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Agreement name:	Dominican Republic - Central America
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	16-Apr-1998	Date of notification:	06-Jan-2012
Date of entry into force:	04-Oct-2001	End of implementation period:	2011
Remarks:	Dates of entry into force: Dominican Republic - El Salvador: 04-Oct-01; Dominican Republic - Guatemala: 15-Oct-2001; Dominican Republic- Honduras: 19-Dec-2001; Dominican Republic - Costa Rica: 07-Mar-2002; Dominican Republic- Nicaragua: 03-Sep-2002.
Current signatories:	Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua
Original signatories:	Costa Rica; Dominican Republic; El Salvador; Guatemala; Honduras; Nicaragua
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Central America; Caribbean
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

República Dominicana, Ministerio de Industría y Comercio
Costa Rica, Ministerio de Comercio Exterior
El Salvador, Ministerio de Economía
Guatemala, Ministerio de Economía
Honduras, Secretaría de Desarrollo Económico
Nicaragua, Ministerio de Fomento, Industría y Comercio

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	S

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/REG305

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG305/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/614	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG305/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG305/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG305/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
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Mandatory recognition of technical regulations
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	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)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
		Investment Promotion
		Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included


	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (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
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Environment
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Exceptions/exemptions
		Transparency provisions

Document title
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Dominican Republic - Costa Rica
Dominican Republic - Guatemala
Dominican Republic - Honduras
Dominican Republic - Nicaragua
Dominican Republic - Central America (Services)