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Agreement name:	India - Australia
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	02-Apr-2022	Date of notification:	07-Sep-2023
Date of entry into force:	29-Dec-2022	End of implementation period:	2031
Remarks:
Current signatories:	Australia; India
Original signatories:	Australia; India
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Oceania; West Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Australia, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Factual Presentation being finalized	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation being finalized

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG473

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG473/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/1139	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 21/09/2023

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
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
		Special safeguard in Agriculture
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Anti-Dumping measures)
	Countervailing measures
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Countervailing measures)
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Hybrid structure (Services)
		Ratchet provision (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)


	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Other Investment Provisions
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Services)
	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