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Agreement name:	Andean Community (CAN)
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Customs Union
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	12-May-1987	Date of notification:	01-Oct-1990
Date of entry into force:	25-May-1988	End of implementation period:	2008
Remarks:	The original Cartagena Agreement was signed in 1969 in the context of the 1960 Treaty of Montevideo - the Treaty that established the Latin American Free Trade Association (ALALC), predecessor of LAIA. The notified Cartagena Agreement (resulting from the Quito Protocol) made it independent from the Treaty of Montevideo. The current signatories stated below are "as notified by the Parties". However, the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela is no longer a Party of the Andean Community.
Current signatories:	Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
Original signatories:	Bolivia, Plurinational State of; Colombia; Ecuador; Peru; Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
RTA Composition:	Plurilateral
Region:	South America
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

Secretaría General de la Comunidad Andina

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E S

Consideration status:	No report

Related documents

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RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 06/01/2020

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		Outward-processing allowed
		Cumulation among Parties
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
		Mandatory recognition of conformity assessment results
		Harmonization/alignement of TBT measures at the bilateral/regional level
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
		Other Special safeguards
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	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)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	MFN Clause/Preferences extended from other RTAs (Goods)
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Goods)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Provisions on capital transfers


	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (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)
		Standing Tribunal
		Use of the WTO Dispute Settlement Understanding (DSU) prohibited
	Intellectual property rights
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Layout-Designs (topographies) of integrated circuits
		Geographical Indications (GIs)
		Traditional Knowledge
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
	Environment
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
	Gender
		Cooperation between the Parties