Committee on Regional Trade Agreements - Council for Trade in Services - Notification of Regional Trade Agreement - United Arab Emirates and Indonesia



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Member(s) notifying: United Arab Emirates and Indonesia

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Date of notification: 20 October 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

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Parties to the Agreement: United Arab Emirates and Indonesia

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Date of signature: 1 July 2022

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

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Brief description of the Agreement: 

 

The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement between the United Arab Emirates and Indonesia is a broad-based agreement that provides preferential treatment for the vast majority of trade in goods as well enhanced market access for service providers from both countries with the aim to strengthen commercial and economic relations between the Parties that will enhance economic linkages, promote investment opportunities, minimize barriers and create a larger and more integrated market with greater opportunities.

 

The Agreement covers chapters on Trade in goods, Trade in Services, Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation, Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, Standards, Technical Regulations and Conformity Assessment Procedures, Trade Remedies, Digital Trade, Investment, Government Procurement, Intellectual Property, Islamic Economy, Economic Cooperation as well as institutional chapters. The Agreement establishes a Joint Committee, which supervises the implementation of the Agreement.

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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):

United Arab Emirates:

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

Indonesia: https://ftasupportcenter.kemendag.go.id/cfind/source/files/iuae/document-perjanjian-iuae-cepa.pdf