Editing Customs union (section)

== Lists of customs unions ==
[[File:World Customs Unions.svg|thumb|270x270px|{{legend|#0066ffff|[[European Union Customs Union]]}}{{legend|#fac14cff|[[Eurasian Customs Union]]}}{{legend|#00ccffff|[[East African Community]]}}{{legend|#aa0000ff|[[West African Economic and Monetary Union]]}}{{legend|#ff2a2aff|[[Southern African Customs Union]]}}{{legend|#66ff00ff|[[Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa]]}}{{legend|#008f5aff|[[Mercosur]]}}{{legend|#fede0bff|[[Andean Community]]}}{{legend|#ff00ffff|[[Caribbean Community]]}}{{legend|#352c96ff|[[Central American Common Market]]}}{{legend|#aa7b2dff|[[Gulf Cooperation Council]]}}{{legend|#ff5599ff|Switzerland–Liechtenstein}}{{Legend|#ff7f2aff|[[United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union]]}}]]

=== Current ===
<!-- listed below are 'customs unions'elsajean– see respective articles for lists of economic unions; customs and monetary unions; economic and monetary unions -->

{| class="wikitable sortable"
! Agreement!!Date (in force)!!Recent reference
|-
|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Andean Community of Nations.svg}} [[Andean Community]] (CAN)||1988-05-25||L/6737
|-
|{{Flagicon|Caribbean Community}} [[Caribbean Community]] (CARICOM)||1991-01-01||
|-
|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Central American Integration System.svg}} [[Central American Common Market]] (CACM)
| 2004-10-06
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20090305050656/http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/G/L/696.doc WT/REG93/R/B/2]
|-
|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the African Union.svg}} [[Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa]] (COMESA)||2005-01-01<ref>Signed 1993-11-5, but entered into force in 1994-12-8.</ref>||[http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicShowRTAIDCard.aspx?rtaid=121]
|-
|{{Flagicon|East African Community}} [[East African Community]] (EAC)||2005-01-01<ref>Signed 2000-7-7, but implemented in 2005.</ref>||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090326200352/http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/COMTD/N14.doc WT/COMTD/N/14]
|-
|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the African Union.svg}} [[Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa]] (CEMAC)||1999-06-01<ref>Signed 1994-05-16, but implemented in 1999.</ref>||
|-
|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the Eurasian Economic Union.svg}} [[Eurasian Customs Union]] (EACU) ||2010-07-01<ref>Customs Union of [[Eurasian Economic Community]] (EurAsEC) envisioned in its 1997-10-08 agreement, but not implemented. [http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/REG/71-8.doc WT/REG71/8] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305050646/http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/REG/71-8.doc |date=5 March 2009 }}</ref>||
|-
| style="border-bottom: 0px;" |{{Flagicon image|Flag of the European Union.svg}} [[European Union Customs Union]] (EUCU; EU–Monaco) || 1958 ||
|-
| style="border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px;" |&nbsp;'''∟{{Flagicon image|Flag of the European Union.svg}}''' {{Flagicon image|Flag of Andorra.svg}} EU–Andorra Customs Union||1991-07-01||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090225112409/http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/REG/53M3.doc WT/REG53/M/3]
|-
| style="border-top: 0px; border-bottom: 0px;" |&nbsp;'''∟'''{{Flagicon image|Flag of the European Union.svg}} {{Flagicon image|Flag of San Marino.svg}} EU–San Marino Customs Union ||2002-04-01||
|-
| style="border-top: 0px;" |&nbsp;'''∟{{Flagicon image|Flag of the European Union.svg}}''' {{Flagicon image|Flag of Turkey.svg}} [[European Union–Turkey Customs Union|EU–Turkey Customs Union]]||1996-01-01||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090225112435/http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/REG/22M4.doc WT/REG22/M/4]
|-
|{{Flagicon|Gulf Cooperation Council}} [[Gulf Cooperation Council]] (GCC)
|2015-01-01<ref>Agreed on 2003-01-01, [http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/COMTD/N25.doc WT/COMTD/N/25] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090305050626/http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/COMTD/N25.doc |date=5 March 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://bilaterals.org/spip.php?article18075|title=GCC countries postpone customs union move}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=GCC customs union fully operational |url=http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/middle-east/314466/gcc-customs-union-fully-operational |access-date=24 January 2016 |publisher=The Peninsula |date=3 January 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150118080233/http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/middle-east/314466/gcc-customs-union-fully-operational |archive-date=18 January 2015}}</ref>
|
|-
|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Israel.svg}} {{Flagicon image|Flag of Palestine.svg}} [[Israel]]–[[Palestinian Authority]]||1994<ref>Established following the [[Oslo Accords]] and the [[Protocol on Economic Relations|Paris protocol]].</ref>||<ref>[http://www.btselem.org/freedom_of_movement/paris_protocol ''Paris Protocol'']. B'Tselem, 19 September 2012</ref><ref>[http://dayan.org/content/iqtisadi-israeli-palestinian-economic-agreement-and-current-consequences ''Iqtisadi: The Israeli-Palestinian Economic Agreement and Current Consequences''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307042920/http://dayan.org/content/iqtisadi-israeli-palestinian-economic-agreement-and-current-consequences |date=7 March 2016 }}.
Ephraim Lavie, Moshe Dayan Center–Tel Aviv University, January 2013</ref>
|-
|{{Flagicon|Mercosur}} [[Southern Common Market]] (MERCOSUR)||1991-11-29||[https://web.archive.org/web/20090327013054/http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/COMTD/1A17.doc WT/COMTD/1/Add.17]
|-
|[[Southern African Customs Union]] (SACU)||1910<ref>latest revision is from 2004-07-15.</ref>||[https://docs.wto.org/dol2fe/Pages/FE_Search/FE_S_S009-Html.aspx?Id=91621&BoxNumber=3&DocumentPartNumber=1&Language=E&Window=L&PreviewContext=DP&FullTextHash=371857150# WT/REG231/3]
|-
|{{Flagicon image|Flag of Switzerland.svg}} {{Flagicon image|Flag of Liechtenstein.svg}} [[Liechtenstein–Switzerland relations#Cooperation|Switzerland–Liechtenstein]] (CH-FL)||1924<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Marxer |first=Roland |date=31 December 2011 |title=Zollanschlussvertrag |url=https://historisches-lexikon.li/Zollanschlussvertrag |access-date=25 October 2023 |website=[[Historisches Lexikon des Fürstentums Liechtenstein]] |language=de}}</ref>||
|-
|[[West African Economic and Monetary Union]] (WAEMU)
| 1994-01-10
|[https://web.archive.org/web/20090327013111/http://docsonline.wto.org/DDFDocuments/t/WT/COMTD/N11A1.doc WT/COMTD/N/11/Add.1]
|-
|{{Flagicon image|Flag of the United Kingdom.svg}} [[United Kingdom–Crown Dependencies Customs Union]] 
(UK-CD)
|2018-11-26
|<ref>{{Cite web|date=18 January 2021|title=Brexit: the impact of the end of the Transition Period on Guernsey and Jersey|url=https://www.careyolsen.com/briefings/brexit-impact-end-transition-period-guernsey-and-jersey|url-status=live|website=[[Carey Olsen]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210303154328/https://www.careyolsen.com/briefings/brexit-impact-end-transition-period-guernsey-and-jersey |archive-date=3 March 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Sweet|first=Pat|date=November 27, 2018|title="UK agrees customs arrangements with crown dependencies"..|url=https://www.accountancydaily.co/uk-agrees-customs-arrangements-crown-dependencies|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201008214327/https://www.accountancydaily.co/uk-agrees-customs-arrangements-crown-dependencies |archive-date=8 October 2020 |access-date=|website=Accountancy Daily}}</ref> [https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/customs-arrangements-with-the-crown-dependencies UK CD CU]
|}

Additionally, the [[List of autonomous areas by country|autonomous]] and [[dependent territory|dependent]] territories such as some of the [[Special member state territories and the European Union|EU member state special territories]] are sometimes treated as separate [[customs territory|customs territories]] from their mainland states or have varying arrangements of formal or de facto customs union, [[common market]] and [[currency union]] (or combinations thereof) with the mainland and in regards to third countries through the [[trade pact]]s signed by the mainland state.<ref>EU [[Overseas Countries and Territories|Overseas countries]] and some other territories participate partially in the EU single market per [http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/dat/12002E/htm/C_2002325EN.003301.html part four of the Treaty Establishing the European Community] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116105433/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/en/treaties/dat/12002E/htm/C_2002325EN.003301.html |date=16 November 2013 }}; some EU Outermost Regions and other territories use the [[Euro]] of the [[currency union]], others are part of the [[European Union Customs Union|customs union]]; some participate in both unions and some in neither. [[Territories of the United States]], [[Australian External Territories]] and [[Realm of New Zealand]] territories share the [[Currency union|currency]] and mostly also the [[Single market|market]] of their respective mainland state, but are generally not part of its [[customs territory]].</ref>

The European Union is a customs union and therefore sets a common external tariff.

=== Proposed ===
*2010 {{Flagicon image|Flag of SADC.svg}} [[Southern African Development Community]] (SADC)
*2011 [[Economic Community of Central African States]] (ECCAS)
*2015 {{Flagicon image|Flag of the Arab League.svg}} [[Arab Customs Union]] (ACU)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=240423|title=Leaders set to approve Arab customs union|newspaper=[[Gulf Daily News]]|date=18 January 2009|access-date=15 May 2009|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093804/http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/NewsDetails.aspx?storyid=240423|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*2023 {{Flagicon image|Flag of the African Union.svg}} [[African Economic Community]] (AEC)

=== Defunct ===
*The ''[[Zollverein]]'' in the German states (1834–1919) – Remained in effect after [[German unification]] and not dissolved until superseded by the [[Weimar Constitution]] of 1919.
*{{Flagicon|Austria-Hungary}} {{Flagicon image|Flag of Liechtenstein (1852–1921).svg}} – Customs union between Austria (later [[Austria-Hungary|Austria–Hungary]]) from 1852 to 1918. Was replaced by the Liechtenstein–Switzerland customs union in 1924.<ref name=":1" />
*[[Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa]] (UDEAC) – superseded by [[Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa|CEMAC]]
*{{Flagicon|French Third Republic}} {{Flagicon image|Flag of Saar 1920-1935.svg}} 1925 French Customs Union over occupied [[Saar (League of Nations)|Territory of the Saar Basin]]
*{{Flagicon|Duchy of Brunswick}} {{Flagicon|Kingdom of Hanover}} {{Flagicon|Oldenburg}} [[Steuerverein]] or ''Tax Union'' in north-west Germany
*{{Flagicon image|Flag of Syria (1932–1958, 1961–1963).svg}} {{Flagicon image|Flag of Lebanon.svg}} Custom Union between Lebanon and Syria<ref>{{cite web|url=http://countrystudies.us/lebanon/100.htm|title=Lebanon – FOREIGN RELATIONS}}</ref>
*[[Czech Republic|Czechia]] and [[Slovakia]] from the dissolution of [[Czechoslovakia]] on 1 January 1993 until superseded by both countries' accession to the [[European Union]] on 1 May 2004.