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Agreement name:	EFTA - Israel
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	17-Sep-1992	Date of notification:	30-Nov-1992
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-1993	End of implementation period:	2003
Current signatories:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Original signatories:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Israel, Ministry of Economy and Industry

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	Factual Abstract issued

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG14

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	L/7129	E F S
Notification rep. L/7129	WT/REG14/N/1	E F S
Agreement	L/7129/Add.1	E F S
Factual Abstract		E
Standard Format for information on RTAs	WT/REG14/2	E F S
Questions and Replies	L/7569	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG14/M/1/Rev.1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG14/M/2	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG14/N/1/Add.3	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG14/N/1/Add.1	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG14/N/1/Add.2	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Abstract (G)	E

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 16/04/2019

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
		Outward-processing allowed
		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)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		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
	Subsidies (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
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Layout-Designs (topographies) of integrated circuits
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Enforcement
	Competition
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	15-Jun-2005	Date of notification of changes:	27-Jan-2009
Date of entry into force of changes:	11-Jul-2008
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 3 of 2005 of the Joint EFTA-Israel Committee concerning mutual administrative assistance in customs matters. Introduction of a new Protocol concerning mutual administrative assistance in customs matters between the Parties to enhance international co-operation in matters related to the administration and enforcement of the customs laws.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG14/N/1/Add.1	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	15-Jun-2005	Date of notification of changes:	27-Jan-2009
Date of entry into force of changes:	11-Jul-2008
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 4 of 2005 of the Joint EFTA-Israel Committee amending Article 22 of the Agreement concerning balance of payment difficulties. A Party in serious balance-of-payments difficulties, or under imminent threat thereof, may, in accordance with the conditions established under the GATT 1994 and the WTO Understanding on the Balance-of-Payments Provisions, adopt trade restrictive measure.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG14/N/1/Add.2	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	15-Jun-2005	Date of notification of changes:	10-Aug-2010
Date of entry into force of changes:	05-Jul-2010
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 1 of 2006 of the Joint EFTA-Israel Committee amending Articles 18 and 23 and Annex II and deleting Annexes VI and VII of the Agreement concerning state aid. Replacing the Article on State Aid (and deleting the respective Annexes) with an article on Subsidies. According to the new article, the rights and obligations of the Parties in respect of subsidies and countervailing measures shall be governed by Article XVI of the GATT 1994 and the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures, except as otherwise provided for in the Article.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG14/N/1/Add.3	E F S