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Article III:4 GATT (I) 3) internal regulation for like products: imported products must not be treated less favourably. 7.604. Drawing from case-law under the GATT as well as regional courts such as the European Court of Justice, the contribution aims to offer an interpretation of ambiguous concepts under this GATS … Article III:1 stipulates the general principle that Members must not apply internal taxes or other internal charges, laws, regulations, and requirements affecting imported or o- d mestic products so as to afford protection to domestic production. 1.
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<. GATT 1994 or the GATS, or both, is a matter that can only be determined on a case-by-case basis” EC-Bananas III, para 221. Each Member shall publish promptly and, except in emergency situations, at the latest by the time of their entry into force, all relevant measures of general application which pertain to or affect the operation of this Agreement. This contribution provides a thorough analysis of Article III of the GATS concerning transparency. III.2 The relative legal status of the Constitution, rules and practice of the UPU and the WTO rules (GATS/GATT 1994) III.2.1 General considerations III.2.2 Is the relation between the UPU framework and the WTO framework determined in the text of those frameworks? than many people think, if we interpret Article III correctly – that is, as violated only by origin-specific regulations and by origin-neutral regulations with a protectionist purpose – see Regan, ‘Regulatory %����
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• Note the many GATS … NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III:3 OF THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES The attached notification has been submitted to the Council for Trade in Services by Switzerland pursuant to its obligations under paragraph 3 of Article III of the GATS. • Applies GATT Article III (NT) obligation to investment; • Includes measures “with which compliance is necessary to obtain an advantage”; • Prohibits 4 kinds of investment measures (e.g., LCRs); • Does not preclude attachment of export performance requirements to tax relief (which might contravene ASCM). 40 Of course, the scope for recognition measures pursuant to Ar ticle VII remains unaffected. 3.3 the unbundling measure does not violate the non-discrimination obligations in article ii:1 of the gats and articles i:1 and iii:4 of the gatt 1994 (russia's claims 6, 8 and 10) 18 3.4 the lng measure does not violate the non-discrimination obligation in article i:1 %%EOF
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(g) Articles III:1-2 and III:3 of the GATS, because, by: • failing to promptly publish, or make otherwise available, relevant measures pertaining to or affecting the operation of the GATS; and, • failing to promptly inform the Council for Trade in Services of the introduction of, or changes to, measures that significantly affect trade in services covered by the UAE's specific commitments under the GATS, Article III on transparency) ¾Optional obligations zIf a sector (legal services) is listed on one’s “Schedule,” then: except as otherwise noted, one must comply with: • Article XVI (market access) and 6, pp. Recommended Citation Regan, Donald H. "Regulatory Purpose and 'Like Products' in Article III:4 of the GATT (With Additional Remarks on Article II:2)." • Trade in bananas would thus fall partly under GATS when a measure affects the supply of services: e.g. wholesale trade services. <>>>
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109. 1 provided that such a measure is listed in, and meets the conditions of, the Annex on Article II exemptions” (Art. 1995, 1st global “services” agreement, now 153 WTO Members] ¾Basic obligations (e.g. 2.3.1 Has an “advantage” been conferred upon imported or exported products? 1.2.2 Electronic commerce . The treaty was created to extend the multilateral trading system to service sector, in the same way the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) provides such a system for merchandise trade. For more information, please contactmlaw.repository@umich.edu. The history of Article III can be traced to Article 18 of the failed Havana Charter [see end note 2] which sought to create the International Trade Organisation (ITO), and provisions of which were reworked into GATT 1947. 92-107, Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008 The transparency provision of Article X.1 requires that trade-relevant information should be published in such a manner as to be accessible to third parties. - Articles VI.1., VI.3., VI.5., VI.6. It focuses on GATS Article I:3, the provision determining whether „public services“ are covered by the agreement, and adopts primarily a legal perspective, only suggesting some policy considerations at … (i) GATT Article III GATT Article III requires that WTO Members provide national treatment to all other Members. Article III, in its present form, has been incorporated into GATT 1994 by way of reference. %PDF-1.5
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l��s\�m���6f�� TABLE OF CONTENTS Part I 1 Article I (General Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment) 1 Article II (Schedules of Concessions) 2 Part II 4 Article III* (National Treatment On Internal Taxation And Regulation) 4 Article IV (Special Provisions Relating to Cinematograph Films) 5 Article V (Freedom of Transit) 6 Article VI (Anti-Dumping And Countervailing Duties) 6