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7 January 2021  
(21-0274) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  Original:  English   
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
1. Member(s) notifying:  United Kingdom and  Tunisia  
2. Date of notification:  31 December 2020  
3. Notification pursuant to  
[X] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994  
[ ] 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 Tunisia  of the other part.  
5. Date of signature:  04 October 2019  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:  01 January  2021  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:  The previous trading relationship between the 
United Kingdom and Tunisia was governed by the Euro -Mediterranean Agreement 
establishing an association between the European Communities and their Member States, 
of the one part, and the Republic of Tunisia, of  the other part (the "EU -Tunisia Association 
Agreement") and by the Protocol between the European Union and the Republic of Tunisia 
establishing a Dispute Settlement Mechanism applicable to disputes under the trade 
provisions of the EU -Tunisia Association Agreement (the "EU-Tunisia Dispute Settlement 
Mechanism Protocol "). See document series: WT/REG69.   
The Agreement estab lishing an Association Between the United Kingdom of Great Britain 
and Northern Ireland and the Republic of Tunisia ( "The Agreement ") is based on the 
EU-Tunisia Association Agreement and  the EU -Tunisia Dispute Settlement Mechanism 
Protocol.  
The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of 
Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 , including provisions on rules of origin, preferential tariffs 
and quotas . 
It also establishes a political and economic association between the U nited Kingdom  and 
Tunisia. It contains cooperation commitments  in agriculture, education, energy, 
environment, tourism and  social and cultural matters. The Agreement replicates the 
institutional framework of the EU -Tunisia Association Agreement with minor 
modifications.   
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/government/publications/cs -tunisia-no12019 -uktunisia -agreement -
establishing -an-association   
 