WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG105/R/B/3 
G/L/784 14 August 2006 
 
 
(06-3895) 
 Original:   English 
  
 
COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE  
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ALGERIA 
 
Biennial Report on the Operation of the Agreement
 
 
 
 The following communication, dated 24 July 2006, is being circulated at the request of the Delegation of the European Communities.  It is or ganized in accordance to the Standard Format for 
Information on Regional Trade Agreements (WT/REG/W/6).  
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  This report covers the period 2001-2003.  Th e previous biennial report by the European 
Communities on the operation of the Cooperation Agreement between the EC and Algeria was 
circulated in WTO document  WT/REG105/R/B/2, G/L/547, of 13 May 2002. 
 
 
I. BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE AGREEMENT 
1. Membership And Dates Of Signature, Ratification And Entry Into Force 
 Since the last biennial report, no substantiv e changes have been made in the Co-operation 
Agreement with Algeria. Cyprus, the Czech Repub lic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, 
Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia have become parties to the Agreement, following their accession to the 
European Union.   Negotiations on a Euro-Mediterranean Asso ciation Agreement between the European 
Community and its member states, of the one part, and Algeria, of the other part, was concluded in 
December 2001 and the Agreement was signed by th e Parties on 22 April 2002 in Valencia, Spain. 
The Association Agreement entered into force in  September 2005, replacing the 1976 Co-operation 
Agreement.  
4. Trade Data 
  With an 85 per cent increase in bilateral trade volumes between 1998 and 2002, dominated by 
Algerian exports of oil, Algeria presently ranks as the EU’s 22
nd largest trading partner.  In 2003, the 
EU’s share of Algerian total imports and tota l exports amounted to 66 per cent respectively. 
 
 Further statistical information on the developm ent of trade between the parties for the period 
2001-2003 is provided in the Annex.   WT/REG105/R/B/3 
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  II. TRADE PROVISIONS 
1. Imports Restrictions  
2. Export Restrictions  
 The trade provisions of the Co-operation Agreement, signed in Algiers on 26 April 1976, 
remain unchanged, according to which industrial produc ts (other than those in Annex II to the Treaty 
establishing the EEC) originating in Algeria ma y be imported into the Community without 
quantitative restrictions or measur es having an equivalent effect. 
 3. Rules Of Origin  4. Standards  5. Safeguards  6. Anti-Dumping And Countervailing Measures  7. Subsidies And State-Aid 
 
 The Co-operation Agreement does not contain an y specific measures relating to standards or 
State aid.  With regard to trade defence instruments and rules of origin, the provisions of the Agreement remain unchanged.  
8. Sector-Specific Provisions 
  The Co-operation Agreement does not contain any specific measures relating to imports of 
textile products from Algeria, nor has any agreem ent since been signed between Algeria and the 
European Community.  
 The provisions of the Agreement relating to agriculture remain unchanged. 
  The Co-operation Agreement does not cover fisher ies. No fisheries agreement has since been 
signed between Algeria and the European Community.  
 
IV. OTHER  
 Areas related or complement ary to trade liberalization
 
  The Co-operation Agreement does not include  provisions in these areas. No specific 
agreement has been signed concerning approximati on of legislation or the creation of common 
regulatory structures or disciplines.   Services and intellectual property
 
  The Co-operation Agreement does not cover eith er services or intellectual property, and no 
specific agreement has since been signed in these areas. 
  
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EU-15 Algeria Imports/Exports, 2002 and comparison with extra-EU15 
 
 
EU15 trade 2002 with Algeria EU15 trade 2002 with Extra-EUR Algeria 
imports exports balance imports exports balance market shares Algeria / Total 
M Euro % Total M Euro % Total M Euro M Euro % Total M Euro % Total M Euro imports exports Exp-Imp 
ratio 
Total 14,003 100.0% 7,584 100.0% -6,419 918,798 100.0% 868,524 100.0% -50,274 1.5% 0.9% 0.54 
of which:              
01 Animals & animal products 9 0.1% 284 3.7% 275 15,949 1.7% 11,195 1.3% -4,754 0.1% 2.5% 31.31 
02 Vegetable products 16 0.1% 483 6.4% 467 26, 010 2.8% 11,625 1.3% -14,385 0.1% 4.2% 29.59 
03 Animal or vegetable fats 0 0.0% 110 1.4%  109 2,317 0.3% 2,339 0.3% 22 0.0% 4.7% 293.23 
04 Prepared foodstuffs 6 0.0% 306 4.0% 299 23,791 2.6% 27,732 3.2% 3,941 0.0% 1.1% 47.14 
05 Mineral products 10,598 75.7% 109 1.4% -10,489 147,537 16.1% 29,272 3.4% -118,266 7.2% 0.4% 0.01 
06 Chemical products 140 1.0% 903 11.9% 762 67,920 7.4% 126,606 14.6% 58,685 0.2% 0.7% 6.43 
07 Plastics & rubber 1 0.0% 278 3.7% 277 25, 724 2.8% 36,740 4.2% 11,016 0.0% 0.8% 548.99 
08 Hides & skins 23 0.2% 7 0.1% -16 10,253 1.1% 9,177 1.1% -1,076 0.2% 0.1% 0.30 
09 Wood & wood products 8 0.1% 115 1.5% 107 13, 546 1.5% 7,637 0.9% -5,908 0.1% 1.5% 14.37 
10 Wood pulp products 2 0.0% 202 2.7% 200 15,485 1.7% 25,167 2.9% 9,682 0.0% 0.8% 111.68 
11 Textiles & textile articles 3 0.0% 145 1.9% 142 66,360 7.2% 38,688 4.5% -27,671 0. 0% 0.4% 54.61 
12 Footwear, headgear 0 0.0% 23 0.3% 22 11,422 1.2% 6,862 0.8% -4,560 0.0% 0.3% 72.94 
13 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, asbestos 0 0.0%  109 1.4% 109 7,809 0.8% 15,368 1.8% 7,559 0.0% 0.7% 567.62 
14 Pearls, (semi-)precious stones, metals 3 0.0% 16 0.2% 13 33,805 3.7% 26,743 3.1% -7,062 0.0% 0.1% 5.67 
15 Base metals & articles thereof 101 0.7% 540 7. 1% 439 49,836 5.4% 52,420 6.0% 2,584 0.2% 1.0% 5.34 
16 Machinery & mechanical appliances 12 0.1% 2,500 33. 0% 2,487 235,463 25.6% 270,216 31.1% 34,754 0.0% 0.9% 205.09 
17 Transportation equipment 2 0.0% 1,054 13.9% 1,052 76,013 8.3% 92,269 10.6% 16,257 0.0% 1.1% 622.80 
18 Instruments - measuring, musical 4 0.0% 224 2. 9% 220 38,860 4.2% 41,363 4.8% 2,504 0.0% 0.5% 55.11 
19 Arms & ammunition 0 0.0% 3 0.0% 3 955 0.1% 1,197 0.1% 242 0.0% 0.2% 255.30 
20 Miscellaneous 0 0.0% 110 1.5% 110 28,770 3.1% 18,637 2.1% -10,132 0.0% 0.6% 292.16 
21 Works of art 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 0 2,949 0.3% 4,098 0.5% 1,150 0.0% 0.0% 0.24 
Other 3,073 21.9% 63 0.8% -3,010 18,025 2.0% 13,172 1.5% -4,853 17.0% 0.5% 0.02 
Source: Eurostat COMEXT 10 September 2003 (Statistical regime 1)             
 
    
 
     
  
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Page 4 EU15-Algeria Imports/Exports, 1999-2002 
  
EU15 trade 1999 - 2002 with Algeria (million Euro) 
imports exports ba lance total trade Algeria 
1999 2000 2001 2002 1999 2000 2001 2002 1999 2000 2001 2002 1999 2000 2001 2002 
Total 7,757 16,334 15,576 14,003 4,866 5,668 6,863 7,584 -2,891 -10,665 -8,713 -6,419 12,623 22,002 22,438 21,586 
of which:                 
01 Animals & animal products 6 7 8 9 326 378 339 284 320 370 331 275 331 385 347 293 
02 Vegetable products 15 17 12 16 317 415 451 483 302 398 439 467 332 432 464 500 
03 Animal or vegetable fats 0 0 0 0 52 38 27 110 52 38 27 109 52 38 28 110 
04 Prepared foodstuffs 5 5 6 6 237 299 357 306 232 295 351 299 242 304 363 312 
05 Mineral products 5,661 11,953 11,075 10,598 49 103 106 109 -5,612 -11,850 -10,969 -10,489 5,709 12,055 11,180 10,707 
06 Chemical products 109 160 163 140 712 722 842 903 604 563 679 762 821 882 1,005 1,043 
07 Plastics & rubber 0 0 0 1 173 203 244 278 173 203 243 277 173 204 244 278 
08 Hides & skins 7 14 23 23 8 10 8 7 1 -4 -15 -16 15 24 31 30 
09 Wood & wood products 11 20 17 8 97 97 120 115 86 76 103 107 107 117 138 123 
10 Wood pulp products 0 2 1 2 117 154 173 202 117 152 171 200 118 156 174 204 
11 Textiles & textile articles 1 1 2 3 111 115 130 145 110 114 128 142 111 115 132 148 
12 Footwear, headgear 0 1 1 0 12 15 13 23 12 14 12 22 12 15 14 23 
13 Articles of stone, plaster, cement, as bestos 0 0 0 0 77 78 96 109 77 78 96 109 77 78 97 109 
14 Pearls, (semi-)precious stones, metals 2 1 7 3 7 7 15 16 5 6 8 13 8 8 21 19 
15 Base metals & articles thereof 62 80 63 101 308 376 560 540 246 297 497 439 370 456 624 641 
16 Machinery & mechanical appliances 11 8 9 12 1,421 1,640 2,109 2,500 1,410 1,631 2,100 2,487 1,432 1,648 2,117 2,512 
17 Transportation equipment 2 1 1 2 600 762 932 1,054 598 761 931 1,052 602 763 933 1,056 
18 Instruments - measuring, musical 3 1 2 4 127 143 185 224 124 142 183 220 129 144 187 228 
19 Arms & ammunition 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 0 1 2 3 
20 Miscellaneous 0 1 1 0 76 68 90 110 76 67 90 110 76 68 91 111 
21 Works of art 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 
Other 1,863 4,063 4,185 3,073 39 44 63 63 -1,824 -4,019 -4,122 -3,010 1,902 4,107 4,248 3,136 
Source: Eurostat COMEXT 10 September 2003 (Statistical regime 1)           
  
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