Council for Trade in Services - Notification of regional trade agreement - Russian Federation

NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT


1.

Member(s) notifying: Russian Federation

2.

Date of notification: 15 December 2025

3.

Notification pursuant to

[ ] 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: Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Russian Federation, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

5.

Date of signature: 8 June 2023

6.

Date(s) of entry into Force:

5 June 2024 (for Belarus, the Kyrgyz Republic and Tajikistan)

24 July 2024 (for the Russian Federation)

13 November 2024 (for Armenia)

11 June 2025 (for Kazakhstan)

The Agreement is not yet in force for Uzbekistan.

7.

Brief description of the Agreement: 

Provisions of the Agreement on free trade in services, establishment, activity and investments apply to matters related to trade in services (including specific regulation of financial and telecommunication services), establishment, activity and investments between countries of the Eurasian Economic Union (the Republic of Armenia, the Republic of Belarus, the Republic of Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic and the Russian Federation), the Republic of Tajikistan and the Republic of Uzbekistan.

8.

Text and related schedules, annexes[1] and protocols are:

[X] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)

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

https://www.mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/international_contracts/international_contracts/multilateral_contract/62162/

 

 

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[1] As of the date of notification, the translation of Annexes A-D is not yet available in any of the WTO official languages.