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Protocol on the Accession of the United Kingdom to the Comprehensive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership
Treaty Code:
B2023-05
Treaty Type:
Bilateral/Plurilateral
Common Name:
UK Accession to CPTPP
Responsible Department:
Foreign Affairs and Trade
Administering Department:
Treaty Status:
Not In Force
Treaty Summary:
The Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) has been in force since 30 December 2018. On 1 February 2021 the UK formally requested to commence negotiations on acceding to the CPTPP. On 2 June 2021, CPTPP Parties agreed to commence accession negotiations with the UK. Substantive conclusion of negotiations was jointly announced by CPTPP Ministers and the United Kingdom on 31 March 2023.
The result of the negotiations is the Protocol for the Accession of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (the Protocol). This is a treaty-level instrument that will amend the CPTPP to include the United Kingdom in the Agreement. The original CPTPP rules have not been subject to further negotiation as part of the UK’s accession process, and will not change as a result of the UK’s accession to the Agreement.
The Protocol sets out the obligations that will apply between the UK and the original CPTPP Parties, when the Protocol enters into force. The UK’s accession to CPTPP will mean that the obligations and other commitments that the original CPTPP Parties made to each other under the CPTPP Agreement will be extended to the UK. None of New Zealand’s CPTPP obligations and none of the exceptions or other flexibilities in CPTPP that New Zealand relies on will be changed as a result of the UK’s accession to CPTPP.
NZ Adherence Status:
Not yet in Force
Adherence Type:
Ratified
Signature Date:
16/07/2023
Adherence Date:
04/06/2024
Expired:
No
Date Concluded:
16/07/2023
Place Concluded:
Auckland
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Withdrawal Notification Date:
NZ Objections:
No
NZ Reservations:
No
NZ Declarations:
No
NZ Territorial Applications:
None
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Signature Date:
16/07/2023
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Signature Date:
16/07/2023
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Adherence Type:
Ratified
Adherence Date:
03/04/2024
Signature Date:
16/07/2023
Entry Into Force:
Adherence Type:
Ratified
Adherence Date:
15/12/2023
Signature Date:
16/07/2023
Entry Into Force:
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Signature Date:
16/07/2023
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Signature Date:
16/07/2023
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Signature Date:
16/07/2023
Entry Into Force:
Adherence Type:
Ratified
Adherence Date:
17/01/2024
Signature Date:
16/07/2023
Entry Into Force:
Adherence Type:
Acceded to
Adherence Date:
16/05/2024
Signature Date:
16/07/2023
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Signature Date:
16/07/2023
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