North American Free Trade Agreement, 1992 Oct. 7 Tariff Phasing Descriptions

importer in the territory of a Party includes an importer located in the territory of a Party or an importer required under this Chapter to maintain records in the territory of...

1. Each Party shall provide in its territory to the nationals of another Party adequate and effective protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights, while ensuring...

2. If, upon the public offering of shares of an entity listed in Annex 1002.3 (Government Enterprises), or through other methods, such entity is no longer subject to federal gov...

(b) any processing that occurs in the United States after the good would qualify as an originating good in accordance with subparagraph (a) does not increase the transaction val...

3. In the event of any inconsistency between a provision of this Chapter and any other provision of this Agreement, the former shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency....

2. The purpose of the Council shall be, to the extent practicable, to facilitate the attainment of compatibility among, and review the implementation of, national standards-rela...

(a) impose any obligation on a Party with respect to a national of another Party seeking access to its employment market, or employed on a permanent basis in its territory, or t...

2. If any Party concludes that the provisions of this Chapter require revision to take into account developments in production processes or other matters, the proposed revision...

(k) quantitative import restrictions on goods that originate in the territory of the United States, considering operations performed in, or materials obtained from, Mexico as if...

where the responding Party requests in writing that the matter be considered under this Agreement, the complaining Party may, in respect of that matter, thereafter have recourse...

1. The United States shall amend section 301 of the Customs Courts Act of 1980, as amended, and any other relevant provisions of law, to eliminate the authority to issue declara...

2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Party may condition the duty-free temporary admission of a good referred to in subparagraph 1(a), (b), or (c), other than t...

GATT Article XX and its interpretative notes, or any equivalent provision of a successor agreement to which all Parties are party, are incorporated into and made part of this Ag...

1. In order to promote fair, open and impartial procurement procedures, each Party shall adopt and maintain bid challenge procedures for procurements covered by this Chapter in...

(a) with respect to Canada, the territory to which its customs laws apply, including any areas beyond the territorial seas of Canada within which, in accordance with internation...

(b) after it has obtained all necessary information from the person requesting an advance ruling, shall issue the ruling in accordance with the time periods specified in the Uni...

(f) an interest in an enterprise that entitles the owner to share in the assets on dissolution, other than a debt security or a loan excluded from sub-paragraph (c) or (d);

2. The Parties shall interpret and apply the provisions of this Agreement in the light of its objectives set out in paragraph 1 and in accordance with applicable rules of intern...

4. Each Party shall, to the greatest extent practicable, take all necessary measures to implement any modification of or addition to this Agreement within 180 days after the Com...

pamphlets, leaflets, trade catalogues, yearbooks published by trade associations, tourist promotional materials and posters, that are used to promote, publicize or advertise a g...

Procedures) shall, upon delivery of a request by any other Party whose investor was party to the investment dispute, establish a panel under Article 2008(1). The requesting Part...

Note: This text is currently undergoing legal review in order to ensure the Agreement's overall consistency and clarity. The three countries will initial the Agreement when lega...

3. Each panelist shall keep a record and render a final account of the person's time and expenses, and the panel, committee or scientific review board shall keep a record and re...

(g) except as provided in Chapter Seven (Agriculture), measures by Canada respecting preferential freight rates for grain originating in certain Canadian provinces under the exi...

Procedures) to other actions taken by a Party pursuant to Article 2102 (National Security), a decision by a Party to prohibit or restrict the acquisition of an investment in its...