WT/REG 401/N/1  
 
3 February 2020 
(20-0801) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGI ONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
1. Member(s) notifying:    
the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian 
Federation  
2. Date of notification:  31 January 2020  
3. Notification pursuant to  
[X] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994  
[ ] Article V:7(a) of GATS  
[ ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause  
4. Parties to the Agreement:         
The Islamic Republic Iran and the EAEU and its Member States (the Republic of Armenia, 
the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, the Russian 
Federation)  
5. Date of signature:         
17 May 2018  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:         
27 October 2019  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:   
Interim Agreement leading to formation of a free trade area between the Eurasian 
Economic Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Islamic Republic of Iran, 
of the other part, covers trade in industrial and agricultural goods.  
As for the EAEU t ariff commitments cover 502 tariff lines (376 tariff lines in case of 
industrial goods and 126 tariff lines in case of agricultural goods). As for I.R.  Iran tariff 
commitments cover 360 tariff lines (263 tariff lines in case of industrial goods and 97 tari ff 
lines in case of agricultural goods). According to actual trade statistics the Interim 
Agreement provides for tariff preferences for more than 50  % of trade turnover between 
the EAEU Member States and I.R.  Iran.  
Along with tariff commitments the Interim Agreement includes regulatory provisions in 
such areas as Trade Remedies, TBT, SPS, Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation, 
Rules of Origin, Dispute Settlement as well as certain provisions on MFN, NT, fees and 
charges in connection with importation and exportation, quantitative restrictions, freedom 
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   The Interim Agreement provides that the parties to the Interim Agreement shall no later 
that within a year from the date of its entry into for ce start negotiations with a view to 
conclude FTA in which in accordance with international rules, standards and practices 
duties and other restrictive regulations on commerce shall be eliminated in respect of 
substantially all the trade between the partie s. It is expected that such an FTA will be 
concluded in no later than three years from the date of entry into force of the Interim 
Agreement. In the event when after three years from the date of entry into force of the 
Interim Agreement the parties have no t concluded negotiations on FTA it would be 
necessary to  make a decision on prolongation of application of the Interim Agreement.  
The Interim Agreement establishes a Joint Committee which supervises the 
implementation of the agreement. A Business dialogues is being established by the Interim 
Agreement as well.  
8. Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[X] available from the following official Internet link(s):       
http://docs.eaeunion.org/docs/ru -ru/01417815/iatc_21052018