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EU - Pacific States - Accession of Solomon Islands

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Agreement name:	EU - Pacific States - Accession of Solomon Islands
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	07-May-2020	Date of notification:	26-Oct-2020
Date of entry into force:	17-May-2020	End of implementation period:	2038
Remarks:	Official Journal of the European Union: L 85 of 20-Mar-2020. The EU and Solomon Islands are provisionally applying the Agreement since 17-May-2020. The United Kingdom was a Member State of the European Union until 31 January 2020. The European Union and the United Kingdom have agreed a Withdrawal Agreement pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides for a time-limited transition period during which European Union law, with limited exceptions as provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement will apply to and in the United Kingdom. Further details are available in the communication from the United Kingdom (WT/GC/206) dated 1 February 2020 and the note verbal from the European Union (WT/LET/1462) dated 27 January 2020 notifying WTO members that the United Kingdom is treated as a member State of the European Union for the purposes of relevant international agreements for the duration of the transition period.
Accession	Yes
Current signatories:	Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; Fiji; Papua New Guinea; Solomon Islands
Original signatories:	Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Fiji; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Papua New Guinea; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Solomon Islands; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	Europe; Oceania
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

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EU - Pacific States
EU - Pacific States - Accession of Samoa

Official Web Address

European Commission

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E F S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E F S

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	08-Apr-2024

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG409

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG409/N/1	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/REG409/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG409/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG409/M/1	E F S
Notification / Inactive Agreements	WT/REG/GEN/N/10	E F S

Document title
European Union - Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands - European Union

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