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7 January 2021  
(21-0271) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
 Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
1. Member(s) notify ing: United Kingdom , Norway and Iceland  
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 Norway and  Iceland of the other part.  
5. Date of signature:  08 December 2020  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:  01 January 2021  
7. Brief description of the Agreement:  The previous preferential trading relationship 
between the United Kingdom, Norway and Iceland  was governed by  the agreements and 
protocols between the European Union and its Member States  of the one part, and Norway  
and Iceland,  of the other part  (see document series WT/REG137 and WT/REG95 ). 
The Norway and Iceland Trading Arrangements  between the United Kingdom, Iceland, and 
Norway ("the Agreement ") is based , for trade in goods,  on the Agreement on the European 
Economic Area . 
The Agreement establishes a free trade area for trade in goods, within the meaning of 
Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 . Preferential treatment under the agreement will be 
provisionally applied by all Parties as of 1 January 2021.  
The Agreement includes provisions on  preferential tariff rates, tariff rate quotas,  rules of 
origin, customs cooperation, trade remedies and dispute settlement. It also includes 
provisions on geographical indications between the UK and Iceland only . 
8. Text and related schedules, annexes an d protocols are:  
[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[X] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
The United Kingdom: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/agreement -on-
trade -in-goods -between -the-united -kingdom -of-great-britain -and-northern -ireland -
iceland -and-the-kingdom -of-norway -ms-no82020  
Norway: https://www.regjeringen.no/no/tema/naringsliv/handel/nfd ---
innsiktsartikler/frihandelsavtaler/partner -land/frihandelsavtale -med-
storbrit annia2/id2723521/  
 