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17 February 2022  
(22-1540) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Trade and Development  Original:  Spanish  
 
  
NOTIFICATION OF CHANGES AFFECTING THE IMPLEMENTATION  
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
Supplement  
AAR.OTC  8 (Article 6 of the TM80)  
Accession Protocol  
1. Member(s) notifying: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, 
Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela  
2. Date of notification: 14 November  2013 
3. Notification pursuant to:  
[ X ] Paragraph 14 of the Transparency Mechanism for Regional Trade Agreements 
(WT/L/671)  
4. Changes affect : 
[ X ] goods  
[    ] services  
[    ] both  
5. Original RTA being modified: TM80  
6. WTO document reference of original notification of RTA:  
L/5342 - WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1 - WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1/Add.78  
7. Parties to the Agreement: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, 
Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela  
8. Date of adoption: 2 February  2012 
9. Date(s) of entry into force/provisional application: 3 May  2012 
10. Brief description of changes:  
AAR.OTC  8 (Article 6 of the TM80)  
The Accession Protocol to Regional Scope Agreement No.  8: Technical Barriers to Trade 
(AAR.OTC  8) provides that Panama assumes all the commitments of the Agreement by virtue 
of its accession to the TM80.  
11. Text and related schedules, annexes a nd protocols are:  
[    ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[ X ] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
https://www2.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/648a87b77c9603570325749000763a7a/5b
2ac1c9ab19c26503256acb006a72ba?OpenD ocument  
 