Name | Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) |
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Linking name | the Central European Free Trade Agreement |
Map caption | Map members |
Org type | Trade agreement |
Membership type | Member states |
Membership | UNMIK-Kosovo |
Languages type | Official languages |
Languages | Albanian, Bosnian, Croatian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Romanian, and Serbian |
Leader title1 | Chair in Office |
Leader name1 | UNMIK-Kosovo |
Leader title2 | Secretary-General |
Leader name2 | Renata Vitez |
Established event1 | Signed |
Established date1 | 21 December 1992 |
Area km2 | 309,125 |
Area sq mi | 119,354 |
Population estimate | 30,936,824 |
Population estimate year | 2007 |
Population density km2 | 100.07 |
Gdp ppp | $236.6 billion |
Gdp ppp year | 2007 (IMF) |
Gdp ppp per capita | 7,649 |
Currency | Albanian Lek, Bosnia and Herzegovina konvertibilna marka, Croatian kuna, Euro, Macedonian denar, Moldovan leu, Serbian dinar |
Currency code | ALL, BAM, HRK, EUR, MKD, MDL, RSD |
Time zone | CET / EET |
Utc offset | +1 / +2 |
Time zone dst | CEST / EEST |
Utc offset dst | +2 / +3 }} |
The Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA) is a trade agreement between non-EU countries in Southern and Eastern Europe.
Former parties are Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. Their CEFTA membership ended when they joined the EU.
colspan="2" | Parties of agreement | |||
colspan="2"> | 1992 | 2004 | ||
colspan="2" | < | 1992 | ||
rowspan="2">(1992 only) | <(from 1993) | | | 1992 | 2004 |
(from 1993) | 2004 | |||
colspan="2"> | 1996 | |||
colspan="2" | < | 1997 | ||
colspan="2"> | 1999 | |||
colspan="2" | < | 2003 | ||
colspan="2"> | 2006 | |||
colspan="2" | < | 2007 | ||
colspan="2"> | 2007 | |||
colspan="2" | < | 2007 | ||
colspan="2"> | 2007 | |||
colspan="2" | < | 2007 | ||
colspan="2"> Kosovo | UNMIK-Kosovo | 2007 |
Current criteria since Zagreb meeting in 2005:
Flag | ! State | ! Accession | ! Population | ! Area (km²) | ! Capital | List of countries by GDP (PPP)>GDP in millions (PPP) | List of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita>GDP per capita (PPP) |
Albania | Tirana | 22,823 | 7,163 | ||||
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Sarajevo | 31,492 | 8,095 | ||||
Croatia | Zagreb | 78,539 | 17,703 | ||||
Skopje | 18,902 | 9,170 | |||||
Moldova | Chişinău | 10,141 | 2,842 | ||||
Montenegro | Podgorica | 6,439 | 10,286 | ||||
Serbia | Belgrade | 80,602 | 12,000 | ||||
Pristina | 4,000 | 2,300 |
The agreement was amended by the agreements signed on 11 September 1995 in Brno and on 4 July 2003 in Bled.
Slovenia joined CEFTA in 1996, Romania in 1997, Bulgaria in 1999, Croatia in 2003 and Macedonia in 2006.
After the declaration of independence of Kosovo on 17 February 2008 UNMIK continued to represent Kosovo at all CEFTA meetings. At the end of 2008 Kosovo changed its customs stamps replacing UNMIK with Kosovo. This resulted in a trade blockade from Serbia and Bosnia that do not recognise the Republic of Kosovo. In July 2011 the government in Pristina sent security forces to two crossing points between Serbia and Kosovo in an unsuccessful attempt to enforce a ban on Serbian imports, which led to clashes.
At the EU's recommendation, the future members prepared for membership by establishing free trade areas. A large proportion of CEFTA foreign trade is with EU countries.
Category:International organizations of Europe Category:Trade blocs Category:Treaties concluded in 1992 Category:Treaties of Poland Category:Treaties of Czechoslovakia Category:Treaties of Slovenia Category:Treaties of Romania Category:Treaties of the Republic of Macedonia Category:Treaties of Moldova Category:Treaties of Montenegro Category:Treaties of Bosnia and Herzegovina Category:Treaties of the Czech Republic Category:Treaties of Slovakia Category:Treaties of Kosovo Category:Treaties of the Third Republic of Hungary Category:Treaties of the Republic of Bulgaria Category:Treaties of the Republic of Serbia Category:Treaties of the Republic of Croatia Category:Treaties of Albania Category:Czechoslovakia–Poland relations
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