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Agreement name:	Türkiye - Syrian Arab Republic
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	23-Dec-2004	Date of notification:	15-Feb-2007
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-2007	End of implementation period:	2018
Current signatories:	Syrian Arab Republic; Türkiye
Original signatories:	Syrian Arab Republic; Türkiye
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Middle East; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Türkiye, Ministry of Trade

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	Awaiting data from the Parties

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG225

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG225/N/1	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 14/05/2019

Topics
	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
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
	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
		Special safeguard in Agriculture
		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)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)


	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Enforcement
	Competition
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation