been
signed in Vilnius on 8 May 1998.
Although the Additional Protocol N o.1 is subject to ratification, the Parties have agreed that it
would be provisionally applied as from 1 July 1998, what took place and the Additional Protocol No.1is provisionally applied as from that date.
According to Article 1 and Article 2 of the Additional Protocol 1, original Protocol No.1 to
the Free Trade Agreement and Annexes to it as well as original Protocol No.3 and Annexes to it are
replaced by the new Additional Protocol No.1 and Annexes to it.
The Additional Protocol No.1 to the Free Trade Ag reement constitutes an integral part of the
Free Trade Agreement between the Republic of Poland and the Republic of Lithuania.
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1 The Additional Protocol No.1 referred to in this communication has been submitted to the Secretariat
for consultation by interested Members (Office 3006).