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Agreement name:	East African Community (EAC)
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Customs Union & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause & GATS Art. V
Date of signature (G):	30-Nov-1999	Date of notification (G):	09-Oct-2000
Date of signature (S):	20-Nov-2009	Date of notification (S):	01-Aug-2012
Date of entry into force (G):	07-Jul-2000	End of implementation period (G):	2005
Date of entry into force (S):	01-Jul-2010	End of implementation period (S):	2015
Remarks:	The current signatories stated below are "as notified by the Parties". However, please note that South Sudan and DR Congo are now Parties of the EAC.
Current signatories:	Burundi; Kenya; Rwanda; Tanzania; Uganda
Original signatories:	Kenya; Tanzania; Uganda
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Africa
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Related agreements

East African Community (EAC) - Accession of Burundi and Rwanda

Official Web Address

East African Community (EAC)

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Factual Abstract issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation issued
		Date of Consideration (S):	23-Jun-2014

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG346

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/COMTD/N/14	E F S
Notification (G) / Protocol	WT/COMTD/N/14/Add.1	E F S
Notification (G) / Accession	WT/COMTD/N/14/Add.2	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/655	E F S
Agreement (G)	WT/COMTD/25	E F S
Agreement (G) / Protocol	WT/COMTD/25/Add.1	E F S
Factual Presentation (S)	WT/REG346/1	E F S
Factual Abstract (G)		E
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG346/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA (S)	WT/REG346/M/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (S)	E F S
Factual Abstract (G)	E

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
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Harmonization/alignement of TBT measures at the bilateral/regional level
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	Anti-Dumping measures
	Countervailing measures
	Subsidies (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Services
		Positive list (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
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
	Provisions on capital transfers


	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Services)
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Standing Tribunal
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Environment
	Labour
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
	Gender
		Chapter on Gender
		International commitments
		Cooperation between the Parties

Document title
EAC (Services)