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EFTA - Peru

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Agreement name:	EFTA - Peru
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	24-Jun-2010	Date of notification:	30-Jun-2011
Date of entry into force:	01-Jul-2011	End of implementation period:	2027
Remarks:	Dates of entry into force: 01-Jul-2011 for Peru, Liechtenstein and Switzerland; 01-Oct-2011 for Peru and Iceland; 01-Jul-2012 for Peru and Norway.
Current signatories:	Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland; Peru
Original signatories:	Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland; Peru
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	Europe; South America
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Perú, Ministerio de Comercio Exterior y Turismo

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E S

Consideration status:

Factual Presentation issued

Date of Consideration

17-Sep-2013

Early announcement

Date negotiations commenced:	04-Jun-2007	Date of signature:	24-Jun-2010
Remarks:	Agreement signed by the EFTA States on 24 June 2010 and by Peru on 14 July 2010.

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG295

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (Peru, Liechtenstein, Switzerland)	WT/REG295/N/1	E F S
Notification (Peru and Iceland)	WT/REG295/N/2	E F S
Notification (Peru and Norway)	WT/REG295/N/3	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/REG295/1/Rev.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG295/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG295/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
		Cumulation among Parties
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	All Export Duties and Charges prohibited
	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
	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
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization


	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	Mutual Recognition
	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
	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)
	Environment
	E-Commerce
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Exceptions/exemptions

Document title
EFTA
Peru

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