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EFTA - Colombia

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Agreement name:	EFTA - Colombia
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	25-Nov-2008	Date of notification:	14-Sep-2011
Date of entry into force:	01-Jul-2011	End of implementation period:	2030
Remarks:	Date of entry into force: 01-Jul-2011 for Colombia, Liechtenstein and Switzerland; 01-Sept-2014 for Norway; 01-Oct-2014 for Iceland.
Current signatories:	Colombia; Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland
Original signatories:	Colombia; Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	South America; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Colombia, Ministerio de Comercio, Industría y Turismo

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E S

Consideration status (G):

Factual Presentation issued

Consideration status (S):

Factual Presentation issued

Date of Consideration (G):

05-Apr-2016

Date of Consideration (S):

05-Apr-2016

Early announcement

Date negotiations commenced:	04-Jun-2007	Date of signature:	25-Nov-2008

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG299

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG299/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/600	E F S
Notification (G)	WT/REG299/N/2	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/600/Add.1	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG299/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG299/2/Rev.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG299/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG299/M/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G & S)	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
		Cumulation among Parties
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	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
		Exclusion of an RTA party in global safeguard action
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
		Special safeguard in Agriculture
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Anti-Dumping measures)
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (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
		Positive list (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization
	Provisions on capital transfers


	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	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
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Traditional Knowledge
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	E-Commerce
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation

Document title
EFTA
Colombia
EFTA - Colombia (Services)

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