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Acciones de capital u obligaciones
(Equity or debt securities in English)
incluyen acciones con o sin derecho a voto, bonos o instrumentos de deuda convertibles, opciones sobre acciones y garantías.
Acuerdo Preferencial
(Preferential Agreement in English)
es un acuerdo de integración económica en que se ofrece acceso a un mercado mayor sin exigir reciprocidad.
[Texto de Acuerdos]
Acuerdo Sectorial
(Sectorial Agreement in English)
es un acuerdo de integración económica en que se prevé la reducción de gravámenes mutuos de los miembros, con respecto a una gama reducida de productos.
[Texto de Acuerdos]
Administrative ruling of general application
(Resolución administrativa de aplicación general en español)
an administrative ruling or interpretation that applies to all persons and fact situations that fall generally within its embed and that establishes a norm of conduct but does include:
  1. a determination or ruling made in an administrative or quasijudicial proceeding that applies to a particular person, good or service of another Party in a specific case; or
  2. a ruling that adjudicates with respect to a particular act or practice.
ADPIC
Aspectos de los Derechos de Propriedad Intelectual relacionadas con el Comercio
Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights - TRIPs (in English)
AGCS
Acuerdo General sobre el Comercio de Servicios
Agricultural good
(Producto agropecuario en español)
any of the following:
manitol, sorbitol, essential oils, albuminoidal substances, modified starches, glues, finishing agents, sorbitol n.e.p., hides and skins, raw furskins, raw silk and silk waste, wool and animal har, raw cotton, cotton waste and cotton carded or combed, raw flax, raw hemp.
ALADI
Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración
Latin America Integration Association - LAIA (in English)
Associação Latino-Americana de Integração - ALADI (em português)
 
La Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración (ALADI), creada por el Tratado de Montevideo de 1980 (TM80), está compuesta por 11 países: Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, México, Paraguay, Perú, Uruguay y Venezuela. Estos países representan el 95 por ciento del producto interno bruto, el 87 por ciento del territorio, el 86 por ciento de la población de toda la América Latina y el 4,5 por ciento del comercio mundial (datos de 1996).
A partir de 1990 estos países firmaron diferentes acuerdos de integración, entre los cuales se destacan aquellos que tienen como objetivo llegar al libre comercio de bienes.
Entre esos se registran los subregionales: el Grupo Andino (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela); el Grupo de los Tres (Colombia, México y Venezuela); y el MERCOSUR (Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay). Asimismo se mencionan los bilaterales: de Chile con Colombia, Ecuador y Venezuela; de México con Chile y Bolivia; y los últimos suscritos, del MERCOSUR con Bolivia y Chile.
[ALADI Home]
Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio
Latin America Free Trade Association - LAFTA (in English)
Associação Latino-Americana de Livre Comércio - ALALC (em português)
ALCA
Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas
Free Trade Area of the Americas - FTAA (in English)
Area de Livre Comércio das Américas - ALCA (em Português)
Zone de libre-échange des Amériques - ZLEA (en français)
El proceso para el establecimiento de un Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas fue iniciado oficialmente en diciembre de 1994, cuando líderes de 34 naciones del Hemisferio Occidental decidieron en la Cumbre de las Américas "comenzar inmediatamente a construir el (ALCA), en la que serán gradualmente eliminadas las barreras al comercio y la inversión".
[Página oficial del ALCA | Página de SICE sobre el ALCA]
ALCA
Area de Livre Comércio das Américas
Free Trade Area of the Americas - FTAA (in English)
Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas - ALCA (en español)
Zone de libre-échange des Amériques - ZLEA (en français)
Esforço para unir as economias do Hemisfério Ocidental em uma única área de livre comércio iniciou-se com a Cúpula das Américas, realizada em Miami no mês de dezembro de 1994. Os Chefes de Estado e de Governo de 34 democracias da região decidiram então construir a Área de Livre Comércio das Américas, (ALCA), e concluir as respectivas negociações até o ano de 2005.
[Site oficial do ALCA | Página do SICE sobre a ALCA]
ALENA
Traité de l'Association de Libre-Échange Nord-Américain
(Canada, l'Etats-Unis et Mexique)
North America Free Trade Agreement - NAFTA (in English)
Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte - TLCAN (en español)
[Texte complet de l'ALENA]
Amenaza de daño serio
(Threat of serious injury in English)
significa un daño serio a todas luces inminente, con base en los hechos y no meramente en alegatos, conjeturas o posibilidades remotas.
AMF
Acuerdo relativo a Comercio Internacional de los Textiles
Andean Group
(Grupo Andino in Spanish)
The members are Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. The Andean Group was established in 1969 when Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador and Peru signed the Cartagena Agreement. Venezuela joined the group in 1973 and Chile left in 1976. The main objectives of the Andean Group were to eliminate trade barriers within the Group; to create a customs union with common external tariff; to harmonize economic, social, and economic policies; and to adopt a joint industrialization program.
APEC
Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum
APEC was formed in 1989 in response to the growing interdependence among Asia-Pacific economies. Begun as an informal dialogue group with limited participation, APEC has since become the primary regional vehicle for promoting open trade and practical economic cooperation. Its goal is to advance Asia-Pacific economic dynamism and sense of community. The Asia-Pacific is experiencing the most striking economic growth in the world and ever-increasing interdependence. It is a major contributor to global prosperity and stability.
[APEC Home]
Arancel aduanero
(Customs duty in English)
incluye cualquier impuesto o arancel a la importación y cualquier cargo de cualquier tipo aplicado en relación a la importación de bienes, incluida cualquier forma de sobretasa o cargo adicional a las importaciones, excepto
    cualquier cargo equivalente a un impuesto interno establecido de conformidad con el Artículo III:2 del GATT, o cualquier disposición equivalente de un acuerdo sucesor del cual todas las Partes sean parte, respecto a bienes similares, competidores directos o sustitutos, de la Parte, o respecto a bienes a partir de los cuales se haya manufaturando o producido total o parcialmente el bien importado.

Aranceles aduaneros
(Customs duties in English)
son los aranceles aduaneros que serían aplicables a un bien que se importe para ser consumido en territorio aduanero de una de las Partes se el bien no fuese exportado a territorio de otra Parte.
Arancel-cuota
(Tariff rate quota in English)
significa el mecanismo por el que se establece la aplicación de cierta tasa arancelaria a las importaciones de un producto en particular hasta determinado cantidad (cantidad dentro de la cuota) y una tasa deferente a las importaciones de ese producto que excedan tal cantidad.
Area
(Zona en español)
a country, part of a country or all parts of several countries.
Area of low pest or disease prevalence
(Zona de escasa prevalencia de plagas o enfermedades en español)
an area in which a specific pest or disease occurs at low levels.
Asociación de Estados Caribeños
(Convención Estableciendo la Asociación) [Texto en inglés]
Assessment of risk
(Evaluación del riesgo en español)
evaluation of the potential for adverse effects.
Associação dos Estados Caribeanos
(Convenção Estabelecendo a Associação) [Texto em inglês]
Association des Etats Caraïbe
(Convention des Etats de Caraïbe) [Texte en anglais]
Association of Caribbean States
(Convention Establishing the Association) [Text in English]
ATPA
Andean Trade Preference Act
Ley de Preferencias Comerciales Andinas - (en español)
is a preferential agreement between the United States and Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. This preferential program took effect in1991. The United States provides duty-free treatment to certain exports of the four members for a ten-year period. Articles which are eligible are the same as those under the CBI (except for rum).
ATPA
Ley de Preferencias Comerciales Andinas
Andean Trade Preference Act - ATPA (in English)
Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, y Perú. Este programa de preferencias se puso en vigor en 1991. Como señaló, la estructura del programa ATPA es muy similar al ICC. Estados Unidos concede un régimen de exención de gravámenes a las exportaciones de los cuatro países miembros durante un período decenal. Los artículos elegibles son los mismos que prevé la ICC (salvo el ron).
Autoridad aduanera
(Customs administration in English)
significa la autoridad competente que, conforme a la legislación interna de una Parte, es responsable de la admnistración de sus leyes y reglamentaciones aduaneras.

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BID
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo
Inter-American Development Bank - IDB (in English)
Banco Interamericano de Desenvolvimento (em português)
Banque Interaméricaine de Développment (en français)
El Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo es la más grande y antigua institución de desarrollo regional. Fue establecido en diciembre de 1959 con el propósito de contribuir a impulsar el progreso económico y social de América Latina y el Caribe. La creación del Banco significó una respuesta a las naciones latinoamericanas, que por muchos años habían manifestado su deseo de contar con un organismo de desarrollo que atendiera los problemas acuciantes de la región.
(BID Home)
BIPS
Brazilian Industrial Property System
Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial - INPI (em português)
Brazil has been participating in the Industrial Property System since 1809, being the fourth country to recognize a national law on patents. The National Institute of Industrial Property (hereafter INPI) is the competent national authority dealing with Industrial Property in Brazil.
(BIPS Home)
BOPS
Balance of Payments
In certain circumstances, countries may take special safeguard actions that may be necessary to protect its external financial position and its balance of payments. See GATT Article XII.
Bien no originario o material no originario
(Non-originating good or non-originating material in English)
un bien o un material que no califica como originario de conformidad con este capítulo.
Bienes de una parte
(Goods of a party in English)
los productos nacionales como se entienden en el Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio, o aquellos bienes que las Partes convengan e incluye los bienes originatrios de esa Parte.
Bienes fungibles o materiales fungibles
(Fungible goods or fungible materials in English)
bienes o materiales que son intercambiables para efectos comerciales y cuyas propriedades son esencialmente idénticas.
Bienes idénticos o similares
(Identical or similar goods in English)
" bienes idénticos" y bienes similares" respectivamente, como se define en el Código de Valoración Aduanera.
Business Person
(Persona de negocios en español)
a citizen of a Party who is engaged in trade in goods, the provision of services of or the conduct of investment activities.

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CACM
Central American Common Market
Mercado Común Centroamericano - MCCA (en español)
Marché Commun de l'Amérique Centrale (en français)
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. The General Treaty for Central American Integration (known as the Managua Treaty) was signed in 1960, and entered into force in 1961 for four countries. Costa Rica joined the Treaty in 1963. It provided for immediate free trade on 95 percent of all goods. In October 1961, the Permanent Secretariat for Economic Integration - SIECA - was established in Guatemala. SIECA along with the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (BCIE), which is headquartered in Tegucicalpa, Honduras, have been the main regional institutions responsible for the administration of the economic integration efforts in Central America.
(CACM - Text of the Treaty)
CARIBCAN
CARIBCAN is a preferential agreement between Canada and Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Bristish Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, the Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, and Turks and Caicos Islands. It came into effect in June 1986. Caribcan aims to facilitating trade, development assistance and industrial cooperation between Canada and the Commonwealth Caribbean countries.
CARICOM
Caribbean Community and Common Market
Comunidad Caribeña y Mercado Común del Caribe (en español)
Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas (not a member of the Common Market, only of the Caribbean Community), Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. Suriname joined the Organization in February 1995 and took its seat at the Guyana summit held in July 1995.
The Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) was created in 1967 as a limited free trade agreement. It was superseded by Caricom when Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica, and Trinidad Tobago signed the Treaty of Chaguaramas on July 4, 1973 to create the Caribbean Community. All Commonwealth Caribbean countries are members of the group. In July 1989, the Heads of Governments adopted several measures aimed at stimulating and promoting economic and political integration. One of the main objectives of the Organization is a phased common external tariff on most goods by 1998.
(CARICOM Text of the Agreement)
CARICOM-Colombia
Is a preferential agreement between Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent an the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. It was signed in July 1994. It provides for the immediate elimination of Colombian duties on goods covering 86 percent of the Colombian imports from Caricom.
(CARICOM-Colombia Text of the Agreement)
CARICOM-Colombia
es un acuerdo preferencial entre Colombia, Antigua y Barbuda, Las Bahamas, Barbados, Belice, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent y las Granadines, y Trinidad y Tobago. Este acuerdo fue firmado en julio de 1994; en él se prevé la immediata eliminación de los gravámenes colombianos aplicables a bienes que comprenden el 86% de las importaciones colombianas de productos de Caricom; otro 4% se incluirá a mas tardar en enero de 1998.
(CARICOM-Colombia Texto del Acuerdo)
CARICOM-Venezuela
es un acuerdo preferencial entre Venezuela, Antigua y Barbuda, Las Bahamas, Barbados, Belice, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent y las Granadines, y Trinidad y Tobago. Este acuerdo fue firmado en octubre de 1992 y él se prevé el acceso libre de gravámenes a Venezuela de algunas importaciones de países de la CARICOM.
(CARICOM-Venezuela Texto del Acuerdo)
CARICOM-Venezuela
Is a preferential agreement between Venezuela and Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago. It was signed in October 1992, and provides for duty-free access for some imports from Caricom countries into Venezuela.
(CARICOM-Venezuela Text of the Agreement)
CARIFTA
Associación de Libre Comercio del Caribe
CBI
Caribbean Basin Initiative Agreement
Iniciativa de la Cuenca del Caribe - ICC (en español)
is a preferential agreement between the United States and Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Belize, Bristish Virgin Islands, Costa Rica, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, the Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago.
CCA
Consejo de Cooperación Aduanera
CDB
Caribbean Development Bank
CEC
Comisión Especial de Comercio
Special Commission on Trade - (SCT in English)
CEPAL
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe
Economic Commision for Latin America - ECLAC (in English)
Commission économique des Nations unies pour l'Amérique latine et les Caraïbes - CEPALC (en français)
Comissão Econômica das Nações Unidas para a América Latina e o Caribe - CEPAL (em português)
La Comisión Económica para América Latina (CEPAL) fue establecida por la resolución 106(VI) del Consejo Económico y Social, de 25 de febrero de 1948, y comenzó a funcionar ese mismo año. En su resolución 1984/67, de 27 de julio de 1984, el Consejo decidió que la Comisión pasara a llamarse Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe. Las oficinas subregionales de la CEPAL en México y el Caribe se establecieron en junio de 1951 y en diciembre de 1966, respectivamente.
(CEPAL Home)
CET
Common External Tariff
A common external tariff is the most common feature, in trade terms, of a Customs Union. In a customs union, all the individual members maintain exactly the same levels of import duties as their partner countries vis-a-vis non member countries.
CIADI
Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones
International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes - ICSID (in English)
C/LAA
Caribbean/Latin American Action
is a private, independent organization promoting private-sector generated economic development primarily in the countries of the Caribbean Basin. In 1990 its mandate was expanded to include Mexico, Venezuela and Columbia, and eventually South America as well, in the conviction that Caribbean and Central American prosperity cannot be achieved apart from the broader context of global and hemispheric trade developments.
(C/LAA Home)
Código de Valorización Aduanera
(Customs Valuation Code in English)
El acuerdo relativo a la Aplicación del Artículo VII del Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio, incluidas sus notas interpretativas.
Commercial importation
(Importación comercial en español)
the importation of a good into the territory of any Party for the purpose of sale, or any commercial, industrial or other like use.
Common Market
(Mercado Común en español)
Economic integration in which a customs union is supplemented by removal of all barriers to factor movements between members [SIC].
Comunidad Caribeña y Mercado Común del Caribe
Caribbean Community and Common Market - CARICOM (in English)
Tratado que Establece la Comunidad del Caribe
Concesión
(Concession in English)
una autorización otorgada por el Estado a una persona para explotar recursos naturales o prestar un servicio.
Concession
(Concesión en español) )
authorization provided by theState to a person to exploit a natural resource or provide a service.
Confidential information
(Información confidencial en español)
includes trade secrets, privileged information and other materials exempted from disclosure under the Party's domestic law.
Conformity assessment procedure
(Procedimiento de evaluación de la conformidad en español)
any procedure used, directly or indirectly, to determine that a technical regulation or standard is fulfilled, including sampling, testing, inspection, evaluation, verification, monitoring, auditing, assurance of conformity, acreditation, registration or approval used for such a purpose, but does not mean an approval procedure.
Convención de Nueva York
(New York Convention in English)
Convención de Naciones Unidas sobre el Reconocimiento y Ejecución de las Sentencias Arbitrales Extranjeras, celebrada en Nueva York, el 10 de junio de 1975.
Convención Interamericana
(Inter-American Convention in English)
Convención Interamericana sobre Arbitraje Comercial Internacional, celebrada en Panamá el 30 de enero de 1975.
Convenio del CIADI
(ICSID Convention in English)
Convenio sobre Arregelo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones entre Estados y Nacionales de Otros Estados, realizados en Washington el 18 de marzo de 1965.
Convenio tributario
(Tax convention in English)
convenio para evitar la doble tributación u otro convenio o arreglo internacional en materia tributaria.
Costo neto
(Net cost in English)
todos los costos menos los de la promoción de ventas , comercialización y de servicio posterior a la venta, regalías, embarque y empaque, así colo los costos no admisibles por intereses que estén incluidos en el costo total.
Costo total
(Total cost in English)
todos los recursos del productos, costos de un período y otros costos en que se haya incurrido en territorio de una o más de las Partes.
Costos de embarque y empaque
(Shipping and packing costs in English)
Costos incurridos en el empacado de un bien para su embarque y el transporte de los bienes desde el punto de embarque directo hasta el comprador, excepto los costos de preparación y empaquetado del bien para su venta al menudeo.
Customs administration
(Autoridad aduanera en español)
the competent authority that is responsible under the law of a Party for the administration of customs laws and regulations.
Customs duty
(Arancel aduanero en español)
includes any customs or import duty and a charge of any kind imposed in connection with the importation of a good, including any form of surtax or surcharge in connection with such importation, but does not include any
    charge equivalent to an internal tax imposed consistenly with Aticle III:2 of the GATT, or any equivalent provision of a successor agreement to which all parties are party, in respect of like, directly competitive or substutable goods of the party, or in respect of goods from which the imported good has been manufactured or produced in whole or in part.
Customs duties
(Aranceles aduaneros en español)
customs duties that would be applicable to a good entered for consuption in the customs territory of a Party if the goods were not exported to the territory of another Party.
Customs Union
(Union Aduanera en español)
Economic integration in which member countries eliminate all tariffs and non-tariffs barriers among themselves and establish a common external tariff on goods from third countries.
Customs Valuation Code
(Código de Valorización Aduanera en español)
means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), including its interpretative notes.
Customs value
(Valor aduanero en español)
the value of a good for purposes of levying duties of customs on an imported good.

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Daño serio
(Serious injury in English)
deterioro general significativo de la posición de una industria natcional.
Derechos de propiedad intelectual
(Intellectual property rights in English)
se refere a derechos de autor y derechos conexos, derechos de marcas, derechos de patente, derechos de esquemas de trazado de circuitos integrados, derechos de secretos industriales o de negocios, derechos de los obtentores de vegetales, derechos de las indicaciones geográficos y derechos de diseños industriales.
Discriminatory provision
(Suministro - Discriminatorio en español)
includes treating:
  • a parent, a subsidiary or other enterprise with common ownership more favorable than an unaffiliated enterprise, or
  • one class of enterprises more favorably than another, in like circumstances.
Domestic industry
(Industria nacional en español)
the procedures as a whole of the like or directly competitive good operating in the territory of a Party.
Duty deferral program
(Programa de diferimiento de aranceles en español)
includes measures such as those governing foreign-trade zones, temporary importations under bond, bonded warehouses, "maquiladoras" and inward processing programs.
Duty-free
(Libre de arancel aduanero en español)
free of customs duty.

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ECLAC
Economic Commision for Latin America
Comisión Económica para América Latina y el Caribe - CEPAL (en español)
Commission économique des Nations unies pour l'Amérique latine et les Caraïbes - CEPALC (en français)
Comissão Econômica das Nações Unidas para a América Latina e o Caribe - CEPAL (em português)
The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLAC), was established by the Economic and Social Council's resolution 106(VI) of 25 February 1948, and began operations the same year. In 1984 the Commission was redesignated as the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean by the Council in its resolution 1984/67 of 27 July 1984. The subregional offices of ECLAC in Mexico and in the Caribbean were established by ECLA in June 1951 and December 1966, respectively.
(ECLAC Home)
Economic Union
(Unión Económica en español)
Economic Integration in which the members integrate all of their economic policies.
Empresa de una parte
(Enterprise of a party in English)
una empresa constituida u organizada de conformidad con la ley de una Parte; y una sucursal ubicada en territorio de una Parte y que desempeñe actvidades comerciales en el mismo.
Enhanced or value-added services
(Servicios mejorados o de valor agregado en español)
those telecommunications services employing computer processing aplications that:
  1. act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of a customer's transmitted information;
  2. provide a customer with additional, different or restructured information; or
  3. involve customer interaction with stored information.
Entrada temporal
(Temporary entry in English)
la entrada de una persona de negocios de una Parte a territorio de otra Parte, sin la intención de establecer residencia permanente.
Enterprise of a party
(Empresa de una parte en español)
an enterprise constituted or organized under the law of a Party, and a branch located in the territory of a Party, and carrying out business activities there.
Equity or debt securities
(Acciones de capital u obligaciones en español)
includes voting and non-voting shares, bonds, convertibles debentures, stock options and warrants.
Especificación técnica
(Technical specification in English)
una especificación que establece las características de los bienes o procesos y métodos de producción conexos, o las características de servicios o sus métodos operación conexos, incluyendo las disposiciones administrativas aplicables. También puede incluir requisitos en materia de terminología, símbolos, embalaje, marcado o etiquetado aplicables a un bien, processo o método de producción u operación o tratar exclusivamente de ellas.
ESPRIT
European Strategic Programme for R&D in Information Technology Esprit, the information technologies (IT) programme, is an integrated programme of industrial R&D projects and technology take-up measures. It is managed by DG III, the Directorate General for Industry of the European Commission.
(ESPRIT Home)
EU
European Union
Unión Europea (en español)
l'Union européenne (en français)
In its relatively short history, the European Union has increased in size with the entry of new members and in scope with the enlargement of its political responsibilities. Today, its main constitutional objectives are "... to promote economic and social progress, ... to assert its identity on the international scene, ...to introduce a citizenship of the Union, to develop close cooperation on justice and home affairs ..." as spelled out by the Treaty on European Union. For the next few years, the EU has three major priorities: introduce the single currency, prepare for new members and define its future shape at the "Intergovernmental Conference".
(European Union Home)
Evaluación de riesgo
(Risk assessment in English)
una evaluación de:
  1. la probabilidad de entrada, radicación y propagación de una plaga o una enfermidad y las posibles consecuencias biológicas y económicas relacionadas;
  2. la probabilidad de efectos adversos a la vida o a la salud humana o animal provenientes de la presencia de un aditivo, contaminante, toxina, o un organismo causante de enfermidades en alimento, bebida o forraje.
Evaluación del riesgo
(Assessment of risk in English)
la evaluación de la posibilidad de que haya efectos adversos.
Exención de aranceles aduaneros
(Waiver of customs duties in English)
una medida que exima de los aranceles aduaneros que le serían aplicables a cualquier bien importado de cualquier país, incluyendo el territorio de otra Parte.

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Financial institution
(Institución financeira en español)
any financial intermediary or other enterprise that is authorized to do business and regulated or supervised as a financial institution under the law of the Party in whose territory is located.
Financial service
(Servicio financeiro en español)
a service of a financial nature, including insurance, and a service incidental or auxiliary to a service of a financial nature.
FMI
Fondo Monetario Internacional
International Monetary Fund IMF (in English)
FOB
(L.A.B. en español)
Free on Board or Freight on Board
It means that freight costs are included.
Foreign interests
(Intereses extranjeros en español)
includes exporters or producers of the party whose goods are the subject of the proceeding or, in the case of a countervailing duty proceeding, the government of the Party whose goods are the subject of the proceeding.
Foreign Trade Information System
Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior - SICE (en español)
Sistema de Informação sobre Comércio Exterior - SICE (em português)
Système d'information sur le commerce extérieur - SICE (en français)

SICE for short, from its Spanish acronym - Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior) was established by the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide foreign trade information to the public and private sectors of member states, in order to help them promote the entry of their country's products into foreign markets and to assist them in the decision-making process. Since 1988, it has provided trade information on an on-line system available around the clock, bringing together data from different sources.
SICE's goal is to provide the most complete information and documents on trade in the Western Hemisphere as is possible. SICE centralizes the location of public -- but often difficult to locate or obtain -- documents on our Web site in the four official languages of the OAS (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French).
(SICE Home)
Fracción
(Tariff item in English)
se refiere a los primeros ocho dígitos de la clasificación arancelaria del Sistema Armonizado adoptado por cada Parte.
Fracción arancelaria
(Item in English)
una fracción arancelaria al nivel de ocho o diez dígitos conforme a la lista de desgravación arancelaria de una de las Partes.
Free Trade Agreement
Tratado de Libre Comercio - TLC (en español)
Economic integration in which countries eliminate substantially all tariffs and non-tariff barriers among themselves.
FTAA
Free Trade Area of the Americas
Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas - ALCA (en español)
Area de Livre Comércio das Américas - ALCA (em português)
Zone de libre-échange des Amériques - Zlea (en français)

The Free Trade Area of the Americas was officially launched in December, 1994 at the Summit of the Americas when leaders from the 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere resolved to "begin immediately to construct the (FTAA), in which barriers to trade and investment will be progressively eliminated." They offered the following rationale for this undertaking: "Eliminating impediments to market access for goods and services among our countries will foster our economic growth. A growing world economy will also enhance our domestic prosperity. Free trade and increased economic integration are key factors for raising standards of living, improving the working conditions of people in the Americas and better protecting the environment."
[FTAA Official Site | SICE coverage of the FTAA]
Fungible goods or fungible materials
(Bienes fungibles o materiales fungibles en español)
goods or materials that are interchangeable for comercial purposes and whose properties are essentially identical.
Financial institution
(Institución financeira en español)
any financial intermediary or other enterprise that is authorized to do business and regulated or supervised as a financial institution under the law of the Party in whose territory is located.
Financial service
(Servicio financeiro en español)
a service of a financial nature, including insurance, and a service incidental or auxiliary to a service of a financial nature.
FMI
Fondo Monetario Internacional
International Monetary Fund IMF (in English)
FOB
(L.A.B. en español)
Free on Board or Freight on Board
It means that freight costs are included.
Foreign interests
(Intereses extranjeros en español)
includes exporters or producers of the party whose goods are the subject of the proceeding or, in the case of a countervailing duty proceeding, the government of the Party whose goods are the subject of the proceeding.
Foreign Trade Information System
Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior - SICE (en español)
Sistema de Informação sobre Comércio Exterior - SICE (em português)
Système d'Information sur le Commerce Extérieur - SICE (en français)

SICE for short, from its Spanish acronym - Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior) was established by the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide foreign trade information to the public and private sectors of member states, in order to help them promote the entry of their country's products into foreign markets and to assist them in the decision-making process. Since 1988, it has provided trade information on an on-line system available around the clock, bringing together data from different sources.
SICE's goal is to provide the most complete information and documents on trade in the Western Hemisphere as is possible. SICE centralizes the location of public -- but often difficult to locate or obtain -- documents on our Web site in the four official languages of the OAS (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French).
(SICE Home)
Fracción
(Tariff item in English)
se refiere a los primeros ocho dígitos de la clasificación arancelaria del Sistema Armonizado adoptado por cada Parte.
Fracción arancelaria
(Item in English)
una fracción arancelaria al nivel de ocho o diez dígitos conforme a la lista de desgravación arancelaria de una de las Partes.
Free Trade Agreement
Tratado de Libre Comercio - TLC (en español)
Economic integration in which countries eliminate substantially all tariffs and non-tariff barriers among themselves.
FTAA
Free Trade Area of the Americas
Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas - ALCA (en español)
Area de Livre Comércio das Américas - ALCA (em português)
Zone de libre-échange des Amériques - Zlea (en français)

The Free Trade Area of the Americas was officially launched in December, 1994 at the Summit of the Americas when leaders from the 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere resolved to "begin immediately to construct the (FTAA), in which barriers to trade and investment will be progressively eliminated." They offered the following rationale for this undertaking: "Eliminating impediments to market access for goods and services among our countries will foster our economic growth. A growing world economy will also enhance our domestic prosperity. Free trade and increased economic integration are key factors for raising standards of living, improving the working conditions of people in the Americas and better protecting the environment."
[Official Site of the FTAA | SICE coverage of the FTAA Page]
Fungible goods or fungible materials
(Bienes fungibles o materiales fungibles en español)
goods or materials that are interchangeable for comercial purposes and whose properties are essentially identical.
Financial institution
(Institución financeira en español)
any financial intermediary or other enterprise that is authorized to do business and regulated or supervised as a financial institution under the law of the Party in whose territory is located.
Financial service
(Servicio financeiro en español)
a service of a financial nature, including insurance, and a service incidental or auxiliary to a service of a financial nature.
FMI
Fondo Monetario Internacional
International Monetary Fund IMF (in English)
FOB
(L.A.B. en español)
Free on Board or Freight on Board
It means that freight costs are included.
Foreign interests
(Intereses extranjeros en español)
includes exporters or producers of the party whose goods are the subject of the proceeding or, in the case of a countervailing duty proceeding, the government of the Party whose goods are the subject of the proceeding.
Foreign Trade Information System
Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior - SICE (en español)
Sistema de Informação sobre Comércio Exterior - SICE (em português)
Système d'Information sur le Commerce Extérieur - SICE (en français)

SICE for short, from its Spanish acronym - Sistema de Información sobre Comercio Exterior) was established by the Organization of American States (OAS) to provide foreign trade information to the public and private sectors of member states, in order to help them promote the entry of their country's products into foreign markets and to assist them in the decision-making process. Since 1988, it has provided trade information on an on-line system available around the clock, bringing together data from different sources.
SICE's goal is to provide the most complete information and documents on trade in the Western Hemisphere as is possible. SICE centralizes the location of public -- but often difficult to locate or obtain -- documents on our Web site in the four official languages of the OAS (English, Spanish, Portuguese and French).
(SICE Home)
Fracción
(Tariff item in English)
se refiere a los primeros ocho dígitos de la clasificación arancelaria del Sistema Armonizado adoptado por cada Parte.
Fracción arancelaria
(Item in English)
una fracción arancelaria al nivel de ocho o diez dígitos conforme a la lista de desgravación arancelaria de una de las Partes.
Free Trade Agreement
Tratado de Libre Comercio - TLC (en español)
Economic integration in which countries eliminate substantially all tariffs and non-tariff barriers among themselves.
FTAA
Free Trade Area of the Americas
Area de Libre Comercio de las Américas - ALCA (en español)
Area de Livre Comércio das Américas - ALCA (em português)
Zone de libre-échange des Amériques - Zlea (en français)

The Free Trade Area of the Americas was officially launched in December, 1994 at the Summit of the Americas when leaders from the 34 countries of the Western Hemisphere resolved to "begin immediately to construct the (FTAA), in which barriers to trade and investment will be progressively eliminated." They offered the following rationale for this undertaking: "Eliminating impediments to market access for goods and services among our countries will foster our economic growth. A growing world economy will also enhance our domestic prosperity. Free trade and increased economic integration are key factors for raising standards of living, improving the working conditions of people in the Americas and better protecting the environment."
[Official Site of the FTAA | SICE coverage of the FTAA Page]
Fungible goods or fungible materials
(Bienes fungibles o materiales fungibles en español)
goods or materials that are interchangeable for comercial purposes and whose properties are essentially identical.

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GATT
General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
The WTO's predecessor, the GATT, was established on a provisional basis after the Second World War in the wake of other new multilateral institutions dedicated to international economic cooperation - notably the "Bretton Woods" institutions now known as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
It served as the basis for the multilateral trading system from 1947 until the formation of the WTO on 1 January, 1995.
(GATT Summary of the Agreement)
General legal principles
(Principios generales de derecho en español)
includes principles such as standing, due process, rules of statutory construction, mootness and exhaustion of administrative remedies.
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(Principios de contabilidad generalmente aceptados en español)
the recognized consensus or substantial authoritative support in the territory of a party with respect to the recordings of revenues, expenses, costs, assets and liability, disclosure of information and preparation of financial statements.
Goods of a party
(Bienes de una parte en español)
domestic product as these are understood in the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT).
Government monopoly
(Monopolio gubernamental en español)
a monopoly that is owned, or controlled through ownership interests, by the federal government of a Party or any other such monopoly.
Group of Three
(Grupo de los Tres en español)
Free Trade Agreement between Mexico, Colombia and Venezuela
This free trade agreement was signed on January 1, 1995. This agreement calls for the total elimination of tariffs over a 10-year period. Exceptions are particularly important in the agricultural sector. Unlike most trade arrangements among Latin American Countries, the Group of Three goes beyond tariff provisions, and deals with such matters as intellectual property rights, services, goverment procurement, and investment.
(Group of Three Text of The Agreement)
Grupo Andino
(Andean Group in English)
Sus miembros son Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Perú y Venezuela. El Grupo Andino fue establecido en 1969, cuando Bolivia, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador y Perú firmaron el Acuerdo de Cartagena. Venezuela ingresó en el 1973 y Chile lo abandonó en 1976. Los principales objetivos del Grupo Andino fueron eliminar las barreras al comercio recíproco; crear una unión aduanera con un arancel externo común; armonizar las políticas económicas y sociales y adoptar un programa conjunto de industrialización.
( Protocolo de Trujillo) - Protocolo modificatorio del acuerdo de integración subregional andino (Acuerdo de Cartagena)
Grupo de los Tres
(Group of Three in English):
Este acuerdo de libre comercio entre Colombia, México y Venezuela fue firmado el 13 de junio de 1994. El acuerdo entró en vigor el 1 de enero de 1995. El comercio entre Colombia y Venezuela seguirá rigiéndose por el Acuerdo de Cartagena (Grupo Andino). Conforme al acuerdo del Grupo de los Tres, se eliminarán totalmente los aranceles aduaneros a lo largo de un período de 10 años. Las excepciones son especialmente importantes en el sector agrícola. A diferencia de la mayoría de los acuerdos comerciales entre países de América Latina, el acuerdo del Grupo de los Tres no sólo contiene disposiciones sobre aranceles, sino que se refiere a asuntos tales como derechos de propiedad intelectual, servicios, compras gubernamentales, e inversiones.
(Grupo de los Tres Texto del Acuerdo)
GSP
Generalized System of Preferences

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Hacer compatible
(Make competible in English)
llevar hacia un mismo nivel medidas relativas a normalización diferentes, pero con un mismo alcance, aprobadas por diferentes organismos de normalización, de tal manera que sean idénticas, equivalentes, o tengan el efecto de permitir que los bienes o servicios se utilicen indistintamente o para el mismo propósito.
Harmonized System
(Sistema Armonizado (SA) en español)
The Harmonized System refers to the universal nomenclature that correlates national tariff structures into a common format (to the six digit level).
Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, and its legal notes and rules, as adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective tariff laws.
Heading
(Partida en español)
the first four digits in tariff classification number under the Harmonized System.

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ICC
International Chamber of Commerce
  • promotes international trade, investment and the market economy system worldwide;
  • makes rules that govern the conduct of business across borders;
  • provides essential services, foremost among them the ICC International Court of Arbitration, the world's leading institution of its kind.
(ICC Home)
ICAO
International Civil Aviation Organization
Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (en español)
Organização de Aviação Civil Internacional (em português)
Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (en français)
    A fifty-year long history of ICAO started on 7 December 1944 in Chicago, with the signing of the Convention on International Civil Aviation by 52 States. Pending ratification of the Convention by 26 States, the Provisional International Civil Aviation Organization (PICAO) was established. It functioned from 6 June 1945 until 4 April 1947. By 5 March 1947 the 26th ratification was received. ICAO came into being on 4 April 1947. In October of the same year, ICAO became a specialized agency of the United Nations linked to Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC).
(ICAO Home)
IDB
Inter-American Development Bank
Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo - BID (en español)
The Inter-American Development Bank, the oldest and largest regional multilateral development institution, was established in December of 1959 to help accelerate economic and social development in Latin America and the Caribbean. The Bank was created in response to a longstanding desire on the part of the Latin American nations for a development institution that would focus on the pressing problems of the region.
(IDB Home)
ICC
Iniciativa de la Cuenca del Caribe
Caribbean Basin Initiative Agreement - CBI (in English)
Los beneficiarios de este programa de acuerdo preferencial son: Antillas Neerlandesas, Antigua y Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belice, Costa Rica, Dominica, El Salvador, Granada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haití, Honduras, Jamaica, Islas Vírgenes Británicas, Montserrat, Nicaragua, Panamá, República Dominicana, San Cristóbal y Nieves, Santa Lucía, San Vicente y las Granadinas y Trinidad y Tobago.
ICSID
International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Centro Internacional de Arreglo de Diferencias Relativas a Inversiones - CIADI (en español)
ICSID Convention
(Convenio del CIADI en español)
Identical or similar goods
(Bienes idénticos o similares en español)
means "identical goods" and "somilar goods", repectively, as defined in the Customs Valuation Code.
IICA
Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura
Interamerican Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture - IICA (in English)
El Instituto Interamericano de Cooperación para la Agricultura (IICA) es el organismo especializado en agricultura del Sistema Interamericano. Tiene como misión estimular, facilitar y apoyar la cooperación entre sus 34 Estados Miembros y las organizaciones de la sociedad civil, para impulsar el desarrollo sostenible de la agricultura y el medio rural. Los Estados Miembros del IICA son: Antigua y Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belice, Bolivia, Brasil, Canadá, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estados Unidos de América, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haití, Honduras, Jamaica, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, República Dominicana, St. Kitts y Nevis, Santa Lucía, San Vicente y las Granadinas, Suriname, Trinidad y Tobago, Uruguay y Venezuela.
(IICA Home)
IIB
International Investment Bank
IIB
Institute of International Bankers
Founded in 1966, the Institute is the only national association devoted exclusively to representing and advancing the interests of the international banking community in the United States. Its membership is comprised of over 200 banking organizations that have their headquarters in 50 other countries around the world.
(IIB HOME)
ILO
International Labor Organization
Organización Internacional del Trabajo - OIT (en español)
Organisation internationale du travail (en français)
Organização Internacional do Trabalho (em português)
The International Labour Organization was created in 1919, at the end of the First World War, at the time of the Peace Conference which convened first in Paris, then at Versailles. The need for such an organization had been advocated in the nineteenth century by two industrialists, Robert Owen (1771-1853) of Wales and Daniel Legrand (1783-1859) of France.
After having been put to the test within the International Association for Labour Legislation, founded in Basel in 1901, their ideas were incorporated into the Constitution of the International Labour Organization, adopted by the Peace Conference in April of 1919.
(ILO Home)
IMF
International Monetary Fund
Fondo Monetario Internacional - FMI (en español)
Except to a small circle of economists and financial officials, the International Monetary Fund is a mysterious presence on the international scene. Considerable confusion reigns about why it exists and what it does. Some observers, confusing it with the World Bank or another aid institution, are under the impression that the IMF exists to subsidize economic development in the poorer nations. Others imagine it as an international central bank controlling the creation of money on a world scale. Still others regard the IMF as a powerful and disapproving political institution, imbued with a missionary zeal for fiscal rectitude, that somehow compels its members to tread a path of economic austerity. The IMF is in fact none of these. It is neither a development bank, nor a world central bank, nor an agency that can or wishes to coerce its members to do very much of anything. It is rather a cooperative institution that 181 countries have voluntarily joined because they see the advantage of consulting with one another in this forum to maintain a stable system of buying and selling their currencies so that payments in foreign money can take place between countries smoothly and without delay.
(IMF Home)
IMO
International Maritime Organization
Organisation maritime internationale (in French)
Organización Marítima Internacional (in Spanish)
    Shipping is perhaps the most international of all the world's great industries - and one of the most dangerous. It has always been recognized that the best way of improving safety at sea is by developing international regulations that are followed by all shipping nations and from the mid-19th century onwards a number of such treaties were adopted.
(IMO Home)
Importación comercial
(Commercial importation in English)
la importación de un bien a territorio de cualquiera de las Partes con el propósito de venderlo o utilizarlo para fines comerciales, industriales o similares.
Importing Party
(Parte Importadora en español)
the Party that issued the final determination.
In accordance with commercial considerations
(Según consideraciones comerciales en español)
consistent with normal businesss practices of privately-held enterprises in the relevant business or industry.
Indirect material
(Material indirecto en español)
a good used in the production, testing or inspection of a good but not physically incorporated into the good, or a good used in the maintenance of buildings or the operation of equipment associated with the production of a good, including;
  1. fuel energy;
  2. tools, dies and molds;
  3. spare parts and materials used in the maintenace of equipment and buildings;
  4. gloves, glasses, footwear, clorhing, safety equipment and supplies;
  5. equipment, devices, and supplies used for testing or inspeting the goods;
  6. catalysts and solvents; and
  7. any other goods that are not incorporated into the god but whose use in the production of the good can reasonably be demonstrated to be a part of that production.
Industria nacional
(Domestic industry in English)
el conjunto de productores del bien similar o del competidor directo que opera en terrritorio de una Parte.
Información científica
(Scientific basis in English)
una razón basada en datos o información derivados del uso de métodos científicos.
Información confidencial
(Confidential information in English)
incluye secretos industriales o de negocios, información privilegiada y otros materiales que no pueden revelarse de conformidad con la legislación interna de la Parte.
INPI
Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial
Brazilian Industrial Property System - BIPS (in English)
O INPI é uma Autarquia Federal vinculada ao Ministério da Indústria, Comércio e Turismo. É responsável pela concessão de Patentes, registro de Marcas e Transferência de Tecnologia. Possui a maior coleção de documentos de patentes da América Latina, que estão à disposição da comunidade no CEDIN.
(INPI Home)
Institución financeira
(Financial institution in English)
cualquier intermediario financeiro u otra empresa que esté autorizada para hacer negocios y esté regulada o supervisada como una institución financeira conforme a la legislación de la Parte en cuyo territorio se encuentra ubicada.
INTAL
Institute for Latin and Caribbean Integration
based in Buenos Aires, this institute is also part of the IDB's Division of Integration, Trade and Hemispheric Issues. INTAL has a data base on trade flows for all Latin American and Caribbean countries disaggregated to the 8-digit product level; the system is installed in government offices of twelve Latin American countries.
(INTAL Home)
Intellectual property righs
(Derechos de propiedad intelectual en español)
The World Intellectual Property Organization - WIPO
In Brazil:
    INPI - Brazilian Industrial Property System (INPI Home)
In Canada:
    CIPO - Canadian Intellectual Property Office (CIPO Home)
In the USA:
Inter-American Convention
(Convención Interamericana en español)
the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration, done at Panama, January 30, 1975.
Intereses extranjeros
(Foreign interests in English)
incluye exportadores y productores de la parte cuyas mercancías son objeto a un procedimiento o, en el caso de un procedimiento sobre cuotas compensatorias el gobierno de la parte cuyas mercancías son objecto de un procedimiento.
International capital transactions
(Transacciones internacionales de capital en español)
means "International capital transactions" as defined under the Articles of Agreements of the IMF.
International standard, guideline or recommendation
(Norma, directriz o recomendación internacional en español)
a standard, guideline or recommendation:
  1. regarding fod safety, adopted by the codex Alimentarius Commission, including one regardng decomposition elaborated by the Codex Committe on Fish and Fishery Products, food additives, contaminants, hygienic practice, and methods of analysis and sampling;
  2. regarding animal health and zoonoses, developed under the auspices of the INternational Office of Epizootics;
  3. regarding plant health, developed under the auspices of the Secretariat of the International Plant Protection Convention in cooperation with the Norte American Plant Protection Organization; or
  4. established by or developed under any other international organization agreed on by the Parties.
IOA Institute of the Americas
The Institute is an independent, non-profit institution dedicated to promoting cooperation and information exchange among the countries of the Americas and to finding effective responses to some of the major challenges facing the Western Hemisphere: consolidating democracy and market-oriented economic reforms; extending free trade; finding alternative sources of energy; and halting environmental deterioration.
(IOA Home)
IOM
International Organization for Migration
IPAnet
IPAnet is an initiative of the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) of the World Bank Group to harness the functionalities and information resources of the Internet for promotion of international investment. Through IPAnet, visitors can exchange information about investment worldwide -- from business operating conditions to detailed descriptions of investment projects, joint venture opportunities, and privatization initiatives.
(IPAnet Home)
ISO
International Organization for Standardization
Organisation Internacionale de Normalisation - OIN (en français)
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies from some 100 countries, one from each country. ISO is a non-governmental organization established in 1947. The mission of ISO is to promote the development of standardization and related activities in the world with a view to facilitating the international exchange of goods and services, and to developing cooperation in the spheres of intellectual, scientific, technological and economic activity. ISO's work results in international agreements which are published as International Standards.
(ISO Home)
ITC
International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC)
The International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO (ITC) is the focal point in the United Nations system for technical cooperation with developing countries in trade promotion. ITC was created by the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in 1964 and since 1968 has been operated jointly by GATT (now by the World Trade Organization, or WTO) and the UN, the latter acting through the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD). As an executing agency of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), ITC is directly responsible for implementing UNDP-financed projects in developing countries and economies in transition related to trade promotion.
(ITC Home)
Item
(Fracción arancelaria en español)
a tariff classification item at the 8 or 10 digit level set out in a party's tariff schedule.
ITU
International Telecommunications Union
The ITU, headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland is an international organization within which governments and the private sector coordinate global telecom networks and services. ITU activities include the coordination, development, regulation and standardization of telecommunications and organization of regional and world events.
(ITU Home)

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JUNAC
Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena
La Junta del Acuerdo de Cartagena es el órgano técnico del Acuerdo. La Junta fue creada para establecer un sistema de equilibrio institucional que sirviera para armonizar los intereses de los Estados y de los cinco países andinos como Grupo. La Junta está conformada por tres Miembros con idénticas atribuciones. Son designados por la Comisión para velar por las aplicaciones del Acuerdo, el cumplimiento de la Decisiones y los mandatos de la Comisión.
(Comunidad Andina otrora JUNAC)

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L.A.B.
(FOB in English)
libre a bordo, independientemente del medio de transporte, en el punto de embarque directo del vendedor al comprador.
LAES
Latin American Economic System
LAFTA
Latin America Free Trade Association
Asociación Latinoamericana de Libre Comercio - ALALC (en español)
LAIA
Latin America Integration Association
Asociación Latinoamericana de Integración - ALADI (en español)
In 1960, the American Free Trade Association (LAFTA) was established by the Treaty of Montevideo. The main goal of this treaty was to remove trade barriers among the member countries over a period of 12 years. By the end of 1978, the 11 signatories agreed that a restructuring of the Association was needed. The Treaty of Montevideo of 1980 set up LAIA as a sucessor to LAFTA. Its objective is to increase "bilateral trade among member countries and between member countries and third countries through bilateral and multilateral agreements, with the goal of eventually achieving regional free trade." LAIA members are Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
There are currently 32 partial scope and economic complementation agreements in place, half of which have been signed in the 1990s. In June 1994, the LAIA Council of Ministers approved the Interpretative Protocol of Article 44 of the Montevideo Treaty of 1980 allowing members that have granted preferences to third countries the right not to apply the MFN clause and to extend these preferences to other LAIA members provided negotiations are launched to compensate LAIA members.
Libre de arancel aduanero
(Duty-free in English)
exento o libre de arancel aduanero.

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Make competible
(Hacer compatible en español)
bring different standards-related measures of the same scope approved by different standardizing to a level such that they are either identical, equivalent or have the effect of permitting goods or services to be used in place of another or fulfill the same purpose.
Material
(Material in English)
un bien utilizado en la producción de otro bien, e incluye partes e ingredientes.
Material
(Material en español)
a good that is used in the production of another good, and includes a part or an ingredient.
Material indirecto
(Indirect material in English)
bienes utilizados en la producción, verificación o inspección de un bien, pero que no estén fisicamente incorporados en el bien; o bienes que se utilicen en el mantenimiento de edificios o en la operación de equipo relacionados con la producción de un bien, incluidos:
  1. combustible y energía;
  2. herramientas, troqueles y moldes;
  3. refacciones y materiales utilizados en el mantenimiento de equipos y edificios;
  4. lubricantes, grasas, materiales de mezcla y otros materiales utilizados en la producción o para operar el equipo o los edificios;
  5. guantes, anteojos, calzado, ropa y aditamentos de seguridad;
  6. equipo, aparatos, aditamentos utilizados para la verificación o inspección de los bienes;
  7. catalizadores y solventes; y
  8. cualesquiera otros bienes que no estén incorporados en el bien pero cuyo uso en la producción del bien pueda demonstrarse razonablemente que forma parte de dicha producción.
Marché Commun de l'Amérique Centrale
Central American Common Market - CACM (in English)
Mercado Común Centroamericano - MCCA (en español)
(Texte de Traité)
MCCA
Mercado Común Centroamericano
Central American Common Market - CACM (in English)
Marché Commun de l'Amérique centrale (en français)
El Tratado General de Integración Centroamericana (conocido como Tratado de Managua) fue suscrito en 1960 y entró en vigor en 1961 para cuatro países: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua. Costa Rica se adhirió al Tratado en 1963.
(Texto del Tratado)
Measure
(Medida en español)
includes any law, regulation, procedure, requirement or practice.
Medida
(Measure in English)
incluye cualquier ley, reglamento, procedimiento, requisito o práctica.
Medida relativa a normalización
(Standards related measure in English)
una norma, reglamento técnico o procedimiento de evaluación de la conformidad.
Medida sanitaria o fitosanitaria
(Sanitary or phytosanitary measure in English)
una medida que una Parte adopta, mantiene o aplica para:
  1. proteger la vida o la salud animal o vegetal en su territorio de los riesgos provenientes de la introducción, radicación o propagación de una plaga o una enfermidad;
  2. proteger la vida o la salud humana o animal en su territotio de riesgos provenientes de la presencai de un aditivo, contaminante, toxina, o un organismo causante de la enfermidad en un alimento, bebida o forraje;
  3. proteger la vida o salud humana en su territorio de los riesgos provenientes de un organismo causante de enfermidades o una plaga transportada por un animal o vegetal o un derivativo de éstos; o
  4. prevenir o limitar otros daños en su territorio provenientes de la introducción, radicación y propagación de una plaga; incluyendo un criterio relativo al producto final; un método de proceso o producción relacionado con un producto;
    una prueba, inspección, certificación o procedimiento de aprobación;
    un método estadístico relevante;
    un procedimiento de muestreo;
    un método de evaluación de riesgo;
    un requisito en materia de empaque y etiquetado directamanente relacionado con la seguridad de los alimentos;
    y un régimen de cuarentena, tal como un requisito pertinente asociado con el transporte de animales o vegetales, o con el material necesario para su sobrevivencia durante el transporte.
Mercado Común
(Common Market in English)
es un acuerdo en que una unión aduaneira es complementada mediante la eliminación de todas las barreras a los movimientos de los factores de producción entre los países miembros.
Mercancías de una parte
(Goods of a party in English)
productos nacionales tal como se entiende en el Acuerdo General sobre Aranceles Aduaneros y Comercio.
MERCOSUL
Mercado Comum do Sul (Também conhecido como Tratado de Assunção)
é uma união aduaneira criada em 26 de março de 1991, quando Argentina, Brasil, Paraguai e Uruguai assinaram o Tratado de Assunção.
(Texto do MERCOSUL)
(MERCOSUL - Protocolo de Ouro Preto)
(MERCOSUL - Chile)
(MERCOSUR - Bolivia)
MERCOSUR
Common Market of the Southern Cone (Also known as the Treaty of Asunción)
is a customs union created on March 26, 1991, when Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay signed the Treaty of Asunción.
(MERCOSUR Text)
MERCOSUR
Mercado Común del Sur (También conocido cómo el Tratado del Asunción)
es un union aduanera creado el 26 de marzo de 1991, cuando Argentina, Brasil, Paraguay y Uruguay firmaron del tratado de Asunción.
(Texto del MERCOSUR)
(MERCOSUR - Protocolo de Ouro Preto)
(MERCOSUR - Chile)
(MERCOSUR - Bolivia)
MFN
Most Favored Nation
Nación más Favorecida - NMF (en español)
The principle embodies in Article I of the GATT which stipulates that countries must treat each of their trading partners (those with which they have exchanged such an obligation) on an equal basis.
Monopolio
(Monopoly in English)
una entidad, incluido un consorcio, u organismo gubernamental que, en cualquier mercado pertinente en territorio de una Parte, ha sido designando provedor o comprador único de un bien o servicio, pero no incluye a una entidad a la que se haya otorgado un derecho de propriedad intelectual exclusivo derivado solamente de dicho otorgamiento.
Monopoly
(Monopolio en español)
an entity, including a consortium or government agency, that in any relevant market in the territory of a Party is designated as the sole provider or purhaser of a good or service, but does not include an entity that has been granted an exclusive intellectual property right solely by reason of such grant.
Monopolio gubernamental
(Government monopoly in English)
un monopolio propriedad o bajo control, mediante participación accionaria, del gobierno federal de una Parte o de otro monopolio de esa índole.