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nor have dealt with the investment dispute in any capacity.

12. In the case of arbitration referred to in paragraph 4, each of the disputing parties may indicate up to three nationalities, the appointment of arbitrators of which is unacceptable to it. In this event, the Secretary-General of the ICSID may be requested not to appoint as arbitrator any person whose nationality is indicated by either of the disputing parties.

13. Unless the disputing parties agree otherwise, the arbitration shall be held in a country that is a party to the New York Convention.

14. An arbitral tribunal established under paragraph 4 shall decide the issues in dispute in accordance with this Agreement and applicable rules of international law.

15. The disputing Party shall deliver to the other Party:

(a) written notice of the investment dispute submitted to the arbitration no later than 30  days after the date on which the investment dispute was submitted; and

(b) copies of all pleadings filed in the arbitration.

16. On written notice to the disputing parties, the Party which is not the disputing Party may make submissions to the arbitral tribunal on a question of interpretation of this Agreement.

17. The arbitral tribunal may order an interim measure of protection to preserve the rights of the disputing investor, or to facilitate the conduct of arbitral proceedings, including an order to preserve evidence in the possession or control of either of the disputing parties.

The arbitral tribunal shall not order attachment or enjoin the application of the measure alleged to constitute a breach referred to in paragraph 1.

18. The award rendered by the arbitral tribunal shall include:

(a) a judgment whether or not there has been a breach by the disputing Party of any obligation under this Agreement with respect to the disputing investor and its investments; and

(b) a remedy if there has been such breach. The remedy shall be limited to one or both of the following:

(i) payment of monetary damages and applicable interest; and

(ii) restitution of property, in which case the award shall provide that the disputing Party may pay monetary damages and any applicable interest in lieu of restitution. Costs may also be awarded in accordance with the applicable arbitration rules.

19. The award rendered in accordance with paragraph 18 shall be final and binding upon the disputing parties. The disputing Party shall carry out without delay the provisions of the award and provide in its Area for the enforcement of the award in accordance with its relevant laws and regulations.

20. Neither Party shall give diplomatic protection, or bring an international claim, in respect of an investment dispute which the other Party and an investor of the former Party have consented to submit or submitted to arbitration set forth in paragraph 4, unless the other Party shall have failed to abide by and comply with the award rendered in such investment dispute. Diplomatic protection, for the purposes of this paragraph, shall not include informal diplomatic exchanges for the sole purpose of facilitating a settlement of the investment dispute.

21. Annex 6 provides additional provisions with respect to the settlement of investment disputes.

Article 70. Temporary Safeguard Measures

1. A Party may adopt or maintain measures not conforming with its obligations under Article 59 relating to cross-border capital transactions and Article 67:
(a) in the event of serious balance-of-payments and external financial difficulties or threat thereof; or
(b) in cases where, in exceptional circumstances, movements of capital cause or threaten to cause serious difficulties for macroeconomic management in particular, monetary and exchange rate policies.
2. Measures referred to in paragraph 1:
(a) shall be consistent with the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund;
(b) shall not exceed those necessary to deal with the circumstances set out in paragraph 1; (c) shall be temporary and eliminated as soon as conditions permit; and
(d) shall be promptly notified to the other Party.
3. Nothing in this Article shall be regarded as altering the rights enjoyed and obligations undertaken by a Party as a party to the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund.

Article 71. Prudential Measures

1. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Chapter, a Party shall not be prevented from taking measures relating to financial services for prudential reasons, including measures for the protection of investors, depositors, policy holders or persons to whom a fiduciaryduty is owed by an enterprise supplying financial services, or to ensure the integrity and stability of the financial system.
2. Where such measures do not conform with the provisions of this Chapter, they shall not be used as a means of avoiding the Party's commitments or obligations under this Chapter.

Article 72. Denial of Benefits

1. A Party may deny the benefits of this Chapter to an investor of the other Party that is an enterprise of the other Party and to its investments, where the denying Party establishes that the enterprise is owned or controlled by Anil investor of a non-Party and the denying Party:

(a) does not maintain diplomatic relations with the non-Party; or

(b) adopts or maintains measures with respect to the non-Party that prohibit transactions with the enterprise or that would be violated or circumvented if the benefits of this Chapter were accorded to the enterprise or to its investments.

2. Subject to prior notification and consultation, a Party may deny the benefits of this Chapter to an investor of the other Party that is an enterprise of the other Party and to its investments, where the denying Party establishes that the enterprise is owned or controlled by an investor of a non-Party and the enterprise has no substantial business activities in the Area of the other Party.

Article 73. Taxation Measures as Expropriation

1. Article 65 shall apply to taxation measures, to the extent that such taxation measures constitute expropriation as provided for in paragraph 1 of Article 65.

2. Where Article 65 applies to taxation measures in accordance with paragraph 1, Articles 62 and 69 shall also apply in respect of taxation measures.

3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, no investor may invoke Article 65 as the basis for an investment dispute under Article 69, where it has been determined pursuant to paragraph 4 that the taxation measure is not an expropriation.

4. The investor shall refer the issue, at the time that it gives a written notice of intent under paragraph 6 of Article 69, to the competent authorities of both Parties, through the contact points referred to in Article 16, to determine whether such measure is not an expropriation. If the competent authorities of both Parties do not consider the issue or, having considered it, fail to determine that the measure is not an expropriation within a period of five months of such referral, the investor may submit the investment dispute to conciliation or arbitration under Article 69.

5. Paragraphs 2 through 4 shall apply only to taxation measure taken in the form of or in the applications of the laws and regulations which are enacted or amended after the entry into force of this Agreement.

Note: With respect to Indonesia, taxation measures referred to in this paragraph do not include those taken by tax administrative authorities in the applications of the relevant laws and regulations.

6. For the purposes of paragraph 4, the term “competent authorities” means:

(a) with respect to Japan, the Minister of Finance or his or her authorized representative, who shall consider the issue in consultation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs or his or her  authorized representative; and

(b) with respect to Indonesia, the Minister of Finance or his or her authorized representative.

Article 74. Environmental Measures

Each Party recognizes that it is inappropriate to encourage investments by investors of the other Party by relaxing its environmental measures. To this effect each Party should not waive or otherwise derogate from such environmental measures as an encouragement for establishment, acquisition or expansion of investments in its Area.

Article 75. Sub-committee on Investment

For the purposes of the effective implementation and operation of this Chapter, the functions of the Sub-Committee on Investment (hereinafter referred to in this Article as "the Sub-Committee") established in accordance with Article 15 shall be:
(a) reviewing and monitoring the implementation and operation of this Chapter;
(b) reviewing the specific reservations and exceptions under Article 64;
(c) discussing any issues related to this Chapter;
(d) reporting the findings of the Sub-Committee to the Joint Committee; and
(e) carrying out other functions as may be delegated by the Joint Committee in accordance with Article 14.

Chapter 6. Trade In Services

Article 76. Scope

1. This Chapter shall apply to measures by a Party affecting trade in services.

2. This Chapter shall not apply to:

(a) in respect of air transport services, measures affecting traffic rights, however granted; or to measures affecting services directly related to the exercise of traffic rights, other than measures affecting:

(i) aircraft repair and maintenance services;

(ii) the selling and marketing of air transport services; and

(iii) computer reservation system services;

(b) cabotage in maritime transport services;

(c) subsidies provided by a Party or a state enterprise thereof, including grants, government-

supported loans, guarantees and insurance;

(d) measures affecting the movement of natural persons of a Party, unless otherwise provided in a Schedule of Specific Commitments in Annex 8;

(e) measures affecting natural persons of a Party seeking access to employment market of the other Party, or measures regarding nationality, or residence or employment on a permanent basis; and

(f) government procurement.

3. Annex 7 provides supplementary provisions to this Chapter on financial services, including scope and definitions.

Article 77. Definitions

For the purposes of this Chapter:

(a) the term “aircraft repair and maintenance services” means such activities when undertaken on an aircraft or a part thereof while it is withdrawn from service and does not include so- called line maintenance;

(b) the term “commercial presence” means any type of business or professional establishment, including through:

(i) the constitution, acquisition or maintenance of a juridical person; or

(ii) the creation or maintenance of a branch or a representative office, within the Area of a Party for the purposes of supplying services;

(c) the term “computer reservation system services” means services provided by computerized systems that contain information about air carriers'  schedules, availability, fares and fare rules, through which reservations may be made or tickets may be issued;

(d) the term “juridical person” means any legal entity duly constituted or otherwise organized under applicable law, whether for profit or otherwise, and whether privately-owned or governmentally-owned, including any corporation, trust, partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship or association;

(e) the term “juridical person of the other Party” means a juridical person which is either:

(i) constituted or otherwise organized under the law of the other Party; or

(ii) in the case of the supply of a service through commercial presence, owned or  controlled by:

(A) natural persons of the other Party; or

(B) juridical persons of the other Party identified under subparagraph (i);

(f) a juridical person is:

(i) “owned” by persons of a Party or a non-Party if more than 50 percent of the equity

interests in it is beneficially owned by such persons;

(ii) “controlled” by persons of a Party or a non- Party if such persons have the power to name a majority of its directors or otherwise to legally direct its actions; and

(iii) “affiliated” with another person when it controls, or is controlled by, that other person; or when it and the other person are both controlled by the same person;

(g) the term “measure” means any measure, whether in the form of a law, regulation, rule, procedure, decision, administrative action or any other form;

Note: The term “measure” shall include taxation measures to the extent covered by the GATS.

(h) the term “measure by a Party” means any measure taken by:

(i) central or local governments and authorities of a Party; and

(ii) non-governmental bodies in the exercise of powers delegated by central or local governments or authorities of a Party;

(i) the term “measures by a Party affecting trade in services” includes measures by a Party in respect of:

(i) the purchase, payment or use of services;

(ii) the access to and use of, in connection with the supply of services, services which are

required by the Party to be offered to the public generally; and

(iii) the presence, including commercial presence, of persons of the other Party for the supply of services in the Area of the former Party;

(j) the term “monopoly supplier of a service” means any person, public or private, which in the relevant market of a Party is authorized or established formally or in effect by that Party

as the sole supplier of that service;

(k) the term “natural person of a Party” means a natural person who resides in a Party or

elsewhere and who is a national of the Party under the law of the Party;

(l) the term “person” means either a natural person or a juridical person;

(m) the term “service” includes any service in any sector except a service supplied in the exercise of governmental authority;

(n) the term “service consumer” means any person that receives or uses services;

(o) the term “services of the other Party” means services which are supplied:

(i) from or in the Area of the other Party, or in the case of maritime transport services,  by a vessel registered under the law of the other Party, or by a person of the other Party which supplies such services through the operation of a vessel or its use in whole or in part; or

(ii) in the case of the supply of services through commercial presence or through the  presence of natural persons, by service suppliers of the other Party;

(p) the term “service supplied in the exercise of governmental authority” means any service which is supplied neither on a commercial basis nor in competition with one or more service suppliers;

(q) the term “service supplier” means any person that seeks to supply or supplies a service;

Note: Where the service is not supplied directly by a juridical person but through other forms of commercial presence such as a branch or a representative office, the service supplier (i.e. the juridical person) shall, nonetheless, through such presence be accorded the treatment provided for service suppliers under this Chapter. Such treatment shall be extended to the presence through which the service is supplied and need not be extended to any other parts of the supplier located outside the Area of a Party where the service is supplied.

(r) the term “state enterprise” means an enterprise owned or controlled by the Government of a Party;

(s) the term “supply of a service” includes the production, distribution, marketing, sale and  delivery of a service;

(t) the term “the selling and marketing of air transport services” means opportunities for the air carrier concerned to sell and market freely its air transport services including all aspects of marketing such as market research, advertising and distribution. These activities do not include the pricing of air transport services nor the applicable conditions;

(u) the term “trade in services” means the supply of services:

(i) from the Area of a Party into the Area of the other Party (“cross-border supply mode”);

(ii) in the Area of a Party to the service consumer of the other Party (“consumption abroad mode”);

(iii) by a service supplier of a Party, through commercial presence in the Area of the other Party (“commercial presence mode”); and

(iv) by a service supplier of a Party, through presence of natural persons of that Party in  the Area of the other Party (“presence of natural persons mode”); and

(v) the term “traffic rights” means the rights for scheduled and non-scheduled services to operate and/or to carry passengers, cargo and mail for remuneration or hire from, to, within, or over a Party, including points to be served, routes to be operated, types of traffic to be carried, capacity to be provided, tariffs to be charged and their conditions, and criteria for designation of airlines, including such criteria as number, ownership and control.

Article 78. Market Access

1. With respect to market access through the modes of supply defined in subparagraph (u) of Article 77, each Party shall accord services and service suppliers of the other Party treatment no less favourable than that provided for under the terms, limitations and conditions agreed and specified in its Schedule of Specific Commitments in Annex 8.

Note: If a Party undertakes a market-access commitment in relation to the supply of a service through the mode of supply referred to in subparagraph (u)(i) of Article 77 and if the cross-border movement of capital is an essential part of the service itself, that Party is thereby committed to allow such movement of capital. If a Party undertakes a market-access commitment in relation to the supply of a service through the mode of supply referred to in subparagraph (u)(iii) of Article 77, it is thereby committed to allow related transfers of capital into its Area.

2. In sectors where market-access commitments are undertaken, the measures which a Party shall not maintain or adopt either on the basis of a regional subdivision or on the basis of its entire Area, unless otherwise specified in its Schedule of Specific Commitments in Annex 8, are defined as:

(a) limitations on the number of service suppliers whether in the form of numerical quotas,  monopolies, exclusive service suppliers or the requirements of an economic needs test;

(b) limitations on the total value of service transactions or assets in the form of numerical  quotas or the requirement of an economic needs test;

(c) limitations on the total number of service operations or on the total quantity of service  output expressed in terms of designated numerical units in the form of quotas or the requirement of an economic needs test;

Note: This subparagraph does not cover measures of a Party which limit inputs for the supply of services.

(d) limitations on the total number of natural persons that may be employed in a particular  service sector or that a service supplier may employ and who are necessary for, and directly  related to, the supply of a specific service in the form of numerical quotas or the requirement of an economic needs test;

(e) measures which restrict or require specific types of legal entity or joint venture through which a service supplier may supply a service; and

(f) limitations on the participation of foreign capital in terms of maximum percentage limit on foreign shareholding or the total value of individual or aggregate foreign investment.

Article 79. National Treatment

1. In the sectors inscribed in its Schedule of Specific Commitments in Annex 8, and subject to any conditions and qualifications set out therein, each Party shall accord to services and service suppliers of the other Party, in respect of all measures affecting the supply of services,treatment no less favourable than that it accords to its own like services and service suppliers. Note: Specific commitments assumed under this Article shall not be construed to require either Party to compensate for any inherent competitive disadvantages which result from the foreign character of the relevant services or service suppliers.

2. A Party may meet the requirement of paragraph 1 by according to services and service suppliers of the other Party, either formally identical treatment or formally different treatment to that it accords to its own like services and service suppliers.

3. Formally identical or formally different treatment shall be considered to be less favourable if it modifies the conditions of competition in favour of services or service suppliers of the Party which accords such treatment compared to like services or service suppliers of the other Party.

4. A Party shall not invoke the preceding paragraphs under Chapter 14 with respect to a measure of the other Party that falls within the scope of an international agreement between the Parties relating to the avoidance of double taxation.

Article 80. Additional Commitments

The Parties may negotiate commitments with respect to measures affecting trade in services not subject to scheduling under Articles 78 and 79, including those regarding qualifications, standards or licensing matters.Such commitments shall be inscribed in a Party's Scheduleof Specific Commitments in Annex 8.

Article 81. Schedule of Specific Commitments

1. With respect to sectors or sub-sectors where specific commitments are undertaken by each Party, its Schedule of Specific Commitments in Annex 8 shall specify:
(a) terms, limitations and conditions on market access;
(b) conditions and qualifications on national treatment;
(c) undertakings relating to additional commitments;and
(d) where appropriate, the time-frame for implementation of such commitments.

2. Measures inconsistent with both Articles 78 and 79 shall be inscribed in the column relating to Article 78. In this case the inscription will be considered to provide a condition or qualification to Article 79 as well.

3. With respect to sectors or sub-sectors where specific commitments are undertaken in Annex 8 and which are indicated with "SS", any terms, limitations, conditions and qualifications, referred to in subparagraphs 1(a) and (b), shall be limited to those based on non-conforming measures,which are in effect on the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

4. With respect to sectors or sub-sectors where specific commitments are undertaken by a Party in Annex 8 and which are indicated with "S", any terms, limitations, conditions and qualifications on market access or national treatment, applied to a service supplier of the other Party on the date of entry into force of this Agreement, shall not be changed or modified so as to become more restrictive to such a service supplier.


Note: With regard to the rights given to the service supplier under the above mentioned terms,limitations, conditions and qualifications, this paragraph shall apply to the same extent as the rights that the service supplier has already exercised.

Article 82. Most-favoured-nation Treatment

1. Each Party shall accord to services and service suppliers of the other Party treatment no less favourable than that it accords to like services and service suppliers of any non-Party.

2. Paragraph 1 shall not apply to any measure by a Party with respect to sectors, sub-sectors or activities, as set out in its Schedule in Annex 9.

Article 83. Authorization, Licensing or Qualification

With a view to ensuring that any measure by a Party relating to the authorization, licensing or qualification of service suppliers of the other Party does not constitute Anil unnecessary barrier to trade in services, each Party shall endeavor to ensure that such measure:

(a) is based on objective and transparent criteria, such as the competence and ability to supply services;
(b) is not more burdensome than necessary to ensure the quality of services; and
(c) does not constitute a disguised restriction on the supply of services.

Article 84. Mutual Recognition

1. A Party may recognize the education or experience obtained, requirements met, or licenses or certifications granted in the other Party for the purposes of the fulfillment, in whole or in part, of its standards or criteria for the authorization, licensing or certification of service suppliers of the other Party.

2. Recognition referred to in paragraph 1, which may be achieved through harmonization or otherwise, may be based upon an agreement or arrangement between the Parties or maybe accorded unilaterally.

3. Where a Party recognizes, by agreement or arrangement between the Party and a non-Party or unilaterally, the education or experience obtained, requirements met or licenses or certifications granted in the non-Party:
(a) nothing in Article 82 shall be construed to require the Party to accord such recognition to the education or experience obtained, requirements met or licenses or certifications granted in the other Party; and
(b) the Party shall accord the other Party an adequate opportunity to demonstrate that the education or experience obtained, requirements met or licenses or certifications granted in the other Party should also be recognized.

Article 85. Transparency

The competent authorities referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 3 shall, upon request by service suppliers of the other Party, promptly respond to specific questions from, and provide information to, the service suppliers with respect to matters referred to in paragraph 1 of Article 3 through the contact points referred to in Article 16. Note: The information provided by the Parties under this Article will be supplied solely for the purposes of transparency and shall not be construed to affect any rights and obligations of the Parties under this Chapter.

Article 86. Monopolies and Exclusive Service Suppliers

1. Each Party shall ensure that any monopoly supplier of a service in its Area does not, in the supply of the monopoly service in the relevant market, act in a manner inconsistent with the Party's commitments under this Chapter.

2. Where a Party's monopoly supplier competes, either directly or through an affiliated juridical person, in the supply of a service outside the scope of its monopoly rights and which is subject to that Party's specific commitments, the Party shall ensure that such a supplier does not abuse its monopoly position to act in the Area of the Party in a manner inconsistent with such commitments.

3. The provisions of this Article shall also apply to cases of exclusive service suppliers, where a Party, formally or in effect: (a) authorizes or establishes a small number of service suppliers; and (b) substantially prevents competition among those suppliers in its Area.

Article 87. Payments and Transfers

1. Except under the circumstances envisaged in Article 88, a Party shall not apply restrictions on international transfers and payments for current transactions relating to trade in services.

2. Nothing in this Chapter shall affect the rights and obligations of the Parties as members of the International Monetary Fund under the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, including the use of exchange actions which are in conformity with the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund, provided that a Party shall not impose restrictions on any capital transactions inconsistently with its commitments under this Chapter regarding such transactions, except under Article 88, or at the request of the International Monetary Fund.

Article 88. Restrictions to Safeguard the Balance of Payments

1. In the event of serious balance-of-payments and external financial difficulties or threat thereof, a Party may adopt or maintain restrictions on trade in services, including on payments or transfers for transactions.

2. The restrictions referred to in paragraph 1:
(a) shall ensure that the other Party is treated as favourably as any non-Party;
(b) shall be consistent with the Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund;
(c) shall avoid unnecessary damage to the commercial, economic and financial interests of the other Party;
(d) shall not exceed those necessary to deal with the circumstances described in paragraph 1; and
(e) shall be temporary and be phased out progressively as the situation specified in paragraph 1 improves.

3. In determining the incidence of such restrictions, a Party may give priority to the supply of services which are more essential to its economic or development programs. However, such restrictions shall not be adopted or maintained for the purposes of protecting a particular service sector.

Article 89. Emergency Safeguard Measures

1. The Parties shall take note of the multilateral negotiations on the question of emergency safeguard measures based on the principle of non-discrimination pursuant to Article X of the GATS. Upon the conclusion of such multilateral negotiations, the Parties shall conduct a review for the purpose of discussing appropriate amendments to this Agreement based on the results of such multilateral negotiations.

2. In the event that the implementation of this Agreement causes substantial adverse impact to a Party in a specific service sector prior to the conclusion of the multilateral negotiations referred to in paragraph 1, the Party may request consultations with the other Party for the purposes of taking appropriate measures to address such adverse impact. The Parties shall take into account the circumstances of the particular case in such consultations.

Article 90. Denial of Benefits

1. A Party may deny the benefits of this Chapter to a service supplier of the other Party that is a juridical person of the other Party, where the denying Party establishes that the juridical person is owned or controlled by persons of a non-Party, and the denying Party:

(a) does not maintain diplomatic relations with the non-Party; or

(b) adopts or maintains measures with respect to the non-Party that prohibit transactions with the juridical person or that would be violated or circumvented if the benefits of this Chapter were accorded to the juridical person.

2. Subject to prior notification and consultation, a Party may deny the benefits of this Chapter to a service supplier of the other Party that is a juridical person of the other Party, where the denying Party establishes that the juridical person is owned or controlled by persons of a non-Party and has no substantial business activities in the Area of the other Party.

Article 91. Sub-committee on Trade In Services

For the purposes of effective implementation and operation of this Chapter, the functions of the Sub-Committee on Trade in Services (hereinafter referred to in this Article as “the Sub-Committee”) established in accordance with Article 15 shall be:

(a) reviewing and monitoring the implementation and operation of this Chapter;

  • Chapter   1 General Provisions 1
  • Article   1 Objectives 1
  • Article   2 General Definitions 1
  • Article   3 Transparency 1
  • Article   4 Public Comment Procedures 1
  • Article   5 Administrative Procedures 1
  • Article   6 Review and Appeal 1
  • Article   7 Administrative Guidance 1
  • Article   8 Measures Against Corruption and Bribery 1
  • Article   9 Confidential Information 1
  • Article   10 Taxation 1
  • Article   11 General and Security Exceptions 1
  • Article   12 Relation to other Agreements 1
  • Article   13 Implementing Agreement 1
  • Article   14 Joint Committee 1
  • Article   15 Sub-committees 1
  • Article   16 Communications 1
  • Chapter   2 Trade In Goods 1
  • Article   17 Definitions 1
  • Article   18 Classification of Goods 1
  • Article   19 National Treatment 1
  • Article   20 Elimination of Customs Duties 1
  • Article   21 Customs Valuation 1
  • Article   22 Export Subsidies 1
  • Article   23 Non-tariff Measures 1
  • Article   24 Bilateral Safeguard Measures 1
  • Article   25 Restrictions to Safeguard the Balance of Payments 1
  • Article   26 Sub-committee on Trade In Goods 1
  • Article   27 Operational Procedures for Trade In Goods 1
  • Chapter   3 Rules of Origin 1
  • Article   28 Definitions 1
  • Article   29 Originating Goods 2
  • Article   30 Accumulation 2
  • Article   32 Non-qualifying Operations 2
  • Article   33 Consignment Criteria 2
  • Article   34 Unassembled or Disassembled Goods 2
  • Article   35 Fungible Goods and Materials 2
  • Article   36 Indirect Materials 2
  • Article   37 Accessories, Spare Parts and Tools 2
  • Article   38 Packaging Materials and Containers for Retail Sale 2
  • Article   39 Packing Materials and Containers for Shipment 2
  • Article   40 Claim for Preferential Tariff Treatment 2
  • Article   41 Certificate of Origin 2
  • Article   42 Obligations Regarding Exportations 2
  • Article   43 Request for Checking of Certificate of Origin 2
  • Article   44 Verification Visit 2
  • Article   45 Determination of Origin and Preferential Tariff Treatment 2
  • Article   46 Confidentiality 2
  • Article   47 Penalties and Measures Against False Declaration 2
  • Article   48 Miscellaneous 2
  • Article   49 Sub-committee on Rules of Origin 2
  • Article   50 Operational Procedures for Rules of Origin 3
  • Chapter   4 Customs Procedures 3
  • Article   51 Scope 3
  • Article   52 Definition 3
  • Article   53 Transparency 3
  • Article   54 Customs Clearance 3
  • Article   55 Cooperation and Exchange of Information 3
  • Article   56 Sub-committee on Customs Procedures 3
  • Chapter   5 Investment 3
  • Article   57 Scope 3
  • Article   58 Definitions 3
  • Article   59 National Treatment 3
  • Article   60 Most-favoured-nation Treatment 3
  • Article   61 General Treatment 3
  • Article   62 Access to the Courts of Justice 3
  • Article   63 Prohibition of Performance Requirements 3
  • Article   64 Reservations and Exceptions 3
  • Article   65 Expropriation and Compensation 3
  • Article   66 Protection from Strife 3
  • Article   67 Transfers 3
  • Article   68 Subrogation 3
  • Article   69 Settlement of Investment Disputes between a Party and an Investor of the other Party 3
  • Article   70 Temporary Safeguard Measures 4
  • Article   71 Prudential Measures 4
  • Article   72 Denial of Benefits 4
  • Article   73 Taxation Measures as Expropriation 4
  • Article   74 Environmental Measures 4
  • Article   75 Sub-committee on Investment 4
  • Chapter   6 Trade In Services 4
  • Article   76 Scope 4
  • Article   77 Definitions 4
  • Article   78 Market Access 4
  • Article   79 National Treatment 4
  • Article   80 Additional Commitments 4
  • Article   81 Schedule of Specific Commitments 4
  • Article   82 Most-favoured-nation Treatment 4
  • Article   83 Authorization, Licensing or Qualification 4
  • Article   84 Mutual Recognition 4
  • Article   85 Transparency 4
  • Article   86 Monopolies and Exclusive Service Suppliers 4
  • Article   87 Payments and Transfers 4
  • Article   88 Restrictions to Safeguard the Balance of Payments 4
  • Article   89 Emergency Safeguard Measures 4
  • Article   90 Denial of Benefits 4
  • Article   91 Sub-committee on Trade In Services 4
  • Section   7 Movement of Natural Persons 5
  • Article   92 Scope 5
  • Article   93 Definition 5
  • Article   94 Specific Commitments 5
  • Article   95 Requirements and Procedures 5
  • Article   96 Sub-committee on Movement of Natural Persons 5
  • Chapter   8 Energy and Mineral Resources 5
  • Article   97 Definitions 5
  • Article   98 Promotion and Facilitation of Investment 5
  • Article   99 Import and Export Restrictions 5
  • Article   100 Export Licensing Procedures and Administrations 5
  • Article   101 Energy and Mineral Resource Regulatory Measures 5
  • Article   102 Environmental Aspects 5
  • Article   103 Community Development 5
  • Article   104 Cooperation 5
  • Article   105 Sub-committee on Energy and Mineral Resources 5
  • Chapter   9 Intellectual Property 5
  • Article   106 General Provisions 5
  • Article   107 Definitions 5
  • Article   108 National Treatment and Most-favoured-nation Treatment 5
  • Article   109 Procedural Matters 5
  • Article   110 Transparency 5
  • Article   111 Promotion of Public Awareness of Protection of Intellectual Property 5
  • Article   112 Patents 5
  • Article   113 Industrial Designs 5
  • Article   114 Trademarks 5
  • Article   115 Copyright and Related Rights 5
  • Article   116 New Varieties of Plants 5
  • Article   117 Acts of Unfair Competition 5
  • Article   118 Protection of Undisclosed Information 5
  • Article   119 Enforcement – Border Measures 5
  • Article   120 Enforcement – Civil Remedies 5
  • Article   121 Enforcement – Criminal Remedies 5
  • Article   122 Cooperation 5
  • Article   123 Sub-committee on Intellectual Property 5
  • Chapter   10 Government Procurement 5
  • Article   124 Exchange of Information 5
  • Article   125 Sub-committee on Government Procurement 5
  • Chapter   11 Competition 5
  • Article   126 Promotion of Competition by Addressing Anti-competitive Activities 5
  • Article   127 Cooperation on the Promotion of Competition 5
  • Article   128 Non-discrimination 5
  • Article   129 Procedural Fairness 5
  • Article   130 Non-application of Paragraph 2 of Article 9 5
  • Chapter   12 Improvement of Business Environment and Promotion of Business Confidence 5
  • Article   131 Basic Principles 5
  • Article   132 Sub-committee on Improvement of Business Environment and Promotion of Business Confidence 5
  • Article   133 Liaison Office on Improvement of Business Environment 5
  • Chapter   13 Cooperation 6
  • Article   134 Basic Principles 6
  • Article   135 Areas and Forms of Cooperation 6
  • Article   136 Costs of Cooperation 6
  • Article   137 Sub-committee on Cooperation 6
  • Chapter   14 Dispute Settlement 6
  • Article   138 Scope 6
  • Article   139 General Principle 6
  • Article   140 Consultations 6
  • Article   141 Good Offices, Conciliation or Mediation 6
  • Article   142 Establishment of Arbitral Tribunals 6
  • Article   143 Functions of Arbitral Tribunals 6
  • Article   144 Proceedings of Arbitral Tribunals 6
  • Article   145 Suspension and Termination of Proceedings 6
  • Article   146 Implementation of Award 6
  • Article   147 Modification of Time Periods 6
  • Article   148 Expenses 6
  • Chapter   15 Final Provisions 6
  • Article   149 Table of Contents and Headings 6
  • Article   150 Annexes and Notes 6
  • Article   151 General Review 6
  • Article   152 Amendment 6
  • Article   153 Entry Into Force 6
  • Article   154 Termination 6