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Agreement name:	Canada - Costa Rica
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	23-Apr-2001	Date of notification:	13-Jan-2003
Date of entry into force:	01-Nov-2002	End of implementation period:	2016
Current signatories:	Canada; Costa Rica
Original signatories:	Canada; Costa Rica
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	North America; Central America
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Global Affairs Canada
Costa Rica, Ministerio de Comercio Exterior

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E F S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E F S

Consideration status:	Factual Abstract issued

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG147

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG147/N/1	E F S
Agreement	WT/REG147/1	E F S
Factual Abstract		E
Standard Format for information on RTAs	WT/REG147/3	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG147/4	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG147/5	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG147/M/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG147/M/2	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Abstract (G)	E

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 01/12/2017

Topics
	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
		Cumulation among Parties
	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
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Special safeguard in Agriculture
		Special safeguard in Textiles
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Anti-Dumping measures)
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Services
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)


	Mutual Recognition
	Movement of Natural Persons
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
		Public participation / consultations provisions
	Labour
	E-Commerce