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Agreement name:	EFTA - Jordan
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	21-Jun-2001	Date of notification:	17-Jan-2002
Date of entry into force:	01-Sep-2002	End of implementation period:	2014
Current signatories:	Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland; Jordan
Original signatories:	Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland; Jordan
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	Europe; Middle East
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)
Jordan, Ministry of Industry, Trade and Supply

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status:	Factual Abstract issued

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG133

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG133/N/1	E F S
Agreement	WT/REG133/1	E F S
Factual Abstract		E
Standard Format for information on RTAs	WT/REG133/3	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG133/4	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG133/5	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG133/M/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG133/M/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG133/M/3	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG133/N/1/Add.1	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG133/N/1/Add.2	E F S
Notification of changes	WT/REG133/N/1/Add.3	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
		Outward-processing allowed
		Cumulation among Parties
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Other Special safeguards
	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
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)


	Investment Liberalization Provisions
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Promotion
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Layout-Designs (topographies) of integrated circuits
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Enforcement
	Competition
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	Jordan, European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	20-Apr-2012	Date of notification of changes:	05-Sep-2013
Date of entry into force of changes:	01-Oct-2013
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 1 of 2012 of the Joint EFTA-Jordan Committee concerning amendments to Annex II – Fish and other marine products. Harmonization of the scope of Annex II in line with international developments. Completion of Table 1 of Annex II and Table 3 of Annex II.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG133/N/1/Add.1	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	Jordan, European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	20-Apr-2012	Date of notification of changes:	05-Sep-2013
Date of entry into force of changes:	01-Oct-2013
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 2 of 2012 of the Joint EFTA-Jordan Committee concerning amendments to Annex III – Customs Duties on Imports and Charges having Equivalent Effect. Replacing Annex III and its Tables A, B and C, as well as adding Tables A1, B1, B2 and C1.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG133/N/1/Add.2	E F S

Notification of changes

Parties concerned:	Jordan, European Free Trade Association (EFTA)	Changes affect:	Goods
Date of signature of changes:	20-Apr-2012	Date of notification of changes:	05-Sep-2013
Date of entry into force of changes:	01-Oct-2013
Remarks:	Notification of the entry into force of Decision No. 3 of 2012 of the Joint EFTA-Jordan Committee concerning amendments to Protocol B – Concerning the definition of the Concept of "Originating Products" and Methods of Administrative Cooperation. Amendments to Protocol B concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and methods of administrative cooperation, as well as replacing Annexes I and II to Protocol B.

Related documents

Notification of changes	WT/REG133/N/1/Add.3	E F S