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20 March 2020  
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Committee on Trade and Development  Original: Spanish  
 
NOTIFICATION OF CHAN GES AFFECTING THE IM PLEMENTATION  
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
Addendum  
AAP.A25TM 41 (Article 25 of the TM80)1 
 
 
1.  
Member(s) notifying: Brazil and Suriname  
 
 
2.  
Date of notification: 13 September 2006  
 
 
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: Brazil and Suriname  
 
 
5.  
Date of signature: 21 April 2005  
 
 
6.  
Date(s) of entry into force: 26 July 2006  
 
 
7.  
Brief description of the Agreement:  
 
AAP.A25TM 41 (Article 25 of the TM80)  
 
Partial Scope Agreement No. 41 (AAP.A25TM 41) has as its purpose the granting of tariff 
preferences in the trade of rice between the parties, for the tariff items classified under the 
MERCOSUR Common Nomenclature as NCM 1006.10.92 (non -parboiled paddy rice), 
NCM 1006.20.20 (non -parboiled husked rice) and NCM 1006.30.21 (non -parboiled, 
polished husked rice).  
 
 
1 Article 25 of the TM80 establishes that "… member countries may draw up partial scope agreements 
with other Latin American countries and areas of economic integration …".  WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1/Add. 157 
 
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  Brazilian imports from Suriname, within the annual quota of 10,000 tonnes, shall be free of 
import charges, customs duties and any other charge of equivalent effect, whether of a 
fiscal, monetary, foreign -exchange or other nature, imposed on imports.  
 
AAP.A25TM 41 also contains provisions on origin and phytosanitary cooperation.  
  
 
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/f648ed517f865e1 883257d800057e111/e908f
e98577d516403257b5100455231?OpenDocument  
 
 