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Member(s) notifying: United Kingdom

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Date of notification: 9 February 2024

3.

Notification pursuant to

[X] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994

[X] Article V:7(a) of GATS

[ ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause

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Parties to the Agreement: United Kingdom of the one part; and Serbia of the other part.

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Date of signature: 16 April 2021

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Date(s) of entry into Force: 15 July 2021

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Brief description of the Agreement: The UK and Serbia's previous preferential trading relationship was governed by the Stabilisation and Association Agreement between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Serbia, of the other part ("the EU‑Serbia Agreement"). Please see document series: _WT/REG285.

The Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of the Republic of Serbia ("the UK-Serbia Agreement") is based on the EU-Serbia Agreement. This arrangement constitutes a free trade area in goods under GATT XXIV 1994, as well as in services by virtue of GATS V.

Provisions on trade in goods include provisions on rules of origin, preferential tariffs and quotas. It also contains commitments on trade in services, as well as intellectual property, and government procurement.

The date of entry into force for this Agreement is 15 July 2021. The Agreement was provisionally applied prior to its entry into force and the earlier Notification of Regional Trade Agreement dated 18 May 2021[1] referred to the provisional application date of 20 May 2021.

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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):      

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ukserbia-partnership-trade-and-cooperation-agreement-cs-serbia-no12021