WT/REG/W/142  
 
4 September  2019 
(19-5664) 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)  
GCC-Singapore (S)  30.05.2015  23.11.2015  Yes 10.10.2016  21.11.2016  No No comments 
received . 
ASEAN -Japan (G)  24.8.2018  16.1.2019  Yes 10.01.2019  21.08.2019  Singapore 
(12.8.2019); 
Thailand and 
Myanmar 
(23.08.2019)  No comments 
received from 
Brunei, Cambodia, 
Indonesia, Lao PDR, 
Malaysia, Philippines, 
Viet Nam, Japan . 
Korea -ASEAN (G)  15.06.2010  27.2.2012  Yes 31.1.2019  14.3.2019 
Extended to 
22.3.2019  Korea, 
Indonesia, 
Myanmar, 
Thailand, 
Singapore, 
the 
Philippines 
and Brunei 
Darussalam.  Comments 
outstanding from 
Cambodia, Malaysia, 
and Viet Nam.   
Peru-Honduras (G&S)  17.10.2018  7.3.2019  Yes  9.4.2019  7.5.2019  
4.06.2019 &  
15.07.2019  No No comments 
received.  
EU-SADC (G)  9.2.2018  30.4.2018  Rec'd EU 30 .04.2018, from 
Botswana and Swaziland; 
S.A. - 2 May  2019. 
Data not received from  
Mozambique  13.12.2019  31.1.2019; 
extension 
requested 
up to 
3.05.2019  No No comments 
received.  
 
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 Some comments 
received.  
Guam (G)  3.4.2017  29.8.2017  FP prepared based on the 
data from outside sources.  14.05.2019  11.06.2019  
Ext given for 
Azerbaijan – 
25.6.19  Ukraine – 
12.6.2019  
Azerbaijan  
3.6.2019  Comments 
outstanding from 
Georgia and the 
Republic of Moldova   
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- 3 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
 
3. Data delayed (Agreements among Members)  
MERCOSUR -Israel (G&S)  29.04.2019  20.08.2019  Argentina and Brazil  
30.08.2019     Awaiting data from 
Israel, Paraguay and 
Uruguay  
EU-Central America (G&S)  26.2.2013  Panama – 9.7.2019  
Costa Rica – 10.7.2019  
Nicaragua – 22.08.2019     Entry into force  still 
pending for 
Guatemala.  
 
Awaiting data from 
El Salvador, 
Honduras, EU  
EFTA-Philippines (G&S)  26.10.2018  10.07.2019  
Pending EiF 
for Iceland  Philippines – 31.7.2019     Pending entry into 
force for Iceland  
Awaiting data from 
EFTA 
EU-Cameroon (G)  24.9.2009 &  
17.09.2014  9.12.2014  Data from EU only     Awaiting data from 
Cameroon.  
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. 
Korea -India (G)  23.6.2010  10.10.2010  Data received from Korea; 
data on preferential tariff 
(2010 -2019) outstanding 
from India.     Awaiting data from 
India. 
 
4. Data delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
EFTA-Lebanon (G)  22.12.2006  1.6.2009  Data received from EFTA 
only    Awaiting data from 
Lebanon.  
Turkey -Syria (G)  15.2.2007  13.8.2009  Data received from 
Turkey, information from 
Syria but no actual 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.   
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- 4 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
Russian Federation -Turkmenistan 
(G) 18.1.2013  11.6.2013  Data received from the 
Russia Federation only.  
Still awaiting List of 
Exceptions from the 
Russian Federation at the 
tariff line level.     Awaiting data from 
Turkmenistan.  
 
5. Other  
EU-Armenia (CEPA) (S)  23.08.2019  4.11.2019  Data received from EU  
30.08.2019      
Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement 
(APTA) (S) 17.06.2019       On hold. No services 
commitments.  
Revised Treaty of the Economic 
Community of West African States 
(ECOWAS), goods  2.05.2019  10.10.2019       
Hong Kong, China -Georgia (G&S)  12.2.2019  3.7.2019  Yes 02.09.2019  30.09.2019   FP sent to the Parties 
for comments  
Comprehensive and Progressive 
Agreement f or Trans -Pacific 
Partnership (CPTPP)  (G&S)  20.12.2018  New Zealand, 
& Singapore: 
28.05.2019  Australia  
Canada  
Japan     Pending EiF for 
Brunei Darussalam, 
Chile, Malaysia & 
Peru. 
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 Responses to 
questions delayed.  
 
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