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Entre los días 29 y 30 de noviembre del 2005, organizado por la División de Comercio Internacional e Integración de la CEPAL conjuntamente con la Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre Comercio y Desarrollo (UNCTAD), se celebró en la sede de la CEPAL el Seminario-taller internacional denomina...

The similarities of competition provisions in integration and other intraregional agreements and the dissemination of this information could serve as a basis for progress in cooperation and convergence on this issue in the region. The negotiation processes that have taken place for these agreemen...

Sanitary and phytosanitary matters have acquired greater significance in the region's trade, as reflected in the significant number of complaints brought before the various dispute settlement mechanisms pertaining to the regional integration schemes. This may be attributed to the importance of th...

The seventeenth Meeting of National Customs Directors of Latin America, Spain and Portugal was held in Santa Cruz, Bolivia from 27 to 31 January 1997. The meeting was attended by representatives from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pana...

This article reviews the main progress observed as regards facilitation of trade in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), the Andean Community (CAN), the Central American Common Market (CACM) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The article does not refer to the Southern Common Marke...

In the context of an economic integration agreement (EIA), the issuing and verification of certificates of origin are carried out in accordance with procedures which ensure compliance with the rules of origin. Each EIA has its own system of rules of origin with their corresponding procedures. The...

Entre el 6 y el 8 de noviembre de 1996, se llevó a cabo en Montevideo, Uruguay, la Tercera Reunión Ordinaria de la Conferencia de Ministros de Transportes, Comunicaciones y Obras Públicas de América del Sur. Contó con la participación de representantes de Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colomb...

La presente edición del BoletínFAL entrega una visión panorámica de las actuales negociaciones comerciales enla OMC, próximas a enfrentar la VI Conferencia Ministerial del organismo enHong-Kong. La reducción de expectativas sobre los alcances en ese encuentro,producto de los escasos avances en te...

Este artículo se refiere a las normas de origen de los principales Acuerdos de Integración Económica que han suscrito Miembros de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (ALADI), poniendo también atención a los aspectos relacionados con la facilitación del comercio y con la reducción de los ...

Origin procedures concern both the issuance and verification of certificates of origin. Certification of origin consists of demonstrating that a product complies with standards of origin that qualify a good for access to the corresponding tariff preferences in a destination market, and that no tr...