1.

Member(s) notifying: Türkiye and United Arab Emirates

2.

Date of notification: 18 March 2025

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

4.

Parties to the Agreement: Türkiye and United Arab Emirates

5.

Date of signature: 3 March 2023

6.

Date(s) of entry into Force: 1 September 2023

7.

Brief description of the Agreement: 

Within the framework of Türkiye-UAE Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA), a preferential trade and investment area is created for the parties at the bilateral level through Chapters such as trade in goods, trade in services and investment facilitation.

Türkiye-UAE CEPA aims to increase and enhance economic cooperation; to promote the expansion of trade through the harmonious development of the economic relations between the Parties; to gradually eliminate difficulties and restrictions on trade and investment between the Parties so as to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of their respective sectors; to establish a framework of transparent and predictable rules to facilitate trade as well as the movement of business persons between the Parties.

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):

Türkiye:

ticaret.gov.tr

United Arab Emirates:

https://www.moec.gov.ae/en/cepa_turkey