  
  
WT/REG 425/N/1  
S/C/N /1028  
 
7 January 2021  
(21-0267) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council for Trade in Services  Original:  English   
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
1. Member(s) notifying:  United Kingdom , Ecuador and Peru  
2. Date of notification:  31 December 2020  
3. Notification pursuant to  
[X] 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:  United Kingdom  of the one part ; 
and Ecuador, Colombia and Peru of the other part.   
5. Date of signature:  15 May 2019  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:  01 January 2021  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:   
 
The previous  preferential  trading relationship between the U nited Kingdom , Peru  and 
Ecuador was governed by the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its 
Member States, of the one part, and Colombia, Peru and Ecuador, of the other part, (the 
"EU-Andean Countries Agreement " and associated agreements and protocols , see 
document series: WT/REG380 for the A ccession of Ecuador to the EU - Colombia and Peru 
and WT/REG333 for the EU Agreement with Colombia and Peru).  
 
The Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, 
of the one part, and the Republic of Colombia, the Republic of Ecuador and the Republic of 
Peru, of the other part  ("the Agreemen t"), currently applicable between the United 
Kingdom , Peru  and Ecuador only,  is based on the EU -Andean Countries Agreement. The 
Agreement entered into force at 00:00 CET on 01 Ja nuary 2021 (corresponding to 31 
December 2020 at 23:00 hours  GMT in the United Kingdom ; and 31 December 2020 at 
18:00  hours  PET for Peru and Ecuador ). It establishes a free trade area for trade in goods  
within the meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994,  and trade in  services  within the 
meaning of Article V of the GATS .  
 
In addition to preferential trade in goods and services , including provisions on rules of 
origin , the A greement includes provisions on areas such as government procurement, 
geographical indications, intellectual property, and preferential tariffs and quotas.  WT/REG 425/N/1  • S/C/N /1028 
 
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  8. Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[X] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/summary -of-uk-andean -countries -trade-agreement  
https://www.gov.uk/gover nment/publications/continuing -the-uks-trade-relationship -
with-the-andean -countries -parliamentary -report  
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ms -no222019 -trade -agreement -between -
the-united -kingdom -of-great-britain -and-northern -ireland -of-the-one-part-and-the-
republic -of-colombia -the-r 
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