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Agreement name:	United Kingdom - Kenya
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	08-Dec-2020	Date of notification:	31-Dec-2020
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-2021	End of implementation period:	2046
Remarks:	Dates of entry into force: Memorandum of Understanding: 01-Jan-21; Agreement: 22-Mar-21.
Current signatories:	Kenya; United Kingdom
Original signatories:	Kenya; United Kingdom
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Africa; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

United Kingdom, Department for International Trade

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	14-Nov-2022

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG417

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG417/N/1	E F S
Notification / Addendum	WT/REG417/N/1/Add.1	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/REG417/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG417/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG417/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)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (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
	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
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)


	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	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
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
	Competition
	Environment
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
	Gender
		Cooperation between the Parties

Document title
United Kingdom
Kenya