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Agreement name:	Russian Federation - Azerbaijan
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Free Trade Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	30-Sep-1992	Date of notification:	13-Sep-2012
Date of entry into force:	17-Feb-1993	End of implementation period:	2012
Current signatories:	Azerbaijan; Russian Federation
Original signatories:	Azerbaijan; Russian Federation
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including certain associate and former member States
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

Department for Trade Negotiations, Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	03-Apr-2017

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG317

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG317/N/1	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/REG317/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG317/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG317/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: 01/12/2017

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)
		Cumulation among Parties
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Subsidies (Goods)


	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to all third parties
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only
	Competition

Document title
Russian Federation
Azerbaijan