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EFTA - GCC
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RTA Provisions
Agreement name:
EFTA - GCC
Coverage:
Goods & Services
Type:
Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:
In Force
Notification under:
GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:
22-Jun-2009
Date of notification:
06-Oct-2022
Date of entry into force:
01-Jul-2014
End of implementation period:
2019
Current signatories:
Bahrain, Kingdom of; Kuwait, the State of; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; United Arab Emirates; Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland
Original signatories:
Bahrain, Kingdom of; Kuwait, the State of; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; United Arab Emirates; Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland
RTA Composition:
Bilateral; All Parties are RTAs
Region:
Middle East; Europe
All Parties WTO members?
Yes
Cross-Regional:
Yes
Related agreements
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Official Web Address
Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Text of the agreement
Text of the agreement
E
Annexes & related documents
Annexes
E
Consideration status (G):
Factual Presentation currently being drafted
Consideration status (S):
Factual Presentation currently being drafted
Early announcement
Date of signature:
22-Jun-2009
Related documents
Document series:
WT/REG465
Document type
Symbol
Language
Notification (G)
WT/REG465/N/1
E
F
S
Notification (S)
S/C/N/1111
E
F
S
RTA Provisions Glossary
For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.
Last modified on: 11/10/2022
Topics
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
Outward-processing allowed
Cumulation among Parties
All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, 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
Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
Exclusion of an RTA party in global safeguard action
Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
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)
Denial of benefits
Services
Positive list (Services)
Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
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
Government procurement
Intellectual property rights
Enforcement
Competition
Adopts or maintains competition law
Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
Exceptions/exemptions
E-Commerce
Consumer protection provisions
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