Economic partnership agreement
EU–Japan Economic Partnership Agreement (EU–Japan EPA)
One of the largest bilateral deals, eliminating the vast majority of tariffs between the EU and Japan.
- Abbreviation
- EU–Japan EPA
- Status
- In force
- Type
- Economic partnership agreement
- Scope
- Comprehensive (goods, services, investment and rules)
- Signed
- Jul 2018
- In force since
- Feb 2019
- Member countries
- 28
Key features
- Elimination or reduction of import duties on most goods, phased in according to each party’s tariff schedule.
- Origin can be declared by exporters or producers (self-certification or statements on origin), subject to conditions.
- Commitments on trade in services.
- Government procurement market access commitments.
- Protection of geographical indications (GIs).
- Labour and environmental (trade and sustainable development) commitments.
Parties
European Union · 27 countries
- Austria
- Belgium
- Bulgaria
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Italy
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden