Committee on Trade and Development - Notification of changes affecting the implementation of a regional trade agreement - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay - Supplement

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT

Supplement

AAP.CE 18.219 (Articles 7 and 8 of the TM80)

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

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Date of notification: 20 December 2024

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Notification pursuant to:

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

4.

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: 2 October 2023

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Date(s) of entry into force/provisional application: 18 July 2024

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Brief description of changes:

AAP.CE 18.219 (Articles 7 and 8 of the TM80)

Additional Protocol No. 219 to Partial Scope Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 18 (AAP.CE 18.219) incorporates, into AAP.CE 18.219, Decision No. 06/23 on the MERCOSUR Regime of Origin, establishing maximum values of non-originating materials for the application of the origin requirements of items listed in Appendix II to Decision No. 05/23.

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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/b61024747ca284c203258b900051c49c?OpenDocument