WT/REG/W/150  
 
22 July 2020 
(20-5040) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements    
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF TH E RTA TRANSPARENCY M ECHANISM  
STATUS OF THE PREPAR ATION OF FACTUAL PRE SENTATIONS  
Background Note by the Secretariat  
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- 2 - RTA Name  Date of notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
 
1. Comments delayed (Agreements among Members)  
EFTA-Philippines 
(G&S)  26.10.2018  10.07.2019  
 Yes 24.02.2020  23.03.2020  
Extended to 
05.2020  and 
20.07.20 20  Comments being 
finalised by the 
Parties.  
GCC-Singapore (S)  30.05.2015  23.11.2015  Yes 10.10.2016  
22.01.2020  
6.04.2020  21.11.2016  
14.02.2020  
17.04.20 20 Singapore 
28.10.2019  Comments 
outstanding 
from the GCC 
Member States.   
 
2. Comments delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
Commonwealth of 
Independent States 
(CIS) (G)  8.6.2018  31.10.2018  Data received from 
Ukraine  21.1.2019  4.3.2019  Ukraine -
12.3.2019 
Moldova – 
18.3.2019 Comments 
outstanding 
from Armenia, 
Belarus, 
Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyz Republic, 
and the Russian 
Federation.  
 
3. Data delayed (Agreements among Members)  
Revised Treaty of 
the Economic 
Community of West 
African States 
(ECOWAS), goods  2.05.2019  10.10.2019  No    Awaiting data 
from the Parties  
EU-Central America 
(G&S)  26.2.2013   Panama – 9.7.2019  
Costa Rica – 10.7.2019  
Nicaragua – 22.08.2019  
El Salvador – 11.09.2019  
Honduras – 23.09.2019     Awaiting data 
from the EU. 
EU-Papua New 
Guinea, Fiji (G)  18.10.2011  10.12.2014  Data from  EU, trade data 
from Fiji     Awaiting data 
from Papua New 
Guinea, Fiji.  
 
4. Data delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
EAEU -Iran (G)  31.01.2020  22.06.2020       
EFTA-Lebanon (G)  22.12.2006  1.6.2009  Data received from EFTA 
only    Awaiting data 
from Lebanon.   
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- 3 - RTA Name  Date of notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
Turkey -Syria (G)  15.2.2007  13.8.2009  Data received from 
Turkey, information from 
Syria but no data     Awaiting data 
from Syria . 
Ukraine -Azerbaijan 
(G) 18.8.2008  10.8.2009  Data received from 
Ukraine, import data 
received from Azerbaijan     Awaiting data 
from Azerbaijan.  
Ukraine -
Turkmenistan (G)  18.8.2008  10.8.2009  Data received from 
Ukraine only     Awaiting data 
from 
Turkmenistan.  
Russian Federation -
Turkmenistan (G)  18.1.2013  11.6.2013  Data received from the 
Russia Federation only.     Awaiting data 
from 
Turkmenistan.  
 
5. Other  
EU-Viet Nam (G&S)  13.7.2020  22.09.2020       
Peru-Australia 
(G&S)  24.6.2020  4.09.2020       
Chile-Indonesia (G)  1.4.2020  20.08.2020  Indonesia – 27.04.2020  
Chile – 27.05.2020  26.06.20  24.07.20   FP sent to the 
Parties for 
comments  
EU-Singapore 
(G&S)  1.4.2020  11.06.2020 EU – 4.06.2020  
Singapore – 
HS correlation table 
required     Awaiting 
correlation table 
from Singapore  
Hong Kong, China -
Australia (G&S)  17.01.2020  31.03.2020  Hong Kong, China – 
31.03.2020  
Australia – 6.04.2020  11.06.20  21.07.20  21.07.20  Comments being 
incorporated into 
FP 
Korea -India (G)  23.06.2010  10.11.2010  Korea: 4.5.2012  
India: 23.09.2019  28.02.2020  27.03.2020  Korea:  
1.07.2020  
India: 
3.07.2020  Comments being 
incorporated into 
FP 
Comprehensive and 
Progressive 
Agreement f or 
Trans -Pacific 
Partnership (CPTPP)  
(G&S)  20.12.2018  22.01.2020  
New Zealand, 
& Singapore: 
28.05.2019  Australia  
Canada  
Japan  
New Zealand  
Singapore (used from 
WTO IDB) 
Viet Nam (prepared by 
Secretariat)     FP being 
drafted. 
Awaiting d ata 
from Mexico.   
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- 4 - RTA Name  Date of notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
GCC (G)  20.11.2006  
31.3.2008  
31.3.2008  
17.11.2009  19.12.2007  
 
7.04.2008  
 Yes 22.10.2010  19.11.2010  Yes Awaiting 
responses to 
questions  from 
Members . 
 
 
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