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EC (15) Enlargement

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Agreement name:	EC (15) Enlargement
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Customs Union & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	24-Jun-1994	Date of notification (G):	15-Dec-1994
		Date of notification (S):	22-Dec-1994
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-1995	End of implementation period:	2005
Remarks:	Official Journal of the European Union: C 241 of 29-Aug-1994. Accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden. 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; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; Sweden
Original signatories:	Austria; Belgium; Denmark; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Ireland; Italy; Luxembourg; Netherlands; Portugal; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Europe
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

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Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Factual Abstract issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Abstract issued

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG3

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	L/7614	E F S
Notification / Entry into force	WT/L/7	E F S
Agreement	L/7614/Add.1	E
Factual Abstract (G)		E
Factual Abstract (S)		E
Questions and Replies	WT/REG3/2	E F S
Questions and Replies / Addendum	WT/REG3/2/Add.1	E F S
Questions and Replies / Addendum	WT/REG3/2/Add.2	E F S
Questions and Replies / Addendum	WT/REG3/2/Add.3	E F S
Questions and Replies / Addendum	WT/REG3/2/Add.4	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG3/M/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG3/M/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG3/M/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG3/M/4	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG3/M/5	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG3/M/6	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG3/M/7	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG3/M/8	E F S
General incidence	WT/REG3/3	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Abstract (G)	E
Factual Abstract (S)	E

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