Committee on Trade and Development - Notification of changes affecting the implementation of a regional trade agreement - Cuba and El Salvador - Supplement

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT

Supplement

AAP.A25TM 43.1 (Article 25 of the TM80)[1]

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Member(s) notifying: Cuba

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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.159

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Parties to the Agreement: Cuba and El Salvador

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Date of adoption: 25 October 2018

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Date(s) of entry into force/provisional application: To be confirmed

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Brief description of changes:

AAP.A25TM 43.1 (Article 25 of the TM80)

Additional Protocol No. 1 to the Partial Scope Agreement under Article 25 of the TM80 No. 43 (AAP.A25TM 43.1) extends and expands the tariff preferences granted between the Parties, and amends the rules of origin system of the Agreement and the dispute settlement regime, among other provisions.

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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/f648ed517f865e1883257d800057e111/7f094f2ea97343eb0325820f00475db7?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".