Australia-UAE CEPA Official Text

Text of chapters and annexes

• Preamble [DOCX 34 KB]
• Chapter 1 – Initial Provisions and General Definitions [DOCX 62 KB]
• Chapter 2 – Trade in Goods [DOCX 56 KB]
  • Annex 2a: Schedules Of Tariff Commitments
    • Part A: General Notes [DOCX 33 KB]
    • Part B: Schedule of Australia [XLSX 580 KB]
    • Part C: Schedule of the United Arab Emirates [XLSX 721 KB]
• Chapter 3 – Rules of Origin [DOCX 105 KB]
  • Annex 3a: Product Specific Rules Schedule
    • Appendix 3A-a: Indicative List of Textile Finishing Processes [DOCX 905 KB]
  • Annex 3b: Certificate of Origin Minimum Information Requirements [DOCX 30 KB]
  • Annex 3c: Origin Declaration Minimum Information Requirements [DOCX 27 KB]
• Chapter 4 – Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation [DOCX 94 KB]
• Chapter 5 – Trade Remedies [DOCX 38 KB]
• Chapter 6 – Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures [DOCX 68 KB]
• Chapter 7 – Sustainable Agriculture and Food Systems [DOCX 45 KB]
• Chapter 8 – Technical Barriers to Trade [DOCX 36 KB]
• Chapter 9 – Trade in Services [DOCX 77 KB]
  • Annex 9a: Financial Services [DOCX 59 KB]
  • Annex 9b: Telecommunications [DOCX 52 KB]
  • Annex 9c: Foreign Investment Framework for Australia
  • Annex 9c: Foreign Investment Framework for UAE [DOCX 29 KB]
  • Annex 9d: (Schedule of Specific Commitments – Schedule Of UAE) [DOCX 100 KB]
    • Appendix 9d-A: Most-Favoured Nation Treatment Sectoral Coverage [DOCX 52 KB]
  • Annex 9e: (Schedule Of Non-Conforming Measures – Schedule of Australia) [DOCX 138 KB]
• Chapter 10 – Entry and Temporary Stay for Business Persons [DOCX 42 KB]
  • Annex 10a: Australia's Schedule of Commitments on Entry and Temporary Stay for Business Persons [DOCX 41 KB]
  • Annex 10a: UAE's Schedule of Commitments on Entry and Temporary Stay for Business Persons [DOCX 11.4 KB]
• Chapter 11 – Investment Facilitation [DOCX 38 KB]
• Chapter 12 – Digital Trade [DOCX 94 KB]
• Chapter 13 – Competition and Consumer Protection [DOCX 56 KB]
• Chapter 14 – Intellectual Property [DOCX 14 KB]
• Chapter 15 – Government Procurement [DOCX 86 KB]
  • Annex 15a: Schedules of the Parties
    • Part A: Schedule of Australia [DOCX 69 KB]
    • Part B: Schedule of the United Arab Emirates [DOCX 50 KB]
• Chapter 16 – Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [DOCX 16 KB]
• Chapter 17 – Indigenous Peoples Trade and Investment Economic Cooperation [DOCX 48 KB]
• Chapter 18 – Environment and the Transition to Net Zero [DOCX 73 KB]
• Chapter 19 – Trade, Gender Balance and Women's Economic Empowerment [DOCX 37 KB]
• Chapter 20 – Trade and Labour [DOCX 57 KB]
• Chapter 21 – Economic Cooperation [DOCX 62 KB]
• Chapter 22 – Transparency and Anti-Corruption [DOCX 34 KB]
• Chapter 23 – Administrative and Institutional Provisions [DOCX 33 KB]
• Chapter 24 – General Provisions and Exceptions [DOCX 45 KB]
• Chapter 25 – Dispute Settlement [DOCX 96 KB]
  • Annex 25a: Rules of Procedure for the Panel [DOCX 67 KB]
  • Annex 25b: Code of Conduct for Panellists and Others Engaged in Dispute Settlement Proceedings under this Agreement 
    • Appendix 25b-A: Initial Disclosure Statement [DOCX 71 KB]
• Chapter 26 – Final Provisions [DOCX 33 KB]

Investment agreement

Agreement between Australia and UAE on the Promotion of Investments [DOCX 122 KB]

Side letters

• Global Safeguard Measures [DOCX 29 KB]
• Bottled Wine and Sparkling Wine [DOCX 38 KB]
• Government Procurement Chapter – UAE to Australia [DOCX 31 KB]
• Government Procurement Chapter – Australia to UAE [DOCX 29 KB]
• Energy Resources Sector – UAE to Australia [DOCX 26 KB]
• Energy Resources Sector – Australia to UAE [DOCX 26 KB]
• Trade in Services – Australia to UAE [DOCX 40 KB]
• Trade in Services – UAE to Australia [DOCX 39 KB]

Investment memoranda of understanding

• Investment Cooperation in Data Centres and AI Projects [DOCX 106 KB]
• Investment Cooperation in Food and Agriculture [DOCX 105 KB]
• Investment Cooperation in Green and Renewable Energy [DOCX 127 KB]
• Investment Cooperation in Infrastructure Development [DOCX 124 KB]
• Investment Cooperation in the Minerals Sector [DOCX 129 KB]

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