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EFTA - Kosovo

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Agreement name:	EFTA - Kosovo
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:
Status:	Early announcement-Signed	Notification under:
Date of signature:	22-Jan-2025	Date of notification:
Date of entry into force:
Remarks:	Reference to Kosovo shall be understood to be in the context of the United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999).
Current signatories:	Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland; UNMIK/Kosovo
Original signatories:	Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland; UNMIK/Kosovo
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	Europe
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	No

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Text of the agreement	E

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Annexes	E

Consideration status:

Early announcement

Date negotiations commenced:	20-Jun-2022	Date of signature:	22-Jan-2025
Remarks:	The Agreement covers trade in goods, including industrial products, fish and other marine products, and agricultural products, technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS). In addition, it includes provisions on trade in services, intellectual property rights, trade facilitation, trade remedies, competition, trade and sustainable development as well as legal and horizontal provisions. The Agreement establishes a Joint Committee that, among other functions, will supervise the implementation of the Agreement, keep under review the possibility of further removal of barriers to trade and other restrictive measures concerning trade between the Parties, and endeavour to resolve disputes related to its interpretation. The Agreement will enter into force after the completion of internal procedures and ratification by the Parties.

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