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10 December  2021 
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Committee on Trade and Development  
 Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
This notification, originally circulated on 14 July 2015 in document WT/COMTD/N/ 45/Rev.1 , 
is being re -circulated in accordance with the new symbols for notifications and subsequent 
documentation relating to regional trade agreements agreed to by the Committee on Trade and 
Development at its 108th Session on 5  April 2019.1 
 
1. Member(s) notifying:  
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates  
2. Date of notification:  
30 June 2015  
3. Notification pursuant to:  
[   ] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994  
[   ] Article V:7(a) of GATS  
[ X ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause  
4. Parties to the Agreement:  
Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar,  Saudi Arabia, Singapore and United Arab Emirates  
5. Date of signature:  
15 December 2008  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:  
1 September 2013  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:  
The Agreement between the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and the Republic of 
Singapore provides for the liberalisation of trade in goods and services between the two 
parties. The Agreement also covers areas including customs procedures, government 
procurem ent, cooperation and dispute settlement.  
8. Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
[ X ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[ X ] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
Singapore:  http://www.fta.gov.sg/fta_C_gsfta.asp?hl=49  
 
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1 Also circulated on 14 July  2015 was a notification by the Parties  pursuant to Article V:7(a)  of GATS 
(S/C/N/ 807/Rev.1 ). The present re -circulation concerns only the notification pursuant to paragraph 4(a) of the 
Enabling Clause (WT/COMTD/N/ 45/Rev.1 ). 