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Agreement name:	United Kingdom - Eastern and Southern Africa States
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	31-Jan-2019	Date of notification:	31-Dec-2020
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-2021	End of implementation period:	2022
Current signatories:	Mauritius; Seychelles; United Kingdom; Zimbabwe
Original signatories:	Mauritius; Seychelles; United Kingdom; Zimbabwe
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Africa; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Related agreements

EU - Eastern and Southern Africa States

Official Web Address

United Kingdom, Department for International Trade
Madagascar, Ministère de l'Industrie, du Commerce et de l'Artisanat
Mauritius, Trade Portal, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Integration and International Trade
Seychelles Trade Portal
Zimbabwe, Trade Information Portal

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	27-Mar-2023

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG427

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG427/N/1	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/REG427/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG427/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG427/M/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 05/03/2021

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
		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)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		Exclusion of an RTA party in global safeguard action
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Other Special safeguards
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Anti-Dumping measures)
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Countervailing measures)
	Subsidies (Goods)
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)


	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Promotion
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
	Government procurement
	Competition
	Environment
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
		Exceptions/exemptions
	Gender
		Cooperation between the Parties