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(b) "other Parties" in the revised GPA means "the other Party"; and

(c) "the Committee" in the revised GPA means "the Working Group".

(1) Contained in WTO Document negs 268 (Job No[1].8274) dated 19 November 2007.

Article 9.2. Scope and Coverage

1. The procurement covered by this Chapter shall be all procurement covered by each Party's Annexes to the GPA 1994 and any note attached thereto, including their amendments or replacements.

2. For the purposes of this Agreement, build-operate-transfer contracts (hereinafter referred to as "BOT contracts") and public works concessions, as defined in Annex 9, shall be subject to Annex 9.

Article 9.3. Government Procurement Working Group

The Working Group on Government Procurement established pursuant to Article 15.3.1 (Working Groups) shall meet, as mutually agreed or upon request of a Party, to:

(a) consider issues regarding government procurement and BOT contracts or public works concessions that are referred to it by a Party;

(b) exchange information relating to the government procurement and BOT contracts or public works concessions opportunities in each Party; and

(c) discuss any other matters related to the operation of this Chapter.

Chapter TEN. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Section A. General Provisions

Article 10.1. Objectives

The objectives of this Chapter are to:

(a) facilitate the production and commercialisation of innovative and creative products in the Parties; and

(b) achieve an adequate and effective level of protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.

Article 10.2. Nature and Scope of Obligations

1. The Parties shall ensure an adequate and effective implementation of the international treaties dealing with intellectual property to which they are party including the Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights, contained in Annex 1C to the WTO Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the "TRIPS Agreement"). The provisions of this Chapter shall complement and specify the rights and obligations between the Parties under the TRIPS Agreement.

2. For the purposes of this Agreement, intellectual property rights embody:

(a) copyright, including copyright in computer programs and in databases, and related rights;

(b) the rights related to patents;

(c) trademarks;

(d) service marks;

(e) designs;

(f) layout-designs (topographies) of integrated circuits;

(g) geographical indications;

(4) plant varieties; and

(i) protection of undisclosed information.

3. Protection of intellectual property includes protection against unfair competition as referred to in article 10 bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (1967) (hereinafter referred to as the "Paris Convention").

Article 10.3. Transfer of Technology

1. The Parties agree to exchange views and information on their practices and policies affecting transfer of technology, both within their respective territories and with third countries. This shall in particular include measures to facilitate information flows, business partnerships, licensing and subcontracting. Particular attention shall be paid to the conditions necessary to create an adequate enabling environment for technology transfer in the host countries, including, inter alia, issues such as development of human capital and legal framework.

2. Each Party shall take measures, as appropriate, to prevent or control licensing practices or conditions pertaining to intellectual property rights which may adversely affect the international transfer of technology and which constitute an abuse of intellectual property rights by right holders.

Article 10.4. Exhaustion

The Parties shall be free to establish their own regime for the exhaustion of intellectual property rights.

Section B. Standards Concerning Intellectual Property Rights

Subsection A. Copyright and Related Rights

Article 10.5. Protection Granted

The Parties shall comply with:

(a) Articles 1 through 22 of the International Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms and Broad- casting Organisations (1961) (hereinafter referred to as the "Rome Convention");

(b) Articles 1 through 18 of the Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1971) (hereinafter referred to as the "Berne Convention");

(c) Articles 1 through 14 of the World Intellectual Property Organi- sation (hereinafter referred to as the "WIPO") Copyright Treaty (1996) (hereinafter referred to as the "WCT"); and

(d) Articles 1 through 23 of the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (1996) (hereinafter referred to as the "WPPT").

Article 10.6. Duration of Authors' Rights

Each Party shall provide that, where the term of protection of a work is to be calculated on the basis of the life of a natural person, the term shall be not less than the life of the author and 70 years after the author's death.

Article 10.7. Broadcasting Organisations

1. The rights of broadcasting organisations shall expire not less than 50 years after the first transmission of a broadcast, whether this broadcast is transmitted by wire or over the air, including by cable or satellite.

2. Neither Party may permit the retransmission of television signals (whether terrestrial, cable or satellite) on the Internet without the authorisation of the right holder or right holders, if any, of the content of the signal and of the signal (1).

(1) For the purposes of this paragraph, retransmission within a Party's territory over a closed and defined subscriber network that is not accessible from outside the Party's territory does not constitute retransmission on the Internet.

Article 10.8. Cooperation on Collective Management of Rights

The Parties shall endeavour to facilitate the establishment of arrangements between their respective collecting societies for the purposes of mutually ensuring easier access and delivery of content between the Parties, as well as ensuring mutual transfer of royalties for use of the Parties' works or other copyright-protected subject matters. The Parties shall endeavour to achieve a high level of rationalisation and to improve transparency with respect to the execution of the task of their respective collecting societies.

Article 10.9. Broadcasting and Communication to the Public

1. For the purposes of this Article:

(a) broadcasting means the transmission by wireless means for public reception of sounds or of images and sounds or of the representations thereof; such transmission by satellite is also "broadcasting"; transmission of encrypted signals is broadcasting where the means for decrypting are provided to the public by the broadcasting organisation or with its consent; and

(b) communication to the public means the transmission to the public by any medium, otherwise than by broadcasting, of sounds of a performance or the sounds or the representations of sounds fixed in a phonogram. For the purposes of paragraph 5, "communication to the public" includes making the sounds or representations of sounds fixed in a phonogram audible to the public.

2. Each Party shall provide performers with the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit the broadcasting by wireless means and the communication to the public of their performances, except where the performance is itself already a broadcast performance or is made from a fixation.

3. Each Party shall provide performers and producers of phonograms with the right to a single equitable remuneration, if a phonogram published for commercial purposes or a reproduction of such phonogram is used for broadcasting by wireless means or for any communication to the public.

4. Each Party shall establish in its legislation that the single equitable remuneration shall be claimed from the user by performers or producers of phonograms, or by both. The Parties may enact legislation that, in the absence of an agreement between performers and producers of phonograms, sets the terms according to which performers and producers of phonograms shall share the single equitable remuneration.

5. Each Party shall provide broadcasting organisations with the exclusive right to authorise or prohibit:

(a) the re-broadcasting of their broadcasts;

(b) the fixation of their broadcasts; and

(c) the communication to the public of their television broadcasts if such communication is made in places accessible to the public against payment of an entrance fee. It shall be a matter for the domestic law of the State where protection of this right is claimed to determine the conditions under which it may be exercised.

Article 10.10. Artists' Resale Right In Works of Art

The Parties agree to exchange views and information on the practices and policies concerning the artists' resale right. Within two years of the entry into force of this Agreement, the Parties shall enter into consultations to review the desirability and feasibility of introducing an artists' resale right in works of art in Korea.

Article 10.11. Limitations and Exceptions

The Parties may, in their legislation, provide for limitations of, or exceptions to, the rights granted to the right holders referred to in Articles 10.5 through 10.10 in certain special cases that do not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the right holders.

Article 10.12. Protection of Technological Measures

1. Each Party shall provide adequate legal protection against the circumvention of any effective technological measures, which the person concerned carries out in the knowledge, or with reasonable grounds to know, that such person is pursuing that objective.

2. Each Party shall provide adequate legal protection against the manufacture, import, distribution, sale, rental, advertisement for sale or rental, or possession for commercial purposes, of devices, products or components, or the provision of services which:

(a) are promoted, advertised or marketed for the purpose of circum- vention of

(b) have only a limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent; or

(c) are primarily designed, produced, adapted or performed for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of, any effective technological measures.

3. For the purposes of this Agreement, technological measure means any technology, device or component that, in the normal course of its operation, is designed to prevent or restrict acts, in respect of works or other subject matter, which are not authorised by the right holder of any copyright or any right related to copyright as provided for by each Party's legislation. Technological measures shall be deemed effective where the use of a protected work or other subject matter is controlled by the right holders through the application of an access control or protection process, such as encryption, scrambling or other transformation of the work or other subject matter, or a copy control mechanism, which achieves the objective of protection.

4. Each Party may provide for exceptions and limitations to measures implementing paragraphs 1 and 2 in accordance with its legislation and the relevant international agreements referred to in Article 10.5.

Article 10.13. Protection of Rights Management Information

1. Each Party shall provide adequate legal protection against any person knowingly performing without authority any of the following acts:

(a) the removal or alteration of any electronic rights management information; or

(b) the distribution, importation for distribution, broadcasting, communication or making available to the public of works or other subject matter protected under this Agreement from which electronic rights management information has been removed or altered without authority,

if such person knows, or has reasonable grounds to know, that by doing so it is inducing, enabling, facilitating or concealing an infringement of any copyright or any rights related to copyright as provided by the law of the relevant Party.

2. For the purposes of this Agreement, rights management information means any information provided by right holders which identifies the work or other subject matter referred to in this Agreement, the author or any other right holder, or information about the terms and conditions of use of the work or other subject matter, and any numbers or codes that represent such information.

3. Paragraph 2 shall apply when any of these items of information is associated with a copy of, or appears in connection with the communi- cation to the public of, a work or other subject matter referred to in this Agreement.

Article 10.14. Transitional Provision

Korea shall fully implement the obligations of Articles 10.6 and 10.7 within two years of the entry into force of this Agreement.

Subsection B. Trademarks

Article 10.15. Registration Procedure

The European Union and Korea shall provide for a system for the registration of trademarks in which the reasons for a refusal to register a trademark shall be communicated in writing and may be provided electronically to the applicant who will have the opportunity to contest such refusal and to appeal a final refusal judicially. The European Union and Korea shall also introduce the possibility for interested parties to oppose trademark applications. The European Union and Korea shall provide a publicly available electronic database of trademark applications and trademark registrations.

Article 10.16. International Agreements

The European Union and Korea shall comply with the Trademark Law Treaty (1994) and make all reasonable efforts to comply with the Singapore Treaty on the Law of Trademarks (2006).

Article 10.17. Exceptions to the Rights Conferred by a Trademark

Each Party shall provide for the fair use of descriptive terms as a limited exception to the rights conferred by a trademark and may provide for other limited exceptions, provided that limited exceptions take account of the legitimate interests of the owner of the trademark and of third parties.

Subsection C. Geographical Indications  (1) (2)

Article 10.18. Recognition of Geographical Indications for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs and Wines

1. Having examined the Agricultural Products Quality Control Act, with its implementing rules, in so far as it relates to the registration, control and protection of geographical indications for agricultural products and foodstuffs in Korea, the European Union concludes that this legislation meets the elements laid down in paragraph 6.

2. Having examined Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006, with its implementing rules, for the registration, control and protection of geographical indications of agricultural products and foodstuffs in the European Union, and Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 on the common organisation of the market in wine, Korea concludes that this legislation meets the elements laid down in paragraph 6.

3. Having examined a summary of the specifications of the agricultural products and foodstuffs corresponding to the geographical indications of Korea listed in Annex 10-A, which have been registered by Korea under the legislation referred to in paragraph 1, the European Union undertakes to protect the geographical indications of Korea listed in Annex 10-A according to the level of protection laid down in this Chapter.

4. Having examined a summary of the specifications of the agricultural products and foodstuffs corresponding to the geographical indications of the European Union listed in Annex 10-A, which have been registered by the European Union under the legislation referred to in paragraph 2, Korea undertakes to protect the geographical indications of the European Union listed in Annex 10-A according to the level of protection laid down in this Chapter.

5. Paragraph 3 shall apply to geographical indications for wines with respect to geographical indications added pursuant to Article 10.24.

6. The European Union and Korea agree that the elements for the registration and control of geographical indications referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 are the following:

(a) a register listing geographical indications protected in their respective territories;

(b) an administrative process verifying that geographical indications identify a good as originating in a territory, region or locality of either Party, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin;

(c) a requirement that a registered name shall correspond to a specific product or products for which a product specification is laid down which may only be amended by due administrative process;

(d) control provisions applying to production;

(e) legal provisions laying down that a registered name may be used by any operator marketing the agricultural product or foodstuff conforming to the corresponding specification; and

(f) an objection procedure that allows the legitimate interests of prior users of names, whether those names are protected as a form of intellectual property or not, to be taken into account.

(1) "Geographical indications" in this Sub-section refers to: (a) geographical indications, designations of origin, quality wines produced in a specified region and table wines with geographical indication as referred to in Council Regulation (EC) No 510/2006 of 20 March 2006; Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008; Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/1991 of 10 June 1991; Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999; and Council Regulation (EC) No 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007, or provisions replacing these regulations; and (b) geographical indications as covered by the Agricultural Products Quality Control Act (Act No. 9759, Jun. 9, 2009) and the Liquor Tax Act (Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008) of Korea.
(2) The protection of a geographical indication under this Sub-section is without prejudice to other provisions in this Agreement.

Article 10.19. Recognition of Specific Geographical Indications for Wines, Aromatised Wines and Spirits  (1) (2) (3)

1. In Korea, the geographical indications of the European Union listed in Annex 10-B shall be protected for those products which use these geographical indications in accordance with the relevant laws of the European Union on geographical indications.

2. In the European Union, the geographical indications of Korea listed in Annex 10-B shall be protected for those products which use these geographical indications in accordance with the relevant laws of Korea on geographical indications.

(1) Wines within the meaning of this Sub-section are products falling under heading 22.04 of the HS and which: (a) comply with Council Regulation (EC) 1234/2007 of 22 October 2007, Commission Regulation (EC) 606/2009 of 10 July 2009 and Commission Regulation (EC) 607/2009 of 14 July 2009, or legislation replacing it; or (b) comply with the Agricultural Products Quality Control Act (Act No. 9759, Jun. 9, 2009) and the Liquor Tax Act (Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008) of Korea.
(2) Aromatised wines within the meaning of this Sub-section are products falling under heading 22.05 of the HS and which: (a) comply with Council Regulation (EEC) No 1601/1991 of 10 June 1991, or legislation replacing it; or (b) comply with the Agricultural Products Quality Control Act (Act No. 9759, Jun. 9, 2009) and the Liquor Tax Act (Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008) of Korea.
(3) Spirits within the meaning of this Sub-section are products falling under heading 22.08 of the HS and which: (a) comply with Regulation (EC) No 110/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008, and Commission Regu- lation (EEC) No 1014/90 of 24 April 1990, or legislation replacing it; or (b) comply with the Agricultural Products Quality Control Act (Act No. 9759, Jun. 9, 2009) and the Liquor Tax Act (Act No. 8852, Feb. 29, 2008) of Korea.

Article 10.20. Right of Use

A name protected under this Sub-section may be used by any operator marketing agricultural products, foodstuffs, wines, aromatised wines or spirits conforming to the corresponding specification.

Article 10.21. Scope of Protection

1. Geographical indications referred to in Articles 10.18 and 10.19 shall be protected against:

(a) the use of any means in the designation or presentation of a good that indicates or suggests that the good in question originates in a geographical area other than the true place of origin in a manner which misleads the public as to the geographical origin of the good;

(b) the use of a geographical indication identifying a good for a like good (1) not originating in the place indicated by the geographical indication in question, even where the true origin of the good is indicated or the geographical indication is used in translation or transcription or accompanied by expressions such as "kind", "type", "style", "imitation" or the like; and

(c) any other use which constitutes an act of unfair competition within the meaning of Article 10 bis of the Paris Convention.

2. This Agreement shall in no way prejudice the right of any person to use, in the course of trade, that person's name or the name of that person's predecessor in business, except where such name is used in such a manner as to mislead consumers.

3. If geographical indications of the Parties are homonymous, protection shall be granted to each indication provided that it has been used in good faith. The Working Group on Geographical Indications shall decide the practical conditions of use under which the homonymous geographical indications will be differentiated from each other, taking into account the need to ensure equitable treatment of the producers concerned and that consumers are not misled. If a geographical indication protected through this Agreement is homonymous with a geographical indication of a third country, each Party shall decide the practical conditions of use under which the homonymous geographical indications will be differentiated from each other, taking into account the need to ensure equitable treatment of the producers concerned and that consumers are not misled.

4. Nothing in this Agreement shall oblige the European Union or Korea to protect a geographical indication which is not or ceases to be protected in its country of origin or which has fallen into disuse in that country.

5. The protection of a geographical indication under this Article is without prejudice to the continued use of a trademark which has been applied for, registered or established by use, if that possibility is provided for by the legislation concerned, in the territory of a Party before the date of the application for protection or recognition of the geographical indication, provided that no grounds for the trademark’s invalidity or revocation exist in the legislation of the Party concerned. The date of application for protection or recognition of the geographical indication is determined in accordance with Article 10.23.2.

(1) For all goods, the term "like good" shall be interpreted in line with Article 23.1 of the TRIPS Agreement relating to the use of a geographical indication identifying wines for wines not originating in the place indicated by the geographical indication in question or identifying spirits for spirits not originating in the place indicated by the geographical indication in question.

Article 10.22. Enforcement of Protection

The Parties shall enforce the protection provided for in Articles 10.18 through 10.23 on their own initiative by appropriate intervention of their authorities. They shall also enforce such protection at the request of an interested party.

Article 10.23. Relationship with Trademarks

1. The registration of a trademark that corresponds to any of the situations referred to in Article 10.21.1 in relation to a protected geographical indication for like goods, shall be refused or invalidated by the Parties, provided an application for registration of the trademark is submitted after the date of application for protection or recognition of the geographical indication in the territory concerned.

2. For the purposes of paragraph 1:

(a) for geographical indications referred to in Articles 10.18 and 10.19, the date of application for protection or recognition shall be the date when this Agreement enters into force; and

(b) for geographical indications referred to in Article 10.24, the date of application for protection or recognition shall be the date of a Party's receipt of a request by the other Party to protect or recognise a geographical indication.

Article 10.24. Addition of Geographical Indications for Protection  (1)

1. The European Union and Korea agree to add geographical indi- cations to be protected to the Annexes 10-A and 10-B in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 10.25.

2. The European Union and Korea agree to process, without undue delay, the other’s requests for adding geographical indications to be protected to the Annexes.

3. A name may not be registered as a geographical indication where it conflicts with the name of a plant variety, including a grape variety, or an animal breed and as a result is likely to mislead the consumer as to the true origin of the product.

(1) If a proposal is made by: (a) Korea for an originating product falling into the scope of the legislation of the European Union set out under Article 10.18.2 and footnotes of Article 10.19; or (b) the European Union for an originating product falling into the scope of the legislation of Korea set out under Article 10.18.1 and footnotes of Article 10.19, to add a name of origin to this Agreement which has been recognised by either Party as a geographical indication within the meaning of Article 22.1 of the TRIPS Agreement through laws of either Party other than those referred to in Articles 10.18.1 and 10.18.2 and footnotes of Article 10.19, the Parties agree to examine whether the geographical indication can be added to this Agreement pursuant to this Sub-section.

Article 10.25. Working Group on Geographical Indications

1. The Working Group on Geographical Indications established pursuant to Article 15.3.1 (Working Groups) shall meet, as mutually agreed or upon request of a Party, for the purpose of intensifying cooperation between the Parties and dialogue on geographical indications. The Working Group may make recommendations and adopt decisions by consensus.

2. The location of the meeting shall alternate between the Parties. The Working Group shall meet at a time and a place and in a manner which may include by videoconference, mutually determined by the Parties, but no later than 90 days after the request.

3. The Working Group may decide:

(a) to modify Annexes 10-A and 10-B to add individual geographical indications of the European Union or Korea that, after having completed the relevant procedure referred to in Articles 10.18.3 and 10.18.4, where applicable, are also determined by the other Party to constitute geographical indications and will be protected in the territory of that other Party;

(b) to modify (1) the Annexes referred to in subparagraph (a) to remove individual geographical indications that cease to be protected in the Party of origin (2) or that, in accordance with the applicable legislation, no longer meet the conditions to be considered a geographical indication in the other Party; and

(c) that a reference to legislation in this Agreement should be taken to be a reference to that legislation as amended and replaced and in force at a particular date after the entry into force of this Agreement.

4. The Working Group shall also ensure the proper functioning of this Sub-section and may consider any matter related to its implementation and operation. In particular, it shall be responsible for:

(a) exchanging information on legislative and policy developments on geographical indications;

(b) exchanging information on individual geographical indications for the purpose of considering their protection in accordance with this Agreement; and

(c) exchanging information to optimise the operation of this Agreement.

5. The Working Group may discuss any matter of mutual interest in the area of geographical indications.

(1) This refers to the modification of the geographical indication as such, including the name and product category. Modifications of specifications as referred to in Articles 10.18.3 and 10.18.4 or modifications of the responsible control bodies as referred to in Article 10.18.6(d) remain the sole responsibility of the Party where a geographical indication originates. Such modifications may be communicated for information purposes.
(2) A decision to cease protection of a geographical indication remains the sole responsibility of the Party where the geographical indication originates.
  • Chapter   ONE OBJECTIVES AND GENERAL DEFINITIONS 1
  • Article   1.1 Objectives 1
  • Article   1.2 General Definitions 1
  • Chapter   TWO NATIONAL TREATMENT AND MARKET ACCESS FOR GOODS 1
  • Section   A Common Provisions 1
  • Article   2.1 Objective 1
  • Article   2.2 Scope and Coverage 1
  • Article   2.3 Customs Duty 1
  • Article   2.4 Classification of Goods 1
  • Section   B Elimination of Customs Duties 1
  • Article   2.5 Elimination of Customs Duties 1
  • Article   2.6 Standstill 1
  • Article   2.7 Administration and Implementation of Tariff-rate Quotas 1
  • Section   C Non-tariff Measures 1
  • Article   2.8 National Treatment 1
  • Article   2.9 Import and Export Restrictions 1
  • Article   2.10 Fees and other Charges on Imports 1
  • Article   2.11 Duties, Taxes or other Fees and Charges on Exports 1
  • Article   2.12 Customs Valuation 1
  • Article   2.13 State Trading Enterprises 1
  • Article   2.14 Elimination of Sectoral Non-tariff Measures 1
  • Section   D Specific Exceptions Related to Goods 1
  • Article   2.15 General Exceptions 1
  • Section   E Institutional Provisions 1
  • Article   2.16 Committee on Trade In Goods 1
  • Article   2.17 Special Provisions on Administrative Cooperation 1
  • Chapter   THREE TRADE REMEDIES 1
  • Section   A Bilateral Safeguard Measures 1
  • Article   3.1 Application of a Bilateral Safeguard Measure 1
  • Article   3.2 Conditions and Limitations 1
  • Article   3.3 Provisional Measures 2
  • Article   3.4 Compensation 2
  • Article   3.5 Definitions 2
  • Section   B Agricultural Safeguard Measures 2
  • Article   3.6 Agricultural Safeguard Measures 2
  • Section   C Global Safeguard Measures 2
  • Article   3.7 Global Safeguard Measures 2
  • Section   D Anti-dumping and Countervailing Duties 2
  • Article   3.8 General Provisions 2
  • Article   3.9 Notification 2
  • Article   3.10 Consideration of Public Interests 2
  • Article   3.11 Investigation after Termination Resulting from a Review 2
  • Article   3.12 Cumulative Assessment 2
  • Article   3.13 De-minimis Standard Applicable to Review 2
  • Article   3.14 Lesser Duty Rule 2
  • Article   3.15 Dispute Settlement 2
  • Section   E Institutional Provisions 2
  • Article   3.16 Working Group on Trade Remedy Cooperation 2
  • Chapter   FOUR TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 2
  • Article   4.1 Affirmation of the TBT Agreement 2
  • Article   4.2 Scope and Definitions 2
  • Article   4.3 Joint Cooperation 2
  • Article   4.4 Technical Regulations 2
  • Article   4.5 Standards 2
  • Article   4.6 Conformity Assessment and Accreditation 2
  • Article   4.7 Market Surveillance 2
  • Article   4.8 Conformity Assessment Fees 2
  • Article   4.9 Marking and Labelling 2
  • Article   4.10 Coordination Mechanism 2
  • Chapter   FIVE SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES 2
  • Article   5.1 Objective 3
  • Article   5.2 Scope 3
  • Article   5.3 Definition 3
  • Article   5.4 Rights and Obligations 3
  • Article   5.5 Transparency and Exchange of Information 3
  • Article   5.6 International Standards  3
  • Article   5.7 Import Requirements 3
  • Article   5.8 Measures Linked to Animal and Plant Health 3
  • Article   5.9 Cooperation on Animal Welfare 3
  • Article   5.10 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 3
  • Article   5.11 Dispute Settlement 3
  • Chapter   SIX CUSTOMS AND TRADE FACILITATION 3
  • Article   6.1 Objectives and Principles 3
  • Article   6.2 Release of Goods 3
  • Article   6.3 Simplified Customs Procedure 3
  • Article   6.4 Risk Management 3
  • Article   6.5 Transparency 3
  • Article   6.6 Advance Rulings 3
  • Article   6.7 Appeal Procedures 3
  • Article   6.8 Confidentiality 3
  • Article   6.9 Fees and Charges 3
  • Article   6.10 Pre-shipment Inspections 3
  • Article   6.11 Post-clearance Audit 3
  • Article   6.12 Customs Valuation 3
  • Article   6.13 Customs Cooperation 3
  • Article   6.14 Mutual Administrative Assistance In Customs Matters 3
  • Article   6.15 Customs Contact Points 3
  • Article   6.16 Customs Committee 3
  • Chapter   SEVEN TRADE IN SERVICES, ESTABLISHMENT AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 3
  • Section   A General Provisions 3
  • Article   7.1 Objective, Scope and Coverage 3
  • Article   7.2 Definitions 3
  • Article   7.3 Committee on Trade In Services, Establishment and Electronic Commerce 4
  • Section   B Cross-border Supply of Services 4
  • Article   7.4 Scope and Definitions 4
  • Article   7.5 Market Access 4
  • Article   7.6 National Treatment 4
  • Article   7.7 Lists of Commitments 4
  • Article   7.8 MFN Treatment  (1) 4
  • Section   C Establishment 4
  • Article   7.9 Definitions 4
  • Article   7.10 Scope 4
  • Article   7.11 Market Access 4
  • Article   7.12 National Treatment  (1) 4
  • Article   7.13 Lists of Commitments 4
  • Article   7.14 MFN Treatment  (1) 4
  • Article   7.15 Other Agreements 4
  • Article   7.16 Review of the Investment Legal Framework 4
  • Section   D Temporary Presence of Natural Persons for Business 4
  • Article   7.17 Scope and Definitions 4
  • Article   7.18 Key Personnel and Graduate Trainees 5
  • Article   7.19 Business Service Sellers 5
  • Article   7.20 Contractual Service Supplier and Independent Professionals 5
  • Section   E Regulatory Framework 5
  • Subsection   A Provisions of General Application 5
  • Article   7.21 Mutual Recognition 5
  • Article   7.22 Transparency and Confidential Information 5
  • Article   7.23 Domestic Regulation 5
  • Article   7.24 Governance 5
  • Subsection   B Computer Services 5
  • Article   7.25 Computer Services 5
  • Subsection   C Postal and Courier Services 5
  • Article   7.26 Regulatory Principles 5
  • Subsection   D Telecommunications Services 5
  • Article   7.27 Scope and Definitions 5
  • Article   7.28 Regulatory Authority 5
  • Article   7.29 Authorisation to Provide Telecommunications Services 5
  • Article   7.30 Competitive Safeguards on Major Suppliers 5
  • Article   7.31 Interconnection 5
  • Article   7.32 Number Portability 5
  • Article   7.33 Allocation and Use of Scarce Resources 5
  • Article   7.34 Universal Service 5
  • Article   7.35 Confidentiality of Information 5
  • Article   7.36 Resolution of Telecommunications Disputes 5
  • Subsection   E Financial Services 5
  • Article   7.37 Scope and Definitions 5
  • Article   7.38 Prudential Carve-out  (1) 6
  • Article   7.39 Transparency 6
  • Article   7.40 Self-regulatory Organisations 6
  • Article   7.41 Payment and Clearing Systems 6
  • Article   7.42 New Financial Services 6
  • Article   7.43 Data Processing 6
  • Article   7.44 Specific Exceptions 6
  • Article   7.45 Dispute Settlement 6
  • Article   7.46 Recognition 6
  • Subsection   F International Maritime Transport Services 6
  • Article   7.47 Scope, Definitions and Principles 6
  • Section   F Electronic Commerce 6
  • Article   7.48 Objective and Principles 6
  • Article   7.49 Cooperation on Regulatory Issues 6
  • Section   G Exceptions 6
  • Article   7.50 Exceptions 6
  • Chapter   EIGHT PAYMENTS AND CAPITAL MOVEMENTS 6
  • Article   8.1 Current Payments 6
  • Article   8.2 Capital Movements 6
  • Article   8.3 Exceptions 6
  • Article   8.4 Safeguard Measures 6
  • Chapter   NINE GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 6
  • Article   9.1 General Provisions 6
  • Article   9.2 Scope and Coverage 7
  • Article   9.3 Government Procurement Working Group 7
  • Chapter   TEN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 7
  • Section   A General Provisions 7
  • Article   10.1 Objectives 7
  • Article   10.2 Nature and Scope of Obligations 7
  • Article   10.3 Transfer of Technology 7
  • Article   10.4 Exhaustion 7
  • Section   B Standards Concerning Intellectual Property Rights 7
  • Subsection   A Copyright and Related Rights 7
  • Article   10.5 Protection Granted 7
  • Article   10.6 Duration of Authors' Rights 7
  • Article   10.7 Broadcasting Organisations 7
  • Article   10.8 Cooperation on Collective Management of Rights 7
  • Article   10.9 Broadcasting and Communication to the Public 7
  • Article   10.10 Artists' Resale Right In Works of Art 7
  • Article   10.11 Limitations and Exceptions 7
  • Article   10.12 Protection of Technological Measures 7
  • Article   10.13 Protection of Rights Management Information 7
  • Article   10.14 Transitional Provision 7
  • Subsection   B Trademarks 7
  • Article   10.15 Registration Procedure 7
  • Article   10.16 International Agreements 7
  • Article   10.17 Exceptions to the Rights Conferred by a Trademark 7
  • Subsection   C Geographical Indications  (1) (2) 7
  • Article   10.18 Recognition of Geographical Indications for Agricultural Products and Foodstuffs and Wines 7
  • Article   10.19 Recognition of Specific Geographical Indications for Wines, Aromatised Wines and Spirits  (1) (2) (3) 7
  • Article   10.20 Right of Use 7
  • Article   10.21 Scope of Protection 7
  • Article   10.22 Enforcement of Protection 7
  • Article   10.23 Relationship with Trademarks 7
  • Article   10.24 Addition of Geographical Indications for Protection  (1) 7
  • Article   10.25 Working Group on Geographical Indications 7
  • Article   10.26 Individual Applications for Protection of Geographical Indications 8
  • Subsection   D Designs 8
  • Article   10.27 Protection of Registered Designs 8
  • Article   10.28 Rights Conferred by Registration 8
  • Article   10.29 Protection Conferred to Unregistered Appearance 8
  • Article   10.30 Term of Protection 8
  • Article   10.31 Exceptions 8
  • Article   10.32 Relationship with Copyright 8
  • Subsection   E Patents 8
  • Article   10.33 International Agreement 8
  • Article   10.34 Patents and Public Health 8
  • Article   10.35 Extension of the Duration of the Rights Conferred by Patent Protection 8
  • Article   10.36 Protection of Data Submitted to Obtain a Marketing Authorisation for Pharmaceutical Products  (1) 8
  • Article   10.37 Protection of Data Submitted to Obtain a Marketing Authorisation for Plant Protection Products 8
  • Article   10.38 Implementation 8
  • Subsection   F Other Provisions 8
  • Article   10.39 Plant Varieties 8
  • Article   10.40 Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore 8
  • Section   C Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights 8
  • Article   10.41 General Obligations 8
  • Article   10.42 Entitled Applicants 8
  • Subsection   A Civil Measures 8
  • Article   10.43 Evidence 8
  • Article   10.44 Provisional Measures for Preserving Evidence 8
  • Article   10.45 Right of Information 8
  • Article   10.46 Provisional and Precautionary Measures 8
  • Article   10.47 Corrective Measures 8
  • Article   10.48 Injunctions 8
  • Article   10.49 Alternative Measures 8
  • Article   10.50 Damages 8
  • Article   10.51 Legal Costs 8
  • Article   10.52 Publication of Judicial Decisions 8
  • Article   10.53 Presumption of Authorship or Ownership 8
  • Subsection   B Criminal Enforcement 8
  • Article   10.54 Scope of Criminal Enforcement 8
  • Article   10.55 Geographical Indications and Designs Counterfeiting 8
  • Article   10.56 Liability of Legal Persons 8
  • Article   10.57 Aiding and Abetting 8
  • Article   10.58 Seizure 8
  • Article   10.59 Penalties 8
  • Article   10.60 Confiscation 8
  • Article   10.61 Rights of Third Parties 8
  • Subsection   C Liability of Online Service Providers 8
  • Article   10.62 Liability of Online Service Providers  (1) 8
  • Article   10.63 Liability of Online Service Providers: "mere Conduit"™ 8
  • Article   10.64 Liability of Online Service Providers: "caching" 9
  • Article   10.65 Liability of Online Service Providers: "hosting" 9
  • Article   10.66 No General Obligation to Monitor 9
  • Subsection   D Other Provisions 9
  • Article   10.67 Border Measures 9
  • Article   10.68 Codes of Conduct 9
  • Article   10.69 Cooperation 9
  • Chapter   ELEVEN COMPETITION 9
  • Section   A Competition 9
  • Article   11.1 Principles 9
  • Article   11.2 Definitions 9
  • Article   11.3 Implementation 9
  • Article   11.4 Public Enterprises and Enterprises Entrusted with Special Rights or Exclusive Rights  (1) 9
  • Article   11.5 State Monopolies 9
  • Article   11.6 Cooperation 9
  • Article   11.7 Consultation 9
  • Article   11.8 Dispute Settlement 9
  • Section   B Subsidies 9
  • Article   11.9 Principles 9
  • Article   11.10 Definitions of a Subsidy and Specificity 9
  • Article   11.11 Prohibited Subsidies  (1) (2) 9
  • Article   11.12 Transparency 9
  • Article   11.13 Relation with the WTO Agreement 9
  • Article   11.14 Monitoring and Review 9
  • Article   11.15 Scope 9
  • Chapter   TWELVE TRANSPARENCY 9
  • Article   12.1 Definitions 9
  • Article   12.2 Objective and Scope 9
  • Article   12.3 Publication 9
  • Article   12.4 Enquiries and Contact Points 9
  • Article   12.5 Administrative Proceedings 9
  • Article   12.6 Review and Appeal 9
  • Article   12.7 Regulatory Quality and Performance and Good Administrative Behaviour 9
  • Article   12.8 Non-discrimination 9
  • Chapter   THIRTEEN TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 9
  • Article   13.1 Context and Objectives 9
  • Article   13.2 Scope 10
  • Article   13.3 Right to Regulate and Levels of Protection 10
  • Article   13.4 Multilateral Labour Standards and Agreements 10
  • Article   13.5 Multilateral Environmental Agreements 10
  • Article   13.6 Trade Favouring Sustainable Development 10
  • Article   13.7 Upholding Levels of Protection In the Application and Enforcement of Laws, Regulations or Standards 10
  • Article   13.8 Scientific Information 10
  • Article   13.9 Transparency 10
  • Article   13.10 Review of Sustainability Impacts 10
  • Article   13.11 Cooperation 10
  • Article   13.12 Institutional Mechanism 10
  • Article   13.13 Civil Society Dialogue Mechanism 10
  • Article   13.14 Government Consultations 10
  • Article   13.15 Panel of Experts 10
  • Article   13.16 Dispute Settlement 10
  • Chapter   FOURTEEN DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 10
  • Section   A Objective and Scope 10
  • Article   14.1 Objective 10
  • Article   14.2 Scope 10
  • Section   B Consultations 10
  • Article   14.3 Consultations 10
  • Section   C Dispute Settlement Procedures 10
  • Subsection   A Arbitration Procedure 10
  • Article   14.4 Initiation of the Arbitration Procedure 10
  • Article   14.5 Establishment of the Arbitration Panel 10
  • Article   14.6 Interim Panel Report 10
  • Article   14.7 Arbitration Panel Ruling 10
  • Subsection   B Compliance 10
  • Article   14.8 Compliance with the Arbitration Panel Ruling 10
  • Article   14.9 The Reasonable Period of Time for Compliance 10
  • Article   14.10 Review of Any Measure Taken to Comply with the Arbitration Panel Ruling 10
  • Article   14.11 Temporary Remedies In Case of Non-compliance 10
  • Article   14.12 Review of Any Measure Taken to Comply after the Suspension of Obligations 10
  • Subsection   C Common Provisions 10
  • Article   14.13 Mutually Agreed Solution 10
  • Article   14.14 Rules of Procedure 10
  • Article   14.15 Information and Technical Advice 10
  • Article   14.16 Rules of Interpretation 10
  • Article   14.17 Arbitration Panel Decisions and Rulings 10
  • Section   D General Provisions 10
  • Article   14.18 List of Arbitrators 10
  • Article   14.19 Relation with WTO Obligations 10
  • Article   14.20 Time Limits 10
  • Chapter   FIFTEEN INSTITUTIONAL, GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS 10
  • Article   15.1 Trade Committee 10
  • Article   15.2 Specialised Committees 11
  • Article   15.3 Working Groups 11
  • Article   15.4 Decision-making 11
  • Article   15.5 Amendments 11
  • Article   15.6 Contact Points 11
  • Article   15.7 Taxation 11
  • Article   15.8 Balance-of-payments Exceptions 11
  • Article   15.9 Security Exceptions 11
  • Article   15.10 Entry Into Force 11
  • Article   15.11 Duration 11
  • Article   15.12 Fulfilment of Obligations 11
  • Article   15.13 Annexes, Appendices, Protocols and Notes 11
  • Article   15.14 Relation with other Agreements 11
  • Article   15.15 Territorial Application 11
  • Article   15.16 Authentic Texts 11
  • ANNEX 7-A  LISTS OF COMMITMENTS 11
  • ANNEX 7-A-2  EU PARTY LIST OF COMMITMENTS IN CONFORMITY WITH ARTICLE 7.13 (ESTABLISHMENT) 11
  • ANNEX 7-A-4  KOREA. SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS IN CONFORMITY WITH ARTICLES 7.7, 7.13, 7.18 AND 7.19 14
  • ANNEX 13  COOPERATION ON TRADE AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 14
  • ANNEX 14-A  MEDIATION MECHANISM FOR NON-TARIFF MEASURES 14
  • 1 Objective 14
  • 2 Scope 14
  • Section   A PROCEDURE UNDER THE MEDIATION MECHANISM 14
  • 3 Initiation of the Mediation Procedure 14
  • 4 Selection of Mediator 14
  • 5 Rules of the Mediation Procedure 14
  • Section   B IMPLEMENTATION 14
  • 6 Implementation of a Mutually Agreed Solution 14
  • Section   C GENERAL PROVISIONS 14
  • 7 Relationship to Dispute Settlement 14
  • 8 Time Limits 14
  • 9 Costs 14
  • 10 Review 14
  • ANNEX 14-B  RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR ARBITRATION 14
  • 1 General Provisions 14
  • 2 Notifications 15
  • 3 Commencing the Arbitration 15
  • 4 Initial Submissions 15
  • 5 Working of Arbitration Panels 15
  • 6 Replacement 15
  • 7 Hearings 15
  • 8 Questions In Writing 15
  • 9 Confidentiality 15
  • 10 Ex Parte Contacts 15
  • 11 Amicus Curiae Submissions 15
  • 12 Urgent Cases 15
  • 13 Translation and Interpretation 15
  • 14 Calculation of Time Limits 15
  • 15 Other Procedures 15
  • ANNEX 14-C  CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF ARBITRATION PANELS AND MEDIATORS 15
  • 1 Definitions 15
  • 2 Responsibilities to the Process 15
  • 3 Disclosure Obligations 15
  • 4 Duties of Members 15
  • 5 Independence and Impartiality of Members 15
  • 6 Obligations of Former Members 15
  • 7 Confidentiality 15
  • 8 Mediators 15