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EFTA - Georgia

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Agreement name:	EFTA - Georgia
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	27-Jun-2016	Date of notification:	29-Aug-2017
Date of entry into force:	01-Sep-2017	End of implementation period:	2018
Remarks:	Dates of entry into force: 01-Sep-2017 for Georgia, Iceland and Norway; 01-May-2018 for Liechtenstein and Switzerland.
Current signatories:	Georgia; Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland
Original signatories:	Georgia; Iceland; Liechtenstein; Norway; Switzerland
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

Official Web Address

European Free Trade Association (EFTA)

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):	01-Apr-2019	Date of Consideration (S):	01-Apr-2019

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG386

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG386/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/891	E F S
Notification (G)	WT/REG386/N/2	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/891/Add.1	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG386/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG386/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG386/M/1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G & 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
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	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
		Outward-processing allowed
		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)
		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
		Exclusion of an RTA party in global safeguard action
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
		Stricter rules on imposition of intra-RTA Anti-Dumping measures
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Hybrid structure (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		Ratchet provision (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		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
	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
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Enforcement
	Competition
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
	Labour
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation

Document title
Georgia-Iceland
Georgia-Norway
Georgia-Switzerland
Iceland-Georgia
Norway-Georgia
Switzerland-Georgia
EFTA-Georgia (Services)

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