WORLD TRADE WT/REG11/4
8January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0046)
Original: English Committee onRegional Trade Agreements
CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT -
ACCESSION OFTHE REPUBLIC OFSLOVENIA
Thefollowing textreproduces theAgreement onAccession oftheRepublic ofSlovenia tothe
Central European FreeTrade Agreement1.
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AGREEMENT ONACCESSION OFTHE REPUBLIC OFSLOVENIA TOTHE
CENTRAL EUROPEAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
TheCzech Republic ,theRepublic ofHungary ,theRepublic ofPoland andtheSlovak Republic
ontheonesideandtheRepublic ofSlovenia ontheother side(hereinafter called theParties),
Reaffirming theircommitment totheprinciples ofamarket economy, which constitutes the
basis fortheirrelations,
Considering thepositive development ofthemutual economic cooperation between theParties
totheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement andtheRepublic ofSlovenia,
Wishing tocontribute totheprocess ofintegration inEurope through theextension oftheCentral
European FreeTrade Agreement,
Having inmind theDeclarations ofPrime Ministers, doneon25November 1994 inPoznán,
on11September 1995 inBrno,
Recalling theofficial request oftheRepublic ofSlovenia on17July1995toaccede totheCentral
European FreeTrade Agreement,
Taking intoaccount theAgreement Amending theCentral European FreeTrade Agreement,
signed inBrno on11September 1995,
InaccordancewiththeprovisionsofArticle39aoftheCentralEuropeanFreeTradeAgreement,
Have agreed asfollows:
1TheAnnexes andProtocols thereto have been submitted totheSecretariat forconsultation byinterested
Members (Office 3006).WT/REG11/4
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Article 1
TheRepublic ofSlovenia shallaccede totheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement.
Article 2
TheRepublic ofSlovenia shallaccept theCentral European FreeTrade Agreement withall
itsamendments signed before thesignature ofthisAgreement andshallapply itinaccordance with
theprovisions ofthisAgreement.
Article 3
References intheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement toitsParties andwhere allstates
areexplicitly mentioned shallbeunderstood toinclude theRepublic ofSlovenia.
Article 4
1. Inorder toimplement theprovisions ofparagraph 2ofArticle 3oftheCentral European Free
Trade Agreement Protocols 8,9,and10totheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement arehereby
established andattached tothisAgreement.
2. Provisions fortheabolition ofcustoms duties onimports between:
- theCzech Republic andtheSlovak Republic ontheonesideandtheRepublic of
Slovenia ontheother sidearelaiddown inProtocol 8,
- theRepublic ofHungary ontheonesideandtheRepublic ofSlovenia ontheother
sidearelaiddown inProtocol 9,
- theRepublic ofPoland ontheonesideandtheRepublic ofSlovenia ontheother side
arelaiddown inProtocol 10,
3. TheProtocol 9mentioned inthisArticle shallbereplaced by1July1996atthelatest bynew
onewhich willbeinaccordance withtherulesonliberalisation applied within theprovisions
oftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement.
Article 5
1. Inorder toimplement theprovisions ofparagraph 1ofArticle 12oftheCentral European
FreeTrade Agreement Protocols 11,12,and13totheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement are
hereby established andattached tothisAgreement.
2. Provisions forgranting mutual agricultural concessions between:
- theCzech Republic andtheSlovak Republic ontheonesideandtheRepublic of
Slovenia ontheother sidearelaiddown inProtocol 11,
- theRepublic ofHungary ontheonesideandtheRepublic ofSlovenia ontheother
sidearelaiddown inProtocol 12,WT/REG11/4
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- theRepublic ofPoland ontheonesideandtheRepublic ofSlovenia ontheother side
arelaiddown inProtocol 13.
3. TheProtocols 11and12mentioned inthisArticle shallbereplaced by1July1996atthelatest
bynewoneswhich willbeinaccordance withtherulesonliberalisation applied within theprovisions
oftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement.
TheProtocol 13mentioned inthisArticle shallbereplaced, ifpossible, by1July1996atthe
latest bynewonewhich willbeinaccordance withtherules onliberalisation applied within the
provisions oftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement.
Article 6
Quantitative restrictions onimports ormeasures having equivalent effect referred toin
paragraph 2ofArticle 8oftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement andspecified inAnnexes III/a,
III/bandIII/coftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement shallalsoapply toimports ofproducts
originating intheRepublic ofSlovenia, subject totheprovisions inAnnex toArticle 6tothisAgreement.
Article 7
Quantitative restrictions onexports ormeasures having equivalent effect referred toin
paragraph 2ofArticle 9oftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement andspecified inAnnexes IV/a,
IV/bandIV/coftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement shallalsoapply toexports ofproducts
originating intheRepublic ofSlovenia, subject totheprovisions inAnnex toArticle 7tothisAgreement.
Article 8
1. Forthepurposes ofthisAgreement itisunderstood thatProtocol 7oftheCentral European
FreeTrade Agreement concerning thedefinition oftheconcept of"originating products" andmethods
ofadministrative cooperation shallalsoapply totheproducts originating intheRepublic ofSlovenia,
subject totheprovisions inAnnex toArticle 8tothisAgreement.
2. TheProtocol 7mentioned inthisArticle shallbereplaced by1July1996atthelatest bynew
onewhich willbeinaccordance withtherules agreed withtheEuropean Union.
Article 9
1. References togovernment procurement inArticle 24oftheCentral European FreeTrade
Agreement shallbeunderstood, inrelations between theCzech Republic andtheRepublic ofSlovenia,
asforpublic procurement andtheperiod mentioned inparagraph 2ofArticle 24shall endby
31December 1998 atthelatest.
2. References togovernment procurement inArticle 24oftheCentral European FreeTrade
Agreement shallbeunderstood, inrelations between theSlovak Republic andtheRepublic ofSlovenia,
asforpublic procurement andtheperiod mentioned inparagraph 2ofArticle 24shall endby
1January 1996.
3. ItisagreedthatconsultationsshallbeheldintheJointCommitteeunderparagraph3ofArticle24
oftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement concerning theextension ofthetreatment referred to
inparagraph 1and2toother Parties.WT/REG11/4
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Article 10
ThisAgreement shallconstitute anintegral partoftheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement.
Article 11
1. ThisAgreement shallenter intoforce onthethirtieth dayafterreceiving bytheDepositary
ofthelastnotification ofParties totheCentral European FreeTrade Agreement andtheRepublic of
Slovenia onthecompletion ofprocedures necessary forthatpurpose.
2. TheDepositary shall, without anydelay, notify allParties ofthecompletion ofprocedures
necessary forentry intoforce ofthisAgreement.
3. IfthisAgreement shallnotenterintoforce by1January 1996, itshallbeapplied provisionally
from thatdate.
4. Asfrom thedateofentry intoforce ofthisAgreement thefreetrade agreements concluded
between:
- theCzech Republic andtheRepublic ofSlovenia signed atLjubljana on
4December 1993,
- theSlovak Republic andtheRepublic ofSlovenia signed atBratislava on
22December 1993,
- theRepublic ofHungary andtheRepublic ofSlovenia signed atLjubljana on
6April 1994,
- theRepublic ofPoland theRepublic ofSlovenia singed atLjubljana on17July1995,
bymutual consent oftheParties concerned expressed inthisAgreement shallcease
tobeinforce orshallnotenter intoforce.
5. AsfromthedateofprovisionalapplicationofthisAgreementthefreetradeagreementsmentioned
inparagraph 4ofthisArticle shallnotapply between theirContracting Parties.
INWITNESS WHEREOF theundesigned plenipotentiaries, being dulyauthorized thereto,
havesigned thisAgreement.
DONE atLjubljana this25thdayofNovember 1995, inasingle authentic copyintheEnglish
language, which shallbedeposited withtheGovernment oftheRepublic ofPoland. TheDepositary
shalltransmit certified copies toallParties.
FortheCzech Republic FortheRepublic ofPoland
FortheRepublic ofHungary FortheRepublic ofSlovenia
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