Council Decision (EU) 2026/1774 of 13 July 2026 on the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the General Council of the World Trade Organization on the request of the United States fora WTO waiver to extend the AGOA programme and on the incorporation of the Agreement on Investment Facilitation for Development into Annex 4 to the WTO Agreement
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The Union shall agree to the granting of a WTO waiver permitting the United States to continue to provide duty-free treatment to eligible products originating in beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries designated pursuant to the AGOA programme from 1 October 2025 to 31 December 2026 and for further time periods up to 30 September 2030 within the General Council of the World Trade Organization (WTO).
The Union shall agree to a WTO draft decision to incorporate the Agreement on Investment Facilitation for Development (the ‘IFD Agreement’) into Annex 4 to the WTO Agreement at any meeting of the General Council held before the next WTO Ministerial Conference, provided that the wording to be incorporated is identical to the wording set out in WTO document WT/MIN(26)/W/5/Rev.1.
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.
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