LATIN AMERICAN INTEGRATION ASSOCIATION (LAIA)
ANNUAL REPORT TO
THE WTO
Report to the WTO on Instruments Concluded Under the 1980 Treaty of
Montevideo
(Period 1 January 2013 to
31 December 2013)
The attached report was received from the
delegation of Uruguay on 23 October 2014 for circulation to WTO Members.
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INTRODUCTION
Pursuant to
the obligation of WTO Members to notify instruments concluded under the
"Enabling Clause" (paragraph 4(a)), in accordance with the
Decision of 14 December 2006 establishing a "Transparency
Mechanism for Regional Trade Agreements", without prejudice to individual
notifications submitted by Members, and further to the reports submitted
previously, the LAIA member countries, which notified the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
to the GATT in July 1982 (document L/5342), hereby submit the
following "Report on instruments concluded under the
1980 Treaty of Montevideo during the period
1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013".
The first
section analyses trends in intraregional trade in 2013.
The second
section describes the instruments that were concluded and registered under
the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo during the period considered,
or that were concluded in preceding years but were registered with the General
Secretariat in 2013. It should be noted that the report comprises two new
economic complementarity agreements, six protocols additional to economic
complementarity agreements, and two agreements concluded under Article 25
of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo, under which member
countries may conclude agreements with other Latin American countries.
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SECTION I
ANALYSIS OF TRENDS IN INTRAREGIONAL TRADE IN 2013
Introduction
The region's global
trade has grown very strongly over time, with exports and imports increasing from
around 250 billion dollars in 1980 to 1,000 billion dollars (2013
dollars) in 2013 (Chart 1(a)). This dynamic growth has enabled the LAIA
countries as a whole to increase their share of world trade, which rose from 4.3%
to 5.6% in the case of exports and from 4.6% to 5.4% in the case of imports,
during the period 1980‑2013.
Chart 1 ‑ Trends in the global trade of member countries (1980‑2013)
(a) Billions of constant 2013
dollars
|
(b) Share of world trade (%)
|
As far as intraregional
trade is concerned, the extensive network of existing agreements within the
LAIA framework has boosted its growth, even though intraregional trade has
not been immune to the negative impact of trends in global trade or the
economic cycles in regional economies. This has led to similarities in the
phases of expansion and contraction recorded by intraregional trade and trade
with the rest of the world (Chart 2(a), measured by imports in both cases).
Nevertheless, intraregional trade accounts for a growing share of the region's total
trade, with exports expanding from 13% to 17% and imports rising from 12% to 16%
between 1980 and 2013 (Chart 2(b)).
Chart 2 ‑ Trends in intraregional trade (1980‑2013)
(a) Billions of current dollars
|
(b) Share of total trade
|
Trends in 2013
Following the
strong rebound recorded in the post‑crisis period (2010‑2011), there was a marked
slowdown in the trade of LAIA member countries in 2013, as well as in the
preceding year (see Chart 1(a)). Nonetheless, the region maintained
its world share of both exports and imports at around 5.5% (see Chart (1b)).
This slowdown in regional trade was caused by two main factors: the
reduced rate of growth in economic activity in the region and the fall in international
prices of the commodities strongly represented in the regional export basket. In
this connection, it need only be mentioned that, on the one hand,
the LAIA's GDP growth rate fell from 6.1% and 4.3% in 2010 and 2011,
respectively, to 2.9% and 3.1% in the following two years, while, on the other,
the prices of the main LAIA commodity exports fell by 2.3% in 2012 and 4.7% in
2013.
Chart 2(a) shows that intraregional trade experienced almost
zero growth in 2013 (‑0.1% on the import side), as had been the case the
previous year. It thus remains at a level similar to that of its historic
record.
Imports
from the rest of the world showed slightly higher growth (4.2%), representing a
marginal decline compared to 2012 (4.8%). Similarly, extraregional exports
increased slightly (1.6%) in 2013, at practically the same pace as the
previous year (1.7%).
Table 1 Total imports by country of origin.
LAIA/Rest of the
world, 2012 and 2013
(millions of
dollars CIF)
Country
|
2012
|
2013
|
Change 2013/2012
|
LAIA
|
Rest of the world
|
Total
|
LAIA
|
Rest of the world
|
Total
|
LAIA
|
Rest of the world
|
Total
|
Argentina
|
24,526
|
43,982
|
68,508
|
26,343
|
47,660
|
74,003
|
7.4%
|
8.4%
|
8.0%
|
Bolivia
|
4,552
|
3,729
|
8,281
|
4,404
|
4,878
|
9,282
|
‑3.3%
|
30.8%
|
12.1%
|
Brazil
|
38,238
|
195,130
|
233,368
|
39,509
|
210,935
|
250,445
|
3.3%
|
8.1%
|
7.3%
|
Chile
|
20,196
|
50,501
|
70,697
|
18,652
|
53,274
|
71,926
|
‑7.6%
|
5.5%
|
1.7%
|
Colombia1
|
15,479
|
43,632
|
59,111
|
13,446
|
45,951
|
59,397
|
‑13.1%
|
5.3%
|
0.5%
|
Cuba
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
Ecuador
|
8,286
|
17,191
|
25,477
|
8,385
|
18,919
|
27,305
|
1.2%
|
10.1%
|
7.2%
|
Mexico2
|
9,165
|
361,587
|
370,752
|
9,403
|
371,807
|
381,210
|
2.6%
|
2.8%
|
2.8%
|
Panama1
|
1,803
|
11,054
|
12,633
|
5,720
|
11,349
|
12,814
|
217.3%
|
2.7%
|
1.4%
|
Paraguay
|
5,303
|
6,252
|
11,555
|
5,495
|
6,647
|
12,142
|
3.6%
|
6.3%
|
5.1%
|
Peru
|
11,918
|
30,232
|
42,151
|
11,617
|
31,657
|
43,274
|
‑2.5%
|
4.7%
|
2.7%
|
Uruguay
|
5,275
|
6,377
|
11,652
|
4,644
|
6,998
|
11,642
|
‑12.0%
|
9.7%
|
‑0.1%
|
Venezuela2
|
18,437
|
36,128
|
54,565
|
15,424
|
29,648
|
45,072
|
‑16.3%
|
‑17.9%
|
‑17.4%
|
TOTAL1
|
163,178
|
805,795
|
968,750
|
163,042
|
839,726
|
998,512
|
‑0.1%
|
4.2%
|
3.1%
|
1 Estimated data based on partial
information.
2 FOB values.
3 n.a.: Not available.
Source: Data
provided by member countries.
Prepared by: LAIA General Secretariat.
The country with the
highest growth of intraregional imports in 2013 was Panama (217.3%). Argentina
(7.4%), Paraguay (3.6%), Brazil (3.3%), Mexico (2.6%) and Ecuador (1.2%) also
increased their purchases in the region, albeit at a more moderate pace. On the
other hand, it should be noted that Venezuela (‑16.3%), Colombia (‑13.1%),
Uruguay (‑12%), Chile (‑7.6%), Bolivia (‑3.3%) and Peru (‑2.5%) recorded
negative rates.
Table 2 Total exports by country according to destination.
LAIA/Rest of the
world, 2012 and 2013
(millions of
dollars FOB)
Country
|
2012
|
2013
|
Change 2013/2012
|
LAIA
|
Rest of the world
|
Total
|
LAIA
|
Rest of the world
|
Total
|
LAIA
|
Rest of the world
|
Total
|
Argentina
|
33,769
|
47,158
|
80,927
|
34,029
|
48,997
|
83,026
|
0.8%
|
3.9%
|
2.6%
|
Bolivia
|
7,761
|
4,207
|
11,968
|
8,330
|
3,832
|
12,163
|
7.3%
|
‑8.9%
|
1.6%
|
Brazil
|
45,048
|
197,530
|
242,578
|
50,404
|
191,775
|
242,179
|
11.9%
|
‑2.9%
|
‑0.2%
|
Chile
|
11,814
|
64,920
|
76,734
|
11,864
|
64,337
|
76,201
|
0.4%
|
‑0.9%
|
‑0.7%
|
Colombia
|
13,511
|
45,621
|
59,133
|
13,424
|
44,780
|
58,204
|
‑0.6%
|
‑1.8%
|
‑1.6%
|
Cuba
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
Ecuador
|
7,364
|
16,401
|
23,765
|
6,844
|
18,114
|
24,958
|
‑7.1%
|
10.4%
|
5.0%
|
Mexico
|
22,746
|
347,960
|
370,706
|
21,758
|
358,430
|
380,189
|
‑4.3%
|
3.0%
|
2.6%
|
Panama1
|
40
|
782
|
822
|
39
|
772
|
811
|
‑3.0%
|
‑1.2%
|
‑1.3%
|
Paraguay
|
4,208
|
3,074
|
7,282
|
5,076
|
4,357
|
9,432
|
20.6%
|
41.7%
|
29.5%
|
Peru
|
7,872
|
33,640
|
41,512
|
8,215
|
37,731
|
45,946
|
4.4%
|
12.2%
|
10.7%
|
Uruguay
|
3,373
|
5,337
|
8,709
|
3,274
|
5,741
|
9,015
|
‑2.9%
|
7.6%
|
3.5%
|
Venezuela1
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
97,340
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
88,705
|
n.a.
|
n.a.
|
‑8.9%
|
TOTAL1
|
157,506
|
766,629
|
1,021,475
|
163,257
|
778,867
|
1,030,829
|
3.7%
|
1.6%
|
0.9%
|
1 Estimated data based on partial information.
2 n.a.: Not available.
Source: Data
provided by member countries.
Prepared by: LAIA General Secretariat.
The countries with the
highest gains in exports to the region in 2013 were Paraguay (20.6%) and Brazil
(11.9%). Bolivia (7.3%)
and Peru (4.4%) also recorded ‑ albeit more moderate ‑ increases, while sales
by Argentina (0.8%), Chile (0.4%) and Colombia (‑0.6%) stood at practically the
same level as the previous year. The remaining countries, including Ecuador (‑7.1%),
Mexico (‑4.3%), Panama (‑3%) and Uruguay (‑2.9%), reduced their purchases in
the region in 2013.
It should be emphasized that intraregional trade, which showed a slightly
positive trend in the first six months of 2013, declined steadily in the second
half of the year.[1]
SECTION II
DESCRIPTION OF THE INSTRUMENTS CONCLUDED BY LAIA MEMBER COUNTRIES
UNDER THE 1980 TREATY OF MONTEVIDEO DURING THE PERIOD
1 JANUARY 2013 TO 31 DECEMBER 2013
For
methodological purposes a data sheet is attached for each instrument concluded
during the above‑mentioned period.
INSTRUMENT
|
PARTICIPATING
COUNTRIES
|
ACE
2.71
|
Brazil
– Uruguay
|
ACE
2.72
|
Brazil
– Uruguay
|
ACE
40.4
|
Cuba
– Venezuela
|
ACE
51.3
|
Cuba
– Mexico
|
ACE
51.4
|
Cuba
– Mexico
|
ACE
70
|
Bolivia
– Cuba – Venezuela – Nicaragua
|
ACE
71
|
Cuba
– Panama
|
ACE
71.1
|
Cuba
– Panama
|
AAP.A25
TM No. 42
|
Ecuador
– Guatemala
|
AAP.A25
TM No. 43
|
Cuba
– El Salvador
|
71st
Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 2 (ACE 2.71)
1
|
Members signatory to
the Agreement:
Brazil – Uruguay
|
2
|
Date of signature:
11 March 2013
Date of entry into
force:
Pending
|
3
|
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 2.71
LAIA members Brazil
and Uruguay, which also have the status of WTO Members, concluded Additional
Protocol No. 71 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 2
under the Enabling Clause.
The purpose of this Protocol is to ensure the
flow of bilateral trade and promote the expansion and deepening of trade in
goods and services, having particular regard for imbalances between the
Parties.
It establishes a Uruguay‑Brazil Bilateral Trade
Commission (CCB), aimed at deepening trade relations among the Parties
through the settlement of specific legal, regulatory and operational market
access problems and the development of initiatives to expand trade in goods
and services.
It also creates a bilateral consultation
mechanism under the CCB in order to deal with difficulties that may arise in
matters relating, inter alia, to
origin, trade defence, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical
standards and customs procedures. Specific procedures are laid down for
conducting each type of consultation.
|
4
|
Text and related
schedules, annexes and protocols:
‑ Submitted to
the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)
‑ Available from the following official Internet
link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/dcbe434f858dde2103257c5900520f13?OpenDocument
|
72nd
Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 2 (ACE 2.72)
1
|
Members signatory to
the Agreement:
Brazil – Uruguay
|
2
|
Date of signature:
27 December 2013
Date of entry into
force:
Pending
|
3
|
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 2.72
LAIA members Brazil
and Uruguay, which also have the status of WTO Members, concluded Additional
Protocol No. 72 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 2
under the Enabling Clause.
Under this Protocol, the signatory countries
grant each other full and immediate exemption from the Common External Tariff
or national import tariffs, where applicable, on specific products
originating in the Manaos Free Zone (Brazil) and the Colonia and Nueva
Palmira free zones (Uruguay).
The exemption will
apply as of the entry into force of the Protocol until 31 December 2016.
|
4
|
Text and related schedules, annexes and
protocols:
‑ Submitted to
the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)
‑ Available from
the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/367c9d8d126de1d7032570e3004b1b78?OpenDocument
|
40th
Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 40 (ACE 40.4)
1
|
Members signatory to
the Agreement:
Cuba – Venezuela
|
2
|
Date of signature:
4 May 2012[2]
Date of entry into
force:
12 June 2012
|
3
|
Brief description of
the instrument:
Economic Complementarity
Agreement (ECA) No. 40.4
LAIA members Cuba and
Venezuela, which also have the status of WTO Members, concluded Additional
Protocol No. 4 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 40 under
the Enabling Clause.
Under this Protocol,
Venezuela grants Cuba exemption from import tariffs on products across the
board. It also incorporates in the Agreement provisions relating to rules of
origin (Annex I), protection of domestic production, infant industries,
and agricultural and agroindustrial development measures (Annex II), and
sanitary, zoosanitary and phytosanitary measures (Annex III).
It should be
emphasized that Cuba granted this concession to Venezuela at the time of concluding
the 3rd Additional Protocol to this Agreement.[3]
|
4
|
Text and related schedules, annexes and
protocols:
‑ Submitted to
the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
‑ Available from
the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/594635244165c75d03257bb80060edf5?OpenDocument
|
3rd
Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 51 (ACE 51.3)
1
|
Members signatory to
the Agreement:
Cuba – Mexico
|
2
|
Date of signature:
1 November 2013
Date of entry into
force:
Pending
|
3
|
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 51.3
LAIA members Cuba and
Mexico, which also have the status of WTO Members, concluded Additional
Protocol No. 3 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 51
under the Enabling Clause.
Under this Protocol,
the signatory countries expanded and deepened the tariff concessions
previously granted, adding preferences for 3,625 items and extending another
214.
The main products negotiated
were agroindustrial products, poultry meat, dairy products, sausages,
chemicals, rum, tobacco, medicines, and medical instruments and apparatus.
It was agreed that bilateral
trade would not be subject to consular requirements, including related fees
and charges. Adjustments were made to the provisions relating to
administration of the Agreement; a clause on cumulation of materials between
the two Parties and a de minimis
clause were incorporated in the rules of origin; the Appendix relating to
specific origin requirements was replaced; and Annexes IV and V, containing
provisions concerning sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical barriers
to trade, respectively, were added.
|
4
|
Text and related schedules, annexes and
protocols:
‑ Submitted to
the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
‑ Available from
the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/3db04e478eecea1d03257c4700507b39?OpenDocument
|
4th
Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 51 (ECA 51.4)
1
|
Members signatory to
the Agreement:
Cuba – Mexico
|
2
|
Date of signature:
1 November 2013
Date of entry into
force:
Pending
|
3
|
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 51.4
LAIA members Cuba and
Mexico, which also have the status of WTO Members, concluded Additional
Protocol No. 4 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 51 under
the Enabling Clause.
This Protocol incorporates
a dispute settlement regime in the Agreement, providing for a choice of forum
‑ either the regime itself or the WTO. It also provides for consultation and
direct negotiation, intervention of the Administrative Commission, establishment
of a court of arbitration, a roster of arbitrators, rules of procedure, a
preliminary ruling, an arbitral award, compliance with the award, and
suspension of benefits in the event of non‑compliance.
|
4
|
Text and related schedules, annexes and
protocols:
‑ Submitted to
the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
‑ Available from
the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/62b737aeaf6bd32303257c47004ffbf3?OpenDocument
|
Economic
Complementarity Agreement No. 70 (ACE 70)
1
|
Members signatory to
the Agreement:
Bolivia ‑ Cuba ‑ Venezuela and
Nicaragua
|
2
|
Date of signature:
11 July 2013
Date of entry into
force:
Nicaragua and Venezuela:
30 January 2014
Cuba: 6 March 2014
|
3
|
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 70
LAIA members Bolivia,
Cuba and Venezuela, along with Nicaragua (in process of accession[4]),
all of which have the status of WTO Members, concluded Economic
Complementarity Agreement No. 70 under the Enabling Clause.
The conclusion of this
Agreement creates the conditions necessary to implement the economic area
known as the "Bolivarian Alternative for the Peoples of the Americas ‑
People's Trade Agreement" (ECOALBA‑TCP).
Chapter II of the
Agreement deals with stimulation of trade growth, Chapter III with productive
complementarity, Chapter IV with convergence, Chapter V with cooperation
mechanisms, Chapter VI with administration of the Agreement, Chapter VII with
accession, Chapter VIII with dispute settlement, and Chapter IX with entry
into force and termination. As to the liberalization of trade in goods,
the Agreement provides that within a maximum period of two years from the date
of its entry into force, signatory countries that have not yet liberalized
their reciprocal trade across all tariff lines must establish their
respective reduction schedules. The countries also agreed that over the
course of that period and whilst they were in the process of laying down the
commitments due to govern trade between the ALBA‑TCP signatory countries, ECA No. 40
between Cuba and Venezuela, ECA No. 47 between Bolivia and Cuba,
and the People's Trade Agreement for productive complementarity concluded between
Bolivia and Venezuela would form part of ECA No. 70.
|
4
|
Text and related schedules, annexes and
protocols:
‑ Submitted to
the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
‑ Available from
the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/058d210517750bb303257c470050a6d8?OpenDocument
|
Economic
Complementarity Agreement No. 71 (ACE 71)
1
|
Members signatory to
the Agreement:
Cuba – Panama
|
2
|
Date of signature:
16 March 2009[5]
Date of entry into
force:
20 August 2009
|
3
|
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA) No. 71
LAIA members Cuba and
Panama, which also have the status of WTO Members, concluded Economic
Complementarity Agreement No. 71 under the Enabling Clause.
The Agreement contains
chapters on market access, origin, safeguards, trade defence, sanitary and
phytosanitary regulations, trade cooperation and dispute settlement, as well
as commitments concerning investment and trade in services programmes.
With regard to
tariffs, Cuba grants Panama preferences for 261 headings in its national nomenclature,
including a 100% preference on 221 of these headings. Panama in turn accords Cuba
preferences for 509 headings in its national nomenclature, including a 100%
preference on 427 of these headings.
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4
|
Text and related schedules, annexes and
protocols:
‑ Submitted to
the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
‑ Available from
the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/c78e8e08c98db52003257c4700515bc6?OpenDocument
|
1st
Additional Protocol to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 71 (ACE 71.1)
1
|
Members signatory to
the Agreement:
Cuba – Panama
|
2
|
Date of signature:
18 December 2013
Date of entry into
force:
Pending
|
3
|
Brief description of the instrument:
Economic Complementarity Agreement (ECA)
No. 71.1
LAIA members Cuba and
Panama, which also have the status of WTO Members, concluded Additional
Protocol No. 1 to Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 71 under
the Enabling Clause.
This Protocol introduces
amendments to the Agreement on account of Panama's status as a LAIA
member country.
The main amendments
include a change in the title of the Agreement, the designation of the LAIA
General Secretariat as the depository of the Agreement and the Protocol, and
the requirement to advise the General Secretariat of dispute settlement notifications.
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4
|
Text and related schedules, annexes and
protocols:
‑ Submitted to
the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
‑ Available from
the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/9626394bc61539e503257ae10058e8b4?OpenDocument
|
Partial‑Scope
Agreement No. 42 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo[6]
(AAP.A25TM No. 42)
1
|
Members signatory to
the Agreement:
Ecuador – Guatemala
|
2
|
Date of signature:
15 April 2011[7]
Date of entry into
force:
19 February 2013
|
3
|
Brief description of the instrument:
Partial‑Scope
Agreement No. 42 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
(AAP.A25TM No. 42)
LAIA member Ecuador
and Guatemala, which both have the status of WTO Members, concluded Partial‑Scope
Agreement No. 42 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
under the Enabling Clause.
The purpose of the
Agreement is to expand and diversify trade flows through the granting of tariff
preferences, the elimination of non‑tariff barriers and the streamlining of
customs formalities, to encourage the development of investment and to boost bilateral
trade in value‑added goods, by protecting the natural heritage and guaranteeing
the use of clean technologies.
As regards market
access, Ecuador accords Guatemala tariff preferences for 677 headings,
598 of which have enjoyed duty‑free access to the Ecuadorian market
since the Agreement entered into force, and another 79 are subject to a three‑
to seven‑year phased reduction.
Guatemala grants Ecuador
access for 614 headings, of which 533 gained immediate duty‑free access and
81 are subject to a three‑ to seven‑year phased reduction.
The Agreement also
includes disciplines in the following areas: rules of origin; customs
procedures and trade facilitation; sanitary and phytosanitary measures; technical
barriers to trade; trade defence in the form of safeguard measures, anti‑dumping
duties and countervailing duties; trade cooperation; and dispute settlement.
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Text and related schedules, annexes and
protocols:
‑ Submitted to
the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
‑ Available from
the following official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/7941daed621ea3780325749000751660/8b079934f33154e403256ff9005408a1?OpenDocument
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Partial‑Scope
Agreement No. 43 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo (AAP.A25TM No. 43)
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Members signatory to the Agreement:
Cuba – El Salvador
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Date of signature:
19 September 2011[8]
Date of entry into force:
Pending
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Brief description of the instrument:
Partial‑Scope Agreement No. 43 under Article 25
of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
(AAP.A25TM No. 43)
LAIA member Cuba and El Salvador,
which both have the status of WTO Members, concluded Partial‑Scope
Agreement No. 43 under Article 25 of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
under the Enabling Clause.
The purpose of the
Agreement is to strengthen trade relations among the Parties. It contains
commitments relating to market access, rules of origin, sanitary and
phytosanitary measures, standards, technical regulations and conformity
assessment, trade defence, dispute settlement, and cooperation.
El Salvador grants Cuba
tariff reductions for 618 headings and Cuba does the same for 433 headings.
This is a fixed‑preference, selective Agreement.
The Agreement also
contains a chapter on trade cooperation, which includes, inter alia, a commitment
to promote the training of specialists, the exchange of information and
experiences concerning scientific research and mutual assistance for
technological development and productivity, thus fostering the creation of
strategic public‑private alliances for its implementation.
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Text and related schedules,
annexes and protocols:
‑ Submitted to the
WTO Secretariat (electronic format).
‑ Available from the following
official Internet link:
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/7941daed621ea3780325749000751660/677362a3dc75744003257bb1004a1af0?OpenDocument
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[2] This Protocol was deposited with the LAIA General Secretariat on
8 July 2013, within the period covered by this Report.
[3] Instrument included in the 2006‑2007 Report (ALADI/SEC/di 2216 –
WTO document WT/COMTD/78).
[4] Resolution No. 75 (XIV) of the Council of Ministers on
accession of the Republic of Nicaragua to the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo
[5] This Agreement was deposited with the LAIA General Secretariat on
18 December 2013, within the period covered by this Report. It should
be noted that on the date that this Agreement was signed, Panama was not a LAIA
member country.
[6] "… member countries may
draw up partial‑scope agreements with other Latin American countries and areas
of economic integration …".
[7] This Agreement was deposited with the LAIA General Secretariat on
16 April 2013, within the period covered by this Report.
[8] This Agreement was deposited with the LAIA General Secretariat on
18 June 2013, within the period covered by this Report.