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Agreement name:	Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) - Egypt
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	02-Aug-2010	Date of notification:	19-Feb-2018
Date of entry into force:	01-Sep-2017	End of implementation period:	2026
Current signatories:	Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay; Egypt
Original signatories:	Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay; Egypt
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	South America; Africa
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)
Egypt, State Information Service

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E S

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	22-Nov-2019

Related documents

Document series: WT/COMTD/RTA10

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 18/11/2019

Topics
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	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
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	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
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Promotion
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation