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Agreement name:	Hong Kong, China - 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:	28-Jun-2018	Date of notification:	12-Feb-2019
Date of entry into force:	13-Feb-2019	End of implementation period:	2019
Current signatories:	Georgia; Hong Kong, China
Original signatories:	Georgia; Hong Kong, China
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), including certain associate and former member States; East Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China
Georgia, Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development

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):	27-Jul-2020	Date of Consideration (S):	27-Jul-2020

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG397

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG397/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/923	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG397/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG397/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG397/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: 18/02/2019

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
	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
		Stricter rules on imposition of intra-RTA Anti-Dumping measures
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
		Prohibition of intra-RTA countervailing measures
	Subsidies (Goods)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (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
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Layout-Designs (topographies) of integrated circuits
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Traditional Knowledge
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Environment)
	E-Commerce

Document title
Georgia-Hong Kong, China
Hong Kong, China-Georgia
Hong Kong, China-Georgia (Services)