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Agreement name:	India - Nepal
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Partial Scope Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	27-Oct-2009	Date of notification:	02-Aug-2010
Date of entry into force:	27-Oct-2009	End of implementation period:	2009
Current signatories:	India; Nepal
Original signatories:	India; Nepal
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	West Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Nepal, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	29-Mar-2021

Related documents

Document series: WT/COMTD/RTA18

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/COMTD/N/34	E F S
Notification	WT/COMTD/RTA18/N/1	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/COMTD/RTA18/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CTD	WT/COMTD/RTA18/M/1	E F S
Additional Information New symbols for documentation	WT/INF/222	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)
		Cumulation among Parties
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)


	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Exceptions/exemptions

Document title
India
Nepal