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Korea, Republic of - New Zealand

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Agreement name:	Korea, Republic of - New Zealand
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	23-Mar-2015	Date of notification:	21-Dec-2015
Date of entry into force:	20-Dec-2015	End of implementation period:	2034
Current signatories:	Korea, Republic of; New Zealand
Original signatories:	Korea, Republic of; New Zealand
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia; Oceania
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Republic of Korea, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
New Zealand, Foreign Affairs & Trade

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 issued
Date of Consideration (G):	27-Sep-2016	Date of Consideration (S):	27-Sep-2016

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG367

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG367/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/855	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/REG367/1/Rev.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG367/2	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG367/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG367/M/1	E F S

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

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 14/05/2019

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	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 Duties and Charges prohibited
	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
		Exclusion of an RTA party in global safeguard action
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Special safeguard in Agriculture
	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
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Negative list (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		Ratchet provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
		Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included
	Provisions on capital transfers


	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Subsidies (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to all third parties
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	All Parties are party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) at entry into force
	Intellectual property rights
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Trademarks
		Traditional Knowledge
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
		Public participation / consultations provisions
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Environment)
	Labour
		No relaxation of labour laws
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Exceptions/exemptions

Document title
Korea, Republic of
Korea, Republic of - New Zealand (Services)
New Zealand

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