EFTA-Egypt Agreement

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: Egypt-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Egypt-European Free Trade Association Free Trade Agreement
2. Topics covered by the Egypt-EFTA FTA
3. The Foreign Trade between the European Free Trade Association (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland) and the Arab Republic of Egypt

Sample of the subject - The European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-Egypt Free Trade Agreement:

Description of the Sub-Subject: The European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

Entry into force of the EFTA-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA): August 2007

The main purpose of the European Free Trade Association-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is to set-up a free trade area through the liberalisation of trade (customs duties on industrial products will be eliminated in 2020).

The EFTA-Egypt Free Trade Agreement (FTA) covers:

1. Trade in Goods, including
   1. Fish and other marine products
   2. Processed agricultural products
2. Trade in Services
3. Government Procurement
4. Intellectual Property Rights
5. Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
6. Dispute Settlement
7. Elimination of other trade barriers
8. Rules of competition
9. State monopolies
10. Subsidies
11. Current payments and capital movements
12. Economic cooperation

Bilateral agreements on basic agricultural products.

Rules of origin based on the Euro-Mediterranean (Euro-Med) model.

The European Free Trade Association belongs to the European Economic Area and the Arab Republic of Egypt to the East African Economic Area.