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2. This Agreement shall enter into force ninety (90) days after the date on which the Parties exchange written notifications indicating that the above procedures have been completed.

3. Either Party may terminate this Agreement by giving written notice to the other Party. This Agreement shall cease to produce its effects one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of such notification.

Article 20.3. Amendments

1. The Parties may adopt in writing any amendment to this Agreement.

2. Any amendment to this Agreement shall enter into force and become part of this Agreement in accordance with the procedure set forth in Article 20.2.2.2.

Article 20.4. Amendments to the WTO Agreement

In the event that any provision of the WTO Agreement that the Parties have incorporated into this Agreement is amended, the Parties shall consult with respect to the need to amend this Agreement.

Conclusion

Subscribed in the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, on the 2nd day of the month of November, 2017, in two (2) originals, in Spanish, both being equally authentic.

BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE

HERALDO MUNOZ VALENZUELA

MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS

BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA

JORGE FAURIE

MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS AND CULT

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  • Chapter   1 INITIAL PROVISIONS AND GENERAL DEFINITIONS 1
  • Article   1.1 Initial Provisions 1
  • Article   1.2 General Definitions 1
  • Chapter   2 FACILITATION OF COMMERCE 1
  • Article   2.1 Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation 1
  • Article   2.2 Publication 1
  • Article   2.3 Opportunity to Submit Comments Prior to the Entry Into Force of Customs Tulings of General Application 1
  • Article   2.4 Advance Rulings 1
  • Article   2.5 Review and Appeal 1
  • Article   2.6 Clearance of Goods 1
  • Article   2.7 Automation 1
  • Article   2.8 Certification of Digital Origin 1
  • Article   2.9 Acceptance of Copies 1
  • Article   2.10 Single Windows for Foreign Trade 1
  • Article   2.11 Risk Management Systems 1
  • Article   2.12 Authorized Economic Operator 1
  • Article   2.13 Cooperation and Mutual Assistance In Customs Matters 1
  • Article   2.14 Confidentiality 1
  • Chapter   3 ENTREPRENEURS AND MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES 1
  • Article   3.1 General Provisions 1
  • Article   3.2 Transparency 1
  • Article   3.3 Activities and Forms of Cooperation 1
  • Article   3.4 Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprise Committee 1
  • Article   3.5 Consultations 1
  • Article   3.6 Exclusion from the Dispute Settlement Mechanism 1
  • Chapter   4 SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES 1
  • Article   4.1 General Provisions 1
  • Article   4.2 Objectives 1
  • Article   4.3 Scope of application 1
  • Article   4.4 Establishment of import requirements 2
  • Article   4.5 Equivalence 2
  • Article   4.6 Risk analysis 2
  • Article   4.7 Recognition of sanitary and phytosanitary status 2
  • Article   4.8 Control, Inspection and Approval Procedures 2
  • Article   4.9 Transparency and exchange of information 2
  • Article   4.10 Emergency sanitary and phytosanitary measures 2
  • Article   4.11 Technical cooperation 2
  • Article   4.12 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 2
  • Article   4.13 Consultation Mechanism 2
  • Chapter   5 TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 2
  • Article   5.1 Scope of application 2
  • Article   5.2 Incorporation of the TBT Agreement 2
  • Article   5.3 International Standards 2
  • Article   5.4 Joint cooperation 2
  • Article   5.5 Technical regulations 2
  • Article   5.6 Conformity assessment 2
  • Article   5.7 Transparency 2
  • Article   5.8 Exchange of information 2
  • Article   5.9 Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade 2
  • Article   5.10 Technical consultations 2
  • Chapter   6 COMPETITION POLICY 2
  • Article   6.1 Objectives 2
  • Article   6.2 Cooperation 2
  • Article   6.3 Consultations 2
  • Article   6.4 Exclusion from the Dispute Settlement Mechanism 2
  • Chapter   7 PUBLIC PROCUREMENT 2
  • Article   7.1 Definitions For the purposes of this Chapter: 2
  • Article   7.2 Scope of application 3
  • Article   7.3 General Principles of National Treatment and Non-Discrimination 3
  • Article   7.4 Denial of benefits 3
  • Article   7.5 Valuation 3
  • Article   7.6 Special compensatory conditions 3
  • Article   7.7 Technical specifications 3
  • Article   7.8 Publication of procurement actions 3
  • Article   7.9 Notice of hiring 3
  • Article   7.10 Procurement Modalities/Procedures Open Bidding 3
  • Article   7.11 Deadlines for submission of offers 3
  • Article   7.12 Contracting documents 3
  • Article   7.13 Conditions for participation 3
  • Article   7.14 Treatment of bids and award of contracts 3
  • Article   7.15 Information on awards 3
  • Article   7.16 Integrity in Procurement Practices 3
  • Article   7.17 Challenge Procedures 3
  • Article   7.18 Use of Electronic Media 4
  • Article   7.19 Modifications and Rectifications 4
  • Article   7.20 Undisclosed Information 4
  • Article   7.21 Exceptions 4
  • Article   7.22 Facilitation of the Participation of Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises 4
  • Article   7.23 Cooperation 4
  • Article   7.24 Committee on Procurement 4
  • Article   7.25 Future Negotiations 4
  • Chapter   8 Investment 4
  • Section   A Substantive Provisions 4
  • Article   8.1 Definitions 4
  • Article   8.2 Scope of Application 4
  • Article   8.3 Relationship with other Chapters 4
  • Article   8.4 Right to Regulate 4
  • Article   8.5 National Treatment 4
  • Article   8.6 Most-Favored-Nation Treatment 4
  • Article   8.7 Minimum Standard of Treatment  (4) 4
  • Article   8.8 Expropriation and Compensation 4
  • Article   8.9 Treatment in the event of armed conflict or civil strife 5
  • Article   8.10 Senior Management and Boards of Directors 5
  • Article   8.11 Nonconforming measures 5
  • Article   8.12 Transfers  (7) 5
  • Article   8.13 Subrogation 5
  • Article   8.14 Investment and environmental, health and other regulatory objectives 5
  • Article   8.15 Denial of benefits 5
  • Article   8.16 Compliance with the legislation of the Parties 5
  • Article   8.17 Corporate social responsibility 5
  • Article   8.18 Special formalities and reporting requirements 5
  • Article   8.19 General exceptions 5
  • Article   8.20 Regulatory powers relating to intellectual property rights 5
  • Article   8.21 Future negotiations 5
  • Section   B Dispute Settlement between a Party and an Investor of another Party 5
  • Article   8.22 Request for Consultation 5
  • Article   8.23 Mediation 5
  • Article   8.24 Submission of a claim to arbitration 5
  • Article   8.25 Conditions precedent to the submission of a claim to arbitration 5
  • Article   8.26 Consent of each Party to arbitration 5
  • Article   8.27 Third-party financing 5
  • Article   8.28 Number of arbitrators and method of appointment 5
  • Article   8.29 Composition of the tribunal in the event that a party fails to appoint an arbitrator or the disputing parties fail to agree on the appointment of the chairman of the arbitral tribunal 6
  • Article   8.30 Consent to the appointment of arbitrators 6
  • Article   8.31 Consolidation of proceedings 6
  • Article   8.32 Transparency of arbitral proceedings 6
  • Article   8.33 Preliminary objections 6
  • Article   8.34 Counterclaims 6
  • Article   8.35 Place of arbitration proceedings 6
  • Article   8.36 Applicable law 6
  • Article   8.37 Interpretation of the annex on future actions 6
  • Article   8.38 Expert reports 6
  • Article   8.39 Interim measures of protection 6
  • Article   8.40 Awards 6
  • Article   8.41 Challenge of arbitrators 6
  • Article   8.42 General provisions 6
  • Annex 8.2  TERMINATION OF THE TREATY BETWEEN THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA AND THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE FOR THE RECIPROCAL PROMOTION AND PROTECTION OF INVESTMENTS 6
  • Annex 8.11  FUTURE NON-CONFORMING MEASURES  (13) 6
  • List of Argentina (14) 6
  • List of Chile 7
  • Annex 8.12  Transfers  (21) (22) 7
  • Annex 8.12 bis  Decree Law 600 Chile  (23) 7
  • Annex 8.42  SERVICE OF DOCUMENTS ON A PARTY UNDER SECTION B 7
  • Chapter   9 TRADE IN SERVICES 7
  • Article   9.1 Definitions 7
  • Article   9.2 Scope of application 7
  • Article   9.3 National Treatment 7
  • Article   9.4 Market access 7
  • Article   9.5 Additional commitments 7
  • Article   9.6 Schedules of specific commitments 7
  • Article   9.7 Transparency 7
  • Article   9.8 National regulations 7
  • Article   9.9 Recognition 8
  • Article   9.10 Subsidies 8
  • Article   9.11 Complementary services 8
  • Article   9.12 Denial of benefits 8
  • Article   9.13 Professional services 8
  • Annex 9.13  PROFESSIONAL SERVICES 8
  • Chapter   10 TELECOMMUNICATION 8
  • Article   10.1 Definitions 8
  • Article   10.2 Scope of application 8
  • Article   10.3 Access to and Use of Telecommunication Networks and Services 8
  • Article   10.4 Use of telecommunication networks in emergency situations 8
  • Article   10.5 Interconnection between suppliers General Terms and Conditions of Interconnection 8
  • Article   10.6 Portability 8
  • Article   10.7 Stolen, stolen or lost mobile terminal equipment 8
  • Article   10.8 Internet Traffic 8
  • Article   10.9 Universal service 8
  • Article   10.10 Network neutrality 8
  • Article   10.11 Competitive safeguards 8
  • Article   10.12 Treatment of major suppliers 8
  • Article   10.13 Resale 8
  • Article   10.14 Disaggregation of Network Elements 8
  • Article   10.15 Supply and pricing of leased circuits 9
  • Article   10.16 Co-location 9
  • Article   10.17 Access to poles, pipelines, ducts and rights-of-way 9
  • Article   10.18 Independent regulatory agencies 9
  • Article   10.19 Mutual and technical cooperation 9
  • Article   10.20 Qualifying title 9
  • Article   10.21 Allocation, assignment and use of scarce resources 9
  • Article   10.22 Transparency 9
  • Article   10.23 Quality of service 9
  • Article   10.24 International roaming 9
  • Article   10.25 Flexibility in the choice of technologies 9
  • Article   10.26 Protection of users of telecommunication services 9
  • Article   10.27 Internal procedures for the settlement of disputes telecommunication disputes 9
  • Article   10.28 Relationship to other Chapters 9
  • Chapter   11 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 9
  • Article   11.1 Definitions 9
  • Article   11.2 Scope of Application and General Provisions 9
  • Article   11.3 Authentication and advanced digital/electronic signatures. 9
  • Article   11.4 Online consumer protection 9
  • Article   11.5 Personal data protection 9
  • Article   11.6 Cross-border transfer of information by electronic means 9
  • Article   11.7 Location of computer facilities 9
  • Article   11.8 Unsolicited commercial e-mails 9
  • Article   11.9 Cooperation 9
  • Article   11.10 Relation with other Chapters 10
  • Article   11.11 Chapter Administration 10
  • Chapter   12 LABOR 10
  • Article   12.1 Definitions 10
  • Article   12.2 Objectives 10
  • Article   12.3 Shared commitments 10
  • Article   12.4 Labor rights 10
  • Article   12.5 Non-derogation 10
  • Article   12.6 Application of labor law 10
  • Article   12.7 Forced or compulsory labor 10
  • Article   12.8 Corporate social responsibility 10
  • Article   12.9 Cooperation 10
  • Article   12.10 Public awareness and due process of law 10
  • Article   12.11 Public communications 10
  • Article   12.12 Public participation 10
  • Article   12.13 Institutional provisions 10
  • Article   12.14 Labor consultations 10
  • Article   12.15 Exclusion from the dispute settlement mechanism 10
  • Chapter   13 TRADE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 10
  • Article   13.1 Context and objectives 10
  • Article   13.2 Right to regulate in environmental matters 10
  • Article   13.3 Multilateral Environmental Agreements 10
  • Article   13.4 Environmental Commitments 10
  • Article   13.5 Access to justice, information and participation 10
  • Article   13.6 Corporate social responsibility 11
  • Article   13.7 Forestry matters 11
  • Article   13.8 Fishery matters 11
  • Article   13.9 Sustainable agriculture 11
  • Article   13.10 Climate Change 11
  • Article   13.11 Institutional provisions 11
  • Article   13.12 Cooperation in trade and environmental matters 11
  • Article   13.13 Trade and environmental consultations 11
  • Article   13.14 Exclusion from the dispute settlement mechanism 11
  • Chapter   14 ECONOMIC COMMERCIAL COOPERATION 11
  • Article   14.1 Objectives 11
  • Article   14.2 Scope of application 11
  • Article   14.3 Areas of cooperation 11
  • Article   14.4 Cooperative activities 11
  • Article   14.5 Committee on Intellectual Property. 11
  • Article   14.6 Remedies 11
  • Article   14.7 Exclusion from the dispute settlement mechanism 11
  • Chapter   15 GENDER AND COMMERCE 11
  • Article   15.1 General Provisions 11
  • Article   15.2 International agreements 11
  • Article   15.3 Cooperative activities 11
  • Article   15.4 Gender and Trade Committee 11
  • Article   15.5 Consultations 11
  • Article   15.6 Exclusion from dispute settlement mechanism 11
  • Chapter   16 TRANSPARENCY 12
  • Article   16.1 Definitions 12
  • Article   16.2 Points of Contact 12
  • Article   16.3 Publication 12
  • Article   16.4 Notification and provision of information 12
  • Article   16.5 Administrative procedures 12
  • Article   16.6 Review and challenge 12
  • Chapter   17 ADMINISTRATION OF THE AGREEMENT 12
  • Article   17.1 Bilateral Administrative Commission 12
  • Article   17.2 Functions of the Bilateral Administrative Commission 12
  • Article   17.3 Points of contact 12
  • ANNEX 17.1  MEMBERS OF THE BILATERAL ADMINISTRATIVE COMMISSION 12
  • Chapter   18 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 12
  • Article   18.1 Objectives 12
  • Article   18.2 Scope of application 12
  • Article   18.3 Applicable law 12
  • Article   18.4 Choice of forum 12
  • Article   18.5 Consultations 12
  • Article   18.6 Establishment of an arbitral tribunal 12
  • Article   18.7 Terms of reference of the arbitral tribunal 12
  • Article   18.8 Qualifications of arbitrators 12
  • Article   18.9 Selection of the arbitral tribunal 12
  • Article   18.10 Role of the arbitral tribunal 12
  • Article   18.11 Rules of procedure of the arbitral tribunal 12
  • Article   18.12 Draft award of arbitral tribunal 12
  • Article   18.13 Award of the arbitral tribunal 12
  • Article   18.14 Request for clarification of the award 12
  • Article   18.15 Suspension and termination of proceedings 12
  • Article   18.16 Enforcement of the arbitral tribunal's award 13
  • Article   18.17 Compensation or suspension of benefits 13
  • Article   18.18 Review of compliance and suspension of benefits 13
  • Article   18.19 Good offices, conciliation and mediation 13
  • Article   18.20 Administration of Dispute Settlement Proceedings 13
  • CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ARBITRATION DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEEDINGS 13
  • Appendix 18.8.1  AFFIDAVIT OF CONFIDENTIALITY AND COMPLIANCE WITH THE CODE OF CONDUCT 13
  • Annex 18.11  RULES OF PROCEDURE OF ARBITRAL TRIBUNALS 13
  • Chapter   19 EXCEPTIONS 14
  • Article   19.1 General exceptions 14
  • Article   19.2 Security Exceptions 14
  • Article   19.3 Restrictions to protect the balance of payments 14
  • Article   19.4 Taxation measures 14
  • Article   19.5 Disclosure of information 14
  • Chapter   20 FINAL PROVISIONS 14
  • Article   20.1 Annexes, Appendices and footnotes 14
  • Article   20.2 Entry Into Force and Termination 14
  • Article   20.3 Amendments 15
  • Article   20.4 Amendments to the WTO Agreement 15