RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/REG24/N/1
8March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0836)
Original: English
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE SWISS GOVERNMENT, OFTHE ONE PART,
AND THE GOVERNMENT OFDENMARK AND THE HOME
GOVERNMENT OFTHE FAROE ISLANDS, OFTHE OTHER PART,
ONFREE TRADE BETWEEN THE FAROE ISLANDS AND SWITZERLAND
Notification from theParties totheAgreement
Thefollowing communication, dated 12February 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofDenmark andthePermanent Mission ofSwitzerland withtherequest thatitbedistributed
toWTO Members.
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TheDelegation ofDenmark, onbehalf oftheHome Government oftheFaroe Islands andthe
Permanent Mission ofSwitzerland totheWTO, onbehalf oftheSwiss Government, havethehonour
toinform theMembers oftheWTO thattheFreeTrade Agreement between theSwiss Government,
oftheonepart,andtheGovernment ofDenmark andtheHome Government oftheFaroe Islands,
oftheother part,came intoforce on1March 1995.1ThisAgreement contains provisions relating
tofreetrade ingoods between Switzerland andtheFaroe Islands inthesense ofArticle XXIV ofthe
GATT 1994, these provisions being ofrelevance totheMembers oftheWTO.
Denmark andSwitzerland areprepared toprovide anyfurther information requested byWTO
Members inrespect totheprovisions ofthisAgreement.
1ThetextoftheAgreement iscirculated indocument WT/REG24/1.