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Resolution No. 35/20 ratifying the Agreement that creates the 2018 African Continental Free Trade Zone.

Country/Territory
Angola
Document type
Regulation
Date
2020
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República, I Série, No. 148.
Subject
General
Keyword
Agricultural development Food security Transport/storage Internal trade International trade Business/industry/corporations
Geographical area
Africa, Central Africa, Least Developed Countries, South Atlantic
Entry into force notes
This Resolution enters into force on the day of its publication.
Abstract

This Resolution ratifies the Agreement creating the 2018 African Continental Free Trade Zone, signed by Angola on 21 March 2018, in Kigali-Rwanda. The Agreement aims to create a continental market and the free movement of people, goods and services for the deepening of the continent's economic integration, the promotion of agricultural development, food security, industrialization and structural economic transformations, through an adequate infrastructure, the reduction or progressive elimination of tariff barriers and the elimination of non-tariff barriers to trade and investment. In addition, it covers trade in goods, trade in services, investment, intellectual property rights and competition policy and regulating their general and specific objectives, principles, administration, organization, transparency, continental preferences, resolution of disputes, exceptions, reservation, registration, notification, review and amendments.

Full text
Portuguese
Website
www.legis-palop.org

References - Legislation

Implemented by

Presidential Decree No. 4/21 approving the Regulation of the Free Trade Zones Law.

Legislation | Angola | 2021

Keyword: Enforcement/compliance, Transport/storage, Internal trade, International trade, Business/industry/corporations, Environmental planning, Environmental standards, EIA, Land-use planning, Authorization/permit

Source: FAO, FAOLEX