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Honduras reserves the right to adopt, maintain or modify the level of ownership interest in Empresa Hondureña de Telecomunicaciones (HONDUTEL), as well as its affiliates or subsidiaries.

Sector: Social Services

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 12.5 and 13.3) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 12.6 and 13.4) Performance Requirements (Article 12.9) Senior Executives and Boards of Directors (Article 12.10) Market Access (Article 13.5) Local Presence (Article 13.6)

Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the application and enforcement of laws and the provision of social rehabilitation services; as well as the following services to the extent that they are social services that are established or maintained for reasons of public interest: pensions, unemployment insurance, social security services, pension fund services, social welfare, public education, public training, health and child care.

Sector: Minority Affairs

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 12.5 and 13.3) Performance Requirements (Article 12.9) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 12.10) Local Presence (Article 13.6)

Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that grants rights or preferences to socially and economically disadvantaged minorities.

Sector: Wholesale Distribution Services- Petroleum Products.

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Articles 12.5 and 13.3) Most favored nation treatment (Articles 12.6 and 13.4) Market Access (Article 13.5) Local presence (Article 13.6)

Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain measures related to the importation, supply and wholesale distribution of crude, reconstituted and refined petroleum products and all their derivatives.

Sector: Services Provided to Businesses- Professionals

Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 13.3) Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Article 13.4) Market Access (Article 13.5) Local Presence (Article 13.6)

Description: Cross-border trade in services

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to cross-border trade in professional (1).

Within two (2) years of the entry into force of this Agreement, the Parties shall enter into consultations with a view to deepening the commitments undertaken under this Agreement in the professional services sector.

(1) For greater certainty, investment related to professional services does not preclude compliance with professional practice legislation under the definition of cross-border trade in services in this Agreement.

Annex III. Schedule of the Republic of Colombia - Exceptions to the Most-Favoured Nation treatment

Sector: All sectors

Obligations Concerned: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 12.6 and 13.4)

Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services

Colombia reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that grants different treatment to countries under any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or signed prior to the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

Colombia reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that grants different treatment to countries under any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or entered into after the date of entry into force of this Agreement with respect to:

(a) aviation;

(b) fishing; and

(c) maritime affairs, including salvage.

Annex III. Schedule of the Republic of El Salvador - Exceptions to the Most-Favoured Nation treatment

Sector: All sectors

Obligations Concerned: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 12.6 and 12.7). 13.4)

Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services

El Salvador exempts from the application of the following Articles 12.6 and 13.4 (Most-Favored-Nation Treatment) any measure that accords different treatment to countries pursuant to any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or entered into prior to the date of entry into force of this Agreement (1).

El Salvador exempts from the application of the following Articles 12.6 and 13.4 (Most-Favored-Nation Treatment) any measure that accords different treatment to countries pursuant to any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or entered into after the date of entry into force of this Agreement with respect to:

(a) aviation;

(b) fishing; or

(c) maritime affairs, including salvage.

(1) For greater certainty, El Salvador may adopt or maintain any measure derived from a rule of Community law derived from an instrument of Community law or adopted by an organ of the Central American Integration System or its successor.

Annex III. Schedule of the Republic of Guatemala - Exceptions to the Most-Favoured Nation treatment

Sector: All sectors

Type of Reservation: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 12.6 and 12.7). 13.4)

Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services

Guatemala reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that grants a different treatment to another country, in accordance with any bilateral or multilateral international treaty in force or signed prior to the date of entry into force of this Agreement (1).

Guatemala reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure providing for different treatment between countries under any international agreement in force or entered into after the date of entry into force of this Agreement with respect to:

(a) aviation;

(b) fishing; and

(c) maritime affairs, including salvage.

(1) For greater certainty, Guatemala may adopt or maintain any measure derived from a rule of Community law derived from an instrument of Community law or adopted by an organ of the Central American Economic Integration System or its successor.

Annex III. Schedule of the Republic of Honduras - Exceptions to the Most-Favoured Nation treatment

Sector: All sectors

Obligations Concerned: Most-Favored-Nation Treatment (Articles 12.6 and 13.4)

Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that grants different treatment to countries pursuant to any bilateral or multilateral international treaty in force or entered into prior to the date of entry into force of this Agreement (1).

Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that grants different treatment to countries under any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or signed after the date of entry into force of this Agreement with respect to:

(a) aviation;

(b) fishing; and

(c) maritime affairs, including salvage.

(1) For greater certainty, Honduras may adopt or maintain any measure derived from a rule of Community law, as a result of an instrument of Community law, or adopted by an organ of the Central American Economic Integration System or its successor.
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  • Part   ONE GENERAL ASPECTS 1
  • Chapter   1 INITIAL PROVISIONS 1
  • Article   1.1 Establishment of the Free Trade Area 1
  • Article   1.2 Objectives 1
  • Article   1.3 Relationship to other International Agreements 1
  • Article   1.4 Enforcement 1
  • Chapter   2 GENERAL DEFINITIONS 1
  • Article   2.1 Definitions of General Application 1
  • Annex 2.1  ANNEX 2.1 Country-Specific Definitions 1
  • Part   TWO TRADE IN GOODS 1
  • Chapter   3 NATIONAL TREATMENT AND MARKET ACCESS FOR GOODS 1
  • Article   3.1 Definitions 1
  • Article   3.2 Scope of Application. 1
  • Section   I National Treatment 1
  • Article   3.3 National Treatment 1
  • Section   II Customs Tariff Relief Program 1
  • Article   3.4 Tariff Relief 1
  • Section   III Special Regimes 1
  • Article   3.5 Temporary Admission of Goods 1
  • Article   3.6 Duty-Free Importation of Commercial Samples of Insignificant Value and Printed Advertising Materials 1
  • Section   IV Non-Tariff Measures 1
  • Article   3.7 Import and Export Restrictions 2
  • Article   3.8 Customs Valuation 2
  • Article   3.9 Import Licenses 2
  • Article   3.10 Administrative Burdens and Formalities 2
  • Article   3.11 Export Taxes 2
  • Article   3.12 Distinctive Products 2
  • Section   V Agriculture 2
  • Article   3.13 Definitions 2
  • Article   3.14 Scope of Application 2
  • Article   3.15 Export Subsidies for Agricultural Products 2
  • Article   3.16 Tariff Rate Quota Administration and Implementation 2
  • Article   3.17 Agricultural Trade Committee 2
  • Section   VI Institutional Arrangements 2
  • Article   3.18 Committee on Trade In Goods 2
  • Chapter   4 RULES OF ORIGIN 2
  • Article   4.1 Definitions 2
  • Article   4.2 Instruments of Application and Interpretation 2
  • Article   4.3 Original Merchandise 2
  • Article   4.4 Minimum Operations or Processes 2
  • Article   4.5 Indirect Materials 2
  • Article   4.6 Accumulation 2
  • Article   4.7 Regional Content Value 3
  • Article   4.8 De Minimis 3
  • Article   4.9 Goods and Fungible Materials 3
  • Article   4.10 Sets or Assortments of Merchandise 3
  • Article   4.11 Accessories, Spare Parts and Tools 3
  • Article   4.12 Retail Containers and Retail Packaging Materials 3
  • Article   4.13 Containers and Packing Materials for Shipment 3
  • Article   4.14 Transit and Transshipment 3
  • Article   4.15 Committee of Origin 3
  • Article   4.16 Consultations and Modifications 3
  • Article   4.17 Transitional Rules of Origin Applicable between the Republic of Colombia and the Republic of Honduras 3
  • Chapter   5 CUSTOMS PROCEDURES RELATED TO THE ORIGIN OF GOODS 3
  • Article   5.1 Definitions 3
  • Article   5.2 Certification of Origin 3
  • Article   5.3 Exceptions 3
  • Article   5.4 Obligations Relating to Imports 3
  • Article   5.5 Obligations Relating to Exports 3
  • Article   5.6 Records 3
  • Article   5.7 Verification of Origin Procedures 3
  • Article   5.8 Confidentiality 4
  • Article   5.9 Review and Appeal 4
  • Article   5.10 Uniform Regulations 4
  • Chapter   6 TRADE FACILITATION 4
  • Article   6.1 Publication 4
  • Article   6.2 Clearance of Goods 4
  • Article   6.3 Risk Management 4
  • Article   6.4 Automation 4
  • Article   6.5 Cooperation 4
  • Article   6.6 Confidentiality 4
  • Article   6.7 Expedited Delivery Shipments 4
  • Article   6.8 Review and Appeal 4
  • Article   6.10 Advance Rulings 4
  • Article   6.11 Trade Facilitation Committee 4
  • Chapter   7 SAFEGUARD MEASURES 4
  • Article   7.1 Definitions 4
  • Article   7.2 General Provisions 5
  • Article   7.3 Imposition of a Safeguard Measure 5
  • Article   7.4 Duration and Extension 5
  • Article   7.5 Investigation Procedures and Transparency Requirements 5
  • Article   7.6 Provisional Safeguard Measures 5
  • Article   7.7 Notification and Consultation 5
  • Article   7.8 Global Safeguard Measures 5
  • Chapter   8 ANTIDUMPING AND COUNTERVAILING MEASURES 5
  • Article   8.1 Sole Provision 5
  • Part   THREE TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 5
  • Chapter   9 SANITARY AND PHYTOSANITARY MEASURES 5
  • Article   9.1 Definitions 5
  • Article   9.2 General Provisions 5
  • Article   9.3 Rights and Obligations of the Parties 5
  • Article   9.4 Harmonization 5
  • Article   9.5 Equivalence 5
  • Article   9.6 Risk Assessment 5
  • Article   9.7 Recognition of Free Zones and Low Prevalence Zones 5
  • Article   9.8 Procedures of Control, Inspection, Approval and Certification 5
  • Article   9.9 Technical Cooperation 5
  • Article   9.10 Transparency 5
  • Article   9.11 Technical Consultation 5
  • Article   9.12 Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 5
  • Chapter   10 TECHNICAL 5
  • Article   10.1 Definitions for the Purposes of this Chapter: 5
  • Chapter   10 TECHNICAL BARRIERS TO TRADE 6
  • Article   10.1 Definitions 6
  • Article   10.2 General Provisions 6
  • Article   10.3 Scope and Coverage 6
  • Article   10.4 Basic Rights and Obligations 6
  • Article   10.5 Trade Facilitation 6
  • Article   10.6 Use of International Standards 6
  • Article   10.7 Compatibility and Equivalence 6
  • Article   10.8 Technical Regulations or Mandatory Technical Standards 6
  • Article   10.9 Conformity Assessment 6
  • Article   10.10 Approval or Authorization Procedures 6
  • Article   10.11 Metrology 6
  • Article   10.12 Notifications and Exchange of Information 6
  • Article   10.13 Information Centers 6
  • Article   10.14 Cooperation and Technical Assistance 6
  • Article   10.15 Technical Consultation 6
  • Article   10.16 Technical Barriers to Trade Committee 6
  • Part   FOUR PUBLIC PROCUREMENT 6
  • Chapter   11 PUBLIC PROCUREMENT 6
  • Article   11.1 Coverage 6
  • Article   11.2 National Treatment, Non-Discrimination, and Transparency 6
  • Article   11.3 General Exceptions 6
  • Part   FIVE INVESTMENT, SERVICES AND RELATED MATTERS 7
  • Chapter   12 INVESTMENT 7
  • Section   A Investment 7
  • Article   12.1 Definitions 7
  • Article   12.2 Scope of Application  (1) 7
  • Article   12.3 Relationship to other Chapters 7
  • Article   12.4 Investment Protection 7
  • Article   12.5 National Treatment 7
  • Article   12.6 Most-Favored-Nation Treatment 7
  • Article   12.7 Free Transfer 7
  • Article   12.8 Expropriation and Compensation 7
  • Article   12.9 Performance Requirements 7
  • Article   12.10 Senior Management and Boards of Directors 7
  • Article   12.11 Denial of Benefits 7
  • Article   12.12 Nonconforming Measures 7
  • Article   12.13 Special Formalities and Information Requirements 8
  • Article   12.14 Compensation for Damage or Loss 8
  • Article   12.15 Subrogation 8
  • Article   12.16 Investment and the Environment 8
  • Section   B Investor-State Dispute Settlement 8
  • Article   12.17 Consultation and Negotiation 8
  • Article   12.18 Submission of a Claim 8
  • Article   12.19 Consent of Each Party to Arbitration 8
  • Article   12.20 Venue of Arbitration Proceedings 8
  • Article   12.21 Selection of Arbitrators 8
  • Article   12.22 Conditions and Limitations on Parties' Consent 8
  • Article   12.23 Conduct of the Arbitration 8
  • Article   12.24 Transparency of Arbitral Proceedings 8
  • Article   12.25 Applicable Law 8
  • Article   12.26 Interpretation of Annexes 8
  • Article   12.27 Expert Reports 8
  • Article   12.28 Joinder of Proceedings 8
  • Article   12.29 Awards 8
  • Article   12.30 General Provisions 9
  • Annex 12.A  Delivery of Documents to a Party under Section B 9
  • Chapter   13 CROSS-BORDER TRADE IN SERVICES 9
  • Article   13.1 Definitions 9
  • Article   13.2 Scope of Application 9
  • Article   13.3 National Treatment 9
  • Article   13.4 Most-Favored-Nation Treatment 9
  • Article   13.5 Market Access 9
  • Article   13.6 Local Presence 9
  • Article   13.7 Nonconforming Measures 9
  • Article   13.8 National Regulations  (6) 9
  • Article   13.9 Transparency at the Development and Application of Regulations (7) 9
  • Article   13.10 Recognition 9
  • Article   13.11 Transfers and Payments 9
  • Article   13.12 Denial of Benefits 9
  • Article   13.13 Implementation 9
  • Chapter   14 9
  • Article   14.1 Definitions for the Purposes of this Chapter: 9
  • Article   14.2 General Provisions 9
  • Article   14.3 Electronic Provision of Services 9
  • Chapter   14 ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 10
  • Article   14.1 Definitions 10
  • Article   14.2 General Provisions 10
  • Article   14.3 Electronic Provision of Services 10
  • Article   14.4 Digital Goods 10
  • Article   14.5 Transparency 10
  • Article   14.6 Consumer Protection 10
  • Article   14.7 Authentication and Digital Certificates 10
  • Article   14.8 Cooperation 10
  • Chapter   15 TEMPORARY ENTRY OF BUSINESS PEOPLE 10
  • Article   15.1 Definitions 10
  • Article   15.2 General Principles 10
  • Article   15.3 General Obligations 10
  • Article   15.4 Temporary Entry Authorization 10
  • Article   15.5 Provision of Information 10
  • Article   15.6 Implementation 10
  • Article   15.7 Settlement of Disputes 10
  • Article   15.8 Relationship to other Chapters 10
  • Annex 15.4  Provisions Applicable to Temporary Entry 10
  • Section   A Business Visitors 10
  • Section   B Merchants and Investors 10
  • Section   C Transfers of Personnel Within an Enterprise 10
  • Section   D Professionals  (3) 10
  • Appendix 1  Business Visitors 10
  • Appendix 3  Migratory Measures in Force for Temporary Entry 11
  • Part   SIX ADMINISTRATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS 11
  • Chapter   16 TRANSPARENCY 11
  • Article   16.1 Definitions 11
  • Article   16.2 Information Center 11
  • Article   16.3 Publication 11
  • Article   16.4 Provision of Information 11
  • Article   16.5 Hearing, Legality and Due Process Guarantees 11
  • Article   16.6 Administrative Procedures for the Application of Measures 11
  • Article   16.8 Communications, Information and Notifications 11
  • Article   16.9 Cooperation Against Corruption 11
  • Article   16.10 Promotion of Free Competition 11
  • Chapter   17 TREATY ADMINISTRATION 11
  • Section   A Treaty Administrative Commission, Treaty Coordinators and Administration of Dispute Settlement Proceedings 11
  • Article   17.1 Treaty Administrative Commission 11
  • Article   17.2 Treaty Coordinators 11
  • Article   17.3 Administration of Dispute Resolution Procedures 11
  • Section   B Technical Committees and Expert Groups 11
  • Article   17.4 General Provisions 11
  • Article   17.5 Technical Committees 11
  • Article   17.6 Expert Groups 11
  • Article   17.7 Meetings of Governing Bodies 11
  • Annex 17.6  Members of the Administrative Commission of the Treaty 11
  • Annex 17.7  Treaty Coordinators 11
  • Annex 17.8  Remuneration and Payment of Expenses 12
  • Annex 17.5  Committees 12
  • Chapter   18 DISPUTE SETTLEMENT 12
  • Section   A Dispute Settlement 12
  • Article   18.1 Definitions 12
  • Article   18.2 Cooperation 12
  • Article   18.3 Scope of Application 12
  • Article   18.4 Election of Forums 12
  • Article   18.5 Perishable Goods 12
  • Article   18.6 Consultations 12
  • Article   18.7 Refusal of Consultation 12
  • Article   18.8 Intervention of the Commission 12
  • Article   18.9 Proceedings Before the Commission 12
  • Article   18.10 Joinder of Proceedings 12
  • Article   18.11 Request for the Establishment of the Arbitral Tribunal 12
  • Article   18.12 List of Arbitrators 12
  • Article   18.13 Qualifications of Arbitrators 12
  • Article   18.14 Integration of the Arbitral Tribunal 12
  • Article   18.15 Model Rules of Procedure 12
  • Article   18.16 Information and Technical Assistance 12
  • Article   18.17 Draft Award 12
  • Article   18.19 Compliance with the Award 12
  • Article   18.20 Suspension of Benefits 12
  • Article   18.23 Rights of Individuals 12
  • Article   18.24 Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution between Private Parties 12
  • Article   18.23 Rights of Individuals 13
  • Article   18.24 Alternative Means of Dispute Resolution between Private Parties 13
  • Annex 18.3  Nullification or Impairment 13
  • Chapter   19 EXCEPTIONS 13
  • Article   19.1 General Exceptions 13
  • Article   19.2 National Security 13
  • Article   19.3 Balance of Payments 13
  • Article   19.4 Disclosure of Information 13
  • Article   19.5 Taxation 13
  • Annex 19.5  Competent Authorities 13
  • Chapter   20 COOPERATION 13
  • Article   20.1 Objectives 13
  • Article   20.2 Cooperative Actions 13
  • Article   20.3 Cooperation In Investor-State Disputes 13
  • Article   20.4 Exclusion from Dispute Settlement 13
  • Annex 20.2  Indicative Work Plan for Cooperation between the Republic of El Salvador, the Republic of Guatemala, the Republic of Honduras, and the Republic of Colombia 13
  • Article   21.5 Denunciation 13
  • Article   21.6 Provisional Application 13
  • Article   21.7 Evolutionary Clause 13
  • Article   21.8 Transitory Provisions 13
  • Annex I  Existing Measures - Explanatory Notes 13
  • Annex I  Schedule of the Republic of Colombia 14
  • Annex I  Schedule of the Republic of El Salvador 15
  • Annex I  Schedule of the Republic of Guatemala 16
  • Annex I  Schedule of the Republic of Guatemala 17
  • Annex I  Schedule of the Republic of Honduras 17
  • Annex II  Future Reservations - Explanatory Notes 18
  • Annex II  Schedule of Colombia 18
  • Annex II  Schedule of the Republic of El Salvador 19
  • Annex II  Schedule of Guatemala 19
  • Annex II  Schedule of Honduras 19
  • Annex III  Schedule of the Republic of Colombia - Exceptions to the Most-Favoured Nation treatment 20
  • Annex III  Schedule of the Republic of El Salvador - Exceptions to the Most-Favoured Nation treatment 20
  • Annex III  Schedule of the Republic of Guatemala - Exceptions to the Most-Favoured Nation treatment 20
  • Annex III  Schedule of the Republic of Honduras - Exceptions to the Most-Favoured Nation treatment 20
    • Name
    Colombia - Northern Triangle FTA (2013)
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    Colombia - Northern Triangle FTA (2013)
    Signed date
    09 / Aug / 2007
    Date into force
    13 / Nov / 2019
    Treaty type
    Other International Investment Agreements
    Origin language
    es
    Party ISO codes
    COL,NTR
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