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EFTA - Malaysia

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Agreement name:	EFTA - Malaysia
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:
Status:	Early announcement-Signed	Notification under:
Date of signature:	23-Jun-2025	Date of notification:
Date of entry into force:
Current signatories:	Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland; Malaysia
Original signatories:	Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland; Malaysia
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	Europe; East Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Malaysia, Ministry of International Trade and Industry

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:

Early announcement

Date negotiations commenced:	25-Mar-2014	Date of signature:	23-Jun-2025
Remarks:	The Agreement and its Annexes cover trade in goods, including industrial products, fish and other marine products, and agricultural products, customs procedures and trade facilitation, technical barriers to trade (TBT) and sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS). In addition, it includes provisions on trade in services, investment, government procurement, intellectual property rights, trade facilitation, trade remedies, competition, trade and sustainable development, cooperation and capacity building, as well as legal and horizontal provisions. The Agreement establishes a Joint Committee that, among other functions, will supervise the implementation of the agreement, keep under review the possibility of further removal of barriers to trade and other restrictive measures concerning trade between the Parties, and endeavour to resolve disputes related to its interpretation. It also establishes, under the Joint Committee, two sub-committees on Trade in Goods and on Cooperation and Capacity Building. The Agreement will enter into force after the completion of internal procedures and ratification by the Parties. The Government of Norway acts as the Depositary for the Agreement.

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