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EC (25) Enlargement

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Agreement name:	EC (25) Enlargement
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Customs Union & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	16-Apr-2003	Date of notification:	26-Apr-2004
Date of entry into force:	01-May-2004	End of implementation period:	2009
Remarks:	Official Journal of the European Union: L 236 of 23-Sep-2003. Accession of the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic. The United Kingdom was a Member State of the European Union until 31 January 2020. The European Union and the United Kingdom have agreed a Withdrawal Agreement pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides for a time-limited transition period during which European Union law, with limited exceptions as provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement will apply to and in the United Kingdom. Further details are available in the communication from the United Kingdom (WT/GC/206) dated 1 February 2020 and the note verbal from the European Union (WT/LET/1462) dated 27 January 2020 notifying WTO members that the United Kingdom is treated as a member State of the European Union for the purposes of relevant international agreements for the duration of the transition period.
Accession	Yes
Current signatories:	Austria; Belgium; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden
Original signatories:	Austria; Belgium; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Europe
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

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Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E F S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E F S

Consideration status (G):	Factual Abstract issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation issued
		Date of Consideration (S):	20-Apr-2009

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG170

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG170/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/303	E F S
Notification / Cessation of Agreements	WT/REG/GEN/N/3	E F S
Factual Presentation (S)	WT/REG170/8/Rev.1	E F S
Factual Abstract (G)		E
Standard Format for information on RTAs (G)	WT/REG170/2	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG170/3	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG170/4	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG170/5	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG170/7	E F S
Questions and Replies / Addendum	WT/REG170/7/Add.1	E F S
Questions and Replies / Addendum / Corrigendum	WT/REG170/7/Add.1/Corr.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG170/9	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG170/M/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA / Corrigendum	WT/REG170/M/1/Corr.1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG170/M/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG170/M/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG170/M/4	E F S
General incidence	WT/REG170/6/Rev.2	E F S
General incidence / Addendum	WT/REG170/6/Rev.2/Add.1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (S)	E F S
Factual Abstract (G)	E

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