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

Chapter Twenty shall not apply to the matters described in Annex

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Article 1138: Definitions

For purposes of this Chapter:

disputing Party means a Party against which a claim is made under Subchapter B;

disputing party means the disputing investor or the disputing Party;

disputing parties means the disputing investor and the disputing Party;

enterprise means an "enterprise" as defined in Article 201, except that it shall also include a branch;

enterprise of a Party means an enterprise constituted or organized under the laws and regulations of a Party, and a branch;

equity or debt securities includes voting and non-voting shares, bonds, convertible debentures, stock options and warrants;

G7 Currency means the currency of Canada, Germany, France, Italy, Japan, the United States or the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland;

ICSID Convention means the Convention on the Settlement of Investment Disputes between States and Nationals of other States done at Washington, March 18, 1965;

ICSID means the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes;

Inter-American Convention means the Inter-American Convention on International Commercial Arbitration, done at Panama, January 30, 1975;

investment means:

(a) an enterprise;

(b) an equity security of an enterprise;

(c) a debt security of an enterprise

(i) that is an affiliate of the investor, or

(ii) where the original maturity of the debt security is at least three years,

but does not include a debt security, regardless of original maturity, of a state enterprise;

(d) a loan to an enterprise,

(i) that is an affiliate of the investor, or

(ii) where the original maturity of the loan is at least three years,

but does not include a loan, regardless of original maturity, to a state enterprise;

(e) an interest in an enterprise that entitles the owner to share in the income or profits;

(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);

(g) real estate or other property (tangible and intangible) acquired in the expectation or used for the purpose of economic benefit or other business purposes;

(h) interests arising from the commitment of capital or other resources in the territory of a Party to economic activity in such territory, such as under:

(i) contracts involving the presence of an investor's property in the territory of the Party (including turnkey or construction contracts, or concessions), or

(ii) contracts where the remuneration depends substantially on the production, revenues or profits of an enterprise.

But investment does not mean,

(i) claims to money that arise solely from:

(i) commercial contracts for the sale of goods or services by a national or enterprise in the territory of one Party to an enterprise in the territory of another Party, or

(ii) the extension of credit in connection with a commercial transaction, such as trade financing, other than a loan covered by sub-paragraph (d), or

(j) any other claims to money,

which do not involve the kinds of interests set out in sub- paragraphs (a) through (h);

investment of an investor of a Party means an investment owned or controlled directly or indirectly by an investor of such Party;

investor of a Party means a Party or state enterprise thereof, or a national or an enterprise of such Party, that seeks to make, makes or has made an investment;

investor of a non-Party means an investor other than an investor of a Party, that makes, seeks to make or has made an investment;

New York Convention means the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, done at New York, June 10, 1958;

Tribunal means an arbitration tribunal established under Article 1120 or 1125; and

UNCITRAL Arbitration rules means the arbitration rules of the United Nations \Commission on International Trade Law, approved by the United Nations General Assembly on December 15, 1976.

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ANNEX 1120.1

Submission of Claims to Arbitration

1. An investor of another Party may not allege that Mexico has breached:

(a) a provision of Subchapter A; or

(b) Article 1502(3)(a) (Monopolies and State Enterprises) or Article 1503(2) (State Enterprises) where the alleged breach pertains to the obligations of Subchapter A,

both in an arbitration under this Subchapter and in proceedings before a Mexican court or administrative tribunal.

2. Where an enterprise of Mexico that is a juridical person that an investor of another Party owns or controls directly or indirectly alleges in proceedings before a Mexican court or administrative tribunal that Mexico has breached:

(a) a provision of Subchapter A; or

(b) Article 1502(3)(a) (Monopolies and State Enterprises) or Article 1503(2) (State Enterprises) where the alleged breach pertains to the obligations of Subchapter A,

the investor may not allege the breach in an arbitration under this Subchapter.

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Exclusions from Dispute Settlement

CANADA

A decision by Canada following a review under the Investment Canada Act, with respect to whether or not to permit an acquisition that is subject to review, shall not be subject to the dispute settlement provisions of Subchapter B or of Chapter Twenty (Institutional Arrangements and Dispute Settlement Procedures).

MEXICO

A decision by the National Commission on Foreign Investment ("Comisi¢n Nacional de Inversiones Extranjeras") following a review pursuant to Annex I, page I-M-7, with respect to whether or not to permit an acquisition that is subject to review, shall not be subject to the dispute settlement provisions of Subchapter B or of Chapter Twenty (Institutional Arrangements and Dispute Settlement Procedures).

NAFTA Chapter Twelve Cross-Border Trade in Services

Article 1201: Scope and Coverage

1. This Chapter applies to measures adopted or maintained by a Party relating to cross-border trade in services by service providers of another Party, including measures respecting:

(a) the production, distribution, marketing, sale and delivery of a service;

(b) the purchase, payment or use of a service;

(c) the access to and use of distribution and transportation systems in connection with the provision of a service;

(d) the presence in its territory of a service provider of another Party; and

(e) the provision of a bond or other form of financial security as a condition for the provision of a service.

2. This Chapter does not apply to:

(a) financial services, as defined in Chapter Fourteen (Financial Services);

(b) services associated with energy and basic petrochemical goods to the extent provided in