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Agreement name:	El Salvador - Cuba
Coverage:	Goods	Type:	Partial Scope Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause
Date of signature:	19-Sep-2011	Date of notification:	27-Nov-2013
Date of entry into force:	01-Aug-2012	End of implementation period:	2012
Remarks:	Reference LAIA: AAP.A25TM 43. 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.159).
Current signatories:	Cuba; El Salvador
Original signatories:	Cuba; El Salvador
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	Caribbean; Central America
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Related agreements

Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)

Official Web Address

El Salvador, Ministerio de Economía

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	S

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	S

Consideration status:	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration	28-Jun-2021

Related documents

Document series: WT/COMTD/RTA20

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification	WT/COMTD/RTA20/N/1	E F S
Notification	WT/COMTD/N/43	E F S
Notification of LAIA Treaty	WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1	E F S
Factual Presentation	WT/COMTD/RTA20/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/COMTD/RTA20/2	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CTD	WT/COMTD/RTA20/M/1	E F S
Notification of changes (under the LAIA Framework)	WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1/Add.159	E F S

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
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	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)
	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
	Accession
		Accession open to some third parties only
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen

Document title
El Salvador
Cuba