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Agreement name:	West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU)
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Customs Union
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	10-Jan-1994	Date of notification:	27-Oct-1999
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-2000	End of implementation period:	2000
Remarks:	The current signatories stated below are "as notified by the Parties". However, please note that Guinea Bissau is now a Party of WAEMU.
Current signatories:	Benin; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Mali; Niger; Senegal; Togo
Original signatories:	Benin; Burkina Faso; Côte d'Ivoire; Mali; Niger; Senegal; Togo
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	Africa
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

L'Union Economique et Monétaire ouest africaine

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	F

Annexes & related documents

Consideration status:	Factual Abstract issued

Related documents

Document series: WT/COMTD/23

Document type	Language
Factual Abstract (G)	E

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 06/01/2020

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		Cumulation among Parties
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Harmonization/alignement of TBT measures at the bilateral/regional level
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Other Special safeguards
	Subsidies (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Services


	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Standing Tribunal
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Environment