WT/REG/W/123  
 
3 November 2017 
(17-5999) Page: 1/4 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements    
 
IMPLEMENTATION OF TH E RTA TRANSPARENCY M ECHANISM  
BACKGROUND NOTE BY T HE 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)  30.5.2015  23.11.2015   yes 10.10.2016  21.11.2016  no No comments 
received  
Korea -ASEAN (S)  15.5.2010  19.9.2011  yes 13.9.2017  25.10.2017  From ASEAN 
only Awaiting comments 
from Korea  
 
2. Comments delayed (Agreements with Non Members)  
EU-CARIFORUM (G&S)  16.10.2008  1.6.2009  yes  31.3.2017  12.5.2017  no No comments 
received  
 
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 
EU-Ghana (G)  3.4.2017  20.6.2017  Data received from EU     Awaiting data from 
Ghana  
CACM – Panama accession (G)  24.4.2017  26.9.2017  Data received from 
Panama and Costa 
Rica. For Guatemala 
and El Salvador , 
incomplete data 
received     Awaiting data from  
Honduras and 
Nicaragua  
 
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   
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- 3 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
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  
Guam (G)  3.4.2017  29.8.2017  Data received from 
Moldova and 
Azerbaijan, but 
clarifications requested .    Awaiting data from 
Georgia and  Ukraine  
EAEU -Viet Nam (G&S)  4.5.2017  29.9.2017  Data received from 
Russian Federation, 
Kyrgyz Republic and  
Kazakhstan     Awaiting data from 
Viet Nam and 
Armenia  
 
5. Other  
China -Korea (G&S)  1.3.2016  20.7.2016  yes 31.10.2016  28.11.2016  yes FP circulated. 
Replies outstanding.  
Japan -Mongolia (G&S)  1.6.2016  11.8.2016  yes 17.2.2017  17.3.2017  yes FP to be issued  
EU-Côte d'Ivoire (G)  11.12.2008  20.9.2009  yes 30.8.2017  31.10. 17 yes Provisional 
comments  received  
Turkey -Malaysia (G)  20.2.2017  12.7.2017  yes 4.10.2017  1.11.2017  yes FP to be issued  
SADC –Seychelles accession (G)  8.1.2016  1.6.2017  yes    FP being drafted   
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- 4 - RTA Name  Date of 
notification  Data due  Data received  Factual 
Presentation 
sent to  
parties  Comments 
due Comments 
received  Status  
EU-Peru-Colombia, accession of 
Ecuador (G&S)  2.3.2017  12.5.2017  yes     FP being drafted  
Pacific Alliance (G&S)  3.11.2016  24.3.2017  yes, some clarifications 
requested from Chile     FP being drafted  
Costa Rica -Colombia (G&S)  31.10.2016  23.3.2017  yes    FP being drafted  
Armenia -Kazakhstan (G)  17.5.2004  18.8.2016  yes    FP being drafted  
EU-San Marino (G)  24.2.2010  5.5.2010  yes 1.3.2017  1.11.2017  yes FP to be issued  
Russian Federation -Belarus -
Kazakhstan Customs Union (G)  21.12.2012  7.6.2013  yes     FP being drafted 
together with EAEU  
EAEU (G&S)  12.12.2014  4.5.2015  yes    FP being drafted  
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  
Chile-Thailand (G&S)  12.9.2017  31.1.2018       
Canada -Ukraine (G)  14.9.2017  23.11.2017       
Canada -EU (G&S)  19.9.2007  30.11.2017       
 
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