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17 March  2020 
(20-2107) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Trade and Development  Original: Spanish  
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF CHAN GES AFFECTING THE IM PLEMENTATION  
OF A REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
Addendum  
AAR. OTC 8 (Article 6 of the TM80 ) 
 
 
1.  
Member(s) notifying: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico, 
Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and Venezuela  
 
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:  Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, 
Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and  Venezuela  
 
5.  
Date of signature: 8 December 1997  
 
6.  
Date(s) of entry into force: 30 July 1998  
 
7.  
Brief description of the Agreement:  
AAR.OTC 8 (Article 6 of the TM80)  
 
Regional Scope Agreement 8, "Framework Agreement for the Promotion of Trade by 
Overcoming Technical Barriers to Trade" (AAR.OTC 8), is designed to ensure that the 
preparation, adoption and application of technical regulations, technical standards and the 
assessment of conformity do not constitute unnecessary technical obstacles to intra -regional 
trade.  
 
To this end, the signatory countries agree to make specific eff orts to achieve the 
harmonization of technical regulations that may affect trade without reducing levels of 
protection of human, animal and plant life and health, of the environment, and of consumer 
safety. In addition, they will take the necessary measure s to notify the General Secretariat 
of the standardization bodies that accept the Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, 
Adoption and Application of Standards (Annex III of the WTO TBT Agreement). Lastly, the 
parties commit themselves to carrying out t he necessary actions for the creation and 
strengthening of conformity assessment systems and to facilitating the reciprocal recognition 
of such systems, based on the recommendations formulated by specialized international 
organizations such as the Internat ional Organization for Standardization (ISO) and other 
international forums that bring together accreditation bodies, such as the International 
Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) . WT/COMTD/RTA15/N/1/Add.78  
 
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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/648a87b77c9603570325749000763a7a/cdf62
ee48fca6763032579a000586c57?OpenDocum ent  
 