Ministry completes dossier for ratification of EVFTA
The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) has completed a dossier for the ratification of the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) since early January, and will submit it to the Prime Minister for decision.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Vietnamese Ministry of Industry andTrade (MoIT) has completed a dossier for the ratification of the EU-VietnamFree Trade Agreement (EVFTA) since early January, and will submit it to thePrime Minister for decision.
The document will be sent to the President and then the NationalAssembly for consideration.
The European Parliament (EP)’s Committee onInternational Trade (INTA) adopted recommendations for the EVFTA and theEU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA) in Brussels on January 21,according to the MoIT’s Multilateral Trade Policy Department.
The recommendations for the EVFTA were approved with 29 votes in favour, sixagainst, and five abstains; and that on the IPA got 26 approval votes out ofthe 39, The voting event saw the participation of 40members of the INTA under the chair of INTA chairman Bernd Lange.
The EVFTA consists of 17 chapters, twoprotocols and some memoranda of understanding on trade, goods, services,investment, trade remedies, competition, State businesses, governmentprocurement, and intellectual property.
Once the agreement comes into effect, the EUwill eliminate import tariffs for nearly 86 percent of the tariff lines andover 99 percent of tariff lines will be lifted after seven years. This is thefirst FTA that the EU has signed with a developing country.
Meanwhile, the IPA includes modern regulationson investment protection that allow enforcement and implementation through anew system of investment courts as well as ensure the two sides’ governments’rights to regulate benefits of their citizens.
The plenary session of the EP is expected to voteon the two agreements in mid-February this year.
If ratified by the EP, the EVFTA will comeinto force a month after the two sides notify each other that the legal processis over. Meanwhile, the IPA will still need approval by the parliaments of eachEU member state, which could take several years./.
The European Parliament (EP)’s Committee on International Trade (INTA) adopted recommendations for the EU-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU-Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (IPA) in Brussels on January 21.
The European Parliament Committee on International Trade (INTA) on January 21 approved a resolution asking for the European Parliament (EP)’s ratification of the European Union – Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) and the EU – Vietnam Investment Protection Agreement (EVIPA).
A series of German newspapers reported the approval of a resolution by the European Parliament (EP) Committee on International Trade (INTA) on January 21 to ask for the EP’s ratification of the EVFTA.
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