WT/REG/W/129  
 
4 April 2018 
(18-2072) Page: 1/3 
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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  WT/REG/W/129  
 
- 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)  30.5.2015  23.11.2015  yes 10.10.2016  21.11.2016  no No comments 
received  
SADC – Seychelles accession (G)  8.1.2016  1.6.2017  yes 6.2.2018  20.3.2018  no FP being drafted  
 
2. Comments delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
EAEU (G&S) +  
General Incidence Paper  12.12.2014  4.5.2015  yes 13.2.2018 27.3.2018 no FP sent to parties for 
comment  
 
3. Data delayed ( Agreements among Members)  
EU-Cameroon (G)  24.9.2009  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 
 
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 
CEFTA Enlargement (G)  27.6.2007  10.8.2009  Some data received from 
Albania, Kosovo, 
Montenegro, and Serbia     Awaiting data from 
some parties  
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  
Common Economic Zone (G)  18.8.2008  10.8.2009  Data received from 
Ukraine, import data 
received from Russia     Data outstanding 
from a number of 
parties. FP being 
drafted together with 
EAEU  
Russian Federation -Turkmenistan 
(G) 18.1.2013  11.6.2013  Data received from 
Russia only.  
(Still awaiting List of 
Exceptions from Russia)     Awaiting data from 
Turkmenistan   
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- 3 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
Guam (G)  3.4.2017  29.8.2017  Data received from 
Moldova and Azerbaijan, 
but clarifications 
requested .    Awaiting data from 
Georgia and  Ukraine  
 
5. Other  
EU-SADC (G)  9.2.2018  30.4.2018       
Hong Kong, China -Macao, China  
(G&S)  18.12.2017  22.5.2018       
EU-Ghana (G)  3.4.2017  20.6.2017  Data received from EU  7.3.2018  4.4.2018  no Data missing  from 
Ghana  
EU-Peru-Colombia, accession of 
Ecuador (G&S)  2.3.2017  12.5.2017  yes     FP being drafted  
CACM – Panama accession (G) 24.4.2017  26.9.2017  yes    FP being drafted  
Pacific Alliance (G&S)  3.11.2016  24.3.2017  yes, some clarifications 
requested from Chile     FP being drafted  
Armenia -Kazakhstan (G)  17.5.2004  18.8.2016  yes    FP being drafted  
Russian Federation -Belarus -
Kazakhstan Customs Union (G)  21.12.2012  7.6.2013  yes     FP drafted together 
with EAEU  
EAEU – accession of Armenia (G&S)  29.12.2014  26.6.2015  yes    FP being drafted  
EAEU – accession of Kyrgyz 
Republic (G&S)  1.9.2015  3.12.2015  yes    FP being drafted  
EAEU -Viet Nam (G&S)  4.5.2017  29.9.2017  Yes    FP being drafted  
Costa Rica -Colombia (G&S)  31.10.2016  23.3.2017  Yes 10.11.2017  20.12.2017  Yes FP to be circulated – 
awaiting French and 
Spanish translations  
Canada -EU (G&S)  19.9.201 7 30.11.2017  Yes 19.1.2018  21.2.2018 21.2.2018 FP to be circulated – 
awaiting F rench and 
Spanish  translation s 
Chile-Thailand (G&S)  12.9.2017  31.1.2018  yes 12.3.2018 9.4.2018  FP being drafted  
EU-CARIFORUM (G&S)  16.10.2008  1.6.2009  yes  31.3.2017  12.5.2017  Yes FP being finalised  
 
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