Annex 3

CEE Europe Agreement with European Union

Country Year Signed Year Tariff Reductions (for EU) Began

Poland 1991 1992

Hungary 1991 1992

Czechoslovakia* 1991 1992

Romania 1993 1993

Bulgaria 1993 1993

Estonia** 1995 1995

Latvia** 1995 1995

Lithuania** 1995 1995

Slovenia 1996 1997

* Note: After their split at the end of 1992, the Czech Republic

and Slovakia signed separate Europe Agreements with

the EU in 1993.

** In the case of the Baltics, Free Trade Agreements were signed in 1995, which went into effect immediately. The FTAs were later incorporated into Europe Agreements.