1.

Member(s) notifying: Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EFTA States

2.

Date of notification: 11 April 2025

3.

Notification pursuant to:

[X]    Paragraph 14 of the Transparency Mechanism for Regional Trade Agreements (_WT/L/671)

4.

Changes affect:

[X]    goods

[  ]    services

[  ]   both

5.

Original RTA being modified:

Free Trade Agreement between the EFTA States and Bosnia and Herzegovina

6.

WTO document reference of original notification of RTA:

_WT/REG360/N/1

7.

Parties to the Agreement:

Bosnia and Herzegovina and the EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland)

8.

Date of adoption:

7 July 2022

9.

Date(s) of entry into Force/provisional-application:

1 September 2023

10.

Brief description of the changes:

Taking into account the adoption of a new Annex IX in the Free Trade Agreement between the EFTA States and Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Parties simultaneously amended their bilateral Agreements on Agriculture to reflect the change in the FTA and ensure clarity on rules of origin and administrative cooperation to be applied under the bilateral Agreements on Agriculture.

11.

Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:

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

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

EFTA:

https://www.efta.int/sites/default/files/documents/legal-texts/free-trade-relations/bosnia-and-herzegovina/18-3645%20EFTA-Bosnia%20and%20Herzegovina%20-%20Protocol%20amending%20origin%20annex.PDF

https://www.efta.int/trade-relations/free-trade-network/bosnia-and-herzegovina

Bosnia and Herzegovina:

https://www.mvteo.gov.ba/Content/Read/regionalni-trgovinski-odnosi-efta-tekst-sporazuma?lang=en

https://www.mvteo.gov.ba/data/Home/Dokumenti/Me%C4%91unarodni%20dokumenti/07042025_18-3645-Rev1.40-EFTA-BiH_-_Protocol_amending_origin_annex.docx.pdf

https://www.mvteo.gov.ba/data/Home/Dokumenti/Me%C4%91unarodni%20dokumenti/07042025_16-267-Rev2.5-BiH-Iceland_-_Protocol_amending_the_agriculture_agreement,_BiH_original.pdf

https://www.mvteo.gov.ba/data/Home/Dokumenti/Me%C4%91unarodni%20dokumenti/07042025_16-266-Rev2.5-BiH-Norway_-_Protocol_amending_the_agriculture_agreement,_BiH_original.pdf

https://www.mvteo.gov.ba/data/Home/Dokumenti/Me%C4%91unarodni%20dokumenti/07042025_16-265-Rev2.6-BiH-Switzerland_-_Protocol_amending_the_agriculture_agreement,_BiH_original.pdf