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Agreement name:	Australia - New Zealand Closer Economic Relations Trade Agreement (ANZCERTA)
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature (G):	14-Dec-1982	Date of notification (G):	14-Apr-1983
Date of signature (S):	18-Aug-1988	Date of notification (S):	22-Nov-1995
Date of entry into force (G):	01-Jan-1983	End of implementation period:	1995
Date of entry into force (S):	01-Jan-1989
Current signatories:	Australia; New Zealand
Original signatories:	Australia; New Zealand
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Oceania
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
New Zealand, Foreign Affairs & Trade

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

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

Related documents

Document series:

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	L/5475	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/7	E F S
Notification / Recital B (S)	WT/REG40/2	E F S
Agreement (G)	L/5475/Add.1	E
Factual Abstract (S)		E
Standard Format for information on RTAs (S)	WT/REG40/1	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG40/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA (S)	WT/REG40/M/1	E F S
Report	BISD 31S/170 (L/5664)	E
Biennial report (G)	WT/REG111/R/B/1	E F S
Biennial report (G) / Addendum	WT/REG111/R/B/1/Add.1	E F S
Biennial report (G)	WT/REG111/R/B/2	E F S
Biennial report (G)	WT/REG111/R/B/3	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Abstract (S)	E

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 18/08/2025

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	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
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	Anti-Dumping measures
	Countervailing measures
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)


	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
	Provisions on capital transfers
	Mutual Recognition
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to all third parties
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only
	Government procurement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment