1.

Member(s) notifying: The Republic of Tunisia

2.

Date of notification: 4 January 2024

3.

Notification pursuant to:

[  ] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994

[  ] Article V:7(a) of GATS

[X] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause

4.

Parties to the Agreement: Members of the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): Burundi, Comoros, Democratic Republic of Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Rwanda, Seychelles, Somalia, Sudan, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe

5.

Date of signature: 18 July 2018

6.

Date(s) of entry into Force: 19 June 2019

7.

Brief description of the Agreement:

The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) comprises 21 African member States that have agreed to promote regional integration through trade, through the development of natural and human resources in the mutual interest of all people in the region and through the establishment of a free trade area that ensures the free movement of goods and services produced in COMESA and the removal of all tariff and non-tariff barriers.

COMESA seeks to achieve sustainable economic and social progress in all member States through increased cooperation and integration in all areas of development, including trade, customs and monetary affairs, transport, communication and information, technology, industry and energy, gender, agriculture, the environment and natural resources.

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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):

http://www.comesa.int

http://www.africatradeagreements.tn