Committee on Trade and Development - Notification of regional trade agreement - El Salvador

Notification of Regional Trade Agreement

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Member(s) notifying:

Republic of El Salvador

2.

Date of notification: 22 March 2018

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: Republic of Ecuador and Republic of El Salvador

5.

Date of signature: 13 February 2017

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Date(s) of entry into Force: 16 November 2017

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Brief description of the Agreement:

This Agreement contains provisions relating, inter alia, to trade in goods, rules of origin, customs procedures and trade facilitation, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers to trade, and trade defence, to help facilitate, expand, diversify and promote trade flows between the two countries.

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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://infotrade.minec.gob.sv