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Türkiye - United Arab Emirates

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Agreement name:	Türkiye - United Arab Emirates
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	03-Mar-2023	Date of notification:	18-Mar-2025
Date of entry into force:	01-Sep-2023	End of implementation period:	2028
Current signatories:	Türkiye; United Arab Emirates
Original signatories:	Türkiye; United Arab Emirates
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Europe; Middle East
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Türkiye, Ministry of Trade
United Arab Emirates, Ministry of Economy

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Awaiting data from the Parties	Consideration status (S):	Awaiting data from the Parties

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG492

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG492/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/1181	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 25/03/2025

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
		Outward-processing allowed
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (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
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	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)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Promotion
	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation


	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to all third parties
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
	E-Commerce
		Internal taxes permitted for digital products
		Consumer protection provisions
		Paperless trading or e-signatures
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
		Exceptions/exemptions
		Transparency provisions
	Gender
		Cooperation between the Parties

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