3. Time of Transfer
Each Contracting Party shall permit that all transfers related to an investment of an investor of a Contracting Party be done freely and without delay. (Article 6(1)).
Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 6, each Contracting Party may protect the rights of creditors or enforce the firm decisions of juridical or arbitral courts through the equitable, non-discriminatory and good faith application of its laws and regulations, including, but not exclusively:
a) bankruptcy and insolvency;
b) penal or administrative offenses;
c) ensuring the satisfaction of judgments in adjudicatory proceedings;
d) unfulfillment of tax obligations;
e) unfulfillment of labor obligations. (Article 6 (3)).
Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 6, Contracting Parties may establish safeguard measures with respect to balance of payments, in accordance with the rules of the World Trade Organization, provided this is done in a equitable, non discriminatory and transparent manner. (Article 6 (4)).