Access to Markets. 1. The parties agree to facilitate access to their respective markets through the reduction or elimination of barriers to trade in agricultural products, and undertake not to establish new obstacles to trade between them.
2. The Parties shall waive the rights granted under article XI: 2 (c) of the GATT 1994 and those rights as incorporated by article 3-09, with respect to any measure adopted or maintained on imports of agricultural products.
3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Treaty, for the products contained in annex 1 to this article either party may maintain or adopt customs duties on the importation of those products, in accordance with its rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement.
4. Once a year after the Entry into Force of this Treaty, the Parties shall review, through the Committee on agricultural trade established under article 4-08; gradually eliminate tariffs on imports of agricultural products contained in annex 1 to this article.
5. Access of products set out in annex 2 to this article shall be governed in accordance with this annex.
6. A Party may not apply to agricultural products of the other party a tariff rate on the excess above the quota, as provided in the schedule of tariff relief agreed between the parties.
7. From the date of Entry into Force of this Treaty, no party may refund the amount of customs duties paid or waive or reduce the amount of customs duties owed in connection with any agricultural product imported into its territory that is:
a) Agricultural product substituted by an identical or similar subsequently exported to the territory of the other party; or
b) Substituted by an identical or similar product used as a material in the production of another good subsequently exported to the territory of the other party.
Access to Markets. 1. The Parties shall facilitate access to their respective markets by reducing or eliminating import and export barriers to reciprocal trade in agricultural goods, such as: import restrictions, import taxes, and agricultural technical and marketing standards.
2. The Parties renounce the use of quantitative import restrictions, price bands or price stabilization mechanisms and variable tariffs for the goods included in the Duty-Free Program in their reciprocal trade, without prejudice to the provisions of Annex 1 to this Article.
3. The Parties exempt from the Duty-Free Program the goods of the agricultural sector in accordance with Annex 2 to this Article.
4. Once a year after the entry into force of this Agreement, the Committee on Agricultural Trade established in Article 5-10 shall review the possibility of incorporating the agricultural sector goods contained in Annex 2 to this Article into the Duty- Free Program and shall make the pertinent recommendations to the Parties. This incorporation may be carried out in accordance with the methodologies described in Annex 1 to this Article.
5. Trade in the goods included in Annexes 3 and 4 to this article shall be governed by the provisions thereof.
Access to Markets. The signatories will strongly promote access to local and international markets for energy products for the implementation of the objectives of the Charter. Such access to markets should take account of the need to facilitate the operation of market forces, and promote competition.
Access to Markets. 1. With regard to market access through the modes of supply identified in Article 3.1 (a) (Definitions), each Party shall accord to services and service suppliers of the other Party treatment no less favorable Than specified in its Schedule of Specific Commitments in Annex I (hereinafter "the List of Specific Commitments").
2. To the extent that a Party enters into a market access commitment in its Schedule of Specific Commitments and when the cross-border movement of capital forms an essential part of a service provided through the mode of supply referred to in the definition of " Services "of Article 3.1 (a) (i) (Definitions), that Party undertakes at the same time to permit such movement of capital. To the extent that a Party enters into a market access commitment in its Schedule of Specific Commitments, and when a service is provided through the mode of supply referred to in the definition of "trade in services" in Article 3.1 (a) (iii)) (Definitions), that Party undertakes at the same time to permit capital transfers related to its territory.
3. In sectors where market access commitments are entered into, measures that a Party shall not maintain or adopt, either on the basis of a regional subdivision or the whole of its territory, unless in its Schedule of Specific Commitments to the contrary, are defined as follows:
(A) limitations on the number of service providers, whether in the form of numerical quotas, monopolies or exclusive service providers or through the requirement of an economic needs test;
(B) limitations on the total value of the assets or service transactions in the form of numerical quotas or the requirement of an economic needs test;
(C) limitations on the total number of service operations or on the total amount of output of services, expressed in designated numerical units, in the form of quotas or by requiring an economic needs test; 2 2 This subparagraph does not cover measures by a Party that limit inputs for the provision of services.
(D) limitations on the total number of natural persons that may be employed in a particular service sector or that a service provider may employ and which are necessary for the provision of a specific service and are directly related to it, in the form of numerical quotas Or by requiring an economic needs test; and
(E) measures restricting or prescribing the specific types of legal person or joint venture through which a service provider may provide a service.
Access to Markets. To promote market access the project will focus on creating direct links between cooperatives and local exporters, reducing the need for intermediaries and consequently allowing producers to capture a higher share of the export priee. The project will also assist producers to acquire organic and fair trade certifications12 to promote engagement with specialty markets. This will be accompanied by business training for farmers and cooperative enterprises to improve their capacity to manage farms as enterprises.
Access to Markets. The chapters on market access have as their objective the removal of tariff (taxes designed to raise prices and protect domestic industries) and non-tariff (such as licenses, quotas, technical and sanitary specifications, safeguards, etc.) barriers on the movement of goods and services. The removal of these barriers will create preferential access, since the products of other countries will continue to confront those barriers; the obvious consequence of this is that the benefiting country will obtain a better market position which their competitors do not have.
Access to Markets. (a) Development of non-financial services in selected sectors to stimulate the market and build local capacity in the sector, through:
(i) provision of BDS grants to eligible MSMEs to obtain enterprise support and non-financial services from external providers;
(ii) provision of BDS Grants to eligible non-financial service providers to develop, innovate, upgrade and market specialized business development services to MSMEs; and
(iii) provision of BDS Grants to eligible policy advocacy groups and business associations to strengthen public-private policy dialogue by measures such as developing sector strategies and implementing business linkage programs.
(b) Expansion and enhancement of access to the domestic and global markets, and facilitation of linkages between MSMEs and large-scale industries, through: (i) provision of BDS Grants to eligible MSMEs and intermediary organizations for comprehensive management development and business linkage services; (ii) provision of technical assistance to eligible public and private sector entities for setting up of pilot common service centers; (iii) provision of technical assistance and BDS Grants for promotion of “Made in Ghana Goods” for the domestic and external market, including the development of a web-based national product gallery; and (iv) provision of technical assistance and BDS Grants to build the capacity of small scale construction firms to link up with large scale construction companies, including activities under the Borrower’s sub-contracting and partnership exchange program.
(c) Provision of technical assistance to eligible public and private sector entities to identify and carry out interventions in priority sectors in which the Borrower has the potential to develop competitive industries, and prepare sector strategies that address specific bottlenecks in the flow of goods, services, and information.
Access to Markets. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 4-02 and except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Parties shall progressively eliminate their customs duties on originating agricultural goods in accordance with Annex 3 -04(5).
2. The Parties, at the request of any of them, shall hold consultations through the Committee to examine the possibility of accelerating the elimination of customs tariffs provided for in the Tariff Dismantling Program.
3. Once approved by the Parties, in accordance with their legal procedures, the agreement on the accelerated elimination of the customs duty on an originating good reached between the Parties shall prevail over any customs duty or relief category identified under the Tariff Relief Program for that good.
4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, with respect to goods excluded from the Tariff Relief Program, any Party may maintain or adopt a prohibition or restriction, or a customs duty on the importation of such goods, in accordance with its rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement.
5. Once a year after the entry into force of this Agreement, the Parties shall examine, through the Committee, the possibility of incorporating into the Tariff Discharge Program the goods excluded from it. The agreements by means of which such goods are incorporated into the Tariff Relief Program shall be adopted by the Parties in accordance with their legal procedures.
