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Southern African Development Community (SADC)
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RTA Provisions
Agreement name:
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Coverage:
Goods & Services
Type:
Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:
In force for at least one Party
Notification under:
GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature (G):
24-Aug-1996
Date of notification (G):
02-Aug-2004
Date of signature (S):
19-Aug-2012
Date of notification (S):
12-Sep-2022
Date of entry into force (G):
01-Sep-2000
End of implementation period:
2015
Date of entry into force (S):
13-Jan-2022
Remarks:
Members of the SADC Community : Angola, Botswana, Comoros, DR Congo, Eswatini, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia and Zimbabwe. The Protocol on Trade in Goods is applied by all members except Angola, Comoros and DR Congo. The Protocol on Trade in Services is applied by all members except Angola, Comoros, DR Congo, Madagascar and Tanzania.
Current signatories:
Angola; Botswana; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Eswatini; Lesotho; Madagascar; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; Seychelles; South Africa; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
Original signatories:
Botswana; Eswatini; Lesotho; Malawi; Mauritius; Mozambique; Namibia; South Africa; Tanzania; Zambia; Zimbabwe
RTA Composition:
Plurilateral
Region:
Africa
All Parties WTO members?
Yes
Cross-Regional:
No
Related agreements
Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Accession of Seychelles
Official Web Address
Southern African Development Community (SADC)
Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Trade Information Services
Text of the agreement
Trade in Goods
E
Trade in Services
E
Annexes & related documents
Annexes (Goods)
E
Annexes (Services)
E
Annex 7 (Tourism)
E
Consideration status (G):
Factual Presentation issued
Consideration status (S):
Awaiting data from the Parties
Date of Consideration (G):
14-May-2007
Related documents
Document series:
WT/REG176
Document type
Symbol
Language
Notification (G)
WT/REG176/N/1/Rev.1
E
F
S
Notification (S)
S/C/N/1108
E
F
S
Agreement (G)
WT/REG176/1
E
F
S
Agreement / Amendment Protocol (G)
WT/REG176/2/Rev.1
E
F
S
Factual Presentation (G)
WT/REG176/4
E
F
S
Questions and Replies (G)
WT/REG176/5
E
F
S
Questions and Replies (G)
WT/REG176/6
E
F
S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA (G)
WT/REG176/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: 30/09/2022
Topics
All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
Rules of Origin (RoO)
Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
Other Criteria(s)
De minimis rules
Cumulation among Parties
Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
Transparency obligations (SPS)
Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (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
RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
Other Special safeguards
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)
MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
Services
MFN provision (Services)
Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
Other Investment Provisions
Investment Protection
Investment Promotion
Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included
Provisions on capital transfers
Domestic Regulation
Mutual Recognition
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
Intellectual property rights
Competition
Adopts or maintains competition law
Environment
No relaxation of environmental laws
Labour
Gender
Right to regulate
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