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CEFTA AGREEMENT

CEFTA 2006

• Agreement on Amendment of and Accession to the Central European Free Trade Agreement
• Full Text

• FINAL Joint Declaration / Go to Press Release PR2006/005, 06 April 2006:
  • SEE Agrees to Create Regional Free Trade Area - CEFTA to be Enlarged and Modernised

CEFTA MEETINGS

CEFTA 2006

• CEFTA Summit, Skopje, 21 November 2007
  • Declaration of CEFTA 2006 Summit
    
    
  • Statements

    • Macedonian PM Welcome Address
    • Montengrin PM Address
      
      
    • Albania
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Croatia
    • Montenegro
    • Serbia
    • UNMIK/Kosovo
    • European Commission
    • Stability Pact for South Eastern Europe
      
      
• First Joint Committee Meeting, Ohrid 28 September 2007
  

On September 28, in Ohrid, under the Chairmanship of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, SEE Ministers responsible for trade and the Director of Economic Policy of the United Nations Interim Administrative Mission in Kosovo took a number of key decisions that will ensure the efficient and effective implementation of CEFTA 2006.

• Meeting Documents

  • Decisions Adopted at Meeting
    • Rules of Procedure
    • Establishment of Sub-Committees
    • Terms of Reference for the Sub-Committee on Agriculture including Sanitary and Phytosanitary Issues
    • Terms of Reference for the Sub-Committee on Customs and Rules of Origin
    • Terms o Reference for the Sub-Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade and Non-Tariff Barriers
    • Establishment of a List of Mediators
    • Mandate of the Secretariat
    • Establishment of a Selection Committee for the Recruitment of Staff to the CEFTA Secretariat
  • Speeches
    • The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
      • Welcome Speech
      • JC Meeting Speech
    • Albania
    • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    • Montenegro
    • UNMIK/KOSOVO
    • SC Erhard Busek
• Ministerial Statement
• CEFTA JC Meeting Agenda
  
  
  
• Meeting on Conformity Assessment and Market Surveillance
  • Zagreb 10 December 2007
    • Agenda
    • Memorandum

CEFTA Workshop for SEE Parliamentarians

Parliamentarians from each of the eight CEFTA parties (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Serbia and UNMIK /Kosovo) gathered in Brussels on 19 and 20 April for a seminar on this new, ambitious and inclusive trade agreement.  The seminar, which was jointly organised by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES) and the Stability Pact office, aimed at providing parliamentarians with an overview of CEFTA in the context of the EU accession process, the multilateral trading system and the overall business climate in South Eastern Europe.    It also provided an opportunity for parliamentarians to gain a better understanding of the obligations assumed under the agreement. Speakers included representatives from DG Enlargement, DG Trade and the OECD as well as senior trade experts who have worked with the Stability Pact’s Trade Working Group on the CEFTA negotiations. To date, three parties – Albania, Montenegro and UNMIK/Kosovo have ratified the agreement which is expected to come into force in mid 2007.  Further information including the agenda and a number of presentations is set out below.

• Agenda
• Presentations
  • A Reader's Guide to CEFTA 2006; Magnus Wijkman - SP TWG
  • The Economic Situation in SEE and the Role of Trade and Investment; Anthony O'Sullivan - OECD
  • Regional Trade Agreements, an EU Perspective; Lars Nilsson - EC
  • CEFTA in the World Trade System; Patrick A. Messerlin - GEM

CEFTA Summit, Bucharest, December 19th, 2006

• Joint Declaration
• Family Photo
• Erhard Busek Speech

Stability Pact and Government of Romania co-host a Summit of SEE Prime Minisers in Bucharest on 6 April,

to launch negotiations on an enlarged and amended Central Europe Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) for the region.  Wolfgang Schussel, Chancellor of Austria, Commissioner Olli Rehn (Enlargement) and Commissioner Peter Mandelson (Trade) will also attend [Link to Event -  Link to Trade Web] 

CEFTA related events 

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• November 21-22, 2007, Budva
  SEE Chambers of Commerce CEFTA Forum

  • Programme

  • Conference Document: Implementation of CEFTA 2006

• November 16, 2007, Hyatt Regency, Belgrade, Serbia
  Conference: CEFTA Agreement and Fast Moving Consumer Goods Market in Southeastern Europe