RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/REG23/N/1
23January 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0191)
Original: English
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OFDENMARK AND
THE HOME GOVERNMENT OFTHE FAROE ISLANDS, OFTHE ONE PART,
AND THE GOVERNMENT OFICELAND, OFTHE OTHER PART,
ONFREE TRADE BETWEEN THE FAROE ISLANDS AND ICELAND
Notification from theParties totheAgreement
Thefollowing communication, dated 14December 1995, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofDenmark andthePermanent Mission ofIceland withtherequest thatitbedistributed to
WTO Members.
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TheDelegation ofDenmark, onbehalf oftheHome Government oftheFaroe Islands andthe
Delegation ofIceland, onbehalf oftheGovernment ofIceland havethehonour toinform theMembers
oftheWTO thattheFreeTrade Agreement between theGovernment ofIceland, oftheonepart,and
theGovernment ofDenmark andtheHome Government oftheFaroe Islands, oftheother part,came
intoforceon1July1993.1ThisAgreement contains provisions relating tofreetradeingoods between
Iceland andtheFaroe Islands inthesense ofArticle XXIV oftheGATT 1994, these provisions being
ofrelevance totheMembers oftheWTO.
Denmark andIceland areprepared toprovide anyfurther information requested byWTO
Members inrespect totheprovisions ofthisAgreement.
1ThetextoftheAgreement iscirculated indocument WT/REG23/1.