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Panama - Costa Rica (Panama - Central America)

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Agreement name:	Panama - Costa Rica (Panama - Central America)
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	07-Aug-2007	Date of notification:	07-Apr-2009
Date of entry into force:	23-Nov-2008	End of implementation period:	2026
Remarks:	Date of signature of the Panama - Central America Treaty: 06-Mar-2002.
Current signatories:	Costa Rica; Panama
Original signatories:	Costa Rica; Panama
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Central America
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Related agreements

Panama - El Salvador (Panama - Central America)
Panama - Guatemala (Panama - Central America)
Panama - Honduras (Panama - Central America)
Panama - Nicaragua (Panama - Central America)

Official Web Address

Panamá, Ministerio de Comercio e Industrias
Costa Rica, Ministerio de Comercio Exterior

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	S

Annexes & related documents

Bilateral protocol and annexes	S

Consideration status (G):	Factual Presentation issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration (G):	14-Mar-2011	Date of Consideration (S):	14-Mar-2011

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG264

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG264/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/490	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG264/1	E F S
Factual Presentation / Corrigendum	WT/REG264/1/Corr.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG264/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA / Revision	WT/REG264/M/1/Rev.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: 01/12/2017

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)
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Mandatory recognition of technical regulations
		Harmonization/alignement of TBT measures at the bilateral/regional level
	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
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
		Stricter rules on imposition of intra-RTA Anti-Dumping measures
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
		Stricter rules on imposition of intra-RTA countervailing measures
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Negative list (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		Ratchet provision (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
		Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included
	Provisions on capital transfers


	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Subsidies (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	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
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
	Competition
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws

Document title
Costa Rica
Panama-Costa Rica (Services)
Panama

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