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Provisions on Trade in Services in Trade and Integration Agreements in the Western Hemisphere


Part I: Sub-regional Trade and Integration Agreements
VIII. Transparency Requirements: B. Notification Requirements

WTO/GATS
Article III - Transparency
Each Member shall promptly and at least annually inform the Council for Trade in Services of the introduction of any new, or any changes to existing, laws, regulations or administrative guidelines which significantly affect trade in services covered by its specific commitments under the GATS.

NAFTA
Chapter Twelve: Cross-Border Trade in Services, Article 1209: Procedures
The Commission shall establish procedures for a Party to notify and include in its relevant Schedule:
(i) state or provincial measures in accordance with Article 1206(2) (Reservations);
(ii) quantitative restrictions in accordance with Article 1207(2) & (3) (Quantitative Restrictions);
(iii) commitments pursuant to Article 1208 (Liberalization of Non-Discriminatory Measures); and
(iv) amendments of measures referred to in Article 1206(1)(c).

Article 1207: Quantitative Restrictions
Each Party shall notify the other Parties of any quantitative restriction that it adopts, other than at the local government level, after the date of entry into force of this Agreement and shall set out the restriction in its Schedule to Annex V.

Group of Three
Chapter X, Article 10-03: Transparency
Each Party will promptly inform the other Parties, at least annually, of the introduction of new laws, regulations or administrative guidelines, or of modifications which considerably affect trade in services covered by its specific commitments under this chapter.

CACM

CARICOM

Andean Community

Central America/Dominican Republic

Mercosur

Bolivia/Mercosur

Chile/Mercosur

 
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