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Agreement name:	Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) - Singapore
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	15-Dec-2008	Date of notification:	30-Jun-2015
Date of entry into force:	01-Sep-2013	End of implementation period:	2018
Current signatories:	Bahrain, Kingdom of; Kuwait, the State of; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; United Arab Emirates; Singapore
Original signatories:	Bahrain, Kingdom of; Kuwait, the State of; Oman; Qatar; Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of; United Arab Emirates; Singapore
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	Middle East; East Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Secretariat General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)
Enterprise Singapore

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Factual Presentation issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration (G):	17-Nov-2022	Date of Consideration (S):	22-Sep-2022

Related documents

Document series: WT/COMTD/RTA22

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/COMTD/N/45/Rev.1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/807/Rev.1	E F S
Notification (G)	WT/COMTD/RTA22/N/1	E F S
Factual Presentation (G)	WT/COMTD/RTA22/1	E F S
Factual Presentation (S)	WT/REG460/1	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG460/2	E F S
Questions and Replies (G)	WT/COMTD/RTA22/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG460/M/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CTD	WT/COMTD/RTA22/M/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G)	E F S
Factual Presentation (S)	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)
		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)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
	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
		Positive list (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)


	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 some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	E-Commerce
		Customs duty exemption for Digital Products Transmitted Electronically
		Internal taxes permitted for digital products
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
		Exceptions/exemptions