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Agreement name:	Russian Federation - Belarus - Kazakhstan
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Customs Union
Status:	Inactive	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV
Date of signature:	20-Jan-1995	Date of notification:	21-Dec-2012
Date of entry into force:	03-Dec-1997	End of implementation period:	2015
Remarks:	Please note that the consideration of this Agreement has taken place in the context of the consideration process of the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).	Inactive Date:	01-Jan-2015
Current signatories:	Belarus; Kazakhstan; Russian Federation
Original signatories:	Belarus; Kazakhstan; Russian Federation
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including certain associate and former member States
All Parties WTO members?	No	Cross-Regional:	No

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Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU)

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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	19-Nov-2018

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG325

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/REG325/N/1	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/REG358/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG358/3/Rev.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG358/4	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG358/M/1	E F S
General incidence	WT/REG358/2	E F S
Notification / Inactive Agreements	WT/REG325/N/2	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 14/05/2019

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	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
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	All Export Duties and Charges prohibited
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Mandatory recognition of conformity assessment results
		Harmonization/alignement of TBT measures at the bilateral/regional level
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies


	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Standing Tribunal
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Labour
		No relaxation of labour laws
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
		Exceptions/exemptions