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S/C/N/544/Add.3  
 
11 December  2023 
(23-8465) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council on Trade in Services  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION FROM THE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY OF TAIWAN, PENGHU, 
KINMEN AND MATSU  
The following communication, dated 6 December  2023, is being circulated at the request of  the 
Delegation of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu  
(Chinese  Taipei) . 
 
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 The Permanent Mission of the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and 
Matsu t o the World Trade Organization in Geneva would like to inform the Secretariat of the World 
Trade Organization that we were informed by the Republic of Honduras, on 6 June 2023, of its 
withdrawal from the Free Trade Agreement between the Separate Customs Te rritory of Taiwan, 
Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu, the Republic of El Salvador and the Republic of Honduras with respect 
to the relations between the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu and 
the Republic of Honduras. The withdrawal will  take effect from 6 December 20231, that is, after 
180 days of Honduras 's notification in accordance with Article 18.05 of the above -mentioned Free 
Trade Agreement.  
 
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1 This is of relevance for the following document series: WT/REG283 . 