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18 March 2020  
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Committee on Trade and Development  Original: Spanish  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION  
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
Addendum  
AAP.A14TM 5 (Article 7 and 14 of the TM80)  
 
 
1.  
Member(s) notifying: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay  
 
 
2.  
Date of notification: 11 March 1996  
 
 
3.  
Notification pursuant to:  
[ ] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994  
[ ] Article V:7(a) of GATS  
[ X ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause  
 
 
4.  
Parties to the Agreement:  Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay  
 
 
5.  
Date of signature: 26 June 1992  
 
 
6.  
Date(s) of entry into force: 13 February 1995  
 
 
7.  
Brief description of the Agreement:  
 
AAP.A14TM 5 (Articles 7 and 14 of the TM80)  
 
Partial Scope Agreement No. 5 (AAP.A14TM 5) aims to facilitate navigation and longitudinal 
commercial river transport in the Paraguay –Paraná Waterway (Puerto de Cáceres -Puerto de 
Nueva Palmira), by e stablishing a framework for common regulations conducive to the 
development, modernization and efficiency of such operations, and that facilitate and allow 
access in competitive conditions for overseas markets.  
 
The waterway includes the Paraguay and Paran á rivers, including the different branches of 
the Paraná estuary, from Cáceres (Brazil) to Nueva Palmira (Uruguay) and the Tamengo 
Canal, a tributary of the Paraguay River, shared by Bolivia and Brazil.  
 
The provisions of AAP.A14TM 5 are applicable to navi gation, trade and the transportation of 
goods and people. The passage of warships and other vessels engaged in non -commercial 
activities, and also cross -border transport across the river, is exempt from these rules.  
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8.  
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
 
[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)   
[ X ] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
 
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/9d75d127f40400a483257d800057bc77/7a07cc
fdceb9623f032582d5005b04f0?OpenDocum ent 
 
 