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Agreement name:	India - Afghanistan
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Partial Scope Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	06-Mar-2003	Date of notification:	08-Mar-2010
Date of entry into force:	13-May-2003	End of implementation period:	2003
Current signatories:	Afghanistan; India
Original signatories:	Afghanistan; India
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	West Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	29-Sep-2020

Related documents

Document series: WT/COMTD/RTA14

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 01/12/2017

Topics
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Cumulation among Parties
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)


	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only

Document title
India
Afghanistan