RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/REG/W/39
17 July 2000
(00-2927)
Committee on Regional Trade and Agreements
BASIC INFORMATION ON REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS
Agreements Notified to the GATT/WTO and in Force as of 14 July 2000
Note by the Secretariat
1. Since February 1998, the Secretariat has informally provided the Committee on Regional
Trade Agreements (CRTA) with basic information on regional trade agreements (RTAs) notified to
the GATT/WTO and in force, on a regular basis.  During the Twenty-Sixth Session of the CRTA, it
was decided that such information should be distributed as a periodically updated document.
2. This note lists RTAs notified to the GATT/WTO under GATT Article XXIV, the Enabling
Clause and GATS Article V, which were in force as of 14 July 2000.WT/REG/W/39
Page 2BASIC INFORMATION ON REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENTS NOTIFIED
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A. AGREEMENTS NOTIFIED UNDER GATT A RTICLE XXIV
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1.Austria/Belgium/Denmark/Finland/France/Germany/Greece/Ireland/Italy/Luxembourg/Netherlands/Portugal/Spain/Sweden/United Kingdom
Treaty of Rome, establishing the
European Communities -EC1 CU End 1970 (EC-6) 01.01.58 24.04.57 6S/70 & 6S/109 29.11.57 L/3332 1969-70 ---
2.EC/Algeria Cooperation none 01.07.76 28.07.76 24S/80 11.11.77 WT/REG105/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
3.EC/Andorra CU End 1996 01.07.91 25.2.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG53/3
4.EC/Bulgaria  FTA End 2002 31.12.93 23.12.94 consultations on report --- --- ---
5.EC/Cyprus CU End 1983 01.06.73 13.06.73 21S/94 21.06.74 WT/REG97/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
6.EC/Czech Republic FTA End 2002 01.03.92 13.05.96 consultations on report --- --- ---
7.EC/Egypt Cooperation none 01.07.77 15.07.77 25S/114 17.05.78 WT/REG98/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
8.EC/Estonia FTA none 01.01.95 30.06.95 consultations on report --- --- ---
9.EC/Faroe Islands FTA none 01.01.97 19.02.97 under examination --- --- WT/REG21/3
10EC/Hungary  FTA End 2002 01.03.92 03.04.92 consultations on report --- --- ---
11.EC/Iceland FTA End 1979 (Iceland) 01.04.73 24.11.72 20S/158 19.10.73 WT/REG95/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
12.EC/Israel FTA End 1985 (Israel) 01.07.75 03.07.75 23S/55 15.07.76 WT/REG99/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
13.EC/Jordan Cooperation none 01.07.77 15.07.77 25S/133 17.05.78 WT/REG100/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
14.EC/Latvia FTA End 1999 (Latvia) 01.01.95 30.06.95 consultations on report --- --- ---
15.EC/Lebanon Cooperation none 01.07.77 15.07.77 25S/142 17.05.78 WT/REG100/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
16.EC/Lithuania FTA End 2001  (Lithuania) 01.01.95 26.09.95 consultations on report --- ---
17.EC/Malta CU End 1981 01.04.71 24.03.71 19S/90 29.05.72 WT/REG102/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
18.EC/Morocco Cooperation none 01.07.76 28.07.76 24S/88 11.11.77 WT/REG103/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
19.EC/Norway FTA End 1977 01.07.73 13.07.73 21S/83 28.03.74 awaiting receipt of biennial report ---
20.EC/Palestinian Authority FTA End 2001 30.06.97 examination on hold --- --- ---
                                                     
1 Also notified were the accessions of Denmark/Ireland/United Kingdom (1972), Greece (1979), Portugal/Spain (1985), and Austria/F inland/Sweden (1995; currently under examination).WT/REG/W/39
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21. EC/Poland FTA End 2001 (Poland) 01.03.92 03.04.92 consultations on report --- --- ---
22.EC/Certain Overseas
Countries and Territories
(OCT/PTOM II)Association none 01.01.71 14.12.70 18S/143 09.11.71 WT/REG106/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
23. EC/Romania FTA End 2003 01.05.93 23.12.94 consultations on report --- ---
24. EC/Slovak Republic FTA End 2002 01.03.92 13.05.96 consultations on report --- ---
25 EC/Slovenia FTA End 2002 01.01.97 11.11.96 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG32/2
26.EC/Switzerland and
LiechtensteinFTA End 1977 01.01.73 27.10.72 20S/196 19.10.73 WT/REG94/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
27. EC/Syria Cooperation none 01.07.77 15.07.77 25S/123 17.05.78 WT/REG104/R/B/1 1980-98 ---
28. EC/Tunisia FTA End 2010 (Tunisia) 01.03.98 23.03.99 under examination WT/REG96/R/B/1 1980-98 WT/REG69/2
29. EC/Turkey2CU End 2001 (Turkey) 01.01.96 22.12.95 under examination --- --- WT/REG22/5
30. Iceland/Norway/Switzerland/Liechtenstein
Stockholm Convention,
establishing the European Free
Trade Association - EFTA3 FTA End 1970 03.05.60 14.11.59 9S/70 04.06.60WT/REG85/R/B/1 1986-97---
31. EFTA/Bulgaria FTA End 2002 (Bulgaria) 01.07.93 30.06.93 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG12/2
32. EFTA/Czech Republic4FTA End 2002 01.07.92 03.07.92 L/7570 08.12.94 WT/REG87/R/B/1 1994-97 ---
33. EFTA/Slovak Republic FTA End 2002 01.07.92 03.07.92 L/7570 08.12.94 WT/REG88/R/B/1 1994-97 ---
34. EFTA/Estonia FTA none 01.06.96 25.07.96 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG28/2
35. EFTA/Hungary FTA End 2003 (Hungary) 01.10.93 23.12.93 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG13/3
36. EFTA/Israel FTA none 01.01.93 01.12.92 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG14/2
37. EFTA/Latvia FTA End 2000 (Latvia) 01.06.96 25.07.96 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG29/2
38. EFTA/Lithuania FTA End 2000 (Lithuania) 01.08.96 25.07.96 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG30/2
39. EFTA/Morocco FTA End 2002 (Morocco) 01.12.99 20.02.00. under examination --- --- WT/REG91/3
40. EFTA/Palestinian Authority FTA --- 01.07.99 21.09.99 not yet transmitted to CRTA --- --- ---
41. EFTA/Poland FTA End 2001 (Poland) 15.11.93 20.10.93 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG15/2
42. EFTA/Romania FTA End 2002 (Romania) 01.05.93 24.05.93 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG16/2
43. EFTA/Slovenia FTA End 2001 (Slovenia) 01.07.95 18.10.95 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG20/2
                                                     
2 See also Ankara Agreement (1986), Additional Protocol (1971), Association Agreement (1973).
3 Accession of Iceland to EFTA (1970)
4 Notified as EFTA/Czech and Slovak Federal Republic.  After dissolution of the CSFR in 1993, two separate succession protocols w ere signed which formed the basis of the continued
application of the Agreement between the EFTA states and the Czech and Slovak Re publics.WT/REG/W/39
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44.EFTA/Turkey FTA End 1995 01.04.92 06.03.92 40S/48 17.12.93 WT/REG86/R/B/1 1994-97 ---
45.Faroe Islands/Iceland FTA none 01.07.93 23.01.96 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG23/3
46.Faroe Islands/Norway FTA none 01.07.93 13.03.96 consultations on report --- WT/REG25/3
47.Faroe Islands/Switzerland FTA none 01.03.95 08.03.96 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG24/3
48.Croatia/Slovenia FTA End 2000 01.01.98 25.03.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG55/2
49.Bulgaria/Czech Republic/Hungary/Poland/Romania/Slovak Republic/Slovenia
Central European Free Trade
Area - CEFTA5 FTA End 2001 01.03.93 30.06.94 consultations on report --- --- WT/REG11/2
50.Bulgaria/Former Yugoslav
Republic of MacedoniaFTA End 2004 01.01.00 21.01.00 under examination WT/REG90/3
51.Czech Republic/Estonia FTA none 12.02.98 03.08.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG62/2
52.Czech Republic/Israel FTA End 1998 01.12.97 30.03.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG56/4
53.Czech Republic/Latvia  FTAEnd 2000
(Czech R.)01.07.97 13.11.97 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG45/3
54.Czech Republic/Lithuania FTA End 1997 01.09.97 13.11.97 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG46/3
55.Czech Republic/Slovak
RepublicCU none 01.01.93 30.04.93 L/7501 15.07.94 WT/REG89/R/B/1 1994-98           ---
56.Estonia/Faroe Islands FTA --- 01.12.98 26.01.99 under examination --- --- WT/REG64/3
57.Estonia/Latvia/Lithuania FTA none 01.04.94615.06.99 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG77/3
58.Hungary/Israel FTA End 2000 01.02.98 24.03.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG54/3
59.Hungary/Latvia FTA End 2000 (Hungary) 01.01.00 20.12.99 examination not started --- ---
60.Hungary/Lithuania FTA End 2000 01.03.00 20.12.99 examination not started --- ---
61.Poland/Faroe Islands FTA End 2001 01.06.99 18.08.99 examination not started --- --- ---
62.Poland/Israel FTA End 2000 01.03.98 25.2.99 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG65/3
63.Poland/Latvia FTA End 2000 01.06.99 29.09.99 under examination --- --- WT/REG80/3
64.Poland/Lithuania FTA End 2000 01.01.97 30.12.97 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG49/4
65.Romania/Moldova FTA none 01.01.95 24.09.97 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG44/2
                                                     
5 Also notified were the accessions of Slovenia (1996), Romania (1997) and Bulgaria (1998).
6 Free Trade Agreement on trade in agricultural products came into force on 01.01.97 and the Agreement on Abolition of Non-Tariff  Barriers to Trade came into force on 01.07.98.WT/REG/W/39
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66. Slovak Republic/Estonia FTA none 12.02.98 03.08.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG63/2
67. Slovak Republic/Israel FTA End 1998 01.01.97 30.03.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG57/4
68. Slovak Republic/Latvia FTA End 1998 01.07.97 14.11.97 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG47/3
69. Slovak Republic/Lithuania FTA End 2000 01.07.97 14.11.97 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG48/3
70. Slovenia/Estonia FTA none 01.01.97 20.02.97 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG37/3
71. Slovenia/Israel FTA End August 2000 01.09.98 08.03.99 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG66/3
72. Slovenia/Latvia FTA End 1998 01.08.96 20.02.97 under examination --- --- WT/REG34/3
73. Slovenia/Lithuania  FTA End 2000 01.03.97 20.02.97 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG35/3
74.Slovenia/Former Yugoslav
Republic of MacedoniaFTA End 2000 01.09.96 20.02.97 under examination --- --- WT/REG36/2/Rev.1
75. Turkey/Bulgaria FTA End 2001 01.01.99 04.05.99 under examination --- --- WT/REG72/3
76. Turkey/Czech Republic FTA End 2000 01.09.98 24.04.99 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG67/2
77. Turkey/Estonia FTA none 01.06.98 23.03.99 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG70/2
78. Turkey/Hungary FTA End 2000 01.04.98 12.05.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG58/3
79. Turkey/Israel FTA End 1999 01.05.97 18.05.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG60/3
80. Turkey/Lithuania FTA End 2000 01.03.98 08.06.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG61/3
81. Turkey/Poland FTA 01.05.00 14.05.00 not yet transmitted to CRTA
82. Turkey/Romania FTA End 2001 01.02.98 18.05.98 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG59/3
83. Turkey/Slovak Republic FTA End 2000 01.09.98 24.03.99 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG68/2
84. Belarus/Kazakhstan/Kyrgyz Republic/Russian Federation
Interim Agreements for the
establishment of a Customs
Union7CU 2003 (proposed) 08.10.97 06.04.99 examination not started --- --- ---
85 Kyrgyz Republic/Kazakhstan FTA --- --- 29.09.99 examination not started --- --- ---
86. Kyrgyz Republic/Moldova FTA --- 21.11.96 15.06.99 examination not started --- --- ---
87. Kyrgyz Republic/Russian Fed. FTA --- 24.04.93 15.06.99 examination not started --- --- ---
88. Kyrgyz Republic/Ukraine FTA --- 19.01.98 15.06.99 examination not started --- --- ---
89. Kyrgyz Republic/Uzbekistan FTA --- 20.03.98 15.06.99 examination not started --- --- ---
                                                     
7 As appeared in the notification of the accession of the Kyrgyz Re public on 06.04.1999 .WT/REG/W/39
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90.Azerbaijan/Armenia/Belarus/
Georgia/Moldova/Kazakhstan/
Russian Fed./Ukraine/Uzbekistan/
Tajikistan/Kyrgyz RepublicFTA --- 30.12.94801.10.99 examination not started --- --- ---
91.United States/Israel FTA End 1995 19.08.85 13.09.85 34S/58 14.05.87 awaiting receipt of biennial report ---
92.Canada/Chile FTA End 2013 (Chile) 05.07.97 26.08.97 report to be drafted --- --- WT/REG38/2
93.Canada/Israel FTA none 01.01.97 23.01.97 report to be drafted --- ---WT/REG31/4
and Add.1
94.Canada/Mexico/United States
North American Free Trade
Agreement – NAFTAFTA End 2009 01.01.94 01.02.93 consultations on report --- --- ---
95.Costa Rica/El Salvador/Guatemala/Honduras/Nicaragua
Central American Common Market -
CACMCU End 1976 12.10.61 24.02.61 10S/98 23.11.61 WT/REG93/R/B/1 up to 1998 ---
96.Antigua and Barbuda/Bahamas/Barbados/Belize/Dominica/Grenada/Guyana/Haiti/Jamaica/Montserrat/Trinidad and Tobago/St. Kitts and Nevis/St. Lucia/St. Vincent and the
Grenadines/Surinam
Caribbean Community and Common
Market – CARICOMCU End 1981 01.08.73 14.10.74 24S/68 02.03.77 WT/REG92/R/B/1 1984-1997 ---
97.Australia/Papua New Guinea
PATCRA FTA none 01.02.77 20.12.76 24S/63 11.11.77 awaiting receipt of biennial report ---
98.Australia/New Zealand
Closer Economic Relations Trade
Agreement – ANZCERTAFTA End 1988 01.01.83 14.04.83 31S/170 02.10.84 awaiting receipt of biennial report ---
                                                     
8 The Agreement came into force with respect to: Moldova, Kazakstan, and Uzbekistan on 30.12.94, the Kyrgyz Re public on 28.12.95, the Republic of Azerbaijan on 18.12.96 and
Tadjikistan on 07.05.97.WT/REG/W/39
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GATT/WTO ProcessLatest Regular Report/
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99. Argentina/Bolivia/Brazil/Chile/Colombia/Cuba/Ecuador/Mexico/Paraguay/Peru/Uruguay/Venezuela
Montevideo Treaty (1980), establishing the
Latin American Integration Association –LAIAmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffsnone 18.03.81 01.07.82 --- --- WT/COMTD/11 1995 - 1996
Argentina/Brazil/Paraguay/Uruguay
Asunción Treaty – MERCOSURCU End 1994 29.11.91 05.03.92 under examination --- ---
100. Bolivia/Colombia/Ecuador/Venezuela/Peru
Cartagena Agreement - Andean Groupmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffs--- 25.05.88 (12.10.92) --- --- L/7089 1990 - 1992
101. Egypt/India/Yugoslavia
Tripartite Agreementmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffsnone 01.04.68 23.02.68 16S/83 14.11.68 --- ---
102 Bahrain/Kuwait/Oman/Qatar/Saudi Arabia/United Arab Emirates
Unified Economic Agreement among
member states of the Gulf Cooperation
Council – GCCCU End 1989 11.10.84 --- --- --- ---
103Angola/Burundi/Comoros/Democratic Republic of Congo/Djibouti/Egyp t/Eritrea/Ethiopia/Kenya/ Madagascar/Malawi/Mauritius/ /Namibi a/Rwanda/Seychelles/
Sudan/Swaziland/Tanzania/Uganda/Zambia/Zimbabwe
Common Market for Eastern and SouthernAfrica (COMESA)CU End 2004 08.12.94 29.6.95 --- --- --- ---
104 Iran/Pakistan/Turkey
Preferential Tariffs among members of the
Economic Cooperation Organization –
ECOmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffsnone 22.7.92 C/M/257 10.07.92 --- ---
105. Bangladesh/Bhutan/India/Maldives/Nepal/Pakistan/Sri Lanka
South Asian Preferential Trade
Arrangement – SAPTAmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffsEnd 2001 07.12.95 22.09.93 C/M/266 07.10.93 --- ---
106. Bangladesh/India/Republic of Korea/Sri Lanka/Laos
Bangkok Agreementmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffsnone 17.06.76 02.11.76 25S/109 14.03.78 L/6718 1981-87WT/REG/W/39
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107. Brunei Darussalam/Cambodia/Indonesia/Laos/Malaysia/Myanmar/Philippines/Singapore/Thailand/Vietnam
Agreement on ASEAN Preferential Trade
Arrangementsmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffsnone 31.08.77 01.11.77 26S/321 29.01.79 L/7111 1987-89
Common Effective Preferential Tariff
Scheme for the ASEAN Free trade area
(AFTA)mutual reduction/
elimination of tariffsEnd 2001 28.01.92 30.10.92 39S/20 03.12.92 L/7111/Add.1 1993-2003
108. Laos/Thailandnon-reciprocal
concessionsnone 20.06.91 29.11.91 --- --- ---
109. Australia/New Zealand/Cook Islands/Fiji/Kir ibati/Nauru/Niue/Papua New Guinea/Solomon Islands/Tonga/Tuvalu/Vanuatu/Western Samoa
South Pacific Regional Trade and
Economic Cooperation Agreement –SPARTECAnon-reciprocal access none 01.01.81 20.02.81 C/M/148 11.6.81 L/6279 1982-86
110. Bangladesh/Brazil/Chile/Egypt/Israel/Mexico/Pakistan/Peru/Republic of Korea/Romania/Tunisia/Turkey/Uruguay
Protocol relating to Trade Negotiations
among Developing Countriesmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffsnone 11.02.73 09.11.71 --- --- L/6921 1988-90
111.Algeria/Angola/Argentina/Bangladesh/Benin/Bolivia/Brazil/Cameroon/Chile/Colombia/Cuba/Democratic People's Republic of Korea/Ecu ador/
Egypt/Ghana/Guinea/Guyana/Haiti/India/Indonesia/Islamic Republic of Iran/Iraq/Libyan Arab Jamahiriya/Malaysia/Mexico/Morocco/
Mozambique/Nicaragua/Nigeria/Pakistan/Peru/Philippines/Qatar/Republic of Korea/Romania/Singapore/Sri Lanka/Sudan/Thailand/Trinidad and Tobago/Tunisia/United Republic of Tanzania/Uruguay/Venezuela/Viet Nam/Yugoslavia/Zaire/Zimbabwe
Global System of Trade Preferences –
GSTPmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffsnone 19.04.89 25.09.89 36S/49 04.12.89 --- ---
112. Fiji/Papua New Guinea/Solomon Islands/ Vanuatu ---
Trade Agreement among the Melanesian
Spearhead Group Countriesmutual reduction/
elimination of tariffs--- --- 07.10.99 --- --- --- ---
113.  Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo
         West African Economic and Monetary
         UnionCU --- 01.01.00 27.10.99 --- --- --- ---WT/REG/W/39
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114.Austria/Belgium/Denmark/Finland/France/Germany/Greece/Ireland/Italy/Luxembourg/Netherlands/Portugal/Spain/
Sweden/United Kingdom
Treaty of Rome901.01.58 10.11.95 consultations on report WT/REG39/1
115. EC/Iceland/Norway/Liechtenstein
European Economic Area – EEA 01.01.94 10.10.96 not transmitted to CRTA ---
116. Canada/Mexico/United States
North American Free Trade Agreement –
NAFTA01.04.94 01.07.82 consultations on report ---
117. Canada/Chile 05.07.97 13.11.97 not transmitted to CRTA ---
118. EC/Bulgaria 01.02.95 25.04.97 not transmitted to CRTA ---
119. EC/Czech Republic 01.02.95 09.10.96 not transmitted to CRTA ---
120. EC/Hungary 01.02.94 27.08.96 consultations on report WT/REG50/1
121. EC/Poland 01.02.94 27.08.96 consultations on report WT/REG51/1
122. EC/Romania 01.02.95 09.10.96 not transmitted to CRTA ---
123. EC/Slovak Republic 01.02.95 27.08.96 consultations on report WT/REG52/1
124. Australia/New Zealand
ANZCERTA 01.01.89 22.11.95 consultations on report WT/REG40/1
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9 A separate examination is underway for the Enlargement of the European Union, Services (Austria, Sweden and Finland); consultat ions on the report are in process.