WORLD TRADE WT/REG31/N/1
23January 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0241)
Original: English
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
CANADA AND ISRAEL
Notification from theParties totheAgreement
Thefollowing communication, dated 15January 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission ofCanada andthePermanent Mission ofIsrael withtherequest thatitbedistributed toWTO
Members.
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ThePermanent Mission ofCanada andthePermanent Mission ofIsrael, pursuant to
Article XXIV:7(a) oftheGATT 1994 andtheUnderstanding ontheInterpretation ofArticle XXIV
ofGATT 1994, wishtonotify theWTO Council forTrade inGoods thattheirauthorities haveconcluded
afreetrade agreement.
TheCanada-Israel FreeTrade Agreement wassigned on31July1996 andratified inlate
December byourrespective legislatures. TheAgreement entered intoforce on1January 1997.1
Asummary oftheAgreement wasprovided toMembers inacommunication totheCommittee
onRegional Trade Agreements (WT/REG31/1), dated 7October 1996.
1ThetextoftheAgreement iscirculated indocument WT/REG31/2.