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Existing Measures: United States Wreckers Act, R.S.C. 1985, c. U-3

Various agreements and arrangements, including:

(a) Memorandum of Arrangements on Great Lakes Pilotage;

(b) Canada-United States Joint Marine Pollution Contingency Plan;

(c) Agreement with the United States on Loran "C" Service on the East and West Coasts; and

(d) Denmark-Canada Joint Marine Pollution Circumpolar Agreement.

Annex II. Schedule of Mexico

Sector: All Sectors

Sub-Sector:

Industry Classification:

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202)

Description: Cross-Border and Investment

Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure restricting the acquisition, sale or other disposition of bonds, treasury bills or any other kind of debt security issued by the federal, state or local governments, except with respect to ownership by "a financial institution of another Party", as defined in Chapter Fourteen (Financial Services).

Existing Measures:

Sector: Communications

Sub-Sector: Entertainment Services (Broadcasting and Multipoint Distribution Systems (MDS))

Industry Classification: CMAP 941104 Private Production and Transmission of Radio Programs (limited to transmission of radio programs, MDS and uninterrupted music)

CMAP 941105 Private Services of Production, Transmission and Retransmission of Television Programming (limited to transmission and retransmission of television programs, MDS, and high-definition television)

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 1103, 1203) Local Presence (Article 1205) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 1107)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to investment in, or provision of, broadcasting, multipoint distribution systems, uninterrupted music and high-definition television services. This reservation does not apply to measures relating to the production, sale or licensing of radio or television programming.

Existing Measures: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Artículo 32

Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación

Ley Federal de Radio y Televisión

Ley para Promover la Inversión Mexicana y Regular la Inversión Extranjera

Sector: Communications

Sub-Sector: Telecommunications

Industry Classification: CMAP 720006 Other Telecommunications Services (limited to aeronautical mobile and fixed services)

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 1103, 1203) Local Presence (Article 1205)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to investment in, or provision of, air traffic control, aeronautical meteorology, aeronautical telecommunications, and other telecommunications services relating to air navigation services.

Existing Measures: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Artículo 32

Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación

Ley para Promover la Inversión Mexicana y Regular la Inversión Extranjera

Decreto que Crea el Organismo Desconcentrado "Servicios a la Navegación en el Espacio Aéreo Mexicano" (SENEAM), 3 de octubre de 1978

Sector: Communications

Sub-Sector: Telecommunications Transport Networks

Industry Classification: CMAP 720003 Telephone Services

CMAP 720004 Telephone Booth Services

CMAP 720006 Other Telecommunications Services (not including enhanced or value-added services)

CMAP 502003 Telecommunications Installations

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 1103, 1203) Local Presence (Article 1205)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to investment in, or provision of, telecommunications transport networks and telecommunications transport services. Telecommunications transport networks include the facilities to provide telecommunications transport services such as local basic telephone services, long-distance telephone services (national and international), rural telephone services, cellular telephone services, telephone booth services, satellite services, trunking, paging, mobile telephony, maritime telecommunications services, air telephone, telex, and data transmission services.

Telecommunications transport services typically involve the real-time transmission of customer-supplied information between two or more points without any end-to-end change in the form or content of the customer's information, whether or not such services are offered to the public generally.

Existing Measures: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Artículo 32

Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación

Ley para Promover la Inversión Mexicana y Regular la Inversión Extranjera

Reglamento de Telecomunicaciones

Sector: Communications and Transportation

Sub-Sector: Postal Services, Telecommunications and Railroads

Industry Classification: CMAP 720001 Postal Services

CMAP 720005 Telegraph Services, Radiotelegraph Services, Wireless Telegraphy

CMAP 720006 Other Telecommunications Services (limited to satellite communications)

CMAP 711101 Railway Transportation Services (limited to operation, administration and control of traffic within the Mexican railway system, supervision and management of railway rights-of-way, construction, operation, and maintenance of basic railway infrastructure)

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 1202) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 1203) Local Presence (Article 1205)

Description: Cross-Border Services

Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure related to the provision of postal services (operation, administration and organization of first class mail), telegraph services, radiotelegraphy services, satellite communications services (establishment, ownership and operation of satellite systems, and establishment, ownership and operation of earth stations with international links), and railroad services (operation, administration and control of traffic within the Mexican railway system, supervision and management of railway rights-of-way, construction, operation, and maintenance of basic railway infrastructure).

Existing Measures: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Artículo 28

Ley de Vías Generales de Comunicación

Ley Orgánica de Ferrocarriles Nacionales de México

Ley del Servicio Postal Mexicano

Sector: Energy

Sub-Sector: Petroleum and Other Hydrocarbons

Basic Petrochemicals

Electricity

Nuclear Power

Treatment of Radioactive Minerals

Industry Classification:

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 1202) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 1203) Local Presence (Article 1205)

Description: Cross-Border Services Subject to Annex 602.3, Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure related to services associated with energy and basic petrochemical goods.

Existing Measures: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Artículos 27, 28

Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 27 Constitucional en Materia Nuclear

Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 27 Constitucional en el Ramo del Petróleo y sus reglamentos

Ley Orgánica de Petróleos Mexicanos y Organismos Subsidiarios

Sector: Minority Affairs

Sub-Sector:

Industry Classification:

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 1202) Local Presence (Article 1205)

Description: Cross-Border Services

Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure according rights or preferences to socially or economically disadvantaged groups.

Existing Measures: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Artículo 4

Sector: Professional, Technical and Specialized Services

Sub-Sector: Professional Services

Industry Classification: CMAP 951002 Legal Services (including foreign legal consultancy)

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 1103, 1203) Local Presence (Article 1205) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 1107)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Subject to Schedule of Mexico, Annex VI, page VI-M-2, Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to the provision of legal services and foreign legal consultancy services by persons of the United States.

Existing Measures: Ley Reglamentaria del Artículo 5o Constitucional, relativo al ejercicio de las profesiones en el Distrito Federal

Ley para Promover la Inversión Mexicana y Regular la Inversión Extranjera

Sector: Social Services

Sub-Sector:

Industry Classification:

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202) Local Presence (Article 1205) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 1107)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

Mexico reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the provision of public law enforcement and correctional services, and the following services to the extent they are social services established or maintained for a public purpose: income security or insurance, social security or insurance, social welfare, public education, public training, health, and child care.

Existing Measures: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Artículos 4, 17, 18, 25, 26, 28, 123

Sector: Transportation

Sub-Sector: Specialized Personnel

Industry Classification: CMAP 951023 Other Specialized Services (limited to ship captains (capitanes); aircraft pilots (pilotos); ship masters (patrones); ship machinists (maquinistas); ship mechanics (mecánicos); airport administrators (comandantes de aeródromos); harbor masters (capitanes de puerto); harbor pilots (pilotos de puerto); customs brokers (agentes aduanales); crew on Mexican flagged vessels or aircraft (personal que tripule cualquier embarcación o aeronave con bandera o insignia mercante mexicana))

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 1202)

Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 1203) Local Presence (Article 1205)

Description: Cross-Border Services

Only Mexican nationals by birth may serve as:

(a) captains, pilots, ship masters, machinists, mechanics and crew members manning vessels or aircraft under the Mexican flag;

(b) harbor pilots, harbor masters and airport administrators; and

(c) customs brokers.

Existing Measures: Constitución Política de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, Artículo 32

Annex II. Schedule of United States

Sector: All Sectors

Sub-Sector:

Industry Classification:

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 1102) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 1103)

Description: Investment

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to residency requirements for the ownership by investors of Canada, or their investments, of oceanfront land.

Existing Measures:

 Sector: Communications

Sub-Sector: Cable Television

Industry Classification: CPC 753 Radio and Television Cable Services

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 1102) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 1103)

Description: Investment

Subject to Article 2106, the United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords equivalent treatment to persons of any country that limits ownership by persons of the United States in an enterprise engaged in the operation of a cable television system in that country.

Existing Measures:

Sector: Communications

Sub-Sector: Telecommunications Transport Networks and Services and Radiocommunications

Industry Classification: CPC 752 Telecommunications Services (not including enhanced or valueadded services)

CPC 7543 Connection Services

CPC 7549 Other Telecommunications Services Not Elsewhere Classified (limited to telecommunications transport networks and services)

Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Articles 1102, 1202) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 1103, 1203) Local Presence (Article 1205) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 1107)

Description: Cross-Border Services and Investment

The United States reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to investment in, or the provision of, telecommunications transport networks, telecommunications transport services or radiocommunications. These measures may apply to such matters as market entry, spectrum assignment, tariffs, intercarrier agreements, terms and conditions of service, and interconnection between networks and services. Telecommunications transport services typically involve the realtime transmission of customersupplied information between two or more points without endtoend change in the form or content of the customer's information, whether or not such services are offered to the public generally.

These services include voice and data services provided by any electromagnetic means. Radiocommunications include all communications by radio, including broadcasting. This reservation does not apply to measures relating to enhanced or valueadded services or to the production, sale or licensing of radio or television programming.

Existing Measures: Communications Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. §§ 151 et seq., see particularly §§ 310(a), (b) (radio licenses for common carrier, aeronautical en route, aeronautical fixed, and broadcasting services)

F.C.C. Decision, International Competitive Carrier, 102 F.C.C. 2d 812 (1985), as modified in Regulation of International Common Carrier Services, CC Docket No. 91-360, FCC 92-463 (released November 6, 1992)

Submarine Cable Landing Act, 47 U.S.C. § 34-9, see particularly § 35 (undersea cables)

Communications Satellite Act of 1962, 47 U.S.C. §§ 701-57

Telegraph Act, 47 U.S.C. § 17 (telegraph cables serving Alaska)

Children's Television Act of 1990, 47 U.S.C. § 303a

Television Program Improvement Act of 1990, 47 U.S.C. § 303c

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  • Part   One GENERAL PART 1
  • Chapter   One OBJECTIVES 1
  • Article   101 Establishment of the Free Trade Area 1
  • Article   102 Objectives 1
  • Article   103 Relation to other Agreements 1
  • Article   104 Relation to Environmental and Conservation Agreements 1
  • Article   105 Extent of Obligations 1
  • Annex 104.1  Bilateral and Other Environmental and Conservation Agreements 1
  • Chapter   Two GENERAL DEFINITIONS 1
  • Article   201 Definitions of General Application 1
  • Annex 201.1  Country-Specific Definitions 1
  • Part   Two TRADE IN GOODS 1
  • Chapter   Three NATIONAL TREATMENT AND MARKET ACCESS FOR GOODS 1
  • Article   300 Scope and Coverage 1
  • Section   A National Treatment 1
  • Article   301 National Treatment 1
  • Section   B Tariffs 1
  • Article   302 Tariff Elimination 1
  • Article   303 Restriction on Drawback and Duty Deferral Programs 1
  • Article   304 Waiver of Customs Duties 1
  • Article   305 Temporary Admission of Goods 1
  • Article   306 Duty-Free Entry of Certain Commercial Samples and Printed Advertising Materials 2
  • Article   307 Goods Re-Entered after Repair or Alteration 2
  • Article   308 Most-Favored-Nation Rates of Duty on Certain Goods 2
  • Section   C Non-Tariff Measures 2
  • Article   309 Import and Export Restrictions 2
  • Article   310 Customs User Fees 2
  • Article   311 Country of Origin Marking 2
  • Article   312 Wine and Distilled Spirits 2
  • Article   313 Distinctive Products 2
  • Article   314 Export Taxes 2
  • Article   315 Other Export Measures 2
  • Section   D Consultations 2
  • Article   316 Consultations and Committee on Trade In Goods 2
  • Article   317 Third Country Dumping 2
  • Section   E Definitions 2
  • Article   318 Definitions 2
  • Chapter   Four RULES OF ORIGIN 2
  • Article   401 Originating Goods 2
  • Article   402 Regional Value Content 2
  • Article   403 Automotive Goods 3
  • Article   404 Accumulation 3
  • Article   405 De Minimis 3
  • Article   406 Fungible Goods and Materials for Purposes of Determining Whether a Good Is an Originating Good: 3
  • Article   407 Accessories, Spare Parts and Tools 3
  • Article   408 Indirect Materials 3
  • Article   409 Packaging Materials and Containers for Retail Sale 3
  • Article   410 Packing Materials and Containers for Shipment 3
  • Article   411 Trans-shipment 3
  • Article   412 Non-Qualifying Operations 3
  • Article   413 Interpretation and Application 3
  • Article   414 Consultation and Modifications 3
  • Article   415 Definitions 3
  • Chapter   Five CUSTOMS PROCEDURES 4
  • Section   A Certification of Origin 4
  • Article   501 Certificate of Origin 4
  • Article   502 Obligations Regarding Importations 4
  • Article   503 Exceptions 4
  • Article   504 Obligations Regarding Exportations 4
  • Section   B Administration and Enforcement 4
  • Article   505 Records 4
  • Article   506 Origin Verifications 4
  • Article   507 Confidentiality 4
  • Article   508 Penalties 4
  • Section   C Advance Rulings 4
  • Article   509 Advance Rulings 4
  • Section   D Review and Appeal of Origin Determinations and Advance Rulings 5
  • Article   510 Review and Appeal 5
  • Section   E Uniform Regulations 5
  • Article   511 Uniform Regulations 5
  • Section   F Cooperation 5
  • Article   512 Cooperation 5
  • Article   513 Working Group and Customs Subgroup 5
  • Article   514 Definitions 5
  • Chapter   Six ENERGY AND BASIC PETROCHEMICALS 5
  • Article   601 Principles 5
  • Article   602 Scope and Coverage 5
  • Article   603 Import and Export Restrictions 5
  • Article   604 Export Taxes 5
  • Article   605 Other Export Measures 5
  • Article   606 Energy Regulatory Measures 5
  • Article   607 National Security Measures 5
  • Article   608 Miscellaneous Provisions 5
  • Article   609 Definitions 5
  • Annex 602.3  Reservations and Special Provisions 6
  • Chapter   Seven AGRICULTURE AND SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES 6
  • Section   A Agriculture 6
  • Article   701 Scope and Coverage 6
  • Article   702 International Obligations 6
  • Article   703 Market Access 6
  • Article   704 Domestic Support 6
  • Article   705 Export Subsidies 6
  • Article   706 Committee on Agricultural Trade 6
  • Article   707 Advisory Committee on Private Commercial Disputes Regarding Agricultural Goods 6
  • Article   708 Definitions 6
  • Section   B Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 6
  • Article   709 Scope and Coverage 6
  • Article   710 Relation to other Chapters 6
  • Article   711 Reliance on Non-Governmental Entities 6
  • Article   712 Basic Rights and Obligations 6
  • Article   713 International Standards and Standardizing Organizations 6
  • Article   714 Equivalence 6
  • Article   715 Risk Assessment and Appropriate Level of Protection 6
  • Article   716 Adaptation to Regional Conditions 7
  • Article   717 Control, Inspection and Approval Procedures 7
  • Article   718 Notification, Publication and Provision of Information 7
  • Article   719 Inquiry Points 7
  • Article   720 Technical Cooperation 7
  • Article   721 Limitations on the Provision of Information 7
  • Article   722 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 7
  • Article   723 Technical Consultations 7
  • Article   724 Definitions 7
  • Chapter   Eight EMERGENCY ACTION 7
  • Article   801 Bilateral Actions 7
  • Article   802 Global Actions 8
  • Article   803 Administration of Emergency Action Proceedings 8
  • Article   804 Dispute Settlement In Emergency Action Matters 8
  • Article   805 Definitions for Purposes of this Chapter: 8
  • Part   Three TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 8
  • Chapter   Nine STANDARDS-RELATED MEASURES 8
  • Article   901 Scope and Coverage 8
  • Article   902 Extent of Obligations 8
  • Article   903 Affirmation of Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade and other Agreements 8
  • Article   904 Basic Rights and Obligations Right to Take Standards-Related Measures 8
  • Article   905 Use of International Standards 8
  • Article   906 Compatibility and Equivalence 8
  • Article   907 Assessment of Risk 8
  • Article   908 Conformity Assessment 8
  • Article   909 Notification, Publication, and Provision of Information 8
  • Article   910 Inquiry Points 8
  • Article   911 Technical Cooperation 8
  • Article   912 Limitations on the Provision of Information 8
  • Article   913 Committee on Standards-Related Measures 8
  • Article   914 Technical Consultations 9
  • Article   915 Definitions 9
  • Part   Four GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 9
  • Chapter   Ten GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 9
  • Section   A Scope and Coverage and National Treatment 9
  • Article   1001 Scope and Coverage 9
  • Article   1002 Valuation of Contracts 9
  • Article   1003 National Treatment and Non-Discrimination 9
  • Article   1004 Rules of Origin 9
  • Article   1005 Denial of Benefits 9
  • Article   1006 Prohibition of Offsets 9
  • Article   1007 Technical Specifications 9
  • Section   B Tendering Procedures 9
  • Article   1008 Tendering Procedures 9
  • Article   1009 Qualification of Suppliers 9
  • Article   1010 Invitation to Participate 9
  • Article   1011 Selective Tendering Procedures 10
  • Article   1012 Time Limits for Tendering and Delivery 10
  • Article   1013 Tender Documentation 10
  • Article   1014 Negotiation Disciplines 10
  • Article   1015 Submission, Receipt and Opening of Tenders and Awarding of Contracts 10
  • Article   1016 Limited Tendering Procedures 10
  • Section   C Bid Challenge 10
  • Article   1017 Bid Challenge 10
  • Section   D General Provisions 10
  • Article   1018 Exceptions 10
  • Article   1019 Provision of Information 10
  • Article   1020 Technical Cooperation 11
  • Article   1021 Joint Programs for Small Business 11
  • Article   1022 Rectifications or Modifications 11
  • Article   1023 Divestiture of Entities 11
  • Article   1024 Further Negotiations 11
  • Article   1025 Definitions 11
  • Part   Five INVESTMENT, SERVICES AND RELATED MATTERS 11
  • Chapter   Eleven INVESTMENT 11
  • Section   A Investment 11
  • Article   1101 Scope and Coverage 11
  • Article   1102 National Treatment 11
  • Article   1103 Most-Favored-Nation Treatment 11
  • Article   1104 Standard of Treatment 11
  • Article   1105 Minimum Standard of Treatment 11
  • Article   1106 Performance Requirements 11
  • Article   1107 Senior Management and Boards of Directors 11
  • Article   1110 Expropriation and Compensation 11
  • Article   1111 Special Formalities and Information Requirements 11
  • Article   1112 Relation to other Chapters 11
  • Article   1113 Denial of Benefits 11
  • Article   1114 Environmental Measures 12
  • Section   B Settlement of Disputes between a Party and an Investor of Another Party 12
  • Article   1115 Purpose 12
  • Article   1116 Claim by an Investor of a Party on Its Own Behalf 12
  • Article   1117 Claim by an Investor of a Party on Behalf of an Enterprise 12
  • Article   1118 Settlement of a Claim Through Consultation and Negotiation 12
  • Article   1119 Notice of Intent to Submit a Claim to Arbitration 12
  • Article   1120 Submission of a Claim to Arbitration 12
  • Article   1121 Conditions Precedent to Submission of a Claim to Arbitration 12
  • Article   1122 Consent to Arbitration 12
  • Article   1123 Number of Arbitrators and Method of Appointment 12
  • Article   1124 Constitution of a Tribunal When a Party Fails to Appoint an Arbitrator or the Disputing Parties Are Unable to Agree on a Presiding Arbitrator 12
  • Article   1125 Agreement to Appointment of Arbitrators 12
  • Article   1126 Consolidation 12
  • Article   1127 Notice a Disputing Party Shall Deliver to the other Parties: 12
  • Article   1128 Participation by a Party 12
  • Article   1129 Documents 12
  • Article   1130 Place of Arbitration 12
  • Article   1131 Governing Law 12
  • Article   1132 Interpretation of Annexes 12
  • Article   1133 Expert Reports 12
  • Article   1134 Interim Measures of Protection 12
  • Article   1135 Final Award 12
  • Article   1136 Finality and Enforcement of an Award 12
  • Article   1137 General 12
  • Article   1138 Exclusions 12
  • Section   C Definitions 13
  • Article   1139 Definitions 13
  • Annex 1120.1  Submission of a Claim to Arbitration 13
  • Annex 1138.2  Exclusions from Dispute Settlement 13
  • Chapter   Twelve CROSS-BORDER TRADE IN SERVICES 13
  • Article   1201 Scope and Coverage 13
  • Article   1202 National Treatment 13
  • Article   1203 Most-Favored-Nation Treatment 13
  • Article   1204 Standard of Treatment 13
  • Article   1205 Local Presence 13
  • Article   1206 Reservations 13
  • Article   1207 Quantitative Restrictions 13
  • Article   1208 Liberalization of Non-Discriminatory Measures 13
  • Article   1209 Procedures 13
  • Article   1210 Licensing and Certification 13
  • Article   1211 Denial of Benefits 13
  • Article   1212 Sectoral Annex 13
  • Article   1213 Definitions 13
  • Chapter   Thirteen TELECOMMUNICATIONS 14
  • Article   1301 Scope and Coverage 14
  • Article   1302 Access to and Use of Public Telecommunications Transport Networks and Services 14
  • Article   1303 Conditions for the Provision of Enhanced or Value-Added Services 14
  • Article   1304 Standards-Related Measures 14
  • Article   1305 Monopolies 14
  • Article   1306 Transparency 14
  • Article   1308 Relation to International Organizations and Agreements 14
  • Article   1309 Technical Cooperation and other Consultations 14
  • Article   1310 Definitions 14
  • Chapter   Fourteen FINANCIAL SERVICES 14
  • Article   1401 Scope and Coverage 14
  • Article   1402 Self-Regulatory Organizations 14
  • Article   1403 Establishment of Financial Institutions 14
  • Article   1404 Cross-Border Trade 14
  • Article   1405 National Treatment 14
  • Article   1406 Most-Favored-Nation Treatment 15
  • Article   1407 New Financial Services and Data Processing 15
  • Article   1408 Senior Management and Boards of Directors 15
  • Article   1409 Reservations and Specific Commitments 15
  • Article   1410 Exceptions 15
  • Article   1411 Transparency 15
  • Article   1412 Financial Services Committee 15
  • Article   1413 Consultations 15
  • Article   1414 Dispute Settlement 15
  • Article   1415 Investment Disputes In Financial Services 15
  • Article   1416 Definitions 15
  • Annex 1412.1  Authorities Responsible for Financial Services 15
  • Chapter   Fifteen COMPETITION POLICY, MONOPOLIES AND STATE ENTERPRISES 15
  • Article   1501 Competition Law 15
  • Article   1502 Monopolies and State Enterprises 15
  • Article   1503 State Enterprises 15
  • Article   1504 Working Group on Trade and Competition 15
  • Article   1505 Definitions 15
  • Annex 1505  Country-Specific Definitions of State Enterprises 15
  • Chapter   Sixteen TEMPORARY ENTRY FOR BUSINESS PERSONS 15
  • Article   1601 General Principles 15
  • Article   1602 General Obligations 15
  • Article   1603 Grant of Temporary Entry 16
  • Article   1604 Provision of Information 16
  • Article   1605 Working Group 16
  • Article   1606 Dispute Settlement 16
  • Article   1607 Relation to other Chapters 16
  • Article   1608 Definitions 16
  • Annex 1603  Temporary Entry for Business Persons 16
  • Section   A Business Visitors 16
  • Section   B Traders and Investors 16
  • Section   C Intra-Company Transferees 16
  • Section   D Professionals 16
  • Part   Six INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 16
  • Chapter   Seventeen INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY 16
  • Article   1701 Nature and Scope of Obligations 16
  • Article   1702 More Extensive Protection 16
  • Article   1703 National Treatment 16
  • Article   1704 Control of Abusive or Anticompetitive Practices or Conditions 16
  • Article   1705 Copyright 16
  • Article   1706 Sound Recordings 16
  • Article   1707 Protection of Encrypted Program-Carrying Satellite Signals 16
  • Article   1708 Trademarks 16
  • Article   1709 Patents 17
  • Article   1710 Layout Designs of Semiconductor Integrated Circuits 17
  • Article   1711 Trade Secrets 17
  • Article   1712 Geographical Indications 17
  • Article   1713 Industrial Designs 17
  • Article   1714 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights: General Provisions 17
  • Article   1715 Specific Procedural and Remedial Aspects of Civil and Administrative Procedures 17
  • Article   1716 Provisional Measures 17
  • Article   1717 Criminal Procedures and Penalties 17
  • Article   1718 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at the Border 17
  • Article   1718 Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights at the Border 18
  • Article   1719 Cooperation and Technical Assistance 18
  • Article   1720 Protection of Existing Subject Matter 18
  • Article   1721 Definitions 18
  • Part   Seven ADMINISTRATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS 18
  • Chapter   Eighteen PUBLICATION, NOTIFICATION AND ADMINISTRATION OF LAWS 18
  • Article   1801 Contact Points 18
  • Article   1802 Publication 18
  • Article   1803 Notification and Provision of Information 18
  • Article   1804 Administrative Proceedings 18
  • Article   1805 Review and Appeal 18
  • Article   1806 Definitions 18
  • Chapter   Nineteen REVIEW AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT IN ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING DUTY MATTERS 18
  • Article   1901 General Provisions 18
  • Article   1902 Retention of Domestic Antidumping Law and Countervailing Duty Law 18
  • Article   1903 Review of Statutory Amendments 18
  • Article   1904 Review of Final Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Determinations 18
  • Article   1905 Safeguarding the Panel Review System 18
  • Article   1906 Prospective Application 19
  • Article   1907 Consultations 19
  • Article   1908 Special Secretariat Provisions 19
  • Article   1909 Code of Conduct 19
  • Article   1910 Miscellaneous 19
  • Article   1911 Definitions 19
  • Chapter   Twenty INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS AND DISPUTE SETTLEMENT PROCEDURES 19
  • Section   A Institutions 19
  • Article   2011 The Free Trade Commission 19
  • Article   2002 The Secretariat 19
  • Section   B Dispute Settlement 19
  • Article   2003 Cooperation 19
  • Article   2004 Recourse to Dispute Settlement Procedures 19
  • Article   2005 GATT Dispute Settlement 19
  • Article   2006 Consultations 19
  • Article   2007 Commission - Good Offices, Conciliation and Mediation 19
  • Article   2008 Request for an Arbitral Panel 20
  • Article   2009 Roster 20
  • Article   2010 Qualifications of Panelists 20
  • Article   2011 Panel Selection 20
  • Article   2012 Rules of Procedure 20
  • Article   2013 Third Party Participation 20
  • Article   2014 Role of Experts 20
  • Article   2015 Scientific Review Boards 20
  • Article   2016 Initial Report 20
  • Article   2017 Final Report 20
  • Article   2018 Implementation of Final Report 20
  • Article   2019 Non-Implementation-Suspension of Benefits 20
  • Section   C Domestic Proceedings and Private Commercial Dispute Settlement 20
  • Article   2020 Referrals of Matters from Judicial or Administrative Proceedings 20
  • Article   2021 Private Rights 20
  • Article   2022 Alternative Dispute Resolution 20
  • Annex 2001.2  Committees and Working Groups 20
  • Annex 2002.2  Remuneration and Payment of Expenses 20
  • Annex 2004  Nullification and Impairment 20
  • Part   Eight OTHER PROVISIONS 20
  • Chapter   Twenty-One EXCEPTIONS 20
  • Article   2101 General Exceptions 20
  • Article   2102 National Security 20
  • Article   2103 Taxation 21
  • Article   2104 Balance of Payments 21
  • Article   2105 Disclosure of Information 21
  • Article   2106 Cultural Industries 21
  • Article   2107 Definitions 21
  • Annex 2103.4  Specific Taxation Measures 21
  • Annex 2103.6  Competent Authorities 21
  • Annex 2106  Cultural Industries 21
  • Chapter   Twenty-Two FINAL PROVISIONS 21
  • Article   2201 Annexes 21
  • Article   2202 Amendments 21
  • Article   2203 Entry Into Force 21
  • Article   2204 Accession 21
  • Article   2205 Withdrawal 21
  • Article   2206 Authentic Texts 21
  • Annex I  Reservations for Existing Measures and Liberalization Commitments 21
  • Annex I  Schedule of Canada 21
  • Annex I  Schedule of Mexico 25
  • Annex I  Schedule of the United States 31
  • Annex II  Reservations for Future Measures (Chapters 11, 12, and 14) 32
  • Annex II  Schedule of Canada 33
  • Annex II  Schedule of Mexico 34
  • Annex II  Schedule of United States 34
  • Annex III  Activities Reserved to the State (Chapter 11) 35
  • Annex III  Schedule of Mexico 35
  • Annex IV  Exceptions from Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Chapter 11) 36
  • Annex IV  Schedule of Canada 36
  • Annex IV  Schedule of Mexico 36
  • Annex IV  Schedule of the United States 36
    • Name
    North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1992)
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    North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) (1992)
    Signed date
    17 / Dec / 1992
    Date into force
    01 / Jan / 1994
    Date of termination
    01 / Jul / 2020
    Treaty type
    Other International Investment Agreements
    Origin language
    en,es,fr
    Party ISO codes
    CAN,MEX,USA
    Relationship with other documents
    Type Agreements Date of signature Date of entry in force
    IT_OVERLAP Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) (2018) 08 / Mar / 2018 30 / Dec / 2018
    IT_OVERLAP Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) (2016) 04 / Feb / 2016
    IT_OVERLAP Investment Facilitation for Development (2024)
    IT_OVERLAP United States - Mexico - Canada Agreement (USMCA) (2018) 30 / Nov / 2018 01 / Jul / 2020
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