WT/REG459/N/1/Add.1  
S/C/N/1072/Add.1  
 
21 November 2022  
(22-8662) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council for Trade in Services  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  OF CHANGES AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION  
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
Addendum  
The following communication, dated 17 November 2022, has been received from the 
Delegations of  the United Kingdom, Liechtenstein and Norway . 
 
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN ICELAND, THE PRINCIPALITY OF LIECHTENSTEIN AND THE 
KINGDOM OF NORWAY AND THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND  
 
1. Member(s) notifying:  United Kingdom, Liechtenstei n and Norway  
2. Date of notification:  17 November  2022 
3. Notification pursuant to:  
[X] Paragraph 14 of the Transparency Mechanism for Regional Trade  
Agreements (WT/L/671)  
4. Changes affect:  
[] goods  
[] services  
[X] both 
5. Original RTA being modified:   
Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, and the Kingdom 
of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  
6. WTO document reference of original notification of RTA:  WT/REG459/N/1  
7. Parties to the Agreement:  United Kingdom of the one part; and Iceland, Liechtenstein , 
and Norway of the other part.  
8. Date of adoption:  31 August  2022 
9. Date(s) of entry into Force /provisional -application : 01 September 2022 (Entry Into 
Force) for the United Kingdom , Liechtenstein  and Norway , in accordance with Article 17.5 
(Entry into Force), paragraph 1, of the Agreement.  
10. Brief description of the changes :  
The Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, and the 
Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (the 
"Agreement ") establishes a free trade area for trade in goods within the meaning of 
Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and trade in services within the meaning of Article V of the 
GATS. The Agreement  was originally notified in WT/REG459/ N/1. The Agreement was WT/REG459/N/1/Add.1 • S/C/N/1072/Add.1  
 
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  provisionally applied between the United Kingdom , Liechtenstein and Norway  in relation 
to all provisions of the Agreement, except those which concern government procurement.  
This notification  relates to a change to entry into force of the Agreement only as between 
the United Kingdom, Liechtenstein , and N orway  in relation to all provisions of the 
Agreement,  so as to include government  procurement .  
Due to Liechtenstein 's customs  union  with Switzerland,  trade  in goods  between  
Liechtenstein  and the United  Kingdom  will continue  to be governed  by a separate  
agreement:  the Agreement  between  the United  Kingdom  of Great  Britain  and Northern  
Ireland  and the Swiss  Confederation  (the "Switzerland -UK Agreement "). The Switzerland -
UK Agreement  has been in force since 1 January  2021.1 
11. Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
[  ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[X] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
United Kingdom : 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/free -trade-agreeme nt-between -iceland -
the-principality -of-liechtenstein -and-the-kingdom -of-norway -and-the-united -kingdom -
of-great -britain -and-northern   
Norway: 
https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/naringsliv/handel/nfd ---
innsikt sartikler/frihandelsavtaler/partner -land/frihandelsavtale -med-
storbritannia2/id2723521/?expand=factbox2890908  
Liechtenstein : 
https://www.gesetze.li/konso/2021426000  
 
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1 This is of relevance for the following document series: WT/REG437.