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ARMENIA-KAZAKHSTAN
Armenia-Kazakhstan FTA
 Interactive trade indicators

Technical notes for performance indicators
Performance Indicators :
Member Countries

Armenia Kazakhstan

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Free Trade
Status : Signed in 1999 .  In force since 2001
Scope : Bilateral
Type : Free Trade Agreement
WTO Notification : GATT Art XXIV 2004
Agreement text : 
http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/REG/172-1.doc
Other links : 
http://www.worldtradelaw.net/fta/agreements/armkazfta.pdf
WTO consideration process : 
Factual presentation not distributed
GOODS
Tariffs
Art I, sec 1: Negative List
Rules of Origin
Art 1, sec 2: country of origin shall be determined according to the Rules of Establishing the Country of Origin for Goods, approved by Resolution of CIS Board of State Governments on September 24, 1993
Contingency Measures
   Anti - Dumping : 
   Countervailing Duties : Art III: permitted subject to a 30 day notification period and "least negaitve impact" requirement.
   Safeguards : Art III, sec 5, 6: permitted subject to a 30 day notification period and "least negaitve impact" requirement.

Standards : 
Notes:
SERVICES
WTO Notification (GATS Art. V) : 
       Date of notification
       Consideration Process : 
Liberalization Approach : 

Modes Covered

Specific Chapters on
Specific Sectors Excluded
Public Sectors carve-out :

Most Favoured Nation :

National Treatment :

Market Access :

Domestic Regulation :

Subsidies covered by services disciplines :

Denial of benefits for commercial presence :
          

Notes :
          

Link to schedules :
INVESTMENT
Scheduling Approach : 

Definition of investment : 

Most Favoured Nation :
                           
National Treatment :
                           
Fair and Equitable Treatment :
                           
Expropriation :
                           
Board of Directors and executive personnel :

Invester - State arbitration :

Denial of Benefits :
          

Additional BIT exists between the parties :
          BIT list I :
                    Status:
          BIT list II :
                    Status:

Notes :
          

Link to schedules :
TRADE FACILITATION
Customs procedures : Yes Articles 6, 7, and 9 of the Agreement
Customs valuation : Yes Article 9 of the Agreement
Trade regulations publication and administration (transparency) : Yes Aticle 6 and Article 7 of the Agreement
E-Commerce / Paperless trade : No
Cooperation in trade facilitation : No
OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : No
Investment : No
Competition Policy : No
Intellectual Property : No
Dispute Settlement : No
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : Yes Article 11
Technical cooperation : No
Institutional mechanism : No
Notes:
RULES OF ORIGIN
Cumulation
Art I, sec 2(a): completely produced in the territory of the parties
Specific Process
Heading Change
Art I, sec 2(b)(c): change in at least one of the first four digits
De Minimis
Minimum Content
Drawback
Http Link
Notes
Art I, sec 2: country of origin shall be determined according to the Rules of Establishing the Country of Origin for Goods, approved by Resolution of CIS Board of State Governments on September 24, 1993. Parties agree to write more detailed guidelines at a later date. Note that the CIS has established a new set of rules as of November 30, 2000. (See WTO document WT/REG82/5) It is unclear from the wording of the FTA whether the 2000 rules replace the 1993 rules.
ARMENIA-KAZAKHSTAN
Armenia-Kazakhstan FTA

Member Countries
Armenia
Kazakhstan
Total: 2 countries

Agreement between the Government of the Republic of Armenia and the Government of the Republic of Kazakhstan on Free Trade

Status : Signed in 1999 .  In force since 2001
Scope : Bilateral
Type : Free Trade Agreement
WTO Notification : GATT Art XXIV 2004
Agreement text : 
http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/REG/172-1.doc

Other links : 
http://www.worldtradelaw.net/fta/agreements/armkazfta.pdf

WTO consideration process : 
Factual presentation not distributed
GOODS
Tariffs
Art I, sec 1: Negative List


Rules of Origin
Art 1, sec 2: country of origin shall be determined according to the Rules of Establishing the Country of Origin for Goods, approved by Resolution of CIS Board of State Governments on September 24, 1993


Contingency Measures
Anti - Dumping : 
Countervailing Duties : Art III: permitted subject to a 30 day notification period and "least negaitve impact" requirement.
Safeguards : Art III, sec 5, 6: permitted subject to a 30 day notification period and "least negaitve impact" requirement.

Standards : 

Notes:


SERVICES
WTO Notification (GATS Art. V) : 
Date of notification :
Consideration Process :

Liberalization Approach : 

Modes Covered

Specific Chapters on
Specific Sectors Excluded
Public Sectors carve-out :

Most Favoured Nation :

National Treatment :

Market Access :

Domestic Regulation :

Subsidies covered by services disciplines :

Denial of benefits for commercial presence :


Notes:

Link to schedules :

INVESTMENT
Scheduling Approach : 

Definition of investment : 

Most Favoured Nation :

National Treatment :


Fair and Equitable Treatment :


Expropriation :


Board of Directors and executive personnel :

Invester - State arbitration : No

Denial of Benefits :


Additional BIT exists between the parties :No

BIT list I :
Status:
BIT list II :
Status:

Notes :


Link to schedules :

TRADE FACILITATION
Customs procedures : Yes Articles 6, 7, and 9 of the Agreement
Customs valuation : Yes Article 9 of the Agreement
Trade regulations publication and administration : Yes Aticle 6 and Article 7 of the Agreement
Use of ICT : No
Mobility of business people : No
Freedom of transit : Yes Article 10 of the Agreement
Transport and logistics : Yes Article 10 of the Agreement
Trade finance : Yes Article 4 and Article 10 of the Agreement

OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : No
Investment : No
Competition Policy : No
Intellectual Property : No
Dispute Settlement : No
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : Yes Article 11
Technical cooperation : No
Institutional mechanism : No

Notes:


RULES OF ORIGIN
Cumulation
Art I, sec 2(a): completely produced in the territory of the parties
Specific Process

Heading Change
Art I, sec 2(b)(c): change in at least one of the first four digits
De Minimis

Minimum Content

Drawback

Http Link

Notes
Art I, sec 2: country of origin shall be determined according to the Rules of Establishing the Country of Origin for Goods, approved by Resolution of CIS Board of State Governments on September 24, 1993. Parties agree to write more detailed guidelines at a later date. Note that the CIS has established a new set of rules as of November 30, 2000. (See WTO document WT/REG82/5) It is unclear from the wording of the FTA whether the 2000 rules replace the 1993 rules.
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