Phases of the AfCFTA Negotiations

Phase 1

Protocol on Trade in Goods

Protocol on Trade in Services

Protocol on Rules and Procedures on the Settlement of Disputes

Annexes

  • Schedules of Tariff Concessions
  • Rules of Origin
  • Custom Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance
  • Trade Facilitation
  • Non-Tariff Barriers
  • Technical Barriers to Trade
  • Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
  • Transit
  • Trade Remedies: Guidelines on implementation of Trade Remedies

Annexes

  • Schedules of Specific Commitments
  • MFN Exemption(s)
  • Air Transport Services
  • List of priority sectors
  • Framework document on Regulatory Cooperation

Annexes

  • Working Procedures of the Panel
  • Expert Review
  • Code of Conduct for Arbitrators and Panellist

Phase 2

(Including former Phase 3)

Source: Tralac  

All relevant information and legal texts can be found on the Website of the AfCFTA Secretariat .