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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000931427-16-000048
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20161229
FILED AS OF DATE:		20161229
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20161229

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:		162075301

	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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<DIV style="width:567px"><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>Washington, DC 20549</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>_____________</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>FORM 6-K</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>Report of Foreign Issuer</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; 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="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>For December 29, 2016</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>Commission file number: 1-13.396</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A.</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>Don Bosco 3672, Fifth Floor</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>1206 Capital Federal</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>Argentina</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; text-indent:28.4px; 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="margin:0px; 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="margin:0px; text-indent:28.4px; 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="margin:0px; text-indent:28.4px; 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="margin:0px; text-indent:28.4px; 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="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=center>Yes<U> &nbsp;</U>&nbsp;No<U> X &nbsp;</U></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-right:-0.067px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt">If &quot;Yes&quot; is marked, indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b):</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt; page-break-before:always" align=right>Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, December 29, 2016.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">Messrs.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Comisi&#243;n Nacional de Valores</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Bolsa de Comercio de Buenos Aires</B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>(Gerencia T&#233;cnica y de Valores Negociables) </B></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt"><B>Mercado Abierto Electr&#243;nico S.A.</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify><I><U>Ref.: Material fact. Public Offer to Purchase after Change of Control and acquisition of Indirect Material Participation</U></I></P>
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<P style="line-height:12pt; margin:0px; font-size:12pt" align=justify>Dear Sirs,</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>I am writing to you, in my capacity as Head of Market Relations of Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. (<font style='font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman'>&#8220;</font>TGS<font style='font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman'>&#8221;</font>), in order to inform that on this date Grupo Inversor Petroqu&#237;mica S.L., WST S.A. and PCT LLC (the <font style='font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman'>&#8220;</font>Offerors<font style='font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman'>&#8221;</font>) notified TGS that the Board of Directors of Comisi&#243;n Nacional de Valores (Argentine Securities and Exchange Commission) approved, in its meeting held on December 22, 2016, the formal terms of the Mandatory Tender Offer announced by the Offerors to purchase up to 194,651,345 Class B common shares of TGS, representative of up to 24.5% of TGS<font style='font-family:Arial Unicode MS,Times New Roman'>&#8217;</font>s capital stock.</P>
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<P style="line-height:12pt; margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Please find attached the notice served to TGS.</P>
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<P style="line-height:12pt; margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Yours sincerely,</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=center><B>Nicol&#225;s M. Mordeglia</B></P>
<P style="line-height:12pt; margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=center>Head of Market Relations</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt; page-break-before:always" align=right>Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, December 29, 2016.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt">Mr. President of</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt">Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt">Don Bosco 3672 5 Piso (C1206ABD)</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=right><I><U>Ref.: Mandatory Public Offering. </U></I></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=right><I><U>CNV approval of formal terms of TGS </U></I></P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:11pt" align=right><I><U>Mandatory Public Offering.</U></I></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt" align=justify>We are writing to you in our role as representatives of GRUPO INVERSOR PETROQU&#205;MICA SL, of WST SA, and PCT LLC (the &quot;Offerors&quot;), in order to inform you that in its meeting of December 22, 2016 the Board of Directors of the Comisi&#243;n Nacional de Valores (&quot;CNV&quot;) approved the formal terms of the Mandatory Public Offering by the Offerors for a maximum of 194,651,345 Class B common shares representing up to 24.5% of the total common stock of Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. (the &quot;Offer&quot;), subject to compliance with certain requirements, pending the approval of the definitive Prospectus. The Prospectus will be published once its final version is approved, as will be the corresponding announcement in El Cronista Comercial newspaper and the Daily Bulletin of the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange, informing of the opening and closing dates of the Offer period and the others terms and conditions of the Offer.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt" align=justify>The present notice is hereby sent in order to be published as a &quot;material fact&quot; on the CNV's Financial Information Highway and informed to the Buenos Aires Stock Exchange. The information contained herein is without prejudice to the US Offer informed on 12/22/2016.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt" align=justify>Yours sincerely.</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt" align=justify>GRUPO INVERSOR PETROQU&#205;MICA S.L.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt" align=justify>WST S.A.</P>
<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Book Antiqua,Times New Roman; font-size:12pt" align=justify>PCT LLC</P>
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<P style="margin:0px; padding-left:23.8px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:12pt; page-break-before:always" align=center><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; 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="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=right>Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A.</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=36.933><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt"><B>By:</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=333.467 colspan=3><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:12pt" align=center>/s/Alejandro M. Basso</P>
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</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=270.467><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:9pt">Alejandro M. Basso</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=40><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:9pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=59.933 colspan=2><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:9pt">Title:</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=270.467><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:9pt" align=justify><B>Vice President of Administration, Finance and Services</B></P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=47.2><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt"><B>By:</B></P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px; border-bottom:1px solid #000000" valign=top width=326.467 colspan=3><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:12pt" align=center>/s/Nicol&#225;s M. Mordeglia</P>
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<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=56.733 colspan=2><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:9pt">Name:</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=270.733><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:9pt">Nicol&#225;s M. Mordeglia</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=46.2><P style="margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:9pt">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
<TR><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=56.733 colspan=2><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:9pt">Title:</P>
</TD><TD style="margin-top:0px" valign=top width=270.733><P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:9pt"><B>Legal Affairs Vice president</B></P>
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<P style="margin:0px; font-family:Courier New; font-size:11pt" align=justify>Date: December 29, 2016</P>
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