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TURKEY-EFTA
Turkey-EFTA
 Interactive trade indicators

Technical notes for performance indicators
Performance Indicators :
Member Countries

EFTA Turkey

Agreement between the EFTA States and Turkey

Status : Signed in 1991 .  In force since 1992
Scope : Country - Bloc
Type : Free Trade Agreement
WTO Notification : GATT Art XXIV 1992
Agreement text : 
http://www.economy.gov.tr/upload//61C24A94-E193-60E1-149EC282F44182D9/2.Turkey-EFTA%20Agreement.pdf
Other links : 
http://www.economy.gov.tr/index.cfm?sayfa=tradeagreements&bolum=fta&country=EFTA®ion=0
WTO consideration process : 
http://rtais.wto.org/rtadocs/129/RelatedDocuments/Report/English/L-7336_E.pdf
GOODS
Tariffs
Negative list
Full tariff reduction already achieved
Evolutionary clause
Rules of Origin
Protocol B

Contingency Measures
   Anti - Dumping : WTO conditions. Article 19. Process article 23
   Countervailing Duties : Allowed if state aid can be proved harmful process detailed in rat 23
   Safeguards : Process detailed in article XXIII. Article 23

Standards : Calls for cooperation and regard for WTO's TBT agreement
Notes:
Parties may restrict imports for public morality, policy, or security. Such restrictions may not constitute a disguised restriction on trade.
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 : No
Customs valuation : No
Trade regulations publication and administration (transparency) : No
E-Commerce / Paperless trade : No
Cooperation in trade facilitation : No
OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : Yes Article 14
Investment : No
Competition Policy : Yes Article 17
Intellectual Property : Yes Substantive obligations. Coverage in line with TRIPS. See more in Art. 15, Annex XII of the Agreement.
Dispute Settlement : No
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : No
Technical cooperation : Yes Joint Committee shall establish guidelines for technical cooperation. Article 10
Institutional mechanism : Yes Establishment of Joint Committee. Article 25
Notes:
This agreement is a result of Turkey's Customs Union with the EU, which required it to update its trade agreements.
RULES OF ORIGIN
Cumulation
-
Specific Process
-
Heading Change
-
De Minimis
-
Minimum Content
-
Drawback
-
Http Link
Notes
-
TURKEY-EFTA
Turkey-EFTA

Member Countries
EFTA
Turkey
Total: 2 countries

Agreement between the EFTA States and Turkey

Status : Signed in 1991 .  In force since 1992
Scope : Country - Bloc
Type : Free Trade Agreement
WTO Notification : GATT Art XXIV 1992
Agreement text : 
http://www.economy.gov.tr/upload//61C24A94-E193-60E1-149EC282F44182D9/2.Turkey-EFTA%20Agreement.pdf

Other links : 
http://www.economy.gov.tr/index.cfm?sayfa=tradeagreements&bolum=fta&country=EFTA®ion=0

WTO consideration process : 
http://rtais.wto.org/rtadocs/129/RelatedDocuments/Report/English/L-7336_E.pdf
GOODS
Tariffs
Negative list
Full tariff reduction already achieved
Evolutionary clause

Rules of Origin
Protocol B


Contingency Measures
Anti - Dumping : WTO conditions. Article 19. Process article 23
Countervailing Duties : Allowed if state aid can be proved harmful process detailed in rat 23
Safeguards : Process detailed in article XXIII. Article 23

Standards : Calls for cooperation and regard for WTO's TBT agreement

Notes:
Parties may restrict imports for public morality, policy, or security. Such restrictions may not constitute a disguised restriction on trade.


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 : No
Customs valuation : No
Trade regulations publication and administration : No
Use of ICT : No
Mobility of business people : No
Freedom of transit : No
Transport and logistics : No
Trade finance : No

OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : Yes Article 14
Investment : No
Competition Policy : Yes Article 17
Intellectual Property : Yes Substantive obligations. Coverage in line with TRIPS. See more in Art. 15, Annex XII of the Agreement.
Dispute Settlement : No
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : No
Technical cooperation : Yes Joint Committee shall establish guidelines for technical cooperation. Article 10
Institutional mechanism : Yes Establishment of Joint Committee. Article 25

Notes:
This agreement is a result of Turkey's Customs Union with the EU, which required it to update its trade agreements.


RULES OF ORIGIN
Cumulation
-
Specific Process
-
Heading Change
-
De Minimis
-
Minimum Content
-
Drawback
-
Http Link

Notes
-
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