RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/REG1/4
13March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0878)
Original: English
INTERIM AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
AND THE REPUBLIC OFBULGARIA
Additional Protocols onTrade inTextile Products
Communication from theEuropean Communities
Thedelegation oftheEuropean Communities hasthehonour toinform themembers ofthe
WTO thattheAdditional Protocol onTrade inTextile Products between Bulgaria andtheEuropean
Communities, foreseen inArticle 3oftheProtocol totheEurope Agreement, hasapplied since
31December 1993. ASecond Additional Protocol hasapplied since1January 1995. Totakeaccount
ofthechanges arising fromtheenlargement oftheCommunity, theAdditional Protocol wasamended
bytheAgreement intheformofanExchange ofLetters initialled on6December 1994. Furthermore
theAdditional Protocol hadforeseen amid-term review, theresults ofwhich became applicable on
1January 1996 astheAmendment totheAdditional Protocol.1
TheMembers oftheWTO willrecall thattheTrade inGoods aspect oftheEurope Agreement
(ascontained intheInterim Agreement) wasnotified under Article XXIV oftheGATT on
23December 1994 (document L/7617).2
1TheProtocols andAmendments referred tointhiscommunication have been submitted totheSecretariat
forconsultations byinterested Members (Office 3006).
2ThetextoftheInterim Agreement hasbeen circulated asdocument L/7617/Add.1.