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EFTA - Türkiye

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Agreement name:	EFTA - Türkiye
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	Inactive	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	10-Dec-1991	Date of notification:	06-Mar-1992
Date of entry into force:	01-Apr-1992	End of implementation period:	1996
		Inactive Date:	01-Oct-2021
Current signatories:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Original signatories:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

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EFTA - Türkiye

Official Web Address

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Türkiye, Ministry of Trade

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	Report adopted

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG86

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification rep. L/6989	WT/REG86/N/1	E F S
Notification	L/6989	E
Agreement	L/6989/Add.1	E
Report	BISD 40S/48 (L/7336)	E
Biennial report	WT/REG86/R/B/1	E F S
Biennial report	WT/REG86/R/B/2	E F S
Biennial report	WT/REG86/R/B/3	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.1	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.2	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.3	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.4	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.5	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.6	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.7	E F S
Notification / Inactive Agreements	WT/REG86/N/2	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 16/04/2019

Topics
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Outward-processing allowed
		Cumulation among Parties
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	All Export Duties and Charges prohibited
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Mandatory recognition of conformity assessment results
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Other Special safeguards
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures


	Subsidies (Goods)
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Layout-Designs (topographies) of integrated circuits
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Enforcement
	Competition
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	31-May-2006	Date of notification of changes:	30-Sep-2008
Date of entry into force of changes:	01-Feb-2008
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 1 of 2006 of the Joint EFTA-Turkey Committee concerning amendments to Annex I concerning products not covered by the Agreement. Update of Annex I following amendments to Protocol A to the EFTA-Turkey Agreement given that some products listed in the former Annex I to the Agreement are now included in the Agreement.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.1	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	31-May-2006	Date of notification of changes:	30-Sep-2008
Date of entry into force of changes:	01-Feb-2008
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 2 of 2006 of the Joint EFTA-Turkey Committee concerning amendments to Protocol A concerning processed agricultural products. Taking into account that the EFTA States have revised their agreements with the European Community on processed agricultural products, by expanding the product coverage of these agreements and providing for improved concessions for the products covered, the Decision updates Protocol A to ensure that products originating in Turkey are accorded treatment no less favourable than that accorded to the European Communities.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.2	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	31-May-2006	Date of notification of changes:	30-Sep-2008
Date of entry into force of changes:	01-Sep-2007
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 3 of 2006 of the Joint EFTA-Turkey Committee concerning amendments to Protocol B concerning the definition of the concept of “originating products” and methods of administrative co-operation. Introduction of the pan-Euro-Mediterranean model protocol on rules of origin in order to apply diagonal cumulation as created in the pan-Euro-Mediterranean cumulation zone established by the European Community, the EFTA States, Turkey, the Faroe Islands, and the countries or territories participating in the Euro-Mediterranean partnership based on the Barcelona Declaration, other than Turkey.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.3	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	03-Dec-2009	Date of notification of changes:	03-May-2011
Date of entry into force of changes:	01-Jun-2011
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 1 of 2009 of the Joint EFTA-Turkey Committee concerning amendments to Protocol A on processed agricultural products. The Decision updates Protocol A by bringing it in line with HS 2007.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.4	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	03-Dec-2009	Date of notification of changes:	03-May-2011
Date of entry into force of changes:	01-Jun-2011
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 2 of 2009 of the Joint EFTA-Turkey Committee concerning amendments to Protocol B on originating products. The Decision updates Protocol B by bringing it in line with HS 2007.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.5	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	03-Dec-2009	Date of notification of changes:	21-Jul-2011
Date of entry into force of changes:	05-Jul-2011
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 3 of 2009 of the Joint EFTA-Turkey Committee adding Protocol E on mutual recognition of conformity assessment of products. The Decision adds Protocol E on mutual recognition of conformity assessment of products to the EFTA-Turkey FTA.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.6	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	15-May-2005	Date of notification of changes:	30-Aug-2011
Date of entry into force of changes:	15-Aug-2011
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 1 of 2005 of the Joint EFTA-Turkey Committee concerning amendments to Article 18 and 23 and Annex II and deletion of Annexes X and XI concerning State Aid. The Decision amends the FTA’s provisions on State Aid.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG86/N/1/Add.7	E F S

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