Committee on Trade and Development - Notification of changes affecting the implementation of a Regional Trade Agreement - Ecuador and Guatemala - Supplement

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT

Supplement

AAP.A25TM 42 Decision No. 4 (Article 25 of the TM80)[1]

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Member(s) notifying: Ecuador

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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.158

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Parties to the Agreement: Ecuador and Guatemala

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Date of adoption: 14 December 2021

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Date(s) of entry into force/provisional application: 1 April 2022

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Brief description of changes:

AAP.A25TM 42 Decision No. 4 (Article 25 of the TM80)

Decision No. 4 of the Partial Scope Agreement under Article 25 of the TM80 No. 42 (AAP.A25TM 42 Decision 4) expands the tariff preferences granted between the Parties, and amends and lays down specific rules of origin.

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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/f648ed517f865e1883257d800057e111/8b079934f33154e403256ff9005408a1?OpenDocument

 



[1] Article 25 of the TM80 provides that "member countries may draw up partial agreements with other countries and areas of economic integration of Latin America".