WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG59/N/1
18 May 1998
(98-1971)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements Original:  English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN TURKEY
AND ROMANIA
Notification by the Parties
The following communication, dated 16 April 1988, has been received from the Permanent
Missions of Turkey and Romania with the request that it be circulated to the WTO Members.
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The Permanent Mission of Turkey to the World Trade Organization and the Permanent
Mission of Romania to the United Nations Office a nd the specialized agencies in Geneva, pursuant to
Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994 and the Understanding on the Interpretation of Article XXIV of
GATT 1994, wish to notify the Council for Trade in Goods that the two parties have concluded a
Free Trade Agreement within the meaning of Article XXIV of GATT 1994.
The Turkey-Romania Free Trade Agreement was signed on 29 April 1997.  The Agreement
has entered into force on 1 February 1998.1
Both parties wish to express their willingness to contribute actively to the process of
examination in accordance with the procedures agreed upon in the Committee on Regional Trade
Agreements.
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1 The text of the Agreement is circulated in document WT/REG59/1.