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S/C/N /1072  
 
3 December 2021  
(21-9125) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council for Trade in Services  Original: English  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
1. Member(s) notify ing: United Kingdom  and Norway  
2. Date of notification:  30 November  2021 
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 Iceland , Liechtenstein , and Norway  of the other part.  
5. Date of signature:  08 July 2021  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:  01 December 2021  (provisional application)  for the United 
Kingdom and Norway , in accordance with Article 17.5  (Entry into Force), paragraph 3, of 
the Agreement .  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:   
The Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, the Principality  of Liechtenstein  and the 
Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ( the 
"Agreement ") replaces  the Agreement on Trade in Goods  between Iceland, the Kingdom 
of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  (see docu ment 
series  WT/REG430/N/1) , which governs current trading arrangements between the United 
Kingdom and Norway .1 
The Free Trade Agreement between Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein , and the 
Kingdom of Norway and the United Kingdom of Great Britain a nd Northern Ireland (the 
"Agreement ") 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 . 
The Agreement includes provision s on trade in goods,  services, investment, digital and 
telecommunications, small and medium sized enterprises, and  trade and sustainable 
development, including women 's economic empowerment.   
This notification relates to p rovisional application of the Agreement only as between the 
United Kingdom and Norway in relation to all provisions of the Agreement, except those 
provisions which concern government procurement.   
 
1 This notification applies  to the provisional application of this Agreement between the United Kingdom 
and Norway only. Further notifications to reflect application  between the United Kingdom and Iceland and 
Liechtenstein, respectively, will be submitted in due course.  This is of rele vance for the following document 
series: WT/REG430 (Agreement between the United Kingdom and Norway and Iceland) and , to a certain extent, 
WT/REG 437 (Agreement between the United Kingdom and Switzerland and Liechtenstein).  WT/REG 459/N/1  • S/C/N /1072  
 
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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/government/publications/free -trade-agreement -between -iceland -
the-principality -of-liechtenstein -and-the-kingdom -of-norway -and-the-united -kingdom -of-
great -britain -and-northern   
 
 