Each Party shall, to the extent practicable, make publicly available information on advance rulings which it considers to be of significant interest to other interested parties, taking into account the need to protect personal and commercially confidential information.
Advance rulings, in accordance with the laws and regulations of the issuing Party, shall be issued with regard to:
the tariff classification of goods;
the origin of goods in accordance with the Parties’ commitments under the WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement; and
any other relevant matter the Parties may agree upon.
Article Article 4.15
The following requirements shall apply in conjunction with the requirements on fees and formalities of Article [.7] of Chapter [X (National Treatment and Market Access for Goods)].
The Parties’ customs authorities shall not impose fees and charges for the performance of customs controls or any other application of the customs legislation during the official opening hours of their competent customs offices.
The Parties’ customs authorities may impose fees and charges or recover costs where specific services are rendered, as provided in the Party’s legislation and procedures.
Article Article 4.16
The Parties agree that their respective customs provisions and procedures shall not require the mandatory use of customs brokers. Each Party shall notify and publish its measures on the use of customs brokers. The Parties shall apply transparent, non-discriminatory and proportionate rules if and when licensing customs brokers.
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Article Article 4.17
Each Party shall determine the customs value of goods of the other Party imported into its territory in accordance with Article VII of the GATT 1994 and the Customs Valuation Agreement. To this end, Article VII of the GATT 1994, including its Notes and Supplementary Provisions, and Articles 1 to 17 of the Customs Valuation Agreement, including its Interpretative Notes, are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
Article Article 4.18
The Parties agree that their respective customs provisions and procedures shall not require the mandatory use of pre-shipment inspections as defined in the WTO Agreement on Pre-shipment Inspection, or any other inspection activity performed at destination, before customs clearance, by private companies.1
Article Article 4.19
Each Party shall, in accordance with their laws and regulations, provide effective, prompt, non-discriminatory and easily accessible procedures so that any person to whom customs issues an administrative decision has the right, within its territory, to:
an administrative appeal to or review by an administrative authority higher than or independent of the official or office that issued the decision; or
a judicial appeal or review of the decision.
The legislation of a Party may require that an administrative appeal or review be initiated prior to a judicial appeal or review.
Each Party shall ensure that its procedures for appeal or review are carried out in a non-discriminatory manner.
Each Party shall ensure that, in a case where the decision on appeal or review pursuant to point (a) of paragraph 1 is not given either:
within set periods as specified in its laws or regulations; or
without undue delay
1 This Article is without prejudice to inspections carried out pursuant to provisions and procedures other than customs under the WTO Agreement on Pre-Shipment Inspection.
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the petitioner has the right to further administrative or judicial appeal or review or any other recourse to the judicial authority according to the laws and regulations of the Parties.
Each Party shall ensure that the person referred to in paragraph 1 is provided with the reasons for the administrative decision so as to enable such a person to have recourse to procedures for appeal or review where necessary.
Article Article 4.20
Each Party shall, to the extent possible and in accordance with its laws and regulations, provide for regular consultation between administrations and the business community on legislative proposals and general procedures related to customs and trade facilitation issues.
Each Party shall ensure that their respective customs and related requirements and procedures continue to meet the needs of the trading community, follow best practices, and remain as less trade-restrictive as possible.
Article Article 4.21
For the purposes of this Chapter, “temporary admission” means the customs procedure under which certain goods (including means of transport) can be brought into a customs territory with conditional relief from the payment of import duties and taxes and without application of import prohibitions or restrictions of economic character. Such goods must be imported for a specific purpose and must be intended for re-exportation within a specified period and without having undergone any change except normal depreciation due to the use made of them, as provided for in its laws and regulations.
Each Party shall grant temporary admission, as provided for in paragraph 1, inter alia, to the following goods:
goods for display or use at exhibitions, fairs, meetings or similar events;
professional equipment;
containers, pallets, packings, samples and other goods imported in connection with a commercial operation;
goods imported in connection with a manufacturing operation;
goods imported for educational, scientific or cultural purposes;
travellers' personal effects and goods imported for sports purposes;
tourist publicity material;
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goods imported for humanitarian purposes;
means of transport; and
animals imported for specific purposes.
Article Article 4.22
Committee on Trade in Goods, Customs matters, and Sanitary and Phytosanitary in its Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures, Customs and Trade Facilitation, and Intellectual Property for issues related to border enforcement configuration
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This Article complements and further specifies Article 24.4 (Specialised Committees)] of Chapter 24 (Institutional Provisions).
The Committee on Trade in Goods, Customs matters, and Sanitary and Phytosanitary in its Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures, Customs and Trade Facilitation, and Intellectual Property for issues related to border enforcement configuration (the “Committee” for the purposes of this Article) shall consist of representatives of the customs and other competent authorities of the Parties. The Committee shall ensure the proper functioning of this Chapter, Article 12.61 Border enforcement measures related to intellectual property rights in Section [D of Chapter 12 (Intellectual Property), Chapter 3 (Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures), and the Protocol on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters and any additional customs-related provisions agreed between the Parties, and examine all issues arising from their application.
The functions of the Committee shall include:
monitoring the implementation and administration of this Chapter and of Chapter 3 (Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures);
providing a forum to consult and discuss all issues concerning customs, including in particular customs procedures, customs valuation, tariff regimes, customs nomenclature, and also relating to rules of origin and administrative cooperation, providing a forum to consult and discuss issues relating to rules of origin and administrative cooperation; and
(d) enhancing cooperation on the development, application and enforcement of customs procedures, mutual administrative assistance in customs matters, rules of origin and administrative cooperation.
The Committee may adopt decisions in relation to the areas referred to in point (a) of Article 4.4.2 (Customs Cooperation and Mutual Administrative Assistance), including, where it considers it necessary, for the purposes of implementing points (e) and (f) of paragraph 2 of that Article.
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Chapter CHAPTER 5
TRADE REMEDIES
SECTION A
ANTI-DUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES
Article Article 5.1
General provisions
The Parties affirm their rights and obligations under Article VI of GATT 1994, the Anti-Dumping Agreement, and the SCM Agreement. Anti-dumping and countervailing measures shall be used in full compliance with all the relevant WTO requirements and shall be based on a fair and transparent system in full respect of the Parties’ interests and rights of defence.
The preferential rules of origin under this Agreement shall not apply to anti-dumping and countervailing measures
Article Article 5.2 Notification and Consultation
Upon receipt by a Party’s competent authority of a properly documented anti-dumping application with respect to imports from the other Party and to the extent possible at least 7 calendar days before initiating such anti-dumping investigation, the Party shall provide written notification to the other Party of its receipt of the application.
Upon receipt by a Party’s competent authority of a properly documented countervailing application with respect to imports from other Party, and before initiating an investigation, the Party shall provide written notification to the other Party of its receipt of the application. Such notification shall normally take place at least 14 calendar days in advance of the date of initiation and include an invitation for consultation on the application.
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In any proceeding in which the investigating authorities determine to conduct an on-site verification of information provided by the respondent1, the investigating authorities shall endeavour to notify such respondent as soon as possible.
Without prejudice to Article 6.5 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and Article 12.4 of the SCM Agreement, the Parties shall ensure, immediately after any imposition of provisional measures and in any case before a final determination is made, full and meaningful disclosure to interested parties of all essential facts and considerations which form the basis for the decision to apply measures. Such disclosure shall be made in writing and allow interested parties sufficient time to make their comments.
The Parties affirm their rights and obligations under Annex II of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and in particular its paragraph 5, and under Articles 12.7 and 12.8 of the SCM Agreement. In the event the investigating authority intends to make a determination on the basis of facts available pursuant to Article 6.8 of the Anti-Dumping Agreement and Article
12.7 of the SCM Agreement, the investigating authority shall provide a reasoned and adequate explanation of:
indication of conditions under which the use of facts available is applicable;
the information which the interested party has failed to submit to the investigating authority, and
the facts with which the investigating authority decided to replace the information referred to in point (b).
Article Article 5.3
Investigation after Termination
If an anti-dumping investigation in respect of goods from the other Party is terminated with a negative final determination, no investigation shall be initiated on the same goods by the importing Party within 12 months from the date of termination of the previous investigation.
The Parties shall avoid initiating an anti-dumping investigation on a good originating in the other Party on which anti-dumping measures have been terminated within the previous 12 months as a result of a review.
Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, the investigation authority of the importing Party may initiate an anti-dumping investigation when the circumstances have changed.
1 For the purpose of this paragraph, the term “respondent” means a producer, manufacturer, exporter, importer, and, where appropriate, a government or government entity, that is required by a party’s investigating authority to respond to an anti-dumping or countervailing measures questionnaire.
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Article Article 5.4
Article Article on Review
An expiry review under paragraph 3 of Article 11 of the Agreement on Anti-Dumping shall be initiated at an appropriate time during the final year of the period of application of the anti-dumping duties as defined in each Party’s legal framework. Each Party shall endeavour to provide the opportunity for special consultations on issues arising from the subsequent expiry review investigation and avoid the perpetual imposition of anti-dumping and countervailing measures.
Article Article 5.5
Consideration of Public Interest
The investigating authority of a Party shall, in accordance with its laws and regulations, provide opportunities for all domestic interested parties to submit their views in writing with regard to anti-dumping and countervailing investigations. The Party shall take into account this information in its assessment of the public interest before imposing an anti-dumping or countervailing duty.
Article Article 5.6
Lesser Duty Rule
An anti-dumping or countervailing duty imposed by a Party shall not exceed the margin of dumping or countervailable subsidy, and the Party shall endeavour to ensure that the amount of this duty is less than that margin if such lesser duty would be adequate to remove the injury to the domestic industry.
Article Article 5.7 Anti-Circumvention
The Parties shall carry out anti-circumvention investigations in a transparent way and respect the interests and rights of defence of all interested Parties concerned by the investigation.
The Party conducting an anti-circumvention investigation shall, upon request from the other Party, provide it with non-confidential information regarding the companies under investigation.
In any proceeding in which a Party determines to conduct an on-site verification on the territory of the other Party, the investigated company shall be notified at least 14 working days in advance. The other Party’s relevant authorities may participate in the on-site verification.
The Party conducting an anti-circumvention investigation shall, before a final determination is made, inform all interested parties on the territory of the other Party of the essential facts under consideration, which form the basis for the assessment, whether to extend the measures or to grant an exemption. All interested parties shall be provided adequate opportunity for commenting on such assessment. Such disclosure of essential facts should
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take place within a reasonable period of time for the interested parties to defend their interests. Interested parties may also apply to be heard.
Any anti-circumvention investigation shall be completed within nine months of its date of initiation.
Article Article 5.8
Exclusion from Dispute Settlement
Chapter Chapter 22 (Dispute Settlement)] Shall Not Apply to this Section.
Article Article 5.9
Cooperation On Trade Remedies Matters
The Parties shall cooperate in the form of a best practice dialogue on trade remedies, comprising representatives at an appropriate level of each Party’s relevant trade remedies authorities.
The purpose of this cooperation shall be, to the extent possible, to:
enhance a Party’s knowledge and understanding of the other Party’s trade remedy laws, policies and practices;
oversee the implementation of this Chapter;
improve cooperation between the Parties’ relevant trade remedies authorities;
exchange information to the extent possible on issues relating to anti-dumping, subsidies and countervailing investigations and measures; and to discuss other relevant topics of mutual interest as the Parties agree;
develop capacity building programs and/or specific trainings related to the trade remedies laws and practices; and
enhance the Parties’ knowledge and understanding of anti-circumvention in the implementation of anti-dumping and countervailing measures.
The dialogue shall be conducted as and when necessary, as requested by either Party.
Article Article 5.10
Use of the English language
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In order to ensure the maximum efficiency of the application of the trade remedies rules under these Sections, the investigating authorities of the Parties should use the English language for communications2 in the context of trade remedies investigations between the Parties.
SECTION B
GLOBAL SAFEGUARD MEASURES
Article Article 5.11
General Provisions
The Parties affirm their rights and obligations under Article XIX of GATT 1994, the Safeguards Agreement and Article 5 of the Agreement on Agriculture.
A Party shall not apply with respect to the same good at the same time:
a bilateral safeguard measure under Section C (Bilateral Safeguard Clause) of this Chapter; and
a measure under Article XIX of GATT 1994 and the Safeguards Agreement.
Article Article 5.12
Transparency
Notwithstanding Article X.11 (General Provisions), at the request of the other Party and provided that it has a substantial interest, the Party shall promptly notify and provide all the pertinent information to the other Party upon:
initiation of an investigation;
preliminary determination (if any); and
making a final finding.
This is without prejudice to Article 3.2 of the Safeguards Agreement.
When imposing global safeguard measures, the Parties shall endeavour to impose them in a way that least affects bilateral trade.
For the purposes of paragraph 2, if a Party considers that the legal requirements for the imposition of definitive safeguard measures are met, it shall notify the other Party and give the possibility to hold bilateral consultations. If no satisfactory solution has been reached
2 By the term “communications”, the Parties mean questionnaire replies, written submissions, and letters.
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within 30 days of the notification, the Party may adopt the definitive global safeguard measures.
Article Article 5.13
Exclusion from Dispute Settlement