Customs Open Sugar Quota on Guatemala Cafta Again
| Index | ||
| Preamble | ||
| Chapter One | Initial Provisions |  |
| Article 1.1 | Establishment of a Free Trade Surface area | |
| Article 1.2 | Objectives | |
| Article ane.iii | Relation to Other Agreements | |
| Article i.4 | Extent of Obligations | |
| Chapter 2 | General Definitions | |
| Article 2.1 | Definitions of Full general Application | |
| Annex 2.1: County-Specific Definitions | ||
| Affiliate Three | National Treatment and Market Access for Goods | |
| Article 3.ane | Scope and Coverage | |
| Department A | National Treatment | |
| Article 3.2 | National Treatment | |
| Section B | Tariff Elimination | |
| Article 3.3 | Tariff Emptying | |
| Section C | Special Regimes | |
| Article three.4 | Waiver of Customs Duties | |
| Article iii.5 | Temporary Admission of Appurtenances | |
| Article three.6 | Goods Re-entered after Repair or Alteration | |
| Article iii.seven | Duty-Complimentary Entry of Commercial Samples of Negligible Value and Printed Advertizing Materials | |
| Department D | Not-Tariff Measures | |
| Article iii.8 | Import and Export Restrictions | |
| Article 3.nine | Import Licensing | |
| Article iii.ten | Authoritative Fees and Formalities | |
| Article three.11 | Export Taxes | |
| Department E | Other Measures | |
| Commodity 3.12 | Distinctive Products | |
| Department F | Agriculture | |
| Article 3.thirteen | Assistants and Implementation of Tariff-Charge per unit Quotas | |
| Article 3.14 | Agricultural Export Subsidies | |
| Commodity 3.15 | Agricultural Safeguard Measures | |
| Commodity 3.sixteen | Sugar Bounty Mechanism | |
| Article 3.17 | Consultations on Trade in Chicken | |
| Article 3.18 | Agriculture Review Commission | |
| Article 3.19 | Committee on Agronomical Trade | |
| Section Grand | Textiles and Wearing apparel | |
| Article 3.20 | Refund of Customs Duties | |
| Article 3.21 | Duty-Gratis Treatment for Certain Goods | |
| Commodity 3.22 | Elimination of Existing Quantitative Restrictions | |
| Article 3.23 | Material Safeguard Measures | |
| Article 3.24 | Customs Cooperation | |
| Commodity 3.25 | Rules of Origin and Related Matters | |
| Article 3.26 | Most-Favored-Nation Rates of Duty on Sure Goods | |
| Article 3.27 | Preferential Tariff Handling for Wool Apparel Goods Assembled in Republic of costa rica | |
| Commodity 3.28 | Preferential Tariff Treatment for Non-Originating Apparel Goods of Nicaragua | |
| Article 3.29 | Definitions | |
| Section H | Institutional Provisions | |
| Article three.30 | Committee on Trade in Goods | |
| Section I | Definitions | |
| Commodity 3.31 | Definitions | |
| Addendum 3.2: National Treatment and Import and Export Restrictions | ||
| Section A: Measures of Republic of costa rica | ||
| Section B: Measures of the Dominican Democracy | ||
| Section C: Measures of El salvador | ||
| Department D: Measures of Guatemala | ||
| Section Due east: Measures of Honduras | ||
| Section F: Measures of Nicaragua | ||
| Department One thousand: Measures of The Usa | ||
| Addendum 3.3: Tariff Emptying | ||
| Annex 3.3.4: Implementation of Modifications Approved past the Parties to Accelerate the Emptying of Customs Duties | ||
| Annex 3.3.6 | ||
Appendix 3.iii.6: Special Rules of Origin | ||
| Appendix 3.3.6.4: Exceptions from Preferential Tariff Treatment | ||
| Annex 3.11: Export Taxes | ||
| Annex 3.15: Agricultural Safeguard Measures | ||
| Addendum 3.22: Elimination of Existing Quantitative Restrictions | ||
| Annex 3.25: Brusque Supply Listing | ||
| Addendum iii.27: Preferential Tariff Treatment for Wool Apparel Goods Assembled in Costa Rica | ||
| Addendum iii.28: Preferential Tariff Handling for Not-Originating Apparel Goods of Nicaragua | ||
| Annex 3.29: Textile or Clothes Goods Not Covered past Section G | ||
| Affiliate Iv | Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures | |
| Department A | Rules of Origin | |
| Article 4.1 | Originating Appurtenances | |
| Article iv.2 | Regional Value Content | |
| Article 4.3 | Value of Materials | |
| Article 4.4 | Further Adjustments to the Value of Materials | |
| Commodity four.5 | Accumulation | |
| Commodity four.half-dozen | De Minimis | |
| Article 4.seven | Fungible Goods and Materials | |
| Article 4.8 | Accessories, Spare Parts, and Tools | |
| Article 4.9 | Packaging Materials and Containers for Retail Auction | |
| Article 4.x | Packing Materials and Containers for Shipment | |
| Article 4.eleven | Indirect Materials Used in Production | |
| Commodity iv.12 | Transit and Transshipment | |
| Commodity 4.13 | Sets of Appurtenances | |
| Commodity four.xiv | Consultation and Modifications | |
| Section B | Origin Procedures | |
| Commodity 4.15 | Obligations Relating to Importations | |
| Article four.16 | Claims of Origin | |
| Article 4.17 | Exceptions | |
| Article 4.18 | Obligations Relating to Exportations | |
| Commodity 4.nineteen | Tape Keeping Requirements | |
| Article 4.twenty | Verification | |
| Article 4.21 | Common Guidelines | |
| Article iv.22 | Definitions | |
| Annex 4.1: Specific Rules of Origin | ||
| Annex 4.6: Exceptions to Article 4.6 | ||
| Chapter Five | Customs Assistants and Trade Facilitation | |
| Article 5.1 | Publication | |
| Article 5.2 | Release of Goods | |
| Article 5.iii | Automation | |
| Commodity 5.4 | Run a risk Management | |
| Article 5.5 | Cooperation | |
| Article v.6 | Confidentiality | |
| Article five.vii | Express Shipments | |
| Article 5.8 | Review and Appeal | |
| Article 5.9 | Penalties | |
| Article 5.10 | Advance Rulings | |
| Article 5.11 | Implementation | |
| Article v.12 | Capacity Building | |
| Chapter Six | Germ-free and Phytosanitary Measures | |
| Article 6.1 | Affirmation of the SPS Agreement | |
| Article half dozen.2 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Article 6.3 | Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Matters | |
| Annex 6.3: Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Matters | ||
| Chapter Seven | Technical Barriers to Trade | |
| Article seven.1 | Affirmation of the TBT Agreement | |
| Article vii.2 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Article 7.3 | International Standards | |
| Article seven.iv | Merchandise Facilitation | |
| Article seven.five | Conformity Assessment | |
| Article 7.half-dozen | Technical Regulations | |
| Article 7.7 | Transparency | |
| Article seven.8 | Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade | |
| Article 7.ix | Information Commutation | |
| Article 7.10 | Definitions | |
| Annex 7.8: Committee on Technical Barriers to Merchandise | ||
| Chapter 8 | Trade Remedies | |
| Department A | Safeguards | |
| Commodity 8.1 | Imposition of a Safeguard Measure | |
| Article viii.two | Standards for a Safeguard Measure out | |
| Article 8.iii | Administration of Safeguard Proceedings | |
| Commodity viii.4 | Notification and Consultation | |
| Commodity eight.5 | Bounty | |
| Commodity eight.6 | Global Actions | |
| Commodity 8.7 | Definitions | |
| Department B | Antidumping and Countervailing Duties | |
| Article 8.8 | Antidumping and Countervailing Duties | |
| Annex 8.3: Administration of Safeguard Proceedings | ||
| Annex viii.7: Country-Specific Definitions | ||
| Chapter Nine | Authorities Procurement | |
| Article 9.1 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Article ix.2 | General Principles | |
| Article ix.3 | Publication of Procurement Measures | |
| Article 9.four | Publication of Find of Intended Procurement | |
| Article nine.v | Time Limits for the Tendering Process | |
| Article 9.half dozen | Tender Documentation | |
| Article nine.7 | Technical Specifications | |
| Article nine.8 | Requirements and Conditions for Participating in Procurement | |
| Article nine.ix | Tendering Procedures | |
| Commodity nine.10 | Awarding of Contracts | |
| Article 9.11 | Data on Contract Awards | |
| Article nine.12 | Non-Disclosure of Data | |
| Article 9.13 | Ensuring Integrity in Procurement Practices | |
| Article 9.14 | Exceptions | |
| Article 9.15 | Domestic Review of Supplier Challenges | |
| Article ix.16 | Modifications and Rectifications to Coverage | |
| Commodity nine.17 | Definitions | |
| Annex nine.1.2(b)(i) | ||
| Annex 9.one.2(b)(ii) | ||
| Annex ix.1.2(b)(iii) | ||
| Chapter 10 | Investment | |
| Section A | Investment | |
| Article 10.1 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Commodity 10.2 | Relation to Other Capacity | |
| Commodity 10.3 | National Handling | |
| Article 10.4 | Most-Favored-Nation Treatment | |
| Article x.v | Minimum Standard of Treatment | |
| Article x.6 | Handling in Example of Strife | |
| Article 10.7 | Expropriation and Compensation | |
| Article 10.eight | Transfers | |
| Commodity 10.ix | Performance Requirements | |
| Article 10.10 | Senior Management and Boards of Directors | |
| Commodity 10.11 | Investment and Surround | |
| Article 10.12 | Denial of Benefits | |
| Article 10.thirteen | Non-Befitting Measures | |
| Article ten.xiv | Special Formalities and Information Requirements | |
| Department B | Investor-Country Dispute Settlement | |
| Article x.15 | Consultation and Negotiation | |
| Article x.16 | Submission of a Merits to Arbitration | |
| Commodity 10.17 | Consent of Each Party to Arbitration | |
| Article x.18 | Conditions and Limitations on Consent of Each Party | |
| Article x.19 | Selection of Arbitrators | |
| Commodity 10.xx | Acquit of the Arbitration | |
| Article 10.21 | Transparency of Arbitral Proceedings | |
| Article 10.22 | Governing Law | |
| Article 10.23 | Interpretation of Annexes | |
| Article 10.24 | Good Reports | |
| Commodity ten.25 | Consolidation | |
| Commodity x.26 | Awards | |
| Article 10.27 | Service of Documents | |
| Section C | Definitions | |
| Article x.28 | Definitions | |
| Addendum 10-A: Public Debt | ||
| Annex 10-B: Customary International Constabulary | ||
| Annex 10-C: Expropriation | ||
| Annex x-D: Treatment in Instance of Strife | ||
| Addendum 10-Due east: Submission of a Merits to Arbitration | ||
| Annex x-F: Appellate Body or Similar Mechanism | ||
| Addendum ten-G: Service of Documents on a Party Under Department B - Republic of costa rica | ||
| Affiliate Eleven | Cantankerous-Edge Trade in Services | |
| Commodity 11.1 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Article 11.2 | National Treatment | |
| Article 11.iii | Most-Favored-Nation Treatment | |
| Article 11.four | Market Admission | |
| Article xi.5 | Local Presence | |
| Article 11.6 | Non-conforming Measures | |
| Article 11.vii | Transparency in Developing and Applying Regulations | |
| Article eleven.8 | Domestic Regulation | |
| Commodity 11.9 | Mutual Recognition | |
| Article 11.10 | Transfers and Payments | |
| Article eleven.xi | Implementation | |
| Article eleven.12 | Denial of Benefits | |
| Article eleven.13 | Specific Commitments | |
| Article xi.14 | Definitions | |
| Addendum 11.9: Professional Services | ||
| Addendum eleven.thirteen: Specific Commitments | ||
| Section A: Costa Rica | ||
| Section B: The Dominican Republic | ||
| Section C: El Salvador | ||
| Department D: Guatemala | ||
| Section E: Republic of honduras | ||
| Chapter Twelve | Fiscal Services | |
| Article 12.i | Telescopic and Coverage | |
| Article 12.2 | National Treatment | |
| Article 12.3 | Most-Favored-Nation Treatment | |
| Article 12.four | Market place Access for Financial Institutions | |
| Commodity 12.5 | Cross-Edge Trade | |
| Article 12.six | New Financial Services | |
| Commodity 12.seven | Treatment of Certain Information | |
| Commodity 12.8 | Senior Management and Boards of Directors | |
| Article 12.ix | Non-Conforming Measures | |
| Article 12.10 | Exceptions | |
| Article 12.11 | Transparency | |
| Article 12.12 | Cocky-Regulatory Organizations | |
| Article 12.xiii | Payment and Clearing Systems | |
| Article 12.xiv | Domestic Regulation | |
| Commodity 12.15 | Expedited Availability of Insurance Services | |
| Article 12.sixteen | Financial Services Committee | |
| Commodity 12.17 | Consultations | |
| Commodity 12.18 | Dispute Settlement | |
| Commodity 12.19 | Investment Disputes in Financial Services | |
| Article 12.xx | Definitions | |
| Annex 12.5.1: Cantankerous-Edge Trade | ||
| Section A: Republic of costa rica | ||
| Department B: The Dominican Commonwealth | ||
| Section C: El Salvador | ||
| Section D: Guatemala | ||
| Section E: Honduras | ||
| Section F: Nicaragua | ||
| Department Thousand: U.s. | ||
| Annex 12.ix.2: Specific Commitments | ||
| Section A: Costa Rica | ||
| Section B: The Dominican Republic | ||
| Section C: El Salvador | ||
| Section D: Guatemala | ||
| Section E: Honduras | ||
| Department F: Nicaragua | ||
| Section G: Us | ||
| Section H: Specific Commitments of Costa Rica on Insurance Services | ||
| Annex 12.9.three: Additional Data Regarding Financial Services Measures | ||
| Department A: Costa Rica | ||
| Section B: The Dominican Republic | ||
| Department C: El Salvador | ||
| Section D: Honduras | ||
| Section E: Nicaragua | ||
| Annex 12.16.1: Financial Services Committee | ||
| Affiliate Xiii | Telecommunications | |
| Article 13.1 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Commodity 13.2 | Admission to and Use of Public Telecommunications Services | |
| Article thirteen.iii | Obligations Relating to Suppliers of Public Telecommunication Services | |
| Article 13.four | Additional Obligations Relating to Major Suppliers of Public Telecommunication Services | |
| Article 13.v | Submarine Cable Systems | |
| Article 13.6 | Atmospheric condition for the Supply of Information Services | |
| Article thirteen.7 | Contained Regulatory Bodies and Government-Owned Telecommunications Suppliers | |
| Article 13.8 | Universal Services | |
| Article 13.ix | Licenses and Other Authorizations | |
| Article 13.10 | Allocation and Use of Scarce Resources | |
| Article 13.11 | Enforcement | |
| Article thirteen.12 | Resolution of Domestic Telecommunication Disputes | |
| Article 13.13 | Transparency | |
| Article 13.14 | Flexibility in the Choice of Technologies | |
| Article 13.15 | Abstinence | |
| Article 13.16 | Relationship to Other Chapters | |
| Article 13.17 | Definitions | |
| Annex 13: Specific Commitments of Costa rica on Telecommunications Services | ||
| Annex thirteen.3: Rural Phone Suppliers | ||
| Annex thirteen.iv.5: Interconnection | ||
| Addendum 13.4.8: Access to Rights-of-Style | ||
| Chapter Fourteen | Electronic Commerce | |
| Article 14.one | General | |
| Article 14.ii | Electronic Supply of Services | |
| Article 14.3 | Digital Products | |
| Article 14.four | Transparency | |
| Article 14.5 | Cooperation | |
| Article xiv.half dozen | Definitions | |
| Chapter 15 | Intellectual Holding Rights | |
| Article 15.one | Full general Provisions | |
| Commodity 15.2 | Trademarks | |
| Article 15.3 | Geographical Indications | |
| Article xv.4 | Domain Names on the Cyberspace | |
| Article 15.5 | Obligations Pertaining to Copyright and Related Rights | |
| Article 15.vi | Obligations Pertaining Specifically to Copyright | |
| Article 15.7 | Obligations Pertaining Specifically to Related Rights | |
| Article 15.eight | Protection of Encrypted Plan-Carrying Satellite Signals | |
| Article xv.ix | Patents | |
| Article 15.x | Measures Related to Certain Regulated Products | |
| Commodity fifteen.11 | Enforcement of Intellectual Property Rights | |
| Article 15.12 | Final Provisions | |
| Addendum 15.eleven: Procedures and Remedies Concerning Broadcast or Cablevision Transmissions or Retransmissions in the Dominican Commonwealth | ||
| Chapter Sixteen | Labor | |
| Article 16.1 | Argument of Shared Delivery | |
| Article xvi.2 | Enforcement of Labor Laws | |
| Article xvi.three | Procedural Guarantees and Public Awareness | |
| Article sixteen.four | Institutional Arrangement | |
| Article 16.5 | Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism | |
| Commodity sixteen.half dozen | Cooperative Labor Consultations | |
| Article 16.7 | Labor Roster | |
| Article xvi.8 | Definitions | |
| Annex 16.5: Labor Cooperation and Capacity Edifice Machinery | ||
| Chapter Seventeen | Environment | |
| Article 17.i | Levels of Protection | |
| Article 17.2 | Enforcement of Environmental Laws | |
| Article 17.three | Procedural Matters | |
| Article 17.4 | Voluntary Mechanisms to Enhance Ecology Operation | |
| Commodity 17.5 | Environmental Affairs Council | |
| Article 17.6 | Opportunities for Public Participation | |
| Article 17.seven | Submissions on Enforcement Matters | |
| Article 17.viii | Factual Records and Related Cooperation | |
| Article 17.ix | Ecology Cooperation | |
| Article 17.10 | Collaborative Environmental Consultations | |
| Article 17.11 | Ecology Roster | |
| Article 17.12 | Relationship to Environmental Agreements | |
| Article 17.13 | Definitions | |
| Annex 17.9: Environmental Cooperation | ||
| Affiliate Xviii | Transparency | |
| Section A | Transparency | |
| Article 18.i | Contact Points | |
| Commodity 18.ii | Publication | |
| Article 18.iii | Notification and Provision of Information | |
| Article xviii.4 | Authoritative Proceedings | |
| Article 18.5 | Review and Appeal | |
| Article xviii.6 | Definitions | |
| Section B | Anti-Abuse | |
| Article xviii.seven | Argument of Principle | |
| Article 18.8 | Anti-Corruption Measures | |
| Commodity 18.9 | Cooperation in International Fora | |
| Article 18.10 | Definitions | |
| Chapter Xix | Administration of the Agreement and Merchandise Capacity Building | |
| Section A | Assistants of the Agreement | |
| Article 19.1 | The Gratuitous Trade Committee | |
| Article 19.2 | Free Trade Agreement Coordinators | |
| Article 19.3 | Assistants of Dispute Settlement Proceedings | |
| Section B | Trade Capacity Building | |
| Article nineteen.4 | Committee on Trade Chapters Building | |
| Annex 19.one: The Free Trade Commission | ||
| Annex xix.1.4: Implementation of Modifications Canonical by the Committee | ||
| Annex nineteen.2: Costless Trade Agreement Coordinators | ||
| Annex nineteen.iii: Remuneration and Payment of Expenses | ||
| Affiliate 20 | Dispute Settlement | |
| Section A | Dispute Settlement | |
| Article twenty.i | Cooperation | |
| Commodity xx.2 | Scope of Application | |
| Commodity twenty.3 | Option of Forum | |
| Article twenty.4 | Consultations | |
| Article 20.5 | Committee – Expert Offices, Conciliation, and Mediation | |
| Article 20.6 | Asking for an Arbitral Panel | |
| Article 20.vii | Roster | |
| Article 20.8 | Qualifications of Panelists | |
| Article 20.ix | Panel Selection | |
| Commodity 20.10 | Rules of Procedure | |
| Article 20.11 | Third Party Participation | |
| Commodity 20.12 | Part of Experts | |
| Article 20.xiii | Initial Study | |
| Article twenty.14 | Last Report | |
| Commodity twenty.15 | Implementation of Terminal Study | |
| Article twenty.16 | Not-Implementation − Suspension of Benefits | |
| Article 20.17 | Non-Implementation In Sure Disputes | |
| Commodity 20.eighteen | Compliance Review | |
| Article 20.19 | 5-Year Review | |
| Section B | Domestic Proceedings and Individual Commercial Dispute Settlement | |
| Article 20.20 | Referral of Matters from Judicial or Administrative Proceedings | |
| Commodity 20.21 | Private Rights | |
| Article xx.22 | Culling Dispute Resolution | |
| Annex xx.2: Nullification or Damage | ||
| Annex 20.17: Inflation Aligning Formula for Monetary Assessments | ||
| Chapter Twenty-One | Exceptions | |
| Article 21.1 | General Exceptions | |
| Article 21.2 | Essential Security | |
| Article 21.3 | Revenue enhancement | |
| Article 21.iv | Residuum of Payments Measures on Trade in Goods | |
| Commodity 21.5 | Disclosure of Information | |
| Article 21.vi | Definitions | |
| Annex 21.3: Competent Regime | ||
| Affiliate Twenty-2 | Final Provisions | |
| Commodity 22.1 | Annexes, Appendices, and Footnotes | |
| Article 22.2 | Amendments | |
| Commodity 22.3 | Subpoena of the WTO Understanding | |
| Commodity 22.4 | Reservations | |
| Article 22.5 | Entry into Strength | |
| Subpoena to DR-CAFTA (Article 22.5, paragraph 2 of the Agreement, regarding entry into strength) | ||
| Article 22.6 | Accession | |
| Article 22.7 | Withdrawal | |
| Commodity 22.8 | Depositary | |
| Article 22.ix | Authentic Texts | |
| Annexes on Non-Befitting Measures | | |
| Annex I (Chapters 10 and 11) | ||
| Formatting notation | ||
| Costa Rica Schedule | ||
| Dominican Republic Schedule | ||
| El salvador Schedule | ||
| Guatemala Schedule | ||
| Honduras Schedule | ||
| Nicaragua Schedule | ||
| U.S. Schedule | ||
| Annex II (Capacity x and 11) | ||
| Annex III Fiscal Services Non-Conforming Measures | ||
| Tariff Schedules | | |
| Costa Rica | ||
| Costa Rica General Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Costa Rica to Annex three.3 | ||
| Dominican Commonwealth | ||
| Dominican Republic General Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Dominican Republic to Annex iii.three | ||
| Republic of el salvador | ||
| El salvador General notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of El salvador to Annex three.3 | ||
| Guatemala | ||
| Guatemala General Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Guatemala to Annex 3.3 | ||
| Honduras | ||
| Republic of honduras Full general Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Republic of honduras to Annex 3.3 | ||
| Nicaragua | ||
| Nicaragua General Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Nicaragua to Addendum 3.three | ||
| Usa | ||
| U.S. Full general Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of U.South. to Annex iii.3 | ||
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