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Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  Original: English  
 
COMMUNICATION  BY THE  EUROPEAN UNION AND THE  UNITED KINGDOM  
The following Communication, dated 25 February 2021,  is bei ng circulated at the request 
of the delegation s of the European Union and the United Kingdom.  
 
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On 24 December 2020, the European Union and the United Kingdom agreed the EU -UK Trade 
and Cooperation Agreement ( "the Agreement ") establishing a free trade area between the European 
Union and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northe rn Ireland which replaces the previous 
trading arrangement from 1 January 2021. The Agreement has been jointly notified to the 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements under WT/REG447/N/1 and S/C/N/1041.  
 
The previous trading relationship between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland ( "the UK ") and the (other) Member States of the European Union ( "the EU ") was governed 
by arrangements encompassed by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and the 
Treaty on European Union (WT/REG /39). The UK ceased to be a Member State of the EU on 
1 February 2020 (00.00 Central European Time) pursuant to the terms of the Withdrawal Agreement 
agreed between the UK and EU on 17 October 2019. The Withdrawal Agreement established a 
transition period between the UK and the EU, which concluded on 31 December 2020.  
 
At the end of transition period, the European Union's trade agreements with WTO Members, 
as previously notified to the Committee on Regional Trade Agreements, as well as non -WTO 
Members also ceased to apply to the United Kingdom . As a consequence, and in light of our 
commitments under the Transparency Mechanism for R egional Trade Agreements, the list of those 
agreements and the relevant WTO document series references are provided in Annex  1.  
 
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- 2 - ANNEX 1  
LIST OF EU TRADE AGREEMENTS THAT NO LONGER APPLY TO THE UNITED KINGDOM  
AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND WTO MEMBERS  
Country  EU Agreement  WTO Doc 
Series  
Albania  Interim Agreement on Trade and trade -related matters between the European Community, of 
the one part, and the Republic of Albania, of the other part [" the EU -Albania Agreement "] WT/REG226  
Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, 
Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and 
Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, 
Trinidad and Tobago "CARIFORUM States"  Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States, of the one part, and the 
European Community and it s Member States, of the other part [" the EU -CARIFORUM 
Agreement "] WT/REG255  
Armenia  Comprehensive and Enhanced Partnership A greement between the European Union and the 
European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the 
Republic of Armenia, of the other part and its associated Agreements [" the EU -Armenia 
Agreement "] WT/REG405  
Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Mozambique, Namibia and South 
Africa  Economic Partnership Agreement between the European Union and its Member States , of the 
one part, and the SADC EPA States, of the other part [" the EU -SADC EPA "]. Also see Trade, 
Development and Cooperation Agreement between the European Community and its Member 
States, on the one side, and the Republic of South Africa, on the oth er side, and its associated 
agreements and protocols [" the EU -South Africa Agreement "] WT/REG381 
and 
WT/REG113  
Cameroon  Interim Agreement with a view to an Economic Partnership Agreement between the European 
Community and its Member States, of the one par t, and the Central Africa Party, of the other 
part [" the EU -Cameroon Agreement "] WT/REG274  
Canada  Comprehensive Economic and  Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada, of the one part, and 
the European Union and its Member States, of the other part [" CETA"] WT/REG389  
Chile Agreement establishing an Association between the European Community and its Member 
States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part and its associated 
agreements and protocols [" the EU -Chile Agreement "] WT/REG164  
Colombia, Peru and Ecuador  Trade Agreement Between the European Union and its Member States , of the one part, and 
Colombia and Peru, of the other part and its associated agreements and protocols including 
the Protoco l of Accession to take account of the accession of Ecuador  ["the EU -Andean 
Community Trade Agreement "] WT/REG333 
and 
WT/REG38 0 
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and 
Panama  Agreement establishing an Association between the European Union and its Member States, 
on the one hand, and Central America on the other and its associated agreements and protocols 
["the EU -Central America Agreement "] WT/REG332  
Côte d'Ivoire  Stepping Stone Economic Partnership Agreement between  Côte d'Ivoire, of the one part, and 
the European Community and its Member States, of the other part [" the EU -Côte d'Ivoire 
Agreement "] WT/REG258   
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- 3 - Country  EU Agreement  WTO Doc 
Series  
Denmark, with respect of the Faroe Islands  Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the Government of 
Denmark and the Home Government of the Faroe Islands, of the other part and its associated 
agreements and protocols [" the EU -Faroes Agreement "] WT/REG21  
Egypt  Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association  between the European 
Communities and their Member States of the one part, and the Arab Republic of Egypt, of the 
other part and its associated agreements and protocols [" the EU -Egypt Agreement "] WT/REG177  
Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Samoa and the Solomon Islands  Interim Partnership Agreement between the European Community, of the one part, and the 
Pacific States, of the other part  and its associated agreements and protocols including the 
accessions of Samoa  and the Solomon Islands  under Art 80 of the Agreement [" the EU -Pacific 
States iEPA "] WT/REG302;  
WT/REG408 
and 
WT/R EG409  
Georgia  Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy 
Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Georgia, of the other part [" the EU -
Georgia Agreement "] WT/REG354  
Ghana  Stepping stone Economic Partnership Agreement between Ghana, of the one part, and the 
European Community and its Member States, of the other part [" the EU -Ghana Agreement "] WT/REG382  
Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway  Agreement on the European Economic Area between the European Union and its Member 
States of the one part, and Norway, Iceland, and Liechtenstein of the other part and its 
associated Agreements and Protocols [" the EEA Agreement "] WT/REG138;  
WT/REG95 and  
WT/REG137  
Israel  The Euro -Mediterranean Agreement establishing an association between the European 
Communities and their Member States, of the one part and the State of Israel, of the other 
part, as amended and its associated agreements and protocols including on government 
procurement  and industrial products ] ["the EU -Israel Association Agreement "] WT/REG110  
Japan  Economic Partnership Ag reement between the European Union and Japan [" the EU -Japan 
EPA"] WT/REG396  
Jordan  Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing  an Association between the European 
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, 
of the other part and its associated agreements and protocols [" the EU -Jordan Agreement "] WT/REG141  
Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zimbabwe, Zambia, and 
Union of the Comoros "Eastern and Southern Africa States"  Interim Agreement establishing a framework for an Economic Partnership Agreement between 
the Eastern and Southern Africa States, on the one part, and the European Community and its 
Member States, on the other part [" the EU -Eastern and Southern Africa States Interim EPA "] WT/REG307  
Mexico  Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement between the 
European Community and its  Member States of the one part, and the United Mexican States, 
of the other part and its associated agreements and protocols [" the EU -Mexico Agreement "] WT/REG109  
Moldova  Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy 
Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the 
other part [" the EU -Moldova Agreement "]  WT/REG352  
Montenegro  Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member 
States, of th e one part, and the Republic of Montenegro, of the other part [" the EU -Montenegro 
Agreement "] WT/REG236   
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- 4 - Country  EU Agreement  WTO Doc 
Series  
Morocco  Euro-Mediter ranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European 
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Kingdom of Morocco, of the 
other part, as amended, and its associated agreements and protocols including on dispute 
settlement  ["the EU -Morocco Association Agreement "] WT/REG112  
North Macedonia  Stabilisation and Association  Agreement  between the European  Communities and their 
Member States, of the one part, and the former Yugoslav Republic  of Macedonia, of the other 
part and its associated agreements and protocols [" the EU -North Macedonia Trade 
Agreement "]  WT/REG129  
Overseas Countries and Territories  Association of the Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs) with the European Union [" the 
EU-OCTs Agreement "] WT/REG106  
Republic of Korea  Free Trade Agreement between the European Union an d its Member States, of the one part, 
and the Republic of Korea, of the other part [" the EU -Korea Agreement "] WT/REG296  
Singapore  Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Republic of Singapore [" the EU -
Singapore Agreement "] WT/REG402  
Switzerland, Liechtenstein  Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Swiss Confederation and all 
associated agreements and protocols [" the EU -Switzerland Agreements "] WT/REG94  
Tunisia  Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European 
Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of the 
other part and its associated agreements and protocols including on dispute settlement  ["the 
EU-Tunisia Association Agreement "] WT/REG69  
Turkey  Agreement Establishing an Association between the European Economic Community and 
Turkey and all associated agreements, protocols and decisions of the EC -Turkey Association 
Council including un der Art 5 implementing the final stage of customs union  ["the EU Turkey 
Customs Union "] WT/REG22  
Ukraine  Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy 
Community and their Member States, of the one part, and Ukraine, of the other part [" the EU -
Ukraine Agreement "] WT/REG353  
Viet Nam  Free Trade Agreement between the European Union and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam 
["the EU -Viet Nam Agreement "] WT/REG406  
 
   
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- 5 - AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND NON-WTO  MEMBERS  
Country  EU Agreement  WTO Doc 
Series  
Algeria  Euro-Mediterranean Agreement Association Agreement between the European Community 
and its Member States, of the one part, and the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, of 
the other part and its associated agreements and protocols [" the EU -Algeria Agreement "] WT/REG221  
Andorra  Agreement in the form of an Exchange of Letters between the European Community and the 
Principality of Andorra [" the EU -Andorra Agreement "] WT/REG53  
Bosnia and Herzegovina  Stabilisation and Association Agreement  between the European Communities and their 
Member States, of the one part, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, of the other [" the EU -Bosnia 
and Herzegovina Agreement "] WT/REG242  
Lebanon  Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an  Association between the European 
Community and its Member States,  of the one part, and the Republic of Lebanon, of the other 
part and its associated protoco ls and agreements [" the EU -Lebanon Agreement "] WT/REG153   
Palestinian Authority  Euro-Mediterranean Interim Association Agreement on trade a nd cooperation between the 
European Community, of the one part, and the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) for 
the benefit of the Authority of the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, of the other part and its 
associated agreements and protocols [" the EU -Palestinian Authority Interim Agreement "] WT/REG43  
San Marino  Agreement on Cooperation and Customs Union between the European E conomic Community 
and the Republic of San Marino [" the EU -San Marino Agreement "] WT/REG280  
Serbia  Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their 
Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, on the other part and any 
associated agreements and protocols [" the EU -Serbia Agreement "] WT/REG285  
Syria Cooperation Agreement between the European Economic Community and the Syrian Arab 
Republic [" the EU -Syria Agreement "] WT/REG104  
 
 
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