WT/REG/W/139  
 
22 March 2019 
(19-1800) 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)  
EU-SADC (G)  9.2.2018  30.4.2018  Data not received from  
Mozambique  13.12.2019  31.1.2019 ; 
extension 
requested up 
to 15.02.2019  No No comments 
received . 
GCC-Singapore (S)  30.5.2015  23.11.2015  Yes 10.10.2016  21.11.2016  No No comments 
received . 
Korea -ASEAN (G)  15.06.2010  27.2.2012  Data received from Korea 
and from all ASEAN 
members  31.1.2019  14.3.2019 
Extended to 
22.3.2019  Thailand – 
14.3.2019  Awaiting final 
comments.  
CEFTA Enlargement (G)  27.6.2007  10.8.2009  Some data received from 
Albania, Kosovo, 
Montenegro, and Serbia  17.10.2018  28.11.2018  
 Comments 
received 
from Albania 
(27.11.18) 
Kosovo 
(26.11.18)  
Serbia – 
(27.11.18)  
BiH – 
(28.11.18)  
Montenegro  Awaiting comments 
from the Republic of 
North Macedonia.  
EAEU -Viet Nam (G&S)  4.5.2017  29.9.2017  Yes 4.12.2018  15.1.2019  Viet Nam  
12.2.2019  
EAEU joint 
comments - 
22.2.2019  Awaiting finalisation 
of comments from 
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.  
 
3. Data delayed (Agreements among Members)  
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.  
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- 3 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
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. 
ASEAN -Japan (G)  24.8.2018  16.1.2019  Data received from 
Indonesia, Myanmar and 
Thailand . Singapore's data 
already available in the 
WTO-IDB.    FP being drafted. 
Awaiting data from 
Japan and the rest of 
the ASEAN Members.  
 
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 
Turkmenistan     Awaiting data from 
Turkmenistan.  
Guam (G)  3.4.2017  29.8.2017  Data received from 
Moldova and Azerbaijan, 
but clarifications 
requested.  
Data received from 
Ukraine on 12.4.2018     FP to be drafted  
 
5. Other  
Hong Kong, China -Georgia (G&S)  12.2.2019  3.7.2019       
EU-Japan (G&S)  14.1.19  27.3.2019       
Comprehensive and Progressive 
Agreement f or Trans -Pacific 
Partnership (CPTPP)  20.12. 2018 Australia, 
Canada, 
Japan, 
New Zealand, 
& Singapore: 
28.05.2019       
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- 4 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
EFTA-Philippines (G&S)  26.10.2018  Pending EiF 
for Iceland      Pending E iF for 
Iceland  
Peru-Honduras (G&S)  17.10.2018  7.3.2019  Yes     FP being drafted.  
Clarification required 
from Honduras.  
Turkey -Singapore (G&S)  14.09.2018  4.2.2019  Data received from Turkey 
– 8.2.2019 
Singapore data already 
available in the WTO -IDB. 21.3.2019  18.4.2019   FP sent to the Parties 
for comments.   
Armenia -Kazakhstan (G)  17.5.2004  18.8.2016  Yes 17.12.2018  21.1.2019  21.2.2019  
from 
Armenia  Comments being 
incorporated into FP.  
Pacific Alliance (G&S)  3.11.2016  24.3.2017  Yes 13.2.2019  13.3.2019  13.3.2019  Comments being 
incorporated into FP.  
EU-Central America (G&S)  26.2.2013      EiF still pending for 
Guatemala.  
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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