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Agreement name:	EU - Armenia
Coverage:	Services	Type:	Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	24-Nov-2017	Date of notification:	23-Aug-2019
Date of entry into force:	01-Jun-2018	End of implementation period:	2018
Remarks:	Official Journal of the European Union: L 23 of 26-Jan-2018. Provisional entry into force of the Agreement: 01-Jun-2018. The United Kingdom was a Member State of the European Union until 31 January 2020. The European Union and the United Kingdom have agreed a Withdrawal Agreement pursuant to Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, which provides for a time-limited transition period during which European Union law, with limited exceptions as provided for in the Withdrawal Agreement will apply to and in the United Kingdom. Further details are available in the communication from the United Kingdom (WT/GC/206) dated 1 February 2020 and the note verbal from the European Union (WT/LET/1462) dated 27 January 2020 notifying WTO members that the United Kingdom is treated as a member State of the European Union for the purposes of relevant international agreements for the duration of the transition period.
Current signatories:	Armenia; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden
Original signatories:	Armenia; Austria; Belgium; Bulgaria; Croatia; Cyprus; Czech Republic; Denmark; Estonia; Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Hungary; Ireland; Italy; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg; Malta; Netherlands; Poland; Portugal; Romania; Slovak Republic; Slovenia; Spain; Sweden; United Kingdom
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including certain associate and former member States; Europe
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Related agreements

EU Treaty

Official Web Address

European Commission
Armenia, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E F S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E F S

		Consideration status	Factual Presentation issued
		Date of Consideration	22-Sep-2020

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG405

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (S)	S/C/N/959	E F S
Factual Presentation (S)	WT/REG405/1/Rev.1	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG405/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG405/M/1	E F S
Notification / Inactive Agreements	WT/REG/GEN/N/10	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (S)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 10/09/2019

Topics
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	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)
	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
		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
	Subsidies (Goods)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Hybrid structure (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		MFN 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
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	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
	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
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
		Public participation / consultations provisions
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Environment)
	Labour
		No relaxation of labour laws
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Labour)
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
		Exceptions/exemptions
		Transparency provisions
	E-Commerce
		Customs duty exemption for Digital Products Transmitted Electronically
		Paperless trading or e-signatures
	Gender
		Chapter on Gender
		International commitments
		Cooperation between the Parties

Document title
EU-Armenia (Services)

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