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8. Provided that conditions for access to and use of public telecommunications transport networks or services satisfy the criteria set out in paragraph 7, such conditions may include:

(a) a restriction on resale or shared use of such services;

(b) a requirement to use specified technical interfaces, including interface protocols, for interconnection with such networks or services;

(c) a restriction on interconnection of private leased or owned circuits with such networks or services or with circuits leased or owned by another person; and

(d) a licensing, permit, concession, registration or notification procedure which, if adopted or maintained, is transparent and applications filed thereunder are processed expeditiously.

Article 12-04. Conditions for the Provision of Enhanced or Value-Added Services

1. Each Party shall ensure that:

(a) any licensing, permit, concession, registration or notification procedure that it adopts or maintains relating to the provision of enhanced or value-added services is transparent and non-discriminatory, and that applications filed thereunder are processed expeditiously; and

(b) information required under such procedures is limited to that necessary to demonstrate that the applicant has the financial solvency to begin providing services or to assess conformity of the applicant's terminal or other equipment with the Party's applicable standards or technical regulations.

2. Neither Party may require a person providing enhanced or value-added services to:

(a) provide those services to the public generally;

(b) cost-justify its rates;

(c) file a tariff;

(d) interconnect its networks with any particular customer or network; or

(e) conform with any particular standard or technical regulation for interconnection other than for interconnection to a public telecommunications transport network.

3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2(c), a Party may require the filing of a tariff by:

(a) such provider to remedy a practice of that provider that the Party has found in a particular case to be anti-competitive under its law; or

(b) a monopoly to which Article 12-06 applies.

Article 12-05. Standards-Related Measures

1. Each Party shall ensure that its standards-related measures relating to the attachment of terminal or other equipment to the public telecommunications transport networks, including those measures relating to the use of testing and measuring equipment for conformity assessment procedures, are adopted or maintained only to the extent necessary to:

(a) prevent technical damage to public telecommunications transport networks;

(b) prevent technical interference with, or degradation of, public telecommunications transport services;

(c) prevent electromagnetic interference, and ensure compatibility, with other uses of the electromagnetic spectrum;

(d) prevent billing equipment malfunction;

(e) ensure users' safety and access to public telecommunications transport networks or services; or

(f) ensure efficient use of the electromagnetic spectrum.

2. A Party may require approval for the attachment to the public telecommunications transport network of terminal or other equipment that is not authorized, provided that the criteria for that approval are consistent with paragraph 1.

3. Each Party shall ensure that the network termination points for its public telecommunications transport networks are defined on a reasonable and transparent basis.

4. Neither Party may require separate authorization for equipment that is connected on the customer’s side of authorized equipment that serves as a protective device fulfilling the criteria of paragraph 1.

5. Each Party shall:

(a) ensure that its conformity assessment procedures are transparent and non-discriminatory and that applications filed thereunder are processed expeditiously;

(b) permit any technically qualified entity to perform the testing required under the Party's conformity assessment procedures for terminal or other equipment to be attached to the public telecommunications transport network, subject to the Party's right to review the accuracy and completeness of the test results; and

(c) ensure that any measure that it adopts or maintains requiring persons to be authorized to act as agents for suppliers of telecommunications equipment before the Party's relevant conformity assessment bodies is non-discriminatory.

6. No later than eighteen months after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, each Party shall adopt, as part of its conformity assessment procedures, provisions necessary to accept the test results from laboratories or testing facilities in the territory of the other Party for tests performed in accordance with the accepting Party's standards-related measures and procedures.

7. The Sub-Committee on Telecommunications Standards shall perform the functions set out in Article 8-11(4) (Committee on Standards-Related Measures).

Article 12-06. Monopolies

1. Where a Party maintains or designates a monopoly to provide public telecommunications transport networks or services, and the monopoly, directly or through an affiliate, competes in the provision of enhanced or value-added services or other telecommunications-related services or telecommunications-related goods, the Party shall ensure that the monopoly does not use its monopoly position to engage in anti-competitive conduct in those markets, either directly or through its dealings with its affiliates, in such a manner as to affect adversely a person of the other Party. Such conduct may include cross-subsidization, predatory conduct and the discriminatory provision of access to public telecommunications transport networks or services.

2. To prevent such anti-competitive conduct, each Party shall adopt or maintain effective measures, such as:

(a) accounting requirements;

(b) requirements for structural separation;

(c) tules to ensure that the monopoly accords its competitors access to and use of its public telecommunications transport networks or services on terms and conditions no less favourable than those it accords to itself or its affiliates; or

(d) tules to ensure the timely disclosure of technical changes to public telecommunications transport networks and their interfaces.

Article 12-07. Transparency

Further to Article 16-03 (Publication), each Party shall make publicly available its measures relating to access to and use of public telecommunications transport networks or services, including measures relating to:

(a) tariffs and other terms and conditions of service;

(b) specifications of technical interfaces with the networks or services;

(c) information on bodies responsible for the preparation and adoption of standards-related measures affecting such access and use;

(d) conditions applying to attachment of terminal or other equipment to the networks; and

(e) notification, permit, registration, certification, licensing or concession requirements.

Article 12-08. Relation to other Chapters

In the event of any inconsistency between this Chapter and another Chapter, this Chapter shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.

Article 12-09. Relation to International Organizations and Agreements

The Parties recognize the importance of international standards for global compatibility and interoperability of telecommunication networks or services and undertake to promote those standards through the work of relevant international bodies, including the International Telecommunication Union and the International Organization for Standardization.

Article 12-10. Technical Cooperation and other Consultations

1. To encourage the development of interoperable telecommunications transport services infrastructure, the Parties shall cooperate in the exchange of technical information, the development of government-to-government training programmes and other related activities. In implementing this obligation, the Parties shall give special emphasis to existing exchange programmes.

2. The Parties shall consult with a view to determining the feasibility of further liberalizing trade in all telecommunications services, including public telecommunications transport networks and services.

Chapter 13. TEMPORARY ENTRY FOR BUSINESS PERSONS

Article 13-01. Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter:

business person means a citizen of a Party who is engaged in trade in goods, the provision of services or the conduct of investment activities;

citizen means "citizen" as defined in Article 2-01 (Definitions of General Application) but does not include permanent residents; and

temporary entry means entry into the territory of a Party by a business person of the other Party without the intent to establish permanent residence.

Article 13-02. General Principles

Further to Article 1-02 (Objectives), this Chapter reflects the preferential trading relationship between the Parties, the desirability of facilitating temporary entry on areciprocal basis and of establishing transparent criteria and procedures for temporary entry, and the need to ensure border security and to protect the domestic labour force and permanent employment in their respective territories.

Article 13-03. General Obligations

1. Each Party shall apply its measures relating to the provisions of this Chapter in accordance with Article 13-02 and, in particular, shall apply those measures expeditiously so as to avoid unduly impairing or delaying trade in goods or services or conduct of investment activities under this Agreement.

2. The Parties shall endeavour to develop and adopt common criteria, definitions and interpretations for the implementation of this Chapter.

Article 13-04. Grant of Temporary Entry

1. Each Party shall grant temporary entry to business persons who are otherwise qualified for entry under applicable measures relating to public health and safety and national security, in accordance with this Chapter, including the provisions of Annex 13-04 and 13-04(1).

2. A Party may refuse to issue an immigration document authorizing employment to a business person where the temporary entry of that person might affect adversely:

(a) the settlement of any labour dispute that is in progress at the place or intended place of employment; or

(b) the employment of any person who is involved in such dispute.

3. When a Party refuses pursuant to paragraph 2 to issue an immigration document authorizing employment, it shall:

(a) inform in writing the business person of the reasons for the refusal; and

(b) promptly notify in writing the other Party of the reasons for the refusal.

4. Each Party shall limit any fees for processing applications for temporary entry of business persons to the approximate cost of services rendered.

Article 13-05. Provision of Information

1. Further to Article 16-03 (Publication), each Party shall:

(a) provide to the other Party such materials as will enable it to become acquainted with its measures relating to this Chapter; and

(b) no later than one year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, prepare, publish and make available in its own territory, and in the territory of the other Party, explanatory material ina consolidated document regarding the requirements for temporary entry under this Chapter in such a manner as will enable business persons of the other Party to become acquainted with them.

2. Each Party shall collect and maintain, and make available to the other Party in accordance with its domestic law, data respecting the granting of temporary entry under this Chapter to business persons of the other Party who have been issued immigration documentation, including data specific to each occupation, profession or activity.

Article 13-06. Temporary Entry Working Group

1. The Parties hereby establish a Temporary Entry Working Group, comprising representatives of each Party, including immigration officials, for the purpose of considering implementation and administration of this Chapter and measures of mutual interest.

2. The Working Group shall meet at least once each year to consider:

(a) the implementation and administration of this Chapter;

(b) the development of measures to further facilitate temporary entry of business persons on a reciprocal basis;

(c) the waiving of labour certification tests or procedures of similar effect for spouses of business persons who have been granted temporary entry for more than one year under Section B, Cor Dof Annex 13- 04; and

(d) proposed modifications of or additions to Annex 13-04 and 13-04(1) which, by consensus, shall be presented to the Commission in accordance with Article 17-01(3}(c) (Free Trade Commission).

Article 13-07. Dispute Settlement

1. A Party may not initiate proceedings under Article 18-05 (Commission - Good Offices, Conciliation and Mediation) regarding a refusal to grant temporary entry under this Chapter or a particular case arising under Article 13-03 unless:

(a) the matter involves a pattern of practice; and

(b) the business person has exhausted the available administrative remedies regarding the particular matter.

2. The remedies referred to in paragraph (1}(b) shall be deemed to be exhausted if a final determination in the matter has not been issued by the competent authority within one year of the institution of an administrative proceeding, and the failure to issue a determination is not attributable to delay caused by the business person.

Article 13-08. Relation to other Chapters

Except for this Chapter, Chapters 1 (Initial Provisions), 2 (General Definitions), 17 (Administration of the Treaty), 18 (Dispute Settlement) and 20 (Final Provisions) and Article 16-02 (Contact Points), 16-03 (Publication), 16-04 (Notification and Provision of Information) and 16-05 (Administrative Proceedings), no provision of this Agreement shall impose any obligation on a Party regarding its immigration measures.

Chapter 14. COMPETITION POLICY, MONOPOLIES AND STATE ENTERPRISES

Article 14-01. Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter:

commercial considerations means consistent with normal business practices of privately-held enterprises in the relevant business or industry;

designate means to establish, designate or authorize, or to expand the scope of a monopoly to cover an additional good or service, after the date of entry into force of this Agreement;

discriminatory provision includes treating:

(a) a parent, a subsidiary or other enterprise with common ownership more favourably than an unaffiliated enterprise, or

(b) one class of enterprises more favourably than another, in like circumstances;

government monopoly means a monopoly that is owned, or controlled through ownership interests, by the national government of a Party or by another such monopoly;

market means the geographic and commercial market for a good or service;

monopoly means an entity, including a consortium or government agency, that in any relevant market in the territory of a Party is designated as the sole provider or purchaser of a good or service, but does not include an entity that has been granted an exclusive intellectual property right solely by reason of such grant;

non-discriminatory treatment means the better of national treatment and most-favoured-nation treatment, as set out in the relevant provisions of this Agreement; and

State enterprise means "State enterprise" as defined in Article 2-01 (Definitions of General Application), except as set out in Annex 14-01.

Article 14-02. Competition Law

1. Each Party shall adopt or maintain measures to proscribe anti-competitive business conduct and take appropriate action with respect thereto, recognizing that such measures will enhance the fulfilment of the objectives of this Agreement. To this end, the Parties shall consult from time to time about the effectiveness of measures undertaken by each Party.

2. Each Party recognizes the importance of cooperation and coordination among their authorities to further effective competition law enforcement in the free trade area. The Parties shall cooperate on issues of competition law enforcement policy, including mutual legal assistance, communication, consultation and exchange of information relating to the enforcement of competition laws and policies in the free trade area.

3. Neither Party may have recourse to dispute settlement under this Agreement for any matter arising under this Article.

4. No investor may have recourse to arbitration under Section C (Settlement of Disputes between a Party and an Investor of the Other Party) of Chapter 9 (Investment) for any matter arising under this Article.

Article 14-03. Monopolies and State Enterprises

1. For the purposes of this Article:

delegation includes a legislative grant, and a government order, directive or other act transferring to the monopoly, or authorizing the exercise by the monopoly of, governmental authority; and

maintain means established prior to the date of entry into force of this Agreement and existing on that date.

2. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a Party from designating a monopoly.

3. Where a Party intends to designate a monopoly and the designation may affect the interests of persons of the other Party, the Party shall:

(a) wherever possible, provide prior written notification to the other Party of the designation; and

(b) endeavour to introduce at the time of the designation such conditions on the operation of the monopoly as will minimize or eliminate any nullification or impairment of benefits in the sense of Annex 18-02 (Nullification and Impairment).

4. Each Party shall ensure, through regulatory control, administrative supervision or the application of other measures, that any privately-owned monopoly that it designates and any government monopoly that it maintains or designates:

(a) acts in a manner that is not inconsistent with the Party's obligations under this Agreement wherever such a monopoly exercises any regulatory, administrative or other governmental authority that the Party has delegated to it in connection with the monopoly good or service, such as the power to grant import or export licences, approve commercial transactions or impose quotas, fees or other charges;

(b) except to comply with any terms of its designation that are not inconsistent with subparagraph (c) or (d), acts solely in accordance with commercial considerations in its purchase or sale of the monopoly good or service in the relevant market, including with regard to price, quality, availability, marketability, transportation and other terms and conditions of purchase or sale. Differences in pricing between classes of customers, between affiliated and non-affiliated firms, and cross-subsidization are not in themselves inconsistent with the provision; rather, they are subject to this subparagraph when they are used as instruments of behaviour contrary to competition law;

(c) provides non-discriminatory treatment to investments of investors, to goods and to service providers of the other Party in its purchase or sale of the monopoly good or service in the relevant market; and

(d) does not use its monopoly position to engage, either directly or indirectly, including through its dealings with its parent, its subsidiary or other enterprise with common ownership, in anti-competitive practices in a non-monopolized market in its territory that adversely affect an investment of an investor of the other Party, including through the discriminatory provision of the monopoly good or service, cross-subsidization or predatory conduct.

5. Paragraph 4 does not apply to procurement by governmental agencies of goods or services for governmental purposes and not with a view to commercial resale or use in the production of goods or the provision of services for commercial sale.

6. Nothing in this Article shall be construed to prevent a monopoly from charging different prices in different geographic markets, where such differences are based on normal commercial considerations, such as taking account of supply and demand conditions in those markets.

Article 14-04. State Enterprises

1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a Party from maintaining or establishing a State enterprise.

2. Each Party shall ensure, through regulatory control, administrative supervision or the application of other measures, that any State enterprise that it maintains or establishes acts in a manner that is not inconsistent with the Party's obligations under Chapter 9 (Investment) wherever such enterprise exercises any regulatory, administrative or other governmental authority that the Party has delegated to it, such as the power to expropriate, grant licences, approve commercial transactions or impose quotas, fees or other charges.

3. Each Party shall ensure that any State enterprise that it maintains or establishes accords non-discriminatory treatment in the sale of its goods or services to investments in the Party's territory of investors of the other Party.

Article 14-05. Committee on Trade and Competition

The Commission shall establish a Committee on Trade and Competition comprising representatives of each Party, which shall convene a least once a year. The Committee shall report and make recommendations to the Commission on matters regarding the relation between competition laws and policies and trade in the free trade zone.

Part Five. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Chapter 15. Intellectual Property

Section A. Definitions and General Provisions

Article 15-01. Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter:

Berne Convention means the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works, Paris Act of 24 July 1971;

Geneva Convention means the Geneva Convention for the Protection of Producers of Phonograms Against Unauthorized Duplication of Their Phonograms, adopted in Geneva on 29 October 1971;

Paris Convention means the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property, Stockholm Act of 14 July 1967; and

Rome Convention means the Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broadcasting Organizations adopted in Rome on 26 October 1961.

Article 15-02. Protection of Intellectual Property Rights

1. The intellectual property rights regulated in this Chapter are the copyrights, related rights, trademarks and designations of origins referred to in this Chapter.

2. Each Party shall grant in its territory to nationals of the other Party adequate and effective protection of the intellectual property rights referred to in this Chapter and ensure that measures to enforce those rights do not themselves become barriers to legitimate trade.

3. Each Party may implement in its domestic law more extensive protection of intellectual property rights than is required under this Agreement, provided that such protection is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

Article 15-03. Relation to other Intellectual Property Agreements

1. No provision of this Chapter, relating to intellectual property rights, shall derogate from existing obligations that the Parties may have to each other under the Paris Convention, the Berne Convention, the Rome Convention and the Geneva Convention.

2. For the purpose of granting adequate and effective protection and enforcement of the intellectual property rights referred to in this Chapter, the Parties shall give effect to, at a minimum, the substantive provisions of the Paris Convention, the Berne Convention, the Rome Convention and the Geneva Convention.

  • Part   One GENERAL PART 1
  • Chapter   1 INITIAL PROVISIONS 1
  • Article   1-01 Establishment of the Free Trade Area 1
  • Article   1-02 Objectives 1
  • Article   1-03 Relation to other International Agreements 1
  • Article   1-04 Observance of the Agreement 1
  • Article   1-05 Successor Agreements 1
  • Article   1-06 Relation to Environmental and Conservation Agreements 1
  • Chapter   2 GENERAL DEFINITIONS 1
  • Article   2-01 Definitions of General Application 1
  • ANNEX 2-01  Country-Specific Definitions 1
  • Part   Two TRADE INGOODS 1
  • Chapter   3 NATIONAL TREATMENT AND MARKET ACCESS FOR GOODS 1
  • Section   A Definitions, Scope and Coverage 1
  • Article   3-01 Definitions 1
  • Article   3-02 Scope and Coverage 1
  • Section   B National Treatment 1
  • Article   3-03 National Treatment 1
  • Section   C Tariffs 1
  • Article   3-04 Tariff Elimination 1
  • Article   3-05 Customs Valuation Code 2
  • Article   3-06 Temporary Admission of Goods 2
  • Article   3-07 Duty-Free Entry of Certain Commercial Samples and Printed Advertising Materials 2
  • Article   3-08 Goods Re-Entered after Repair or Alteration 2
  • Section   D Non-Tariff Measures 2
  • Article   3-09 Import and Export Restrictions 2
  • Article   3-10 Customs User Fees 2
  • Article   3-11 Export Taxes 2
  • Article   3-12 International Obligations 2
  • Article   3-13 Export Subsidies on Agricultural Goods 2
  • Article   3-14 Domestic Support 2
  • Section   E Automotive Sector 2
  • Article   3-15 Automotive Sector 2
  • Section   F Consultations 2
  • Article   3-16 Committee on Trade In Goods 2
  • Article   3-17 Information and Consultations 2
  • Chapter   4 RULES OF ORIGIN 2
  • Article   4-01 Definitions 2
  • Article   4-02 Interpretation and Application 3
  • Article   4-03 Originating Goods 3
  • Article   4-04 Regional Value Content 3
  • Article   4-05 Value of Materials 3
  • Article   4-06 De Minimis 3
  • Article   4-07 Intermediate Materials 3
  • Article   4-08 Accumulation 3
  • Article   4-09 Fungible Goods and Materials 3
  • Article   4-10 Sets and Assortments 3
  • Article   4-11 Indirect Materials 3
  • Article   4-12 Accessories, Spare Parts and Tools 3
  • Article   4-13 Packaging Materials and Containers for Retail Sale 3
  • Article   4-14 Packing Materials and Containers for Shipment 3
  • Article   4-15 Automotive Goods 3
  • Article   4-16 Non-Qualifying Operations and Practices 4
  • Article   4-17 Transhipment and Direct Shipment 4
  • Article   4-18 Sub-Committee on Rules of Origin 4
  • Chapter   5 CUSTOMS PROCEDURES 4
  • Article   5-01 Definitions 4
  • Article   5-02 Declaration and Certification of Origin 4
  • Article   5-03 Obligations Regarding Importations 4
  • Article   5-04 Obligations Regarding Exportations 4
  • Article   5-05 Exceptions 4
  • Article   5-06 Accounting Records 4
  • Article   5-07 Origin Verifications 4
  • Article   5-08 Confidentiality 4
  • Article   5-09 Advance Rulings 4
  • Article   5-10 Penalties 4
  • Article   5-11 Review and Appeal 4
  • Article   5-12 Uniform Regulations 5
  • Article   5-13 Cooperation 5
  • Article   5.14 Customs Sub-Committee 5
  • Chapter   6 EMERGENCY ACTION 5
  • Article   6-01 Definitions 5
  • Article   6-02 Bilateral Emergency Actions 5
  • Article   6-03 Global Emergency Actions 5
  • Article   6-04 Administration of Emergency Action Proceedings 5
  • Article   6-05 Dispute Settlement In Emergency Action Matters 5
  • Part   Three TECHNICAL STANDARDS 5
  • Chapter   7 SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES 5
  • Article   7-01 Definitions 5
  • Article   7-02 General Provisions 5
  • Article   7-03 Rights of the Parties 5
  • Article   7-04 Obligations of the Parties 5
  • Article   7-05 International Standards and Harmonization 5
  • Article   7-06 Equivalence 5
  • Article   7-07 Assessment of Risk and Determination of the Appropriate Level of Sanitary or Phytosanitary Protection 5
  • Article   7-08 Recognition of Pest- or Disease-Free Areas and Areas of Low Pest or Disease Prevalence 5
  • Article   7-09 Control, Inspection and Approval Procedures 5
  • Article   7-10 Transparency 5
  • Article   7-11 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 5
  • Article   7-12 Technical Consultations 5
  • Article   7-13 Relation to other Chapters 6
  • Chapter   8 STANDARDS-RELATED MEASURES 6
  • Article   8-01 Definitions 6
  • Article   8-02 General Provision 6
  • Article   8-03 Scope and Coverage 6
  • Article   8-04 Basic Rights and Obligations 6
  • Article   8-05 Compatibility 6
  • Article   8-06 Assessment of Risk 6
  • Article   8-07 Conformity Assessment Procedures 6
  • Article   8-08 Approval Procedures 6
  • Article   8-09 Notification, Publication and Transparency 6
  • Article   8-10 Limitations on the Provision of Information 6
  • Article   8-11 Committee on Standards-Related Measures 6
  • Article   8-12 Technical Cooperation 6
  • Part   Four INVESTMENT, SERVICES AND RELATED MATTERS 6
  • Chapter   9 INVESTMENT 6
  • Section   A Definitions 6
  • Article   9-01 Definitions 6
  • Section   B Investment 7
  • Article   9-02 Scope and Coverage 7
  • Article   9-03 National Treatment 7
  • Article   9-04 Most-Favoured Nation Treatment 7
  • Article   9-05 Standard of Treatment 7
  • Article   9-06 Minimum Standard of Treatment 7
  • Article   9-07 Performance Requirements 7
  • Article   9-08 Senior Management and Boards of Directors 7
  • Article   9-09 Reservations and Exceptions 7
  • Article   9-10 Transfers 7
  • Article   9-11 Expropriation and Compensation 7
  • Article   9-12 Special Formalities and Information Requirements 7
  • Article   9-13 Relation to other Chapters 7
  • Article   9-14 Denial of Benefits 7
  • Article   9-15 Environmental Measures 7
  • Section   C Settlement of Disputes between a Party and an Investor of the other Party 7
  • Article   9-16 Purpose 7
  • Article   9-17 Claim by an Investor of a Party on Its Own Behalf 7
  • Article   9-18 Claim by an Investor of a Party on Behalf of an Enterprise 7
  • Article   9-19 Settlement of a Claim Through Consultation and Negotiation 7
  • Article   9-20 Notice of Intent to Submit a Claim to Arbitration 7
  • Article   9-21 Submission of a Claim to Arbitration 8
  • Article   9-22 Conditions Precedent to Submission of a Claim to Arbitration 8
  • Article   9-23 Consent to Arbitration 8
  • Article   9-24 Number of Arbitrators and Method of Appointment 8
  • Article   9-25 Constitution of a Tribunal When a Party Fails to Appoint an Arbitrator or the Disputing Parties Are Unable to Agree on a Presiding Arbitrator 8
  • Article   9-26 Agreement to Appointment of Arbitrators 8
  • Article   9-27 Consolidation 8
  • Article   9-28 Notice 8
  • Article   9-29 Participation by a Party 8
  • Article   9-30 Documents 8
  • Article   9-31 Place of Arbitration 8
  • Article   9-32 Governing Law 8
  • Article   9-33 Interpretation of Annexes 8
  • Article   9-34 Expert Reports 8
  • Article   9-35 Interim Measures of Protection 8
  • Article   9-37 Final Award 8
  • Article   9-37 Finality and Enforcement of an Award 8
  • Article   9-38 Time When a Claim Is Submitted to Arbitration 8
  • Article   9-39 Exclusions 8
  • Section   D Committee on Investment and Cross-Border Trade In Services 8
  • Article   9-40 Committee on Investment and Cross-Border Trade In Services 8
  • Chapter   10 CROSS-BORDER TRADE IN SERVICES 8
  • Article   10-01 Definitions 8
  • Article   10-02 Scope and Coverage 9
  • Article   10-03 National Treatment 9
  • Article   10-04 Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment 9
  • Article   10-05 Standard of Treatment 9
  • Article   10-06 Local Presence 9
  • Article   10-07 Reservations 9
  • Article   10-08 Quantitative Restrictions 9
  • Article   10-09 Future Liberalization 9
  • Article   10-11 Procedures 9
  • Article   10-12 Licensing and Certification 9
  • Article   10-13 Denial of Benefits 9
  • Article   10-14 Committee on Investment and Cross-Border Trade In Services 9
  • Chapter   11 AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICES 9
  • Article   11-01 Definitions 9
  • Article   11-02 Scope and Coverage 9
  • Article   11-03 Consolidation 9
  • Article   11-04 Dispute Settlement 9
  • Article   11-05 Committee on Air Transportation 9
  • Article   11-06 Convention 9
  • Chapter   12 TELECOMMUNICATIONS 9
  • Article   12-01 Definitions 9
  • Article   12-02 Scope and Coverage 9
  • Article   12-03 Access to and Use of Public Telecommunications Transport Networks and Services 9
  • Article   12-04 Conditions for the Provision of Enhanced or Value-Added Services 10
  • Article   12-05 Standards-Related Measures 10
  • Article   12-06 Monopolies 10
  • Article   12-07 Transparency 10
  • Article   12-08 Relation to other Chapters 10
  • Article   12-09 Relation to International Organizations and Agreements 10
  • Article   12-10 Technical Cooperation and other Consultations 10
  • Chapter   13 TEMPORARY ENTRY FOR BUSINESS PERSONS 10
  • Article   13-01 Definitions 10
  • Article   13-02 General Principles 10
  • Article   13-03 General Obligations 10
  • Article   13-04 Grant of Temporary Entry 10
  • Article   13-05 Provision of Information 10
  • Article   13-06 Temporary Entry Working Group 10
  • Article   13-07 Dispute Settlement 10
  • Article   13-08 Relation to other Chapters 10
  • Chapter   14 COMPETITION POLICY, MONOPOLIES AND STATE ENTERPRISES 10
  • Article   14-01 Definitions 10
  • Article   14-02 Competition Law 10
  • Article   14-03 Monopolies and State Enterprises 10
  • Article   14-04 State Enterprises 10
  • Article   14-05 Committee on Trade and Competition 10
  • Part   Five INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 10
  • Chapter   15 Intellectual Property 10
  • Section   A Definitions and General Provisions 10
  • Article   15-01 Definitions 10
  • Article   15-02 Protection of Intellectual Property Rights 10
  • Article   15-03 Relation to other Intellectual Property Agreements 10
  • Article   15-04 National Treatment 11
  • Article   15-05 Most Favoured-Nation Treatment 11
  • Article   15-06 Control of Abusive or Anticompetitive Practices or Conditions 11
  • Article   15-07 Cooperation to Eliminate Trade In Infringing Goods 11
  • Article   15-08 Scope of the Cooperation 11
  • Section   B Copyright and Related Rights 11
  • Article   15-09 Copyright 11
  • Article   15-10 Performers 11
  • Article   15-11 Producers of Sound Recordings 11
  • Article   15-13 Provision for Copyright and Related Rights 11
  • Article   15-14 Term of Protection of Copyright and Related Rights 11
  • Section   C Trademarks 11
  • Article   15-15 Protection 11
  • Article   15-16 Rights Conferred 11
  • Article   15-17 Well-Known Trademarks 11
  • Article   15-18 Exceptions 11
  • Article   15-19 Term of Protection 11
  • Article   15-20 Requirement of Use 11
  • Article   15-21 Renewal of a Trademark 11
  • Article   15-22 Other Requirements 11
  • Article   15-23 Licensing and Assignment 11
  • Section   D Designations of Origin 11
  • Article   15-24 Designations of Origin 11
  • Section   E Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 11
  • Article   15-25 Definitions 11
  • Article   15-26 General Obligations 11
  • Civil and Administrative Procedure and Remedies 11
  • Article   15-27 Fair and Equitable Procedures 11
  • Article   15-28 Evidence 11
  • Article   15-29 Injunctions 11
  • Article   15-30 Damages 11
  • Article   15-31 Other Remedies 11
  • Article   15-32 Right of Information 11
  • Article   15-33 Indemnification of the Defendant 11
  • Article   15-34 Administrative Procedures 11
  • Article   15-35 Provisional Measures 11
  • Special Requirements Related to Border Measures 11
  • Article   15-36 Suspension of Release by Customs Authorities 11
  • Article   15-37 Application 11
  • Article   15-38 Security or Equivalent Assurance 11
  • Article   15-39 Notice of Suspension 11
  • Article   15-40 Duration of Suspension 11
  • Article   15-41 Indemnification of the Importer and of the Owner of the Goods 11
  • Article   15-42 Right of Inspection and Information 11
  • Article   15-43 Ex Officio Action 11
  • Article   15-44 Remedies 11
  • Article   15-45 De Minimis Imports 11
  • Article   15-46 Criminal Procedures 11
  • Section   F Final Provisions 11
  • Article   15-47 Application of this Chapter 11
  • Part   Six ADMINISTRATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS 11
  • Chapter   16 TRANSPARENCY 12
  • Article   16-01 Definitions 12
  • Article   16-02 Contact Points 12
  • Article   16.03 Publication 12
  • Article   16-04 Notification and Provision of Information 12
  • Article   16-05 Administrative Proceedings 12
  • Article   16-06 Review and Appeal 12
  • Chapter   17 ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT 12
  • Article   17-01 Free Trade Commission 12
  • Article   17-02 The Secretariat 12
  • Chapter   18 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 12
  • Section   A Dispute Settlement 12
  • Article   18-01 Cooperation 12
  • Article   18-02 Scope and Coverage 12
  • Article   18-03 WTO Dispute Settlement 12
  • Consultations 12
  • Article   18-04 Consultations 12
  • Initiation of Procedures 12
  • Article   18-05 Commission - Good Offices, Conciliation and Mediation 12
  • Panel Proceedings 12
  • Article   18-06 Request for an Arbitral Panel 12
  • Article   18-07 Roster 12
  • Article   18-08 Qualifications of Panellists 12
  • Article   18-09 Panel Selection 12
  • Article   18-10 Model Rules of Procedure 12
  • Article   18-11 Role of Experts 12
  • Article   18-12 Scientific Review Boards 12
  • Article   18-13 Initial Report 12
  • Article   18-14 Final Report 13
  • Implementation of Panel Final Reports 13
  • Article   18-15 Implementation of Final Reports 13
  • Article   18-16 Non-Implementation - Suspension of Benefits 13
  • Section   B Domestic Proceedings and Private Commercial Dispute Settlement 13
  • Article   18-17 Referrals of Matters from Judicial or Administrative Proceedings 13
  • Article   18-18 Private Rights 13
  • Article   18-19 Alternative Dispute Resolution 13
  • Chapter   19 EXCEPTIONS 13
  • Article   19-01 Definitions 13
  • Article   19-02 General Exceptions 13
  • Article   19-03 National Security 13
  • Article   19-04 Exceptions to Disclosure of Information 13
  • Article   19-05 Taxation 13
  • Article   19-06 Balance of Payments 13
  • Chapter   20 Final Provisions 13
  • Article   20-01 Annexes 13
  • Article   20-02 Amendments 13
  • Article   20-03 Convergence 13
  • Article   20-4 Duration and Entry Into Force 13
  • Article   20-05 Reservations 13
  • Article   20-06 Accession 13
  • Article   20-07 Termination 13
  • Article   20-08 Future Negotiations 13
  • Article   20-09 Cooperation on Rules of Origin 13
  • Article   20-10 Revocations and Transitory Provisions 13
  • Annex I  List of Chile 13
  • Annex I  List of Mexico 15
  • Annex II  List of Chile 26
  • Annex II  List of Mexico 27
  • Annex III  List of Mexico 27
  • Section   A Activities Reserved to the Mexican State 27
  • Section   B Deregulation of Activities Reserved to the State 27
  • Section   C Activities Previously Reserved to the Mexican State 27
  • Annex IV  List of Mexico 27