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Agreement name:	Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO)
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Partial Scope Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	17-Feb-1992	Date of notification:	10-Jul-1992
Date of entry into force:	17-Feb-1992	End of implementation period:	2015
Remarks:	The current signatories stated below are "as notified by the Parties". However, please note that Afghanistan and Tajikistan are also parties to the ECO Trade Agreement.
Current signatories:	Iran; Pakistan; Türkiye
Original signatories:	Iran; Pakistan; Türkiye
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Middle East; West Asia; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Economic Cooperation Organisation

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	No report

Related documents

Document series:

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	L/7047	E

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 01/12/2017

Topics
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Cumulation among Parties
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Other Special safeguards
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)


	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only
	Intellectual property rights
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Traditional Knowledge
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)