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Results of the Third Negotiation
Meeting on the CAN – Mercosur
Tariff Preferences Agreement
Aide
Memoire
Montevideo, September 11, 1998.-
The Representatives of the
MERCOSUR and of the Andean
Community met in Montevideo at the
Headquarters of the Administrative
Secretariat of the MERCOSUR, on
September 9, 10, and 11, of 1998,
for the purpose of moving ahead
with the negotiation of the Tariff
Preferences Agreement, as the
first stage toward the celebration
of a Free Trade Agreement between
the two trade blocs.
The
MERCOSUR Delegation was
coordinated by the Director
General for Integration of the
Brazilian Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Ambassador Renato
Marques.
The
Andean Community Delegation, for
its part, was coordinated by
Colombian Vice-Minister of Foreign
Trade Doctor Angela Orozco.
The
two Delegations reaffirmed their
commitment to bring the
negotiation of the Tariff
Preferences Agreement to an end so
that it is able to enter into
force on October 10, 1998, as
stipulated in the Umbrella
Agreement for the creation of the
Free Trade Zone signed last April
16.
The
Andean Community and the MERCOSUR
submitted the lists of priority
products of both parties to an
intense scrutiny in order to move
closer together in their positions
and to make headway toward the
proposed objective. The lists of
the other products of interest,
which are a part of the universe
of lists exchanged by the two
groups, will be analyzed at the
next meeting.
According to the Aide Memoire of
the last meeting, the Andean
Community and the MERCOSUR
continued to exchange viewpoints
on issues connected with the
automotive sector.
They
also once again carefully reviewed
the legislative text of the
Partial Scope Agreement to be
signed. Both delegations submitted
counterproposals for the Annex
concerning Dispute Settlement. For
the performance of the work, it
was deemed advisable to move ahead
with the measures to be stipulated
in the Complementary Notes to the
Agreement.
In
concluding, they reaffirmed their
commitment to hold the next
negotiation meeting in Lima from
September 22 to 25.
Renato Marquez
Director General for Integration
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of Brazil
For the MERCOSUR Delegation
Doctor Angela Orozco
Vice-Minister of Foreign Trade of
Colombia
For the Delegation of the Andean
Community
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