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Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)

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Agreement name:	Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Customs Union & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause & GATS Art. V
Date of signature (G):	26-Mar-1991	Date of notification (G):	17-Feb-1992
Date of signature (S):	15-Dec-1997	Date of notification (S):	05-Dec-2006
Date of entry into force (G):	29-Nov-1991	End of implementation period:	2015
Date of entry into force (S):	07-Dec-2005
Remarks:	LAIA Reference: AAP.CE 18. This Agreement was also notified under the Enabling Clause by LAIA Parties as a change to the LAIA's 1980 Treaty of Montevideo(WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1/Add.18). The current signatories stated below are "as notified by the Parties". However, please note that the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and the Plurinational State of Bolivia are now Parties of MERCOSUR.
Current signatories:	Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay
Original signatories:	Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	South America
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

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Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E S

Consideration status (G):	Factual Abstract issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation issued
		Date of Consideration (S):	18-Sep-2008

Related documents

Document series:

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	L/7044	E F S
Notification (G)	L/6985	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/388	E F S
Notification / Corrigendum (S)	S/C/N/388/Corr.1	E F S
Notification of LAIA Treaty	WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1	E F S
Agreement (G)	L/7370/Add.1	E F S
Agreement / Protocol Ouro Preto (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.1	E F S
Factual Presentation (S)	WT/REG238/1	E F S
Factual Abstract		E
Questions and Replies / Addendum (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.14	E F S
Questions and Replies / Addendum (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.17	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG238/2	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG238/3	E F S
Questions and Replies / Corrigendum (S)	WT/REG238/2/Corr.1	E F S
Questions and Replies (G)	WT/COMTD/1	E F S
Questions and Replies (G)	L/7540	E F S
Questions and Replies (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.2	E F S
Questions and Replies / Corrigendum (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Corr.1	E F S
Questions and Replies / Revision (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.4/Rev.1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA (S)	WT/REG238/M/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.12	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CTD (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.16	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CTD (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.9	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CTD (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.10	E F S
General incidence (G)	WT/COMTD/1/Add.15	E F S
Additional Information / Entry into force Protocol Ouro Preto	WT/COMTD/1/Add.3	E F S
Additional Information / Renegotiation Article XXIV:6	WT/COMTD/1/Add.5/Rev.1	E F S
Additional Information / implementation of CET	L/7615	E F S
Notification of changes (under the LAIA Framework)	WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1/Add.18	E F S
Terms of Reference of the Examination	L/7373	E F S
Terms of Reference of the Examination	WT/COMTD/5/Rev.1	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (S)	E F S
Factual Abstract (G)	E

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 06/01/2020

Topics
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	All Export Duties and Charges prohibited
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Harmonization/alignement of TBT measures at the bilateral/regional level
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		Exclusion of an RTA party in global safeguard action
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
		Stricter rules on imposition of intra-RTA Anti-Dumping measures
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
		Stricter rules on imposition of intra-RTA countervailing measures
	Subsidies (Goods)
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)


	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
		Investment Promotion
	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Subsidies (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Trademarks
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Environment)
	Labour
		No relaxation of labour laws
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Labour)

Document title
Mercosur (Services)

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