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

NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT

Supplement

AAP.CE 35.67 (Articles 7 and 8 of the TM80)

1.

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

2.

Date of notification: 20 December 2024

3.

Notification pursuant to:

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

4.

Changes affect:

[X] goods

[  ] services

[  ] both

5.

Original RTA being modified: TM80

6.

WTO document reference of original notification of RTA:

_L/5342_WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1_WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1/Add.35

7.

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

8.

Date of adoption: 30 August 2023

9.

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

Between Brazil and Chile: 21 December 2023

Between Chile and Paraguay: 24 January 2024

Between Argentina and Chile: 10 March 2024

Between Chile and Uruguay: 23 April 2024

10.

Brief description of changes:

AAP.CE 35.67 (Articles 7 and 8 of the TM80)

Additional Protocol No. 67 to Partial Scope Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 35 (AAP.CE 35.67) replaces Article 31 of AAP.CE 35.67 on the drawback regime, providing that, as of 1 January 2031, products manufactured with inputs imported temporarily or under the drawback regime will not benefit from the liberalization programme under AAP.CE 35.67.

11.

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/4d5c18e55622e1040325749000756112/1f101fe376688cf603258a1c0051bdfe?OpenDocument