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SACU – EFTA FREE TRADE AREA
The European Union
• A customs union, like SACU• Principle of the “acquis de communataire”• EU enlargements:
* 1973 * 1981 * 1986 * 1995 * 2004 * 2007 (foreseen for Bulgaria and Romania)
EU 15
1957 1973 1981 1986 1995
Belgium Denmark Greece Spain Austria
France Ireland Portugal Finland
Germany UK Sweden
Italy
Luxemb.
Netherl.
EU Enlargement 2004
• Cyprus• Czech Republic• Estonia• Hungary• Latvia
• Lithuania• Malta• Poland • Slovenia• Slovakia
European Free Trade Association
• Iceland, Norway, Switzerland, Liechtenstein
• Not a customs union
• Closely integrated with the EU
• Trails the EU in relation to 3rd countries
• But does not have the common policies and pooling of resources as the EU has
POLITICAL ECONOMY
• SA trade policy vis-à-vis Europe
* Harmonisation on the back of the TDCA
* Single trading regime: SADC-EU
• SACU – EFTA
* Built SACU’s common policies
* Would inform the review of the TDCA
ECONOMIC RATIONALE
• Contractual versus unilateral access
• GSP versus FTA
• Small but wealthy markets
• Clothing and textiles stand to benefit
SCOPE OF MAIN AGREEMENT
• Trade in goods
* Tariff liberalisation
* Subject to rules of origin
• New generation issues
* Only cooporative provisions
* Rendez-vous clause
CONTENT OF MAIN AGREEMENT
Fish & marine
Processed agriculture
Industrial
EFTA offer
Duty free on 01/01/07
Equivalence with access enjoyed by EU
Duty free and quota free on 01/01/07
SACU offer
Certain lines back loaded
Almost similar to access enjoyed by EU
Almost similar to EU access
Liberalisation schedules
EU EFTA
List 0 2000 2003
List 1 2000-2003 2003
List 2 2003-2005 2006-2008
List 3 2003-2012 2006-2015
List 4 2005-2012 2008-2015
List 5 Partial, in 7th year of implementation
Partial liberalisation in 4th year of imple.
List 6 Reserved list Reserved list
ADMINISTRATION
• Single SACU origin
State of play
• All 9 parties committed to ratify before end of November
• If that is achieved, agreement to enter into force on 01/01/07