Ouro Preto Protocol (as part of MERCOSUR institutional framework)

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The Ouro Preto Protocol is a foundational MERCOSUR treaty that gave the bloc a formal institutional structure and legal personality, underpinning organs such as the MERCOSUR Parliament.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf MERCOSUR treaty
founding document of MERCOSUR institutional framework
international treaty
adoptedBy Member States of MERCOSUR
adoptedInCity Ouro Preto
adoptedInCountry Brazil
adoptedOn 1994-12-17
aimsAt consolidation of the MERCOSUR customs union
strengthening of MERCOSUR institutional framework
appliesTo MERCOSUR Member States
linked to: MERCOSUR
category regional integration agreement
clarifies relationship between MERCOSUR organs
complements Treaty of Asunción
defines institutional structure of MERCOSUR
enteredIntoForceInDecade 1990s
establishes Joint Parliamentary Commission of MERCOSUR
linked to: MERCOSUR Parliament

MERCOSUR Administrative Secretariat
MERCOSUR Common Market Council
MERCOSUR Common Market Group
linked to: MERCOSUR

MERCOSUR Trade Commission
follows Treaty of Asunción
fullName Protocol of Ouro Preto
linked to: Ouro Preto Protocol
grants international legal personality to MERCOSUR
hasAbbreviation POP
language Portuguese
Spanish
legalEffect creates binding obligations for MERCOSUR members
legalStatus binding international agreement
namedAfter city of Ouro Preto
partOf MERCOSUR legal framework
provides rules on adoption of MERCOSUR decisions by consensus
rules on budget and financing of MERCOSUR organs
rules on publication of MERCOSUR norms
rules on representation of MERCOSUR before third parties
providesBasisFor creation of MERCOSUR Parliament
region South America
regulates decision-making procedures in MERCOSUR
internal implementation of MERCOSUR decisions
legal nature of MERCOSUR norms
signedBy Argentina
Brazil
Paraguay
Uruguay
subjectMatter institutional law of MERCOSUR
international legal personality of regional organizations
regional economic integration

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MERCOSUR Parliament legalBasis Ouro Preto Protocol (as part of MERCOSUR institutional framework)