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Agreement name:	EFTA - Canada
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	26-Jan-2008	Date of notification:	04-Aug-2009
Date of entry into force:	01-Jul-2009	End of implementation period:	2024
Current signatories:	Canada; Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland
Original signatories:	Canada; Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	North America; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Global Affairs Canada
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E F

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E F

Consideration status:

Factual Presentation issued

Date of Consideration

27-Sep-2010

Early announcement

Date negotiations commenced:	07-Jun-2006	Date of signature:	26-Jan-2008

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG271

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG271/N/1	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/REG271/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG271/2	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG271/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG271/M/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 14/05/2019

Topics
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	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
		Mandatory recognition of conformity assessment results
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	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)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Services
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)


	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	All Parties are party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) at entry into force
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Transparency provisions

Document title
Canada
EFTA