Customs Open Sugar Quota on Guatemala Cafta Again
| Index | ||
| Preamble | ||
| Chapter I | Initial Provisions |  |
| Article ane.i | Establishment of a Free Trade Area | |
| Article one.two | Objectives | |
| Article ane.iii | Relation to Other Agreements | |
| Commodity one.4 | Extent of Obligations | |
| Affiliate Two | General Definitions | |
| Article 2.1 | Definitions of Full general Application | |
| Annex 2.i: Canton-Specific Definitions | ||
| Chapter 3 | National Handling and Market Access for Goods | |
| Article 3.1 | Telescopic and Coverage | |
| Department A | National Handling | |
| Article 3.ii | National Treatment | |
| Section B | Tariff Elimination | |
| Article iii.iii | Tariff Elimination | |
| Section C | Special Regimes | |
| Commodity three.4 | Waiver of Customs Duties | |
| Article 3.5 | Temporary Admission of Goods | |
| Article three.half-dozen | Goods Re-entered after Repair or Amending | |
| Article three.7 | Duty-Gratis Entry of Commercial Samples of Negligible Value and Printed Advertisement Materials | |
| Section D | Non-Tariff Measures | |
| Commodity 3.8 | Import and Consign Restrictions | |
| Article 3.nine | Import Licensing | |
| Commodity 3.10 | Administrative Fees and Formalities | |
| Article 3.11 | Export Taxes | |
| Section Eastward | Other Measures | |
| Article three.12 | Distinctive Products | |
| Section F | Agronomics | |
| Article 3.13 | Assistants and Implementation of Tariff-Charge per unit Quotas | |
| Commodity three.xiv | Agricultural Consign Subsidies | |
| Article iii.15 | Agricultural Safeguard Measures | |
| Article 3.16 | Carbohydrate Compensation Mechanism | |
| Commodity 3.17 | Consultations on Trade in Chicken | |
| Article 3.18 | Agriculture Review Commission | |
| Commodity 3.19 | Committee on Agricultural Trade | |
| Section G | Textiles and Apparel | |
| Article 3.20 | Refund of Customs Duties | |
| Article 3.21 | Duty-Free Treatment for Certain Goods | |
| Commodity 3.22 | Emptying of Existing Quantitative Restrictions | |
| Article 3.23 | Textile Safeguard Measures | |
| Article iii.24 | Customs Cooperation | |
| Article 3.25 | Rules of Origin and Related Matters | |
| Article three.26 | Almost-Favored-Nation Rates of Duty on Sure Goods | |
| Article 3.27 | Preferential Tariff Handling for Wool Clothes Appurtenances Assembled in Costa Rica | |
| Article three.28 | Preferential Tariff Handling for Non-Originating Apparel Appurtenances of Nicaragua | |
| Article 3.29 | Definitions | |
| Section H | Institutional Provisions | |
| Article 3.thirty | Committee on Trade in Goods | |
| Section I | Definitions | |
| Article 3.31 | Definitions | |
| Addendum 3.2: National Treatment and Import and Consign Restrictions | ||
| Department A: Measures of Republic of costa rica | ||
| Section B: Measures of the Dominican Democracy | ||
| Department C: Measures of El Salvador | ||
| Section D: Measures of Guatemala | ||
| Department E: Measures of Republic of honduras | ||
| Department F: Measures of Nicaragua | ||
| Section Chiliad: Measures of The United states of america | ||
| Annex 3.3: Tariff Emptying | ||
| Addendum 3.3.iv: Implementation of Modifications Approved past the Parties to Accelerate the Emptying of Community Duties | ||
| Annex iii.3.half dozen | ||
Appendix 3.three.half-dozen: Special Rules of Origin | ||
| Appendix 3.3.6.4: Exceptions from Preferential Tariff Handling | ||
| Annex 3.xi: Export Taxes | ||
| Annex 3.15: Agricultural Safeguard Measures | ||
| Annex 3.22: Emptying of Existing Quantitative Restrictions | ||
| Annex 3.25: Curt Supply List | ||
| Addendum 3.27: Preferential Tariff Treatment for Wool Apparel Goods Assembled in Costa Rica | ||
| Annex three.28: Preferential Tariff Treatment for Non-Originating Wearing apparel Goods of Nicaragua | ||
| Addendum 3.29: Textile or Wearing apparel Goods Not Covered past Department Thousand | ||
| Affiliate Four | Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures | |
| Section A | Rules of Origin | |
| Article 4.i | Originating Goods | |
| Commodity 4.two | Regional Value Content | |
| Commodity 4.3 | Value of Materials | |
| Article 4.iv | Further Adjustments to the Value of Materials | |
| Commodity 4.5 | Accumulation | |
| Article iv.6 | De Minimis | |
| Article 4.vii | Fungible Goods and Materials | |
| Article iv.8 | Accessories, Spare Parts, and Tools | |
| Article 4.9 | Packaging Materials and Containers for Retail Auction | |
| Article iv.10 | Packing Materials and Containers for Shipment | |
| Article four.11 | Indirect Materials Used in Product | |
| Article iv.12 | Transit and Transshipment | |
| Article iv.13 | Sets of Goods | |
| Article 4.14 | Consultation and Modifications | |
| Section B | Origin Procedures | |
| Article four.15 | Obligations Relating to Importations | |
| Commodity 4.16 | Claims of Origin | |
| Commodity 4.17 | Exceptions | |
| Article 4.18 | Obligations Relating to Exportations | |
| Commodity iv.xix | Record Keeping Requirements | |
| Commodity 4.xx | Verification | |
| Article 4.21 | Common Guidelines | |
| Article 4.22 | Definitions | |
| Addendum 4.1: Specific Rules of Origin | ||
| Annex four.six: Exceptions to Article four.half-dozen | ||
| Affiliate 5 | Customs Assistants and Trade Facilitation | |
| Article 5.1 | Publication | |
| Article 5.two | Release of Goods | |
| Article 5.3 | Automation | |
| Article 5.4 | Run a risk Management | |
| Commodity five.v | Cooperation | |
| Commodity 5.6 | Confidentiality | |
| Article v.7 | Limited Shipments | |
| Commodity 5.8 | Review and Entreatment | |
| Article 5.9 | Penalties | |
| Article 5.x | Advance Rulings | |
| Commodity v.11 | Implementation | |
| Article v.12 | Capacity Building | |
| Chapter Six | Germ-free and Phytosanitary Measures | |
| Commodity half dozen.1 | Affirmation of the SPS Agreement | |
| Article half dozen.2 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Commodity 6.3 | Commission on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Matters | |
| Annex 6.three: Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Matters | ||
| Chapter 7 | Technical Barriers to Trade | |
| Article 7.1 | Affidavit of the TBT Understanding | |
| Article 7.2 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Commodity vii.3 | International Standards | |
| Article 7.4 | Trade Facilitation | |
| Commodity vii.v | Conformity Cess | |
| Article 7.6 | Technical Regulations | |
| Commodity 7.seven | Transparency | |
| Commodity 7.viii | Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade | |
| Article 7.9 | Information Exchange | |
| Commodity 7.10 | Definitions | |
| Annex seven.8: Committee on Technical Barriers to Merchandise | ||
| Affiliate 8 | Merchandise Remedies | |
| Department A | Safeguards | |
| Commodity 8.1 | Imposition of a Safeguard Mensurate | |
| Article 8.2 | Standards for a Safeguard Measure | |
| Commodity viii.iii | Administration of Safeguard Proceedings | |
| Article 8.4 | Notification and Consultation | |
| Commodity 8.5 | Compensation | |
| Article eight.6 | Global Actions | |
| Article 8.7 | Definitions | |
| Department B | Antidumping and Countervailing Duties | |
| Article eight.8 | Antidumping and Countervailing Duties | |
| Annex 8.3: Administration of Safeguard Proceedings | ||
| Annex 8.vii: Country-Specific Definitions | ||
| Chapter Nine | Government Procurement | |
| Commodity 9.1 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Article 9.2 | Full general Principles | |
| Article nine.3 | Publication of Procurement Measures | |
| Article 9.4 | Publication of Notice of Intended Procurement | |
| Article 9.5 | Fourth dimension Limits for the Tendering Process | |
| Article 9.half-dozen | Tender Documentation | |
| Article nine.7 | Technical Specifications | |
| Article 9.8 | Requirements and Conditions for Participating in Procurement | |
| Article 9.9 | Tendering Procedures | |
| Commodity 9.10 | Awarding of Contracts | |
| Article 9.11 | Information on Contract Awards | |
| Article 9.12 | Not-Disclosure of Data | |
| Article 9.thirteen | Ensuring Integrity in Procurement Practices | |
| Commodity 9.14 | Exceptions | |
| Commodity 9.fifteen | Domestic Review of Supplier Challenges | |
| Article 9.16 | Modifications and Rectifications to Coverage | |
| Commodity nine.17 | Definitions | |
| Annex 9.ane.2(b)(i) | ||
| Annex nine.1.2(b)(2) | ||
| Addendum 9.i.2(b)(three) | ||
| Chapter Ten | Investment | |
| Section A | Investment | |
| Article 10.1 | Telescopic and Coverage | |
| Commodity 10.two | Relation to Other Capacity | |
| Article 10.iii | National Treatment | |
| Commodity 10.four | Near-Favored-Nation Treatment | |
| Article 10.5 | Minimum Standard of Treatment | |
| Article ten.vi | Treatment in Example of Strife | |
| Article x.seven | Expropriation and Bounty | |
| Article 10.8 | Transfers | |
| Article 10.9 | Performance Requirements | |
| Commodity x.10 | Senior Management and Boards of Directors | |
| Commodity 10.xi | Investment and Environment | |
| Commodity 10.12 | Denial of Benefits | |
| Article 10.13 | Non-Conforming Measures | |
| Commodity 10.14 | Special Formalities and Data Requirements | |
| Section B | Investor-Land Dispute Settlement | |
| Article 10.15 | Consultation and Negotiation | |
| Article 10.xvi | Submission of a Claim to Arbitration | |
| Article 10.17 | Consent of Each Political party to Arbitration | |
| Article 10.xviii | Weather and Limitations on Consent of Each Political party | |
| Article 10.xix | Selection of Arbitrators | |
| Article 10.20 | Conduct of the Arbitration | |
| Article 10.21 | Transparency of Arbitral Proceedings | |
| Article ten.22 | Governing Law | |
| Article 10.23 | Interpretation of Annexes | |
| Article 10.24 | Good Reports | |
| Article 10.25 | Consolidation | |
| Article ten.26 | Awards | |
| Article 10.27 | Service of Documents | |
| Department C | Definitions | |
| Article ten.28 | Definitions | |
| Annex x-A: Public Debt | ||
| Annex 10-B: Customary International Constabulary | ||
| Annex 10-C: Expropriation | ||
| Annex x-D: Handling in Case of Strife | ||
| Annex 10-E: Submission of a Claim to Arbitration | ||
| Addendum 10-F: Appellate Body or Similar Mechanism | ||
| Addendum x-G: Service of Documents on a Political party Under Section B - Republic of costa rica | ||
| Chapter Eleven | Cross-Border Trade in Services | |
| Article 11.1 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Commodity 11.ii | National Treatment | |
| Article 11.iii | Most-Favored-Nation Treatment | |
| Article 11.four | Market place Admission | |
| Commodity 11.5 | Local Presence | |
| Article 11.6 | Non-conforming Measures | |
| Article 11.seven | Transparency in Developing and Applying Regulations | |
| Article xi.eight | Domestic Regulation | |
| Article xi.9 | Mutual Recognition | |
| Article 11.10 | Transfers and Payments | |
| Article eleven.11 | Implementation | |
| Article 11.12 | Denial of Benefits | |
| Article 11.13 | Specific Commitments | |
| Article eleven.14 | Definitions | |
| Addendum xi.9: Professional person Services | ||
| Annex 11.xiii: Specific Commitments | ||
| Section A: Costa Rica | ||
| Section B: The Dominican Republic | ||
| Section C: El Salvador | ||
| Section D: Guatemala | ||
| Department E: Honduras | ||
| Affiliate Twelve | Financial Services | |
| Article 12.1 | Scope and Coverage | |
| Article 12.ii | National Treatment | |
| Article 12.3 | Most-Favored-Nation Handling | |
| Article 12.four | Marketplace Access for Fiscal Institutions | |
| Article 12.5 | Cantankerous-Edge Trade | |
| Commodity 12.6 | New Financial Services | |
| Article 12.vii | Treatment of Certain Information | |
| Article 12.8 | Senior Management and Boards of Directors | |
| Article 12.9 | Non-Conforming Measures | |
| Article 12.10 | Exceptions | |
| Commodity 12.11 | Transparency | |
| Article 12.12 | Self-Regulatory Organizations | |
| Article 12.13 | Payment and Clearing Systems | |
| Article 12.14 | Domestic Regulation | |
| Article 12.15 | Expedited Availability of Insurance Services | |
| Article 12.16 | Financial Services Committee | |
| Article 12.17 | Consultations | |
| Article 12.18 | Dispute Settlement | |
| Article 12.19 | Investment Disputes in Financial Services | |
| Article 12.xx | Definitions | |
| Annex 12.5.1: Cross-Border Trade | ||
| Department A: Costa Rica | ||
| Section B: The Dominican Commonwealth | ||
| Section C: El Salvador | ||
| Section D: Guatemala | ||
| Section E: Republic of honduras | ||
| Section F: Nicaragua | ||
| Section G: United States | ||
| Annex 12.ix.2: Specific Commitments | ||
| Department A: Costa Rica | ||
| Department B: The Dominican Commonwealth | ||
| Section C: El Salvador | ||
| Section D: Guatemala | ||
| Department E: Honduras | ||
| Section F: Nicaragua | ||
| Section G: United States | ||
| Department H: Specific Commitments of Costa Rica on Insurance Services | ||
| Annex 12.9.three: Boosted Information Regarding Financial Services Measures | ||
| Section A: Costa rica | ||
| Department B: The Dominican Republic | ||
| Section C: El Salvador | ||
| Section D: Republic of honduras | ||
| Section E: Nicaragua | ||
| Annex 12.16.1: Financial Services Committee | ||
| Chapter Thirteen | Telecommunication | |
| Article 13.one | Scope and Coverage | |
| Article 13.2 | Admission to and Use of Public Telecommunication Services | |
| Commodity 13.three | Obligations Relating to Suppliers of Public Telecommunications Services | |
| Article thirteen.iv | Additional Obligations Relating to Major Suppliers of Public Telecommunication Services | |
| Article 13.5 | Submarine Cable Systems | |
| Commodity 13.6 | Conditions for the Supply of Information Services | |
| Article thirteen.7 | Contained Regulatory Bodies and Government-Owned Telecommunications Suppliers | |
| Article 13.8 | Universal Services | |
| Article 13.9 | Licenses and Other Authorizations | |
| Article 13.10 | Allocation and Utilise of Scarce Resources | |
| Article xiii.11 | Enforcement | |
| Article 13.12 | Resolution of Domestic Telecommunications Disputes | |
| Article 13.13 | Transparency | |
| Article xiii.14 | Flexibility in the Choice of Technologies | |
| Article 13.15 | Forbearance | |
| Article xiii.sixteen | Relationship to Other Capacity | |
| Article xiii.17 | Definitions | |
| Annex 13: Specific Commitments of Costa rica on Telecommunication Services | ||
| Annex 13.iii: Rural Telephone Suppliers | ||
| Annex 13.4.five: Interconnection | ||
| Annex 13.iv.8: Access to Rights-of-Way | ||
| Chapter Fourteen | Electronic Commerce | |
| Article fourteen.ane | General | |
| Article fourteen.two | Electronic Supply of Services | |
| Commodity 14.3 | Digital Products | |
| Commodity 14.four | Transparency | |
| Article 14.5 | Cooperation | |
| Commodity 14.6 | Definitions | |
| Chapter Xv | Intellectual Property Rights | |
| Article 15.1 | General Provisions | |
| Article fifteen.2 | Trademarks | |
| Article 15.3 | Geographical Indications | |
| Article xv.4 | Domain Names on the Internet | |
| Article 15.v | Obligations Pertaining to Copyright and Related Rights | |
| Article 15.6 | Obligations Pertaining Specifically to Copyright | |
| Article xv.7 | Obligations Pertaining Specifically to Related Rights | |
| Article 15.8 | Protection of Encrypted Program-Carrying Satellite Signals | |
| Article 15.9 | Patents | |
| Article xv.10 | Measures Related to Sure Regulated Products | |
| Article 15.11 | Enforcement of Intellectual Belongings Rights | |
| Article 15.12 | Final Provisions | |
| Annex fifteen.xi: Procedures and Remedies Concerning Circulate or Cable Transmissions or Retransmissions in the Dominican Commonwealth | ||
| Chapter Sixteen | Labor | |
| Article 16.1 | Statement of Shared Commitment | |
| Article 16.ii | Enforcement of Labor Laws | |
| Commodity sixteen.3 | Procedural Guarantees and Public Awareness | |
| Commodity sixteen.4 | Institutional Arrangement | |
| Commodity sixteen.5 | Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism | |
| Article 16.six | Cooperative Labor Consultations | |
| Article 16.7 | Labor Roster | |
| Commodity 16.8 | Definitions | |
| Annex 16.5: Labor Cooperation and Capacity Building Mechanism | ||
| Chapter Seventeen | Surroundings | |
| Article 17.1 | Levels of Protection | |
| Article 17.2 | Enforcement of Environmental Laws | |
| Article 17.3 | Procedural Matters | |
| Article 17.iv | Voluntary Mechanisms to Heighten Ecology Functioning | |
| Article 17.v | Environmental Affairs Council | |
| Article 17.half dozen | Opportunities for Public Participation | |
| Commodity 17.7 | Submissions on Enforcement Matters | |
| Article 17.8 | Factual Records and Related Cooperation | |
| Commodity 17.9 | Environmental Cooperation | |
| Article 17.10 | Collaborative Environmental Consultations | |
| Article 17.11 | Environmental Roster | |
| Commodity 17.12 | Relationship to Environmental Agreements | |
| Article 17.13 | Definitions | |
| Annex 17.ix: Environmental Cooperation | ||
| Affiliate Eighteen | Transparency | |
| Department A | Transparency | |
| Article 18.ane | Contact Points | |
| Article xviii.ii | Publication | |
| Article 18.3 | Notification and Provision of Information | |
| Commodity 18.4 | Administrative Proceedings | |
| Commodity xviii.5 | Review and Entreatment | |
| Article 18.half dozen | Definitions | |
| Section B | Anti-Abuse | |
| Article eighteen.seven | Statement of Principle | |
| Commodity 18.8 | Anti-Abuse Measures | |
| Article eighteen.ix | Cooperation in International Fora | |
| Article 18.10 | Definitions | |
| Chapter Nineteen | Administration of the Agreement and Trade Chapters Building | |
| Section A | Administration of the Agreement | |
| Article xix.1 | The Gratis Merchandise Commission | |
| Commodity xix.ii | Complimentary Trade Understanding Coordinators | |
| Article 19.3 | Administration of Dispute Settlement Proceedings | |
| Section B | Merchandise Capacity Edifice | |
| Article 19.4 | Committee on Trade Capacity Building | |
| Addendum nineteen.ane: The Complimentary Trade Commission | ||
| Addendum 19.1.4: Implementation of Modifications Approved by the Committee | ||
| Annex nineteen.2: Free Trade Agreement Coordinators | ||
| Annex 19.3: Remuneration and Payment of Expenses | ||
| Chapter Twenty | Dispute Settlement | |
| Section A | Dispute Settlement | |
| Article 20.one | Cooperation | |
| Article 20.2 | Scope of Application | |
| Article twenty.3 | Choice of Forum | |
| Article twenty.4 | Consultations | |
| Article twenty.5 | Commission – Good Offices, Conciliation, and Arbitration | |
| Commodity twenty.6 | Request for an Arbitral Panel | |
| Article 20.7 | Roster | |
| Commodity twenty.8 | Qualifications of Panelists | |
| Article 20.9 | Console Selection | |
| Article xx.10 | Rules of Procedure | |
| Article 20.11 | Tertiary Party Participation | |
| Article 20.12 | Part of Experts | |
| Article 20.13 | Initial Report | |
| Article 20.14 | Final Report | |
| Article 20.15 | Implementation of Final Report | |
| Commodity xx.16 | Non-Implementation − Pause of Benefits | |
| Article twenty.17 | Non-Implementation In Certain Disputes | |
| Article xx.18 | Compliance Review | |
| Article 20.19 | V-Year Review | |
| Section B | Domestic Proceedings and Private Commercial Dispute Settlement | |
| Article 20.20 | Referral of Matters from Judicial or Authoritative Proceedings | |
| Article 20.21 | Private Rights | |
| Commodity 20.22 | Culling Dispute Resolution | |
| Addendum 20.2: Nullification or Impairment | ||
| Annex 20.17: Aggrandizement Adjustment Formula for Budgetary Assessments | ||
| Chapter Twenty-One | Exceptions | |
| Article 21.one | General Exceptions | |
| Article 21.2 | Essential Security | |
| Article 21.3 | Tax | |
| Article 21.4 | Balance of Payments Measures on Trade in Goods | |
| Article 21.5 | Disclosure of Information | |
| Commodity 21.6 | Definitions | |
| Addendum 21.3: Competent Government | ||
| Chapter Twenty-Ii | Concluding Provisions | |
| Article 22.1 | Annexes, Appendices, and Footnotes | |
| Article 22.2 | Amendments | |
| Article 22.three | Amendment of the WTO Understanding | |
| Article 22.4 | Reservations | |
| Article 22.v | Entry into Force | |
| Amendment to DR-CAFTA (Commodity 22.5, paragraph two of the Agreement, regarding entry into force) | ||
| Article 22.6 | Accession | |
| Article 22.vii | Withdrawal | |
| Commodity 22.eight | Depositary | |
| Article 22.9 | Authentic Texts | |
| Annexes on Non-Conforming Measures | | |
| Annex I (Chapters ten and eleven) | ||
| Formatting notation | ||
| Costa rica Schedule | ||
| Dominican Republic Schedule | ||
| Republic of el salvador Schedule | ||
| Guatemala Schedule | ||
| Honduras Schedule | ||
| Nicaragua Schedule | ||
| U.S. Schedule | ||
| Annex Two (Chapters ten and eleven) | ||
| Addendum Iii Financial Services Not-Conforming Measures | ||
| Tariff Schedules | | |
| Republic of costa rica | ||
| Costa rica General Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Costa Rica to Annex 3.three | ||
| Dominican Republic | ||
| Dominican Republic Full general Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Dominican Republic to Annex 3.3 | ||
| El Salvador | ||
| El Salvador General notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of El Salvador to Annex 3.three | ||
| Guatemala | ||
| Republic of guatemala General Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Guatemala to Annex 3.iii | ||
| Republic of honduras | ||
| Republic of honduras Full general Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Honduras to Annex three.iii | ||
| Nicaragua | ||
| Nicaragua General Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of Nicaragua to Annex three.three | ||
| U.s. | ||
| U.S. General Notes and Appendix I | ||
| Schedule of U.S. to Annex iii.3 | ||
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