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Administration and Implementation of Tariff-Rate Quotas. 1. Each Party shall administer and implement the tariff-rate quotas (hereinafter referred to as "TRQs") set out in Appendix 2- A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A in accordance with Article XII of GATT 1994, including its interpretative notes and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement. 2. Each Party shall ensure that: (a) its procedures for administering its TRQs are transparent, made available to the public, timely, non-discriminatory, responsive to market conditions, minimally burdensome to trade, and reflect end-user preferences; (b) any person of a Party that fulfils the importing Party's legal and administrative requirements shall be eligible to apply and to be considered for a TRQ allocation by the Party. Unless the Parties otherwise agree by decision of the Committee on Trade in Goods, any processor, retailer, restaurant, hotel, food service distributor or institution, or any other person is eligible to apply for, and to be considered to receive, a TRQ allocation. Any fees charged for services related to an application for a TRQ allocation shall be limited to the actual cost of the services rendered; (c) except as specified in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, it does not allocate any portion of a TRQ to a producer group, condition access to a TRQ allocation on the purchase of domestic production, or limit access to a TRQ allocation to processors; and (d) it allocates TRQs in commercially viable shipping quantities and, to the maximum extent possible, in the amounts that importers request. Except as otherwise stipulated in the provisions for each TRQ and the applicable tariff line in Appendix 2- A-1 of a Party's Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each TRQ allocation shall be valid for any item or mixture of items subject to a particular TRQ, regardless of the item's or mixture's specification or grade, and shall not be conditioned on the item's or mixture's intended end-use or package size. 3. Each Party shall identify the entities responsible for administering its TRQs. 4. Each Party shall make every effort to administer its TRQs in a manner that allows importers to fully utilise TRQ quantities 5. Neither Party may condition application for, or utilisation of, TRQ allocations on the re-export of a good. 6. On the written request of either Party, the Parties shall consult regarding a Party's administration of its TRQs. 7. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each Party shall make the entire quantity of the TRQ established in that Appendix available to applicants beginning on the date of entry into force of this Agreement during the first year, and on the anniversary of the entry into force of this Agreement of each year thereafter. Over the course of each year, the importing Partyâs admin- istering authority shall publish, in a timely fashion on its designated publicly available Internet site, utilisation rates and remaining quantities available for each TRQ.

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Samples: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

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Administration and Implementation of Tariff-Rate Quotas. 1. Each Party shall administer and implement the tariff-rate quotas (hereinafter referred to as "TRQs") set out in Appendix 2- 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A in accordance with Article XII XIII of GATT 1994, including its interpretative notes and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement. 2. Each Party shall ensure that: (a) its procedures for administering its TRQs are transparent, made available to the public, timely, non-discriminatory, responsive to market conditions, minimally burdensome to trade, and reflect end-user preferences; (b) any person of a Party that fulfils the importing Party's ’s legal and administrative requirements shall be eligible to apply and to be considered for a TRQ allocation by the Party. Unless the Parties otherwise agree by decision of the Committee on Trade in Goods, any processor, retailer, restaurant, hotel, food service distributor or institution, or any other person is eligible to apply for, and to be considered to receive, a TRQ allocation. Any fees charged for services related to an application for a TRQ allocation shall be limited to the actual cost of the services rendered; (c) except as specified in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, it does not allocate any portion of a TRQ to a producer group, condition access to a TRQ allocation on the purchase of domestic production, or limit access to a TRQ allocation to processors; and (d) it allocates TRQs in commercially viable shipping quantities and, to the maximum extent possible, in the amounts that importers request. Except as otherwise stipulated in the provisions for each TRQ and the applicable tariff line in Appendix 2- 2-A-1 of a Party's ’s Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each TRQ allocation shall be valid for any item or mixture of items subject to a particular TRQ, regardless of the item's ’s or mixture's ’s specification or grade, and shall not be conditioned on the item's ’s or mixture's ’s intended end-use or package size. 3. Each Party shall identify the entities responsible for administering its TRQs. 4. Each Party shall make every effort to administer its TRQs in a manner that allows importers to fully utilise TRQ quantities. 5. Neither Party may condition application for, or utilisation of, TRQ allocations on the re-export of a good. 6. On the written request of either Party, the Parties shall consult regarding a Party's ’s administration of its TRQs. 7. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each Party shall make the entire quantity of the TRQ established in that Appendix available to applicants beginning on the date of entry into force of this Agreement during the first year, and on the anniversary of the entry into force of this Agreement of each year thereafter. Over the course of each year, the importing Partyâs admin- istering Party’s administering authority shall publish, in a timely fashion on its designated publicly available Internet site, utilisation rates and remaining quantities available for each TRQ.

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Samples: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Administration and Implementation of Tariff-Rate Quotas. 1. Each Party shall administer and implement the tariff-rate quotas (hereinafter referred to as "TRQs") set out in Appendix 2- A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A in accordance with Article XII of GATT 1994, including its interpretative notes and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement. 2. Each Party shall ensure that: (a) its procedures for administering its TRQs are transparent, made available to the public, timely, non-discriminatory, responsive to market conditions, minimally burdensome to trade, and reflect end-user preferences; (b) any person of a Party that fulfils the importing Party's legal and administrative requirements shall be eligible to apply and to be considered for a TRQ allocation by the Party. Unless the Parties otherwise agree by decision of the Committee on Trade in Goods, any processor, retailer, restaurant, hotel, food service distributor or institution, or any other person is eligible to apply for, and to be considered to receive, a TRQ allocation. Any fees charged for services related to an application for a TRQ allocation shall be limited to the actual cost of the services rendered; (c) except as specified in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, it does not allocate any portion of a TRQ to a producer group, condition access to a TRQ allocation on the purchase of domestic production, or limit access to a TRQ allocation to processors; and (d) it allocates TRQs in commercially viable shipping quantities and, to the maximum extent possible, in the amounts that importers request. Except as otherwise stipulated in the provisions for each TRQ and the applicable tariff line in Appendix 2- A-1 of a Party's Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each TRQ allocation shall be valid for any item or mixture of items subject to a particular TRQ, regardless of the item's or mixture's specification or grade, and shall not be conditioned on the item's or mixture's intended end-use or package size. 3. Each Party shall identify the entities responsible for administering its TRQs. 4. Each Party shall make every effort to administer its TRQs in a manner that allows importers to fully utilise TRQ quantities. 5. Neither Party may condition application for, or utilisation of, TRQ allocations on the re-re export of a good. 6. On the written request of either Party, the Parties shall consult regarding a Party's administration of its TRQs. 7. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each Party shall make the entire quantity of the TRQ established in that Appendix available to applicants beginning on the date of entry into force of this Agreement during the first as from 1 July each year, and on the anniversary of the entry into force of this Agreement of each year thereafter. Over the course of each year, the importing Partyâs admin- istering Party's administering authority shall publish, in a timely fashion on its designated publicly available Internet site, utilisation rates and remaining quantities available for each TRQ.

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Samples: Free Trade Agreement

Administration and Implementation of Tariff-Rate Quotas. 1. Each Party shall administer and implement the tariff-rate quotas (hereinafter referred to as "TRQs") set out in Appendix 2- 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A in accordance with Article XII XIII of GATT 1994, including its interpretative notes and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement. 2. Each Party shall ensure that: (a) its procedures for administering its TRQs are transparent, made available to the public, timely, non-discriminatory, responsive to market conditions, minimally burdensome to trade, and reflect end-user preferences; (b) any person of a Party that fulfils the importing Party's ’s legal and administrative requirements shall be eligible to apply and to be considered for a TRQ allocation by the Party. Unless the Parties otherwise agree by decision of the Committee on Trade in Goods, any processor, retailer, restaurant, hotel, food service distributor or institution, or any other person is eligible to apply for, and to be considered to receive, a TRQ allocation. Any fees charged for services related to an application for a TRQ allocation shall be limited to the actual cost of the services rendered; (c) except as specified in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, it does not allocate any portion of a TRQ to a producer group, condition access to a TRQ allocation on the purchase of domestic production, or limit access to a TRQ allocation to processors; and (d) it allocates TRQs in commercially viable shipping quantities and, to the maximum extent possible, in the amounts that importers request. Except as otherwise stipulated in the provisions for each TRQ and the applicable tariff line in Appendix 2- 2-A-1 of a Party's ’s Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each TRQ allocation shall be valid for any item or mixture of items subject to a particular TRQ, regardless of the item's ’s or mixture's ’s specification or grade, and shall not be conditioned on the item's ’s or mixture's ’s intended end-use or package size. 3. Each Party shall identify the entities responsible for administering its TRQs. 4. Each Party shall make every effort to administer its TRQs in a manner that allows importers to fully utilise TRQ quantities. 5. Neither Party may condition application for, or utilisation of, TRQ allocations on the re-export of a good. 6. On the written request of either Party, the Parties shall consult regarding a Party's ’s administration of its TRQs. 7. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each Party shall make the entire quantity of the TRQ established in that Appendix available to applicants beginning on the date of entry into force of this Agreement during the first year, and on the anniversary of the entry into force of this Agreement of each year thereafter. Over the course of each year, the importing Partyâs admin- istering Party’s administering authority shall publish, in a timely fashion on its designated publicly available Internet site, utilisation rates and remaining quantities available for each TRQ.

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Samples: Free Trade Agreement

Administration and Implementation of Tariff-Rate Quotas. 1. Each Party shall implement and administer and implement the tariff-rate quotas (hereinafter referred to as "TRQs") set out in Appendix 2- A-1 2-B-1 of its Schedule included in to Annex 2-A B (Tariff Elimination) (TRQs) in accordance with Article XII of GATT 1994, including its interpretative notes interpretive notes, and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement. 2. Each Party shall ensure that: (a) its procedures for administering its TRQs are transparent, made available to the public, timely, non-discriminatory, responsive to market conditions, minimally burdensome to trade, and reflect end-user preferences; (b) any person of a Party that fulfils fulfills the importing Party's legal and administrative requirements shall be eligible to apply and to be considered for a TRQ quota allocation by under the Party's TRQs. Unless the Parties otherwise agree by decision of the Committee on Trade in Goodsagree, any processor, retailer, restaurant, hotel, food service distributor or institution, or any other person is eligible to apply for, and to be considered to receive, receive a TRQ quota allocation. Any fees charged for services related to an application for a TRQ quota allocation shall be limited to the actual cost of the services service rendered; (c) except as specified in Appendix 2-A-1 B-1 of its Schedule included in to Annex 2-AB, it does not allocate any portion of a TRQ quota to a producer group, condition access to a TRQ quota allocation on the purchase of domestic production, or limit access to a TRQ quota allocation to processors; and (d) it allocates TRQs quotas in commercially viable shipping quantities and, to the maximum extent possible, in the amounts that importers request. Except as otherwise stipulated provided in the provisions for each TRQ provision and the applicable tariff line in Appendix 2- A-1 2-B-1 of a Party's Schedule included in to Annex 2-AB, each TRQ quota allocation shall be valid for any item or mixture of items subject to a particular TRQ, regardless of the item's or mixture's specification or grade, and shall not be conditioned on the item's or mixture's intended end-use or package size. 3. Each Party shall identify the entities responsible for administering its TRQs. 4. Each Party shall make every effort to administer its TRQs in a manner that allows importers to fully utilise TRQ utilize quota quantities. 5. Neither Party may condition application for, or utilisation utilization of, quota allocations under a TRQ allocations on the re-export of a good. 6. On the written request of either Party, the Parties shall consult regarding a Party's administration of its TRQs. 7. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix 2-A-1 B-1 of its Schedule included in to Annex 2-AB, each Party shall make the entire quota quantity of the TRQ established in that Appendix available to quota applicants beginning on the date of entry the Agreement enters into force of this Agreement during the first year, and on the anniversary of the entry into force of this Agreement first business day of each year thereafter. Over the course of each year, the importing Partyâs admin- istering Party's administering authority shall publish, in a timely fashion on its designated publicly available Internet site, utilisation utilization rates and remaining available quantities available for each TRQ.

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Samples: Free Trade Agreement

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Administration and Implementation of Tariff-Rate Quotas. 1. Each Party shall implement and administer and implement the tariff-rate quotas (hereinafter referred to as "TRQs") set out in Appendix 2- A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A TRQs in accordance with Article XII XIII of the GATT 1994, including its interpretative notes and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement. 2. Each Party shall ensure that: (a) its procedures for administering its TRQs are transparent, made available to the public, timely, non-discriminatory, responsive to market conditions, minimally burdensome and are designed to minimize any burden on trade, and reflect end-user preferences; (b) any subject to subparagraph (c), a person of a Party that fulfils the importing fulfills that Party's ’s legal and administrative requirements for TRQs shall be eligible to apply and to be considered for a TRQ allocation by the Party. Unless the Parties otherwise agree by decision of the Committee on Trade in Goods, any processor, retailer, restaurant, hotel, food service distributor or institution, or any other person is eligible to apply forapply, and to be considered to receiveconsidered, a TRQ allocation. Any fees charged for services related to an application for a TRQ import license or an in-quota quantity allocation shall be limited to under the actual cost of the services renderedParty’s TRQs; (c) except as specified in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, it does not not, under its TRQs: (i) allocate any a portion of a TRQ an in-quota quantity to a producer or a producer’s group, condition , (ii) make access to a TRQ allocation an in-quota quantity conditional on the purchase of domestic production, or or (iii) limit access to a TRQ allocation an in-quota quantity only to processorsprocessors or to distributors; (d) its national government, sub-national governments, or state enterprises administer its TRQs and that the administration is not delegated to another person; and (de) it allocates in-quota quantities under its TRQs in commercially viable shipping quantities and, to the maximum extent possible, in the amounts that importers request. Except as otherwise stipulated in the provisions for each TRQ and the applicable tariff line in Appendix 2- A-1 of a Party's Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each TRQ allocation shall be valid for any item or mixture of items subject to a particular TRQ, regardless of the item's or mixture's specification or grade, and shall not be conditioned on the item's or mixture's intended end-use or package size. 3. Each Party shall identify the entities responsible for administering its TRQs. 4. Each Party shall make every effort to administer its TRQs in a manner that allows importers to fully utilise TRQ quantitiesutilize them. 54. Neither A Party may not impose a condition on the application for, for or utilisation of, use of an in-quota quantity allocation under a TRQ allocations on the re-export of an agricultural good. 5. A Party may not count food aid or other non-commercial shipments in determining whether an in-quota quantity under a goodTRQ has been filled. 6. On At the written request of either the exporting Party, the Parties importing Party shall consult with the exporting Party regarding a Party's the administration of its TRQs. 7. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each Party shall make the entire quantity of the TRQ established in that Appendix available to applicants beginning on the date of entry into force of this Agreement during the first year, and on the anniversary of the entry into force of this Agreement of each year thereafter. Over the course of each year, the importing Partyâs admin- istering authority Party’s TRQs and licenses. Those consultations shall publish, in a timely fashion on its designated publicly available Internet site, utilisation rates and remaining quantities available for each TRQ.be deemed to satisfy the requirements of Article 21.8 (

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Samples: Free Trade Agreement

Administration and Implementation of Tariff-Rate Quotas. 1. Each Party shall administer and implement the tariff-rate quotas (hereinafter referred to as "TRQs") set out in Appendix 2- 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A in accordance with Article XII XIII of GATT 1994, including its interpretative notes and the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement. 2. Each Party shall ensure that: (a) its procedures for administering its TRQs are transparent, made available to the public, timely, non-discriminatory, responsive to market conditions, minimally burdensome to trade, and reflect end-user preferences; (b) any person of a Party that fulfils the importing Party's legal and administrative requirements shall be eligible to apply and to be considered for a TRQ allocation by the Party. Unless the Parties otherwise agree by decision of the Committee on Trade in Goods, any processor, retailer, restaurant, hotel, food service distributor or institution, or any other person is eligible to apply for, and to be considered to receive, a TRQ allocation. Any fees charged for services related to an application for a TRQ allocation shall be limited to the actual cost of the services rendered; (c) except as specified in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, it does not allocate any portion of a TRQ to a producer group, condition access to a TRQ allocation on the purchase of domestic production, or limit access to a TRQ allocation to processors; and (d) it allocates TRQs in commercially viable shipping quantities and, to the maximum extent possible, in the amounts that importers request. Except as otherwise stipulated in the provisions for each TRQ and the applicable tariff line in Appendix 2- 2-A-1 of a Party's Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each TRQ allocation shall be valid for any item or mixture of items subject to a particular TRQ, regardless of the item's or mixture's specification or grade, and shall not be conditioned on the item's or mixture's intended end-use or package size. 3. Each Party shall identify the entities responsible for administering its TRQs. 4. Each Party shall make every effort to administer its TRQs in a manner that allows importers to fully utilise TRQ quantities. 5. Neither Party may condition application for, or utilisation of, TRQ allocations on the re-export of a good. 6. On the written request of either Party, the Parties shall consult regarding a Party's administration of its TRQs. 7. Except as otherwise provided in Appendix 2-A-1 of its Schedule included in Annex 2-A, each Party shall make the entire quantity of the TRQ established in that Appendix available to applicants beginning on the date of entry into force of this Agreement during the first year, and on the anniversary of the entry into force of this Agreement of each year thereafter. Over the course of each year, the importing Partyâs admin- istering Party's administering authority shall publish, in a timely fashion on its designated publicly available Internet site, utilisation rates and remaining quantities available for each TRQ.

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Samples: Free Trade Agreement

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