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South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA)

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Agreement name:	South Pacific Regional Trade and Economic Cooperation Agreement (SPARTECA)
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Partial Scope Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	14-Jul-1980	Date of notification:	07-Jan-1981
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-1981	End of implementation period:	1981
Current signatories:	Australia; Cook Islands; Fiji; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Federated States of; Nauru; New Zealand; Niue; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu
Original signatories:	Australia; Cook Islands; Fiji; Kiribati; Marshall Islands; Micronesia, Federated States of; Nauru; New Zealand; Niue; Papua New Guinea; Samoa; Solomon Islands; Tonga; Tuvalu; Vanuatu
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Oceania
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	No

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Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Consideration status:	No report

Related documents

Document series:

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	L/5100	E

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 06/12/2019

Topics
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
	Anti-Dumping measures
	Countervailing measures


	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
		Exceptions/exemptions
		Transparency provisions

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