Matyáš Pelant Head of Unit of Americas FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU-PERU, ECUADOR FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU – PERU, ECUADOR

Matyáš Pelant Head of Unit of Americas FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU-PERU, ECUADOR Free Trade Agreement (FTA) EU-Peru, Colombia and Protocol of Accession of Ecuador FTA with Peru provisionally applied from March 2013 Protocol of Accession of Ecuador to FTA with EU, Peru and Colombia in process of translation, legal review and final approval till the end of 2016 FTA covers market access on trade in: agricultural and industrial goods; services and establishment; government procurement; It gradually eliminates custom duties, tariff quotas and technical barriers to trade, improves the access to government procurement and also includes the protection of intellectual property.

Matyáš Pelant Head of Unit of Americas FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU-PERU, ECUADOR Peru: Trade in Agricultural and Industrial Goods Process of liberalization of goods began from March 2013 Liberalization of goods in Peru Immediately there was 80 % of all european exports liberalized, examples – medical devices, steel, information technology, textiles, clothes, optical products, trucks, turbines, tires Liberalization of all industustrial products in max.10 years, agricultural products in max. 17 years Currently most of products already liberalized in Peru, example of remaining custom duties: cars 0 - 5,7 %, combined refrigerator-freezers 10,8 %, arms 5,7 %, drinking glasses 5,7 % Liberalization of goods in EU Immediately liberalized all industrial products and fisheries, in case of agriculture products there are special regimes such as for bananas, duty free quotas – sugar, rum, rice

Matyáš Pelant Head of Unit of Americas FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU-PERU, ECUADOR 1.Dohoda o podpoře a ochraně investic podepsaná Vstoupila v platnost dne Od roku 2004 se vstupem ČR do EU probíhá její renegociace. 2.Memorandum o porozumění a spolupráci v oblasti cestovního ruchu mezi ministerstvem pro místní rozvoj ČR a ministerstvem zahraničního obchodu a cestovního ruchu Peru (2007) 3.Dohoda o hospodářské a průmyslové spolupráci (2007) 4.Memorandum o porozumění a spolupráci mezi MO ČR a MO Peru (2007) 5.Memorandum o porozumění mezi MŽP ČR a Peru (2015) Peru: Bilateral Agreements

Matyáš Pelant Head of Unit of Americas FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU-PERU, ECUADOR Ecuador: Trade in Agricultural and Industrial Goods Liberalization of goods in Ecuador in 10 years 96,8 % of all tariff lines, 100 % of industrial goods In the moment of the entry into force - liberalization of 59, 9 % of all tariff lines (64,4 % of trade) Examples: cars in 7 years, alcoholic beverages immediately Tariff elimination schedules: Liberalization of goods in EU in 10 years 96,4 % of all tariff lines, 100 % industrial goods In the moment of the entry into force – liberalization of 94,8 % of all tariff lines (59 % of trade) partial liberalization for sugar and a special regime for bananas Tariff elimination schedules:

Matyáš Pelant Head of Unit of Americas FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU-PERU, ECUADOR Ecuador: bilateral agreements Dohoda o spolupráci v energetice“ – od r Z návštěvy náměstka ministra průmyslu a obchodu E. Muřického v Ekvádoru ve dnech 12. – 15. dubna 2015 vyplynul potenciální zájem o prohloubení spolupráce v oblasti strategických sektorů a o získání českého know- how k budování ekvádorských výrobních (i neropných exportních) kapacit – memorandum o porozumění Též bylo uvažováno o sjednání Dohody o zamezení dvojího zdanění v závislosti na zvyšování ekonomických aktivit českých subjektů v Ekvádoru.

Matyáš Pelant Head of Unit of Americas FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU-PERU, ECUADOR Role of Ministry of Industry and Trade in Negotiations Ministry of Industry and Trade (MIT) is a coordinator of Czech position in negotiations of FTAs Consultation process with relevant ministries, business associations, companies, Czech embassies and CzechTrade. Updated information about market access to third contries (custom duties, procedures formalities, trade barriers, SPS, rules of origin):

Matyáš Pelant Head of Unit of Americas FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN EU-PERU, ECUADOR Thank you for your attention Matyáš Pelant Ministry of Industry and Trade Na Františku 32, Praha 1 Office: Politických vězňů 20, Praha 1