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Article 33. Fulfillment of Obligations

1. The Parties shall take all necessary measures to ensure the achievement of the objectives of this Agreement and the fulfillment of their obligations under this Agreement. Should any divergence with respect to the interpretation and application of this Agreement arise, the Parties shall make every effort through cooperation and consultations to arrive at a mutually satisfactory solution.

2. Either Party may request consultations with the other Party regarding any actual or proposed measure or any other matter that it considers might affect the operation of this Agreement. The Party requesting consultations shall at the same time notify the other Party in writing thereof and supply all relevant information.

3. The consultations shall take place in the Joint Committee, if any of the Parties so request, within 10 days from the receipt of the notification referred to in paragraph 2, with a view to finding a commonly acceptable solution.

Article 34. Dispute Settlement

1. Either Party may refer to the Joint Committee any dispute relating to the application or interpretation of this Agreement.

2. The Joint Committee may settle the dispute by means of decision.

3. Each Party shall be bound to take measures involved in carrying out the decision referred to in paragraph 2.

4. In the event if it not being possible to settle the dispute in accordance with paragraph 2, either Party may notify the other of the appointment of an arbitrator; the other Party must then appoint a second arbitrator within two months.

5. The Joint Committee shall appoint a third arbitrator.

6. The arbitrators' decisions shall be taken by majority vote.

7. Each Party to the dispute shall take the steps required to implement the decision of the arbitrators.

Article 35. Evolutionary Clause

1. Where either Party considers that it would be useful and in the interest of the economies of the Parties to develop the relations established by this Agreement by extending them to fields not covered thereby, it shall submit a request to the other Party. The Joint Committee shall examine this request and, where appropriate, to make recommendations, particularly with a view to opening negotiations.

2. Agreements resulting from the procedure referred to in paragraph 1 will be subject to ratification or approval by the Parties to this Agreement in accordance with their national legislation.

Article 36. Amendments

Amendments to this Agreement, as well as to its Annexes and Protocols, shall enter into force on the date of receipt of the latter written notification through diplomatic channels, by which the Parties inform each other that all necessary requirements foreseen by their national legislation for the entry into force of this Agreement have been fulfilled.

Article 37. Protocols and Annexes

Protocols and Annexes to this Agreement shall form an integral part thereof. The Joint Committee may decide to amend the Protocols and Annexes in accordance with the national legislation of the Parties.

Article 38. Validity and Termination

1. This Agreement is concluded for an unlimited period.

2. Either party may denounce this Agreement by a written notification to the other Party. The Agreement shall terminate on the first day of the sixth month following the date when the other Party received the denunciation notice.

Article 39. Entry Into Force

This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the second month, following the date of the receipt of the latter written notification through diplomatic channels, by which the Parties inform each other that all necessary requirements foreseen by their national legislation for the entry into force of this Agreement have been fulfilled.

Conclusion

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned plenipotentiaries, being duly authorized thereto, have signed this Agreement.

DONE at................, this....day of ….…..., in two originals each in the Turkish, Arabic and English languages, all texts being equally authentic. In case of any divergence in the interpretation of this Agreement, the English text shall prevail.

For the Republic of Turkey

Kürşad TÜZMEN

State Minister

For the Arab Republic of Egypt

Rachid Mohamed RACHID

Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry

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  • Article   1 Objectives 1
  • Article   2 Basic Duties and Classification of Goods 1
  • Chapter   I Industrial Products 1
  • Article   3 Scope 1
  • Article   4 Customs Duties on Imports and Charges Having Equivalent Effect 1
  • Article   5 Customs Duties of a Fiscal Nature 1
  • Article   6 Quantitative Restrictions on Imports and Measures Having Equivalent Effect 1
  • Article   7 Customs Duties on Exports and Charges Having Equivalent Effect 1
  • Article   8 Quantitative Restrictions on Exports and Measures Having Equivalent Effect 1
  • Chapter   II Basic Agricultural, Processed Agricultural and Fishery Products 1
  • Article   9 Scope 1
  • Article   10 Exchange of Concessions 1
  • Article   11 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 1
  • Chapter   III Common Provisions 1
  • Article   12 Internal Taxation 1
  • Article   13 Trade Relations Governed by other Agreements 1
  • Article   14 Structural Adjustment 1
  • Article   15 Dumping 1
  • Article   16 Safeguard Measures 1
  • Article   17 Re-export and Serious Shortage 1
  • Article   18 General Exceptions 1
  • Article   19 Balance of Payments Difficulties 1
  • Article   20 Rules of Origin and Co-operation between the Customs Administrations 1
  • Chapter   IV State Monopolies, Competition Rules, Payments and other Economic Provisions 1
  • Article   21 Payments and Transfers 1
  • Article   22 Rules of Competition Concerning Undertakings 1
  • Article   23 Subsidies 1
  • Article   24 Intellectual Property Rights 1
  • Article   25 State Monopolies 1
  • Article   26 Public Procurement 1
  • Article   27 Technical Regulations 1
  • Article   28 Investment Promotion 1
  • Chapter   V Trade In Services 1
  • Article   29 1
  • Chapter   VI Institutional and Final Provisions 1
  • Article   30 Establishment of the Joint Committee 1
  • Article   31 Procedures of the Joint Committee 1
  • Article   32 Security Exceptions 1
  • Article   33 Fulfillment of Obligations 2
  • Article   34 Dispute Settlement 2
  • Article   35 Evolutionary Clause 2
  • Article   36 Amendments 2
  • Article   37 Protocols and Annexes 2
  • Article   38 Validity and Termination 2
  • Article   39 Entry Into Force 2