WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG127/2
21 November 2001
(01-5894)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
AGREEMENT BETWEEN NEW ZEALAND AND SINGAPORE
ON A CLOSER ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
Terms of Reference of the Examination
Terms of Reference adopted on 5 October 2001
"To examine, in light of the relevant provisions of the GATT 1994, the Agreement between
New Zealand and Singapore on a Closer Economic Pa rtnership and to submit a report to the Council
for Trade in Goods".
Understanding read out by the Chairm an of the Council for Trade in Goods
at its meeting of 5 October 2001
It is understood that the understanding read out by the Chairman of the Council for Trade in
Goods under item 7 of the agenda of the meeting of  Council for Trade in Goods on 20 February 1995,
as contained in the attachment to document WT/REG3/1, will apply mutatis mutandis  to the
examination of the agreement.  It is also understood that, during the examination, due account will be
taken of the intrinsic differences between customs unions and free-trade areas.
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