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16 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.CE 69 (Articles 7 and 8 of the TM80)  
 
 
1.  
Member(s) notifying: Brazil and Venezuela  
 
 
2.  
Date of notification: 14 November  2013 
 
 
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 Venezuela  
 
 
5.  
Date of signature: 26 December 2012  
 
 
6.  
Date(s) of entry into force: 14 October 2014  
 
 
7.  
Brief description of the Agreement:  
 
AAP.CE 69 (Articles 7 and 8 of the TM80)  
 
Partial Scope Economic Complementarity Agreement No. 69 (AAP.CE 69), between Brazil and 
Venezuela, provides that the parties shall grant each other a total tariff reduction on their 
imports, with immediate effect in the case of Brazil and as of 1 January 2014 in the case of 
Venezuela.  
 
Both countries exempt the automotive sector from the Agreement. In addition, Venezuela  
exempts certain products listed the Annex I for which it undertakes to grant the agreed level 
of tariff preferences and shall establish tariff phase -out schedules.  
 
 
8.  
Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
 
[ ] submitted to the WTO Sec retariat (electronic format)   
[ X ] available from the following official Internet link(s):  
 
http://www.aladi.org/nsfaladi/textacdos.nsf/800d239280151ad283257d8000551d1f/52d75
225aa6b958903257baa0066db3d?OpenDocum ent 
 