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30 October 2019 
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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  Singapore 
(28.10.2019)  Comments 
outstanding from 
the GCC Members 
States.  
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.   
 
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.  
Comments 
outstanding from 
Armenia, Belarus, 
Kazakhstan, 
Kyrgyz Republic, 
and the Russian 
Federation.  
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  
Moldova, Rep of  
24.09.2019  Comments 
outstanding from 
Georgia.  
 
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   
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- 3 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
MERCOSUR -Israel (G&S)  29.04.2019  20.08.2019  Argentina and Brazil  
30.08.2019  
Israel – 12.9.2019  
Paraguay – 16.09.2019     Awaiting data 
from Uruguay.  
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     Entry into force 
still pending for 
Guatemala.  
 
Awaiting data 
from the EU. 
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).  
Data received from India  
(23.9.2019) . Awaiting 
feedback from India for 
some clarifications.     FP being drafted  
 
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.  
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.   
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- 4 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
 
5. Other  
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)  
Philippines  
(09.09.2019)  
Cambodia  
(09.09.2019)  
Japan  
(10.09.2019)  
Indonesia  
24.09.2019)  
No additional 
comments 
confirmed  from 
Brunei, Lao 
PDR, Malaysia & 
Viet Nam 
confirmed.  Comments being 
incorporated into 
FP. 
Hong Kong, China -Georgia (G&S)  12.2.2019  3.7.2019  Yes 02.09.2019  30.09.2019  25.10.2019  Comments being 
incorporated into 
FP. 
EU-Armenia (CEPA) (S)  23.08.2019  4.11.2019  Data received from EU  
30.08.2019     FP being drafted . 
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  13.12.2018  31.1.2019; 
extension 
requested 
up to 
3.05.2019  24.10.2019  Comments being 
incorporated into 
FP. 
Asia-Pacific Trade Agreement 
(APTA) (S) 17.06.2019       On hold. No 
services 
commitments.  
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.  
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- 5 - 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 Responses to 
questions delayed.  
EFTA-Philippines (G&S)  26.10.2018  10.07.2019  
 Philippines – 31.7.2019  
EFTA – Norway and 
Switzerland/Liechtenstein     Pending EiF for 
Iceland . 
 
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