WTO | Regional trade agreements

Basic InformationWTO Consideration ProcessRTA Provisions

Agreement name:	United Kingdom - Lebanon
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	19-Sep-2020	Date of notification:	31-Dec-2020
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-2021	End of implementation period:	2021
Current signatories:	Lebanese Republic; United Kingdom
Original signatories:	Lebanese Republic; United Kingdom
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Middle East; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Related agreements

EU - Lebanon

Official Web Address

United Kingdom, Department for International Trade
Lebanon, Ministry of Economy and Trade

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	Awaiting data from the Parties

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG412

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG412/N/1	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 05/03/2021

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
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		Other Special safeguards
	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
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)


	Provisions on capital transfers
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
	Intellectual property rights
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
	Gender
		Cooperation between the Parties