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Member(s) notifying: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay

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Date of notification: 15 December 2023

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Notification pursuant to:

[ X ] Paragraph 14 of the Transparency Mechanism for Regional Trade Agreements (WT/L/671)

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Changes affect:

[ X ] goods

[    ] services

[    ] both

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Original RTA being modified: TM80

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WTO document reference of original notification of RTA:

L/5342 - WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1 - WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1/Add.18

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Parties to the Agreement: Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay

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Date of adoption: 1 December 2022

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Date(s) of entry into force/provisional application: 13 May 2023

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Brief description of changes:

AAP.CE 18.190 Appendix 59 (Articles 7 and 8 of the TM80)

Appendix 59 to Additional Protocol No. 190 to Partial Scope Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 18 (Appendix 59 to AAP.CE 18.190) incorporates, into AAP.CE 18.190, MERCOSUR Trade Commission Directive No. 152/22 on specific tariff measures based on supply considerations, under which the Argentine Republic is granted a reduced tariff rate of 2% for subheading 3908.10.26, for a quota of 6,000 tonnes, for a period of 365 days.

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Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:

(    ) submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format).

( X ) available from the following official Internet link(s):

https://www2.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/349a4464ba3385ce032589130048fd90?OpenDocument