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S/C/N /1137  
 
23 June 2023  
(23-4360) 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 and New Zealand  
2. Date of notification:   
22 June 2023  
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 Great Britain and Northern Ireland (United 
Kingdom) of the one part;  
and New Zealand of the other part.  
5. Date of signature:   
28 February 2022  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:   
31 May 2023  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:   
The Free Trade Agreement between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland and New Zealand has established a free trade area for trade in goods within the 
meaning of Article XXIV of the GATT 1994, and for trade in services, an agreement of t he 
type referred to in Article V of the GATS.  
The Agreement covers trade in goods including provisions on preferential  tariffs  and tariff 
rate quotas , rules of origin and origin procedures, customs procedures, and trade 
facilitation.  
The Agreement covers services including provisions on cross -border trade in services and 
financial services.  
The Agreement also contains commitments on sanitary and phytosanitary measures, 
animal welfare, technical barriers to trade, trade remedies, domestic regulation, 
teleco mmunications, temporary entry of business persons, investment, digital trade, 
government procurement, intellectual property, competition, state -owned enterprises and 
designated monopolies, consumer protection, good regulatory practice and regulatory 
cooper ation, environment, trade and labour, small and medium -sized enterprises, trade 
and gender equality, Māori trade and economic cooperation, trade and development, 
anti-corruption, transparency, institutional provisions, and dispute settlement.  WT/REG 472/N/1  • S/C/N /1137  
 
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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):  
United King dom:  
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/free -trade-agreement -between -the-united -
kingdom -of-great-britain -and-northern -ireland -and-new-zealand  
New Zealand:  
https://www.mfat.govt.nz/assets/Trade -agreements/UK -NZ-FTA/NZ -UK-Free-Trade -
Agreem ent.pdf  
 