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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000931427-11-000008
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20110511
FILED AS OF DATE:		20110511
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20110511

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GAS TRANSPORTER OF THE SOUTH INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000931427
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	NATURAL GAS TRANSMISSION [4922]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-13396
		FILM NUMBER:		11830840

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		DON BOSCO 3672 5TH FLR
		STREET 2:		1206 CAPITAL FEDERAL
		CITY:			ARGENTINA
		STATE:			C1
		ZIP:			00000
		BUSINESS PHONE:		005401148659050X1093

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		DON BOSCO 3672 5TH FLR
		STREET 2:		CAPITAL FEDERAL
		CITY:			ARGENTINA
		STATE:			C1
		ZIP:			1206
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<DESCRIPTION>AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY ITS PARENT COMPANY REGARDING ITS DEBT RESTRUCTURING
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<DIV style="width:425.25pt"><P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><FONT FACE="Courier New"><B>UNITED STATES</B></FONT></P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>Report of Foreign Issuer</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>For May 11, 2011</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>Commission file number: 1-13.396</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A.</B></P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>Don Bosco 3672, Fifth Floor</P>
<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>1206 Capital Federal</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:21.3pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant files or will file annual reports under cover of Form 20-F or Form 40-F.</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>Form 20-F<U> &nbsp;X </U>&nbsp;Form 40-F<U> &nbsp;&nbsp;</U></P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:21.3pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Indicate by check mark if registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1): __</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:21.3pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Indicate by check mark if registrant is submitting the Form 6-K in paper as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7): __</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; text-indent:21.3pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Indicate by check mark whether the registrant by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to the Rule 12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>
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<P style="line-height:18.5pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Book Antiqua; font-size:11pt; page-break-before:always" align=right><FONT FACE="Book Antiqua">May 11, 2011.</FONT></P>
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<P style="margin:0pt; font-family:Book Antiqua; font-size:11pt"><B>WASHINGTON, DC 20549</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Book Antiqua; font-size:11pt" align=right><B><U>Re.: Transportadora de Gas del Sur (&#147;TGS&#148;)</U></B></P>
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<P style="margin:0pt; font-family:Book Antiqua; font-size:11pt">Dear Sirs, </P>
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<P style="margin:0pt; font-family:Book Antiqua; font-size:11pt" align=justify>The purpose hereof is to inform you -in accordance with the requirements of the regulations under the United States Securities and Exchange Act- that &nbsp;Compa&#241;&#237;a de Inversiones de Energ&#237;a S.A. (CIESA) &#150; TGS&#146; parent company- notified us today that it has executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Pampa Energ&#237;a S.A. and Pampa Inversiones S.A. (&#147;Pampa Group&#148;) in which the Parties agree: a) first, to bring the lawsuit <I>&#147;Compa&#241;&#237;a de Inversiones de Energ&#237;a S.A. v. AEI, AEI v. Compa&#241;&#237;a de Inversiones de Energ&#237;a S.A., Petrobras Energ&#237;a S.A., Petrobras Hispano Argentina S.A., H&#233;ctor Daniel Casal, Claudio Fontes Nunes y Rigoberto Mej&#237;a Aravena&#148;</I>, currently pending before the Supreme Court of the State of New York, to a standstill in order to re-establish the restructuring provided under the Restructuring Agreement executed on September 1, 2005 by and between CIESA, Petrobras Energ&#237;a S.A., Petrobras Hispano Argentina S.A., Enron Pipeline Company Argentina S. A., ABN AMRO Bank N. V. Sucursal Argentina (in its capacity as trustee and not in its personal capacity) and CIESA&#146;s Financial Creditors as regards the Notes issued by the Company on April 22, 1997 and the two (2) derivative transactions originally executed between CIESA and J. Aron &amp; Company on August 3, 2000, and between CIESA and Morgan Guaranty Trust Company of New York on August 4, 2000 (based on the debt for equity exchange described under Section 2.6 <I>et seq. </I>of such Restructuring Agreement) (the &#147;Lawsuit&#148;) and to include Pampa Group as a party thereto, all of the foregoing subject to the necessary governmental approvals in order to be able to implement the Restructuring Agreement; and b) secondly, to timely abandon and waive each and every claim and action that the Parties and third parties have raised in the Lawsuit, thus terminating the controversies between the parties.</P>
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<P style="margin:0pt; font-family:Book Antiqua; font-size:11pt">Sincerely,</P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Book Antiqua; font-size:11pt" align=center>Adri&#225;n Hubert</P>
<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Book Antiqua; font-size:11pt" align=center>Attorney in Fact</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.</P>
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<P style="line-height:13pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=right>Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A.</P>
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</TD><TD valign=top width=215.933 colspan=2><P style="line-height:11pt; margin:0pt; font-family:Courier New; font-size:9pt"><B>Chief Financial Officer</B></P>
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<P style="line-height:14pt; margin:0pt; font-size:12pt"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Date: May 11, 2011</FONT></P>
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