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Agreement name:	GUAM
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	20-Jul-2002	Date of notification:	03-Apr-2017
Date of entry into force:	10-Dec-2003	End of implementation period:	2003
Remarks:	While the Agreement was notified as having provisions on both trade in goods and services, there are no specific commitments on services in the Agreement.
Current signatories:	Azerbaijan; Georgia; Moldova, Republic of; Ukraine
Original signatories:	Azerbaijan; Georgia; Moldova, Republic of; Ukraine
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Central Asia; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

GUAM Organization

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Factual Presentation issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation on hold
Date of Consideration (G):	27-Jul-2020

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG/383

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG383/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/888	E F S
Factual Presentation (G)	WT/REG383/1/Rev.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG383/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG383/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: 29/04/2019

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	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)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	Services
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)


	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to all third parties
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
	Competition