Dominican Republic - Central America - United States FTA (CAFTA-DR) (2004)
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Sector: Agronomists

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 11.2) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 11.3) Local Presence (Article 11.5)

Description: Cross-Border Services

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that pertains to obligatory membership in a professional association of agronomists.

Sector: Social Workers

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 11.2)

Description: Cross-Border Services

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that pertains to obligatory membership in a professional association of social workers.

Sector: Chemists and Pharmacists

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 11.2) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 11.3) Local Presence (Article 11.5)

Description: Cross-Border Services

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that pertains to obligatory membership in a professional association of chemists or pharmacists.

Sector: Social Services

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 11.2) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 11.3) Market Access (Article 11.4) Local Presence (Article 11.5) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.10)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the provision of law enforcement and correctional services, and the following services to the extent they are social services established or maintained for a public purpose: income security or insurance, social security or insurance, social welfare, public education, public training, health, and child care.

Sector: Minority Affairs

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 10.3 and 11.2) Local Presence (Article 11.5) Performance Requirements (Article 10.9) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.10)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure according rights or preferences to socially or economically disadvantaged minorities.

Annex II. Schedule of Nicaragua

Sector:  All Sectors

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 10.3) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.10)

Description: Investment

Nicaragua reserves the right to limit the transfer or disposal of any interest held in an existing state enterprise, such that only a Nicaraguan national may receive such interest. However, the preceding sentence pertains only to the initial transfer or disposal of such interest. Nicaragua does not reserve this right with respect to subsequent transfers or disposals of such interest.

Nicaragua reserves the right to limit control of any new enterprise created by the transfer or disposal of any interest as described in the preceding paragraph through means other than limitations on the ownership of the interest. Nicaragua also reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure related to the nationality of senior management and members of the board of directors in such new enterprise.

Sector: Minority Affairs and Indigenous Peoples

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 10.3 and 11.2) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 10.4 and 11.3) Local Presence (Article 11.5) Performance Requirements (Article 10.9) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.10)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Nicaragua reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure granting rights or preferences to socially or economically disadvantaged minorities and indigenous peoples.

Sector: Communications

Obligations Concerned: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 10.4 and 11.3)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Nicaragua reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords differential treatment to persons of other countries due to application of reciprocity measures or through international agreements involving sharing of the radio spectrum, guaranteeing market access, or national treatment with respect to the one-way satellite transmission of direct-to-home (DTH) and direct broadcasting satellite (DBS) television services and digital audio services.

Sector: All Sectors

Obligations Concerned: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 10.4 and 11.3)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Nicaragua reserves, vis-a-vis the United States and the Dominican Republic, the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords differential treatment to countries under any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or signed prior to the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

Nicaragua reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords differential treatment to countries under any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or signed after the date of entry into force of this Agreement involving:

(a) aviation;

(b) fisheries; or

(c) maritime matters, including salvage.

Sector: Coastal Lands, Islands, and River Banks

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 10.3)

Description: Investment

Nicaragua reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to coastal lands, islands, and river banks under the possession of Nicaragua.

Sector: Social Services

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 10.3 and 11.2) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 10.4 and 11.3) Local Presence (Article 11.5) Performance Requirements (Article 10.9) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.10)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Nicaragua reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the provision of law enforcement and correctional services, and the following services to the extent they are social services established or maintained for a public purpose: income security or insurance, social security or insurance, social welfare, public education, public training, health, and child care.

Annex II. Schedule of the United States

Sector: Communications

Obligations Concerned: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 10.3 and 11.2)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords differential treatment to persons of other countries due to application of reciprocity measures or through international agreements involving sharing of the radio spectrum, guaranteeing market access, or national treatment with respect to the one-way satellite transmission of direct-to-home (DTH) and direct broadcasting satellite (DBS) television services and digital audio services.

Sector: Communications - Cable Television

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 10.3) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.10)

Description: Investment

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords equivalent treatment to persons of any country that limits ownership by persons of the United States in an enterprise engaged in the operation of a cable television system in that country.

Sector: Social Services

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 10.3 and 11.2) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 10.4 and 11.3) Local Presence (Article 11.5) Performance Requirements (Article 10.9) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.10) Market Access (Article 10.4)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the provision of law enforcement and correctional services, and the following services to the extent they are social services established or maintained for a public purpose: income security or insurance, social security or insurance, social welfare, public education, public training, health, and child care.

Sector: Minority Affairs

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 10.3 and 11.2) Local Presence (Article 11.5) Performance Requirements (Article 10.9) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.10)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure according rights or preferences to socially or economically disadvantaged minorities, including corporations organized under the laws of the State of Alaska in accordance with the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act.

Existing Measures: Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, 43 U.S.C. §§ 1601 et seq.

Sector: Transportation

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 10.3 and 11.2) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 10.4 and 11.3) Local Presence (Article 11.5) Performance Requirements (Article 10.9) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.10)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to the provision of maritime transportation services and the operation of U.S.-flagged vessels, including the following:

(a) requirements for investment in, ownership and control of, and operation of vessels and other marine structures, including drill rigs, in maritime cabotage services, including maritime cabotage services performed in the domestic offshore trades, the coastwise trades, U.S. territorial waters, waters above the continental shelf, and in the inland waterways;

(b) requirements for investment in, ownership and control of, and operation of U.S.-flagged vessels in foreign trades;

(c) requirements for investment in, ownership or control of, and operation of vessels engaged in fishing and related activities in U.S. territorial waters and the Exclusive Economic Zone;

(d)  requirements related to documenting a vessel under the US. flag;

(e) promotional programs, including tax benefits, available for shipowners, operators, and vessels meeting certain requirements;

(f) certification, licensing, and citizenship requirements for crew members on U.S.-flagged vessels;

(g) manning requirements for U.S.-flagged vessels;

(h) all matters under the jurisdiction of the Federal Maritime Commission;

(i) negotiation and implementation of bilateral and other international maritime agreements and understandings;

(j) limitations on longshore work performed by crew members;

(k) tonnage duties and light money assessments for entering U.S. waters; and

(l) certification, licensing, and citizenship requirements for pilots performing pilotage services in U.S. territorial waters.

The following activities are not included in this reservation. However, the treatment provided to a Party under (b) is conditional upon obtaining comparable market access in these sectors from that Party:

(a) vessel construction and repair; and

(b) landside aspects of port activities, including operation and maintenance of docks; loading and unloading of vessels directly to or from land; marine cargo handling; operation and maintenance of piers; ship cleaning; stevedoring; transfer of cargo between vessels and trucks, trains, pipelines, and wharves; waterfront terminal operations; boat cleaning; canal operation; dismantling of vessels; operation of marine railways for drydocking; marine surveyors, except cargo; marine wrecking of vessels for scrap; and ship classification societies.

Existing Measures: Merchant Marine Act of 1920, §§ 19 and 27, 46 U.S.C. App. § 876 and § 883 et seq.

Jones Act Waiver Statute, 64 Stat 1120, 46 U.S.C. App.,note preceding Section 1

Shipping Act of 1916, 46 U.S.C. App. §§ 802 and 808

Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 46 U.S.C. App. §§ 1151 et seq., 1160-61, 1171 et seq., 1241(b), 1241-1, 1244, and 1271 et seq.

Merchant Ship Sales Act of 1946, 50 U.S.C. App. § 1738

46 U.S.C. App. §§ 121, 292, and 316

46 U.S.C. §§ 12101 et seq. and 31301 et seq.

46 U.S.C. §§ 8904 and 31328(2)

Passenger Vessel Act, 46 U.S.C. App. § 289

42 U.S.C. §§ 9601 et seq.; 33 U.S.C. §§ 2701 et seq.;

33 U.S.C. §§ 1251 et seq.

46 U.S.C. §§ 3301 et seq., 3701 et seq., 8103, and 12107(b)

Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. App. §§ 1708 and 1712

The Foreign Shipping Practices Act of 1988, 46 U.S.C.App. § 1710a

Merchant Marine Act, 1920, 46 U.S.C. App. §§ 861 et seq.

Shipping Act of 1984, 46 U.S.C. App. §§ 1701 et seq.

Alaska North Slope, 104 Pub. L. 58; 109 Stat. 557

Longshore restrictions and reciprocity, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1101 et seq.

Vessel escort provisions, Section 1119 of Pub. L. 106-554, as amended

Nicholson Act, 46 U.S.C. App. § 251

Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Anti-Reflagging Act of 1987, 46 U.S.C. § 2101 and 46 U.S.C. § 12108

43 U.S.C. § 1841

22 U.S.C. § 1980

Intercoastal Shipping Act, 46 U.S.C. App. § 843

46 U.S.C. § 9302, 46 U.S.C. § 8502; Agreement Governing the Operation of Pilotage on the Great Lakes, Exchange of Notes at Ottawa, August 23, 1978, and March 29, 1979, TIAS 9445

Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16

U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq.

19 U.S.C. § 1466

North Pacific Anadramous Stocks Convention Act of 1972,

P.L. 102-587; Oceans Act of 1992, Title VII

Tuna Convention Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 951 et seq.

South Pacific Tuna Act of 1988, 16 U.S.C. §§ 973 et seq.

Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982, 16 U.S.C. §§ 773 et seq.

Atlantic Tunas Convention Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 971 et seq.

Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act of 1984, 16 U.S.C. §§ 2431 et seq.

Pacific Salmon Treaty Act of 1985, 16 U.S.C. §§ 3631 et seq.

American Fisheries Act, 46 U.S.C. § 12102(c) and 46

U.S.C. § 31322(a)

Sector: All

Obligations Concerned: Market Access (Article 11.4)

Description: Cross-Border Services

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that is not inconsistent with the United States' obligations under Article XVI of the General Agreement on Trade in Services.

Sector: All

Obligations Concerned: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 10.4 and 11.3)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords differential treatment to countries under any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or signed prior to the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords differential treatment to countries under any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or signed after the date of entry into force of this Agreement involving:

(a) aviation;

  • Chapter   One Initial Provisions 1
  • Article   1.1 Establishment of a Free Trade Area 1
  • Article   1.2 Objectives 1
  • Article   1.3 Relation to other Agreements 1
  • Article   1.4 Extent of Obligations 1
  • Chapter   Two General Definitions 1
  • Article   2.1 Definitions of General Application 1
  • Annex 2.1  Country-Specific Definitions 1
  • Chapter   Three National Treatment and Market Access for Goods 1
  • Article   3.1 Scope and Coverage 1
  • Section   A National Treatment 1
  • Article   3.2 National Treatment 1
  • Section   B Tariff Elimination 1
  • Article   3.3 Tariff Elimination 1
  • Section   C Special Regimes 1
  • Article   3.4 Waiver of Customs Duties 1
  • Article   3.5 Temporary Admission of Goods 1
  • Article   3.6 Goods Re-entered after Repair or Alteration 2
  • Article   3.7 Duty-Free Entry of Commercial Samples of Negligible Value and Printed Advertising Materials 2
  • Section   D Non-Tariff Measures 2
  • Article   3.8 Import and Export Restrictions 2
  • Article   3.9 Import Licensing 2
  • Article   3.10 Administrative Fees and Formalities 2
  • Article   3.11 Export Taxes 2
  • Section   E Other Measures 2
  • Article   3.12 Distinctive Products 2
  • Section   F Agriculture 2
  • Article   3.13 Administration and Implementation of Tariff-Rate Quotas 2
  • Article   3.14 Agricultural Export Subsidies 2
  • Article   3.15 Agricultural Safeguard Measures 2
  • Article   3.16 Sugar Compensation Mechanism 2
  • Article   3.17 Consultations on Trade In Chicken 2
  • Article   3.18 Agriculture Review Commission 2
  • Article   3.19 Committee on Agricultural Trade 2
  • Section   G Textiles and Apparel 2
  • Article   3.20 Refund of Customs Duties 2
  • Article   3.21 Duty-Free Treatment for Certain Goods 2
  • Article   3.22 Elimination of Existing Quantitative Restrictions 2
  • Article   3.23 Textile Safeguard Measures 2
  • Article   3.24 Customs Cooperation  (3) 2
  • Article   3.25 Rules of Origin and Related Matters 3
  • Article   3.26 Most-Favored-Nation Rates of Duty on Certain Goods 3
  • Article   3.27 Preferential Tariff Treatment for Wool Apparel Goods Assembled In Costa Rica 3
  • Article   3.28 Preferential Tariff Treatment for Non-Originating Apparel Goods of Nicaragua 3
  • Article   3.29 Definitions 3
  • Section   H Institutional Provisions 3
  • Article   3.30 Committee on Trade In Goods 3
  • Section   I Definitions 3
  • Article   3.31 Definitions 3
  • Chapter   Four Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures 3
  • Section   A Rules of Origin 3
  • Article   4.1 Originating Goods 3
  • Article   4.2 Regional Value Content 3
  • Article   4.3 Value of Materials 3
  • Article   4.4 Further Adjustments to the Value of Materials 3
  • Article   4.5 Accumulation 4
  • Article   4.6 De Minimis 4
  • Article   4.7 Fungible Goods and Materials 4
  • Article   4.8 Accessories, Spare Parts, and Tools 4
  • Article   4.9 Packaging Materials and Containers for Retail Sale 4
  • Article   4.10 Packing Materials and Containers for Shipment 4
  • Article   4.11 Indirect Materials Used In Production 4
  • Article   4.12 Transit and Transshipment 4
  • Article   4.13 Sets of Goods 4
  • Article   4.14 Consultation and Modifications 4
  • Section   B Origin Procedures 4
  • Article   4.15 Obligations Relating to Importations 4
  • Article   4.16 Claims of Origin 4
  • Article   4.17 Exceptions 4
  • Article   4.18 Obligations Relating to Exportations 4
  • Article   4.19 Record Keeping Requirements 4
  • Article   4.20 Verification 4
  • Article   4.21 Common Guidelines 4
  • Article   4.22 Definitions 4
  • Chapter   Five Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation 5
  • Article   5.1 Publication 5
  • Article   5.2 Release of Goods 5
  • Article   5.3 Automation 5
  • Article   5.4 Risk Management 5
  • Article   5.5 Cooperation 5
  • Article   5.6 Confidentiality 5
  • Article   5.7 Express Shipments 5
  • Article   5.8 Review and Appeal 5
  • Article   5.10 Advance Rulings 5
  • Article   5.12 Capacity Building 5
  • Chapter   Six Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 5
  • Article   6.1 Affirmation of the SPS Agreement 5
  • Article   6.2 Scope and Coverage 5
  • Article   6.3 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Matters 5
  • Chapter   Seven Technical Barriers to Trade 5
  • Article   7.1 Affirmation of the TBT Agreement 5
  • Article   7.2 Scope and Coverage 5
  • Article   7.3 International Standards 5
  • Article   7.4 Trade Facilitation 5
  • Article   7.5 Conformity Assessment 5
  • Article   7.6 Technical Regulations 6
  • Article   7.7 Transparency 6
  • Article   7.8 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade 6
  • Article   7.9 Information Exchange 6
  • Article   7.10 Definitions 6
  • Chapter   Eight Trade Remedies 6
  • Section   A Safeguards 6
  • Article   8.1 Imposition of a Safeguard Measure 6
  • Article   8.2 Standards for a Safeguard Measure 6
  • Article   8.3 Administration of Safeguard Proceedings 6
  • Article   8.4 Notification and Consultation  6
  • Article   8.5 Compensation 6
  • Article   8.6 Global Actions 6
  • Article   8.7 Definitions 6
  • Section   B Antidumping and Countervailing Duties 6
  • Article   8.8 Antidumping and Countervailing Duties 6
  • Chapter   Nine Government Procurement 6
  • Article   9.1 Scope and Coverage 6
  • Article   9.2 General Principles 6
  • Article   9.3 Publication of Procurement Measures 6
  • Article   9.4 Publication of Notice of Intended Procurement 6
  • Article   9.5 Time Limits for the Tendering Process 6
  • Article   9.6 Tender Documentation 6
  • Article   9.7 Technical Specifications 6
  • Article   9.8 Requirements and Conditions for Participating In Procurement 7
  • Article   9.9 Tendering Procedures 7
  • Article   9.10 Awarding of Contracts 7
  • Article   9.11 Information on Contract Awards 7
  • Article   9.12 Non-Disclosure of Information 7
  • Article   9.13 Ensuring Integrity In Procurement Practices 7
  • Article   9.14 Exceptions 7
  • Article   9.15 Domestic Review of Supplier Challenges 7
  • Article   9.16 Modifications and Rectifications to Coverage 7
  • Article   9.17 Definitions 7
  • Chapter   Ten Investment 7
  • Section   A Investment 7
  • Article   10.1 Scope and Coverage 7
  • Article   10.2 Relation to other Chapters 7
  • Article   10.3 National Treatment 7
  • Article   10.4 Most-Favored-Nation Treatment 7
  • Article   10.5 Minimum Standard of Treatment  (1) 7
  • Article   10.6 Treatment In Case of Strife 7
  • Article   10.7 Expropriation and Compensation  (3) 7
  • Article   10.8 Transfers 7
  • Article   10.9 Performance Requirements 8
  • Article   10.10 Senior Management and Boards of Directors 8
  • Article   10.11 Investment and Environment 8
  • Article   10.12 Denial of Benefits 8
  • Article   10.13 Non-Conforming Measures 8
  • Article   10.14 Special Formalities and Information Requirements 8
  • Section   B Investor-State Dispute Settlement 8
  • Article   10.15 Consultation and Negotiation 8
  • Article   10.16 Submission of a Claim to Arbitration 8
  • Article   10.17 Consent of Each Party to Arbitration 8
  • Article   10.18 Conditions and Limitations on Consent of Each Party 8
  • Article   10.19 Selection of Arbitrators 8
  • Article   10.20 Conduct of the Arbitration 8
  • Article   10.21 Transparency of Arbitral Proceedings 8
  • Article   10.22 Governing Law 9
  • Article   10.24 Expert Reports 9
  • Article   10.25 Consolidation 9
  • Article   10.26 Awards 9
  • Article   10.27 Service of Documents 9
  • Section   C Definitions 9
  • Article   10.28 Definitions 9
  • Annex 10-A  Public Debt 9
  • Annex 10-B  Customary International Law 9
  • Annex 10-C  Expropriation 9
  • Annex 10-D  Treatment in Case of Strife 9
  • Annex 10-E  Submission of a Claim to Arbitration 9
  • Annex 10-F  Appellate Body or Similar Mechanism 9
  • Annex 10-G  Service of Documents on a Party Under Section B 9
  • Chapter   Eleven Cross-Border Trade In Services 10
  • Article   11.1 Scope and Coverage 10
  • Article   11.2 National Treatment 10
  • Article   11.3 Most-Favored-Nation Treatment 10
  • Article   11.4 Market Access 10
  • Article   11.5 Local Presence 10
  • Article   11.6 Non-conforming Measures 10
  • Article   11.7 Transparency In Developing and Applying Regulations  (3) 10
  • Article   11.8 Domestic Regulation 10
  • Article   11.9 Mutual Recognition 10
  • Article   11.10 Transfers and Payments 10
  • Article   11.11 Implementation 10
  • Article   11.12 Denial of Benefits 10
  • Article   11.13 Specific Commitments 10
  • Article   11.14 Definitions 10
  • Chapter   Twelve Financial Services 10
  • Article   12.1 Scope and Coverage 10
  • Article   12.2 National Treatment 10
  • Article   12.3 Most-Favored-Nation Treatment 10
  • Article   12.4 Market Access for Financial Institutions 11
  • Article   12.5 Cross-Border Trade 11
  • Article   12.6 New Financial Services  (3) 11
  • Article   12.7 Treatment of Certain Information 11
  • Article   12.8 Senior Management and Boards of Directors 11
  • Article   12.9 Non-Conforming Measures 11
  • Article   12.10 Exceptions 11
  • Article   12.11 Transparency 11
  • Article   12.12 Self-Regulatory Organizations 11
  • Article   12.13 Payment and Clearing Systems 11
  • Article   12.14 Domestic Regulation 11
  • Article   12.15 Expedited Availability of Insurance Services 11
  • Article   12.16 Financial Services Committee 11
  • Article   12.17 Consultations 11
  • Article   12.18 Dispute Settlement 11
  • Article   12.19 Investment Disputes In Financial Services 11
  • Article   12.20 Definitions 11
  • Chapter   Thirtheen Telecommunications  (1) 12
  • Article   13.1 Scope and Coverage 12
  • Article   13.2 Access to and Use of Public Telecommunications Services 12
  • Article   13.3 Obligations Relating to Suppliers of Public Telecommunications Services  (2) 12
  • Article   13.4 Additional Obligations Relating to Major Suppliers of Public Telecommunications Services  (4) 12
  • Article   13.5 Submarine Cable Systems 12
  • Article   13.6 Conditions for the Supply of Information Services 12
  • Article   13.7 Independent Regulatory Bodies and Government-Owned Telecommunications Suppliers  (9) 12
  • Article   13.8 Universal Service 12
  • Article   13.9 Licenses and other Authorizations 12
  • Article   13.10 Allocation and Use of Scarce Resources 12
  • Article   13.11 Enforcement 12
  • Article   13.12 Resolution of Domestic Telecommunications Disputes 12
  • Article   13.13 Transparency 12
  • Article   13.14 Flexibility In the Choice of Technologies 12
  • Article   13.15 Forbearance 12
  • Article   13.16 Relationship to other Chapters 13
  • Article   13.17 Definitions 13
  • Chapter   Fourteen Electronic Commerce 13
  • Article   14.1 General 13
  • Article   14.2 Electronic Supply of Services 13
  • Article   14.3 Digital Products 13
  • Article   14.4 Transparency 13
  • Article   14.5 Cooperation 13
  • Article   14.6 Definitions 13
  • Chapter   Fifteen Intellectual Property Rights 13
  • Article   15.1 General Provisions 13
  • Article   15.2 Trademarks 13
  • Article   15.3 Geographical Indications Definition 13
  • Article   15.4 Domain Names on the Internet 13
  • Article   15.5 Obligations Pertaining to Copyright and Related Rights 13
  • Article   15.6 Obligations Pertaining Specifically to Copyright 14
  • Article   15.7 Obligations Pertaining Specifically to Related Rights 14
  • Article   15.8 Protection of Encrypted Program-Carrying Satellite Signals 14
  • Article   15.9 Patents 14
  • Article   15.10 Measures Related to Certain Regulated Products 14
  • Article   15.11 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 14
  • Article   15.12 Final Provisions 15
  • Chapter   Sixteen Labor 15
  • Article   16.1 Statement of Shared Commitment 15
  • Article   16.2 Enforcement of Labor Laws 15
  • Article   16.3 Procedural Guarantees and Public Awareness 15
  • Article   16.4 Institutional Arrangements 15
  • Article   16.5 Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism 15
  • Article   16.6 Cooperative Labor Consultations 15
  • Article   16.7 Labor Roster 15
  • Article   16.8 Definitions 15
  • Annex 16.5  Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism 15
  • Chapter   Seventeen Environment 16
  • Article   17.1 Levels of Protection 16
  • Article   17.2 Enforcement of Environmental Laws 16
  • Article   17.3 Procedural Matters 16
  • Article   17.4 Voluntary Mechanisms to Enhance Environmental Performance 16
  • Article   17.5 Environmental Affairs Council 16
  • Article   17.6 Opportunities for Public Participation 16
  • Article   17.7 Submissions on Enforcement Matters 16
  • Article   17.8 Factual Records and Related Cooperation 16
  • Article   17.9 Environmental Cooperation 16
  • Article   17.10 Collaborative Environmental Consultations 16
  • Article   17.11 Environmental Roster 16
  • Article   17.12 Relationship to Environmental Agreements 16
  • Article   17.13 Definitions 16
  • Annex 17.9  Environmental Cooperation 17
  • Chapter   Eighteen Transparency 17
  • Section   A Transparency 17
  • Article   18.1 Contact Points 17
  • Article   18.2 Publication 17
  • Article   18.3 Notification and Provision of Information 17
  • Article   18.4 Administrative Proceedings 17
  • Article   18.5 Review and Appeal 17
  • Article   18.6 Definitions 17
  • Section   B Anti-Corruption 17
  • Article   18.7 Statement of Principle 17
  • Article   18.8 Anti-Corruption Measures 17
  • Article   18.9 Cooperation In International Fora 17
  • Article   18.10 Definitions 17
  • Chapter   Nineteen Administration of the Agreement and Trade Capacity Building 17
  • Section   A Administration of the Agreement 17
  • Article   19.1 The Free Trade Commission 17
  • Article   19.2 Free Trade Agreement Coordinators 17
  • Article   19.3 Administration of Dispute Settlement Proceedings 17
  • Section   B Trade Capacity Building 17
  • Article   19.4 Committee on Trade Capacity Building 17
  • Annex 19.1  The Free Trade Commission 17
  • Annex 19.1.4  Implementation of Modifications Approved by the Commission 17
  • Annex 19.2  Free Trade Agreement Coordinators 17
  • Annex 19.3  Remuneration and Payment of Expenses 17
  • Chapter   Twenty Dispute Settlement 17
  • Section   A Dispute Settlement 17
  • Article   20.1 Cooperation 17
  • Article   20.2 Scope of Application 17
  • Article   20.3 Choice of Forum 18
  • Article   20.4 Consultations 18
  • Article   20.5 Commission - Good Offices, Conciliation, and Mediation 18
  • Article   20.6 Request for an Arbitral Panel 18
  • Article   20.7 Roster 18
  • Article   20.8 Qualifications of Panelists 18
  • Article   20.9 Panel Selection 18
  • Article   20.10 Rules of Procedure 18
  • Article   20.11 Third Party Participation 18
  • Article   20.12 Role of Experts 18
  • Article   20.13 Initial Report 18
  • Article   20.14 Final Report 18
  • Article   20.15 Implementation of Final Report 18
  • Article   20.16 Non-Implementation - Suspension of Benefits 18
  • Article   20.17 Non-Implementation In Certain Disputes 18
  • Article   20.18 Compliance Review 18
  • Article   20.19 Five-Year Review 18
  • Section   B Domestic Proceedings and Private Commercial Dispute Settlement 18
  • Article   20.20 Referral of Matters from Judicial or Administrative Proceedings 18
  • Article   20.21 Private Rights 18
  • Article   20.22 Alternative Dispute Resolution 19
  • Annex 20.2  Nullification or Impairment 19
  • Annex 20.17  Inflation Adjustment Formula for Monetary Assessments 19
  • Chapter   Twenty-One Exceptions 19
  • Article   21.1 General Exceptions 19
  • Article   21.2 Essential Security 19
  • Article   21.3 Taxation 19
  • Article   21.4 Balance of Payments Measures on Trade In Goods 19
  • Article   21.5 Disclosure of Information 19
  • Article   21.6 Definitions 19
  • Annex 21.3  Competent Authorities 19
  • Chapter   Twenty-Two Final Provisions 19
  • Article   22.1 Annexes, Appendices, and Footnotes 19
  • Article   22.2 Amendments 19
  • Article   22.3 Amendment of the WTO Agreement 19
  • Article   22.4 Reservations 19
  • Article   22.5 Entry Into Force 19
  • Article   22.6 Accession 19
  • Article   22.7 Withdrawal 19
  • Article   22.8 Depositary 19
  • Article   22.9 Authentic Texts 19
  • Annex I  Explanatory Notes 19
  • Annex I  Schedule of Costa Rica 19
  • Annex I  Schedule of the Dominican Republic 22
  • Annex I  Schedule of El Salvador 24
  • Annex I  Schedule of Guatemala 25
  • Annex I  Schedule of Honduras 26
  • Annex I  Schedule of Nicaragua 28
  • Annex I  Schedule of the United States 30
  • Annex II  31
  • Annex II  Schedule of Costa Rica 31
  • Annex II  Schedule of the Dominican Republic 31
  • Annex II  Schedule of El Salvador 31
  • Annex II  Schedule of Guatemala 31
  • Annex II  Schedule of Honduras 31
  • Annex II  Schedule of Nicaragua 32
  • Annex II  Schedule of the United States 32