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Decree No. 6667, Of 27 November 2008

Original Language Title: Decreto nº 6.667, de 27 de Novembro de 2008

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DECREE NO. 6,667, OF November 27, 2008.

Disposes on the execution of the Fifth Additional Protocol to the Economic Supplementation Agreement no 59 (5PA-ACE59), signed between the Governments of the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, States Parties to MERCOSUR, and the Governments of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, of the Republic of Colombia and of the Republic of Ecuador, of May 21, 2008.

THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC, in the use of the assignment that gives it the art. 84, inciso IV, of the Constitution, and

Whereas the Treaty of Montevideo of 1980, which created the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI), firmed by Brazil on August 12, 1980 and promulgated by Decree no 87,054, of March 23, 1982, provides for the modality of Economic Supplementation Arrangement;

Considering that the Plenipotentiaries of the Argentine Republic, of the Federative Republic of Brazil, of the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, States Parties to MERCOSUR, and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Ecuador, on the basis of the 1980 Treaty of Montevideo, signed on October 18, 2004, in Montevideo, the Economic Supplementation Agreement no 59, promulgated by the Decree no 5,361, of January 31, 2005; and

Whereas the Plenipotentiaries of the Argentine Republic, of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, States Parties to the MERCOSUR, and of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Ecuador, based on the Treaty of Montevideo of 1980, signed, on May 21, 2008, in Montevideo, the Fifth Additional Protocol to the Complementation Agreement Economic no 59, between the Governments of the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, States Parties to MERCOSUR, and the Governments of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, of the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Ecuador,

DECRETA:

Art. 1o The 5th Additional Protocol to the Economic Supplementation Agreement no 59, between the Governments of the Argentine Republic, the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, States Parties to MERCOSUR, and the Governments of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of the Ecuador, of May 21, 2008, apensed by copy to the present Decree, will be executed and fulfilled as entirely as it contains.

Art. 2o This Decree comes into effect on the date of its publication.

Brasilia, November 27, 2008; 187the of Independence and 120o of the Republic.

LUIZ INÁCIO LULA DA SILVA

Samuel Pinheiro Guimarães Neto

ECONOMIC SUPPLEMENTATION AGREEMENT NO. 59 SIGNED BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC, THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL, THE REPUBLIC OF PARAGUAY AND THE EASTERN REPUBLIC OF URUGUAY, STATES PARTS OF THE MERCOSUR, AND THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE REPUBLIC OF COLOMBIA, OF THE REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR AND THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA, MEMBER COUNTRIES OF THE ANDINA COMMUNITY

Fifth Additional Protocol

The Plenipotentiaries of the Argentine Republic, of the Federative Republic of Brazil, the Republic of Paraguay and the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, in their condition of States Parties of the Common Market of the South (MERCOSUR) by a Party, and of the Republic of Colombia, of the Republic of Ecuador and of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Paises-Members of the Andean Community, by another, accredited by their respective Governments second powers that were bestowed in good and due form, deposited opportunely in the General Secretariat,

HAVING IN VISTA the agreed upon in the IV Extraordinary Meeting of the Administrative Commission of the Agreement of Economic Complementation N ° 59, held at the headquarters of ALADI, in Montevideo on the March 12, 2008.

DECK IN:

Article 1.-Eliminate, in ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Appendix 1, Preferences outored by the Republic of Colombia to the Argentine Republic, the reference to the Explanatory Note (1) in the following items: 1704.10.00, 1704.90.10, 1704.90.20, 1704.90.30, 1704.90.90, 1806.10.00, 1806.20.90, 1806.31.00, 1806.32.10, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.32.90, 1806.90.10 and 2106.90.90.

Article 2.-Eliminate, in ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Appendix 1, Preferences bestoed by the Republic of Colombia to the Argentine Republic, the reference to the Explanatory Note (8) in the following items: 8483.10.00 and 8708.60.00.

Article 3.-Replace, in ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Appendix 1, Preferences bestoed by the Republic of Colombia to the Argentine Republic, for items 5911.31.00, 5911.32.00 and 5911.90.90, the expression ?See Appendix 3.1? which figure in the column timetable by ?B2.e?, ?B2.e? and ?B2.d?, respectively.

Article 4.-Replace, in ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Appendix 1, preferences bestoed by the Republic of Colombia to the Federative Republic of Brazil, in items 2513.11.00, 2513.19.00, 2806.10.10, 2817.00.10, 2835.39.10, 2905.11.00, 2915.39.40, 2915.70.32, 3203.00.19, 3806.90.90, 3817.10.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 3912.39.10, 6903.90.99, 7206.90.00, 7207.11.00, 7402.00.11, 7402.00.20, 7404.00.00, 8205.10.00, 8410.90.00, 8420.10.10, 8420.10.90, 8431.42.00, 8431.49.00, 8442.50.00, 8463.90.00, 8467.81.00, 8477.80.00, 8477.90.00, 8517.21.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 8544.70.00, 9021.90.00, 9030.40.00 and 9107.00.00, the A6 timeframe by the expression?See Appendix 3.2?.

Article 5.-Amend, in ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Explanatory Notes to Appendix 1, Colombia-Paraguay and Colombia-Uruguay, the Explanatory Note (6), which will be worded as follows:

(6) Only for the automotive use goods, the Commercial Liberalization program applies until 12/31/2011. As of 01/01/2012, the corresponding preference applies to 12/31/2011.

Article 6.-Replace, in ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Appendix 1, preferences outored by the Republic of Colombia to the Eastern Republic of Uruguay, in items 4011.10.00, 4011.20.00, 4011.99.00 and 4012.90.10, the expression?See Explained Note? which appears in the timetable column by D8 and drop the reference to the Explanatory Note (8).

Article 7.-Amend, in ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Explanatory Notes to Appendix 2, Paraguay-Colombia and Uruguay-Colombia, the Explanatory Note (6), which will be worded as follows:

(6) Only for the automotive use goods, the Commercial Liberalization program applies until 12/31/2011. As of 01/01/2012, the corresponding preference applies to 12/31/2011.

Article 8.-Replace, in ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Appendix 2, preferences heard by the Eastern Republic of Uruguay to the Republic of Colombia, in item 6102.30.00, the B6.c schedule by the B6.b schedule.

Outrossim, On items 4011.10.00, 4011.20.00 and 4012.90.10, where does it say?See Appendix 4.10?, should you say ?D10?, eliminating the reference to the Explanatory Note (8).

Article 9.-In ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Appendix 2, preferences outwated by the Republic of Paraguay to the Republic of Ecuador, in the item NALADI/SH 1604.13.90, where does it say ?See Appendix 4.8?, should you say ?B11.d?.

Article 10.-Replace, in ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, Appendix 2, preferences heard by the Republic of Paraguay to the Republic of Ecuador, in item 1604.19.00, the B11.d schedule by the B11.j schedule.

Article 11.-In the Portuguese language version of Appendix 3.2, Colombia outorates to Brazil, of ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, modify the text of the Notes of items 0402.10.00, 0402.21.10, 0402.21.20, 0402.29.10, 0402.29.20, 0402.91.10, 0402.91.20, 0402.99.10 and 0402.99.20, as follows: where does it say ? ?to position 0504 04.02 together?, should you say ? ?to the position 0402 in conjunction?.

Outrossim, modify the text of the observation of item 8528.12.00, as follows: where does it say ?With plasma monitor?, should you say ?With plasma monitor or LCD (Liquid Crystal Display)?.

Article 12.-In Appendix 3.2, the Colombia outorga to Brazil, from ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, modify the text of the Note of item 0504.00.90, first level, as follows: where does it say ?Effective: up to 31712/2004?, should you say ?Duration: until 12/31/2004?.

Outrossim, modify the text of the item's observation 3808.10.10, second level, as follows: where does it say ?Except: presented as piretro-based articles?, should you say ?Others?.

Article 13.-In the Portuguese language version of Appendix 4.4, Brazil outorates à Colombia, of ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program, modify the schedule of item 5801.90.00 as follows: where does it say ?-A7?, should you say ?A7?.

Modify the text of the Note of item 5516.12.00 as follows: where does it say ?Timetable applicable until 12/31/2005. Does the Federative Republic of Brazil outward 87% percent fixed preference as of 01/01/2006?, should it say ?Timetable applicable until 12/31/2005. The Federative Republic of Brazil outorga 40% in fixed preference as of 01/01/2006?

Article 14.-Introduce the modifications listed in Annex 1, to Appendix 3.1, Colombia outorga to Argentina, of ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program.

Article 15.-Introduce the modifications shown in Annex 2 to Appendix 3.2, Colombia outorga to Brazil, of ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program.

Article 16.-Introduce the modifications shown in Annex 3 to Appendix 3.5, the Equator outorga to Argentina, from ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program.

Article 17.-Introduce the modifications that appear in Annex 4 to Appendix 3.9, Venezuela outorga to Argentina, from ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program.

Article 18.-Introduce the modifications shown in Annex 5 to Appendix 3.12, the Venezuela outorts to Uruguay, of ANNEX II, Trade liberalization Programme.

Article 19.-Introduce the modifications shown in Annex 6 to Appendix 4.1, Argentina outorga to Colombia, of ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program.

Article 20.-Introduce the modifications shown in Annex 7 to Appendix 4.2, Argentina outorga to Ecuador, of ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program.

Article 21.-Introduce the modifications shown in Annex 8 to Appendix 4.3, Argentina outorga to Venezuela, from ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program.

Article 22.-Introduce the modifications shown in Annex 9 to Appendix 4.8, Paraguay outorga to Ecuador, of ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program.

Article 23.-Introduce the modifications shown in Annex 10 to Appendix 4.10, Uruguay outorga to Colombia, of ANNEX II, Commercial Liberalization Program.

Article 24.-Introduce the modifications that appear in Annex 11 to Appendix 3.1, Requirements Source Specific agreed between Argentina and Colombia, of ANNEX IV, Regime of Origin.

Article 25.-Introduce the modifications that are shown in Annex 12 to Appendix 3.2, Specific Requirements of Origin agreed between Argentina and Ecuador, of ANNEX IV, Regime of Origin.

Article 26.-Introduce the modifications that appear in Annex 13 to Appendix 3.3, Requirements Source Specific agreed between Argentina and Venezuela, of ANNEX IV, Regime of Origin.

Article 27.-This Protocol shall enter into force bilaterally between the Parties Signatories after the communication to the General Secretariat of the ALADI of its incorporation to its domestic law, pursuant to their respective legislations. The General Secretariat of ALADI will inform the respective Signatary Parties on the date of the bilateral term.

Signatary Parties will be able to apply this Protocol in a provisional manner until they comply the necessary tramites for incorporation to their domestic law. The Signatory Parties shall communicate to the General Secretariat of the ALADI the provisional application, which in turn will inform the Signatary Parties, when it corresponds, the date of bilateral application.

The General Secretariat of the Latin American Integration Association (ALADI) will be the depository of this Protocol, of the which will send duly authenticated copies to the Governments of the Signatary Parties.

IN FÉ DE THAT, the respective Plenipotentiaries sign the present Protocol in the city of Montevideo, at the twenty one days of the month of May two thousand and eight, in an original in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, being both texts being equally valid. (a.:) By the Government of the Argentine Republic: Juan Carlos Olima; By the Government of the Federative Republic of Brazil: Regis Percy Arslanian; By the Government of the Republic of Colombia: Claudia Turbay Quintero; By the Government of the Republic of Ecuador: Edmundo Vera Manzo; By the Government of the Republic of Paraguay: Emilio Giménez Franco; By the Government of the Eastern Republic of Uruguay: onzalo Rodríguez Gigena; By the Government of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela: Franklin Ramón González.