1.

Member(s) notifying: Egypt

2.

Date of notification: 3 January 2017

3.

Notification pursuant to

[ ] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994

[ ] Article V:7(a) of GATS

[X] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause

4.

Parties to the Agreement: Members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

5.

Date of signature: 29 June 1998

6.

Date(s) of entry into Force: 17 February 1999

7.

Brief description of the Agreement: 

The accession of Egypt to the COMESA Treaty including its thirty-six chapters is a significant step to enhance cooperation with COMESA Members in all economic and trade sectors.

COMESA's main objectives is to attain sustainable growth and development of the member States by promoting a more balanced and harmonious development of its production and marketing structures, and to promote joint development in all fields of economic activity and the joint adoption of macro-economic policies and programmes to raise the standard of living of its peoples and to foster closer relations among its member States.

8.

Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:

[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)

[x] available from the following official Internet link(s):

http://www.comesa.int/

http://www.tas.gov.eg/Arabic/Trade%20Agreements/Countries%20and%20Regions/Africa/comesa