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Agreement name:	Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) - Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Partial Scope Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	15-Dec-2008	Date of notification:	19-Jul-2017
Date of entry into force:	01-Apr-2016	End of implementation period:	2016
Remarks:	Dates of signature: 15-Dec-2008 for MERCOSUR Members and 03-Apr-2009 for SACU Members.
Current signatories:	Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay; Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa; Eswatini
Original signatories:	Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay; Uruguay; Botswana; Lesotho; Namibia; South Africa; Eswatini
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; All Parties are RTAs
Region:	South America; Africa
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR)

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E S

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	29-Sep-2020

Related documents

Document series:

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 01/12/2017

Topics
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
	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
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping


	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	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