RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG108/M/3
5 December 2001
(01-6205)
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements
Thirtieth Session
EXAMINATION OF THE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN ESTONIA AND UKRAINE
Note on the Meeting of 26 September 2001
Chairman:  Mr. A.J. Dumont (Argentina)
1. The meeting was convened in document WTO/AIR/1618.
2. Under Agenda Item B.I of its Thirtieth Session, the Committee on Regional Trade
Agreements (CRTA) took up the third round of ex amination of the Free Trade Agreement between
Estonia and Ukraine.
3. The Chairman noted that the proceedings of the previous two rounds, which took place in
February and July 2001 had been recorded and circulated in documents WT/REG108/M/1 and M/2.
The latest responses by the Parties to written questions posed during the second round of examinationhad been distributed as document WT/REG108/4/Add .1.  Given the advanced stage of the factual
examination process, the Chairman did not propose to open the floor to delegations by different
sections of the Standard Format (document WT/R EG108/3), but he invited any delegation wishing to
make comments or ask questions on specific matters to identify the relevant section of the Standard
Format for easier reference.
4. The representative of the United States expressed appreciation to the Parties to the Agreement
for providing responses to the questions submitted by his delegation following the CRTA Sessionheld in July.  He regretted that, due to the events recently occurred in the United States and since the
replies had not been received until the 12 September, his delegation had not yet had the opportunity to
review the replies in detail.  He indicated that in case of follow-up questions these would be submitted
in writing in the very near future.
5. The Chairman noted that the factual examination had been completed and invited those
representatives who wished to ask additional questions to forward them to the Secretariat by
12 October and the Parties to submit replies in writing by not later than 30 November.  Once the
replies had been circulated, any request for additional information would be dealt with without
holding another round of formal examination.  At that  point, the Secretariat would begin drafting the
report for the examination.
6. The Committee took note of the comments made.
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