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20 March 2020  
(20-2304) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Trade and Development  Original: Spanish  
 
NOTIFICATION OF CHAN GES AFFECTING THE IM PLEMENTATION  
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
Addendum  
AAP.A25TM 37 (Article 25 of the TM80)1 
 
 
1.  
Member(s) notifying: Mexico and Guatemala  
 
 
2.  
Date of notification: 31 October 2001  
 
 
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: Mexico and Guatemala  
 
 
5.  
Date of signature: 7 December 1999  
 
 
6.  
Date(s) of entry into force: 5 December 2000  
 
 
7.  
Brief description of the Agreement:  
 
AAP.A25TM 37 (Article 25 of the TM80)  
 
Partial Scope Agreement No. 37 (AAP.A25TM 37) provides that the parties shall encourage 
and promote, within the context of their  respective regulatory frameworks, the free 
participation of individuals or legal entities in the transport, distribution, marketing, storage, 
export and import of natural gas between Mexico and Guatemala.  
 
In addition, they shall be obliged to ensure tha t, two years after the entry into force of 
AAP.A25TM 37, the definitive imports of natural gas originating in either of the parties, 
covered by their tariff items (Mexico 27112101 and Guatemala 27112100) and delivered 
through pipeline systems in the framew ork of this Agreement, shall be exempt from the 
payment of tariffs or tariff duties.  
 
 
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. 154 
 
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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/f648ed517f865e1883257d800057e111/ad44
89167e02fe9c03256a2600483cdd?OpenDocument  
 
 