Institutional Arrangements 1. The AIA Council, as established by the AEM under the AIA Agreement, shall be responsible for the implementation of this Agreement.
2. The ASEAN Coordinating Committee on Investment (CCI) as established by the AIA Council and comprising senior officials responsible for investment and other senior officials from relevant government agencies, shall assist the AIA Council in the performance of its functions. The CCI shall report to the AIA Council through the Senior Economic Officials Meeting (SEOM). The ASEAN Secretariat shall be the secretariat for the AIA Council and the CCI.
3. The functions of the AIA Council shall be to:
(a) provide policy guidance on global and regional investment matters concerning promotion, facilitation, protection, and liberalisation;
(b) oversee, coordinate and review the implementation of this Agreement;
(c) update the AEM on the implementation and operation of this Agreement;
(d) consider and recommend to the AEM any amendments to this Agreement;
(e) Update and endorse the Reservation Lists of this Agreement;
(f) facilitate the avoidance and settlement of disputes arising from this Agreement;
(g) supervise and coordinate the work of the CCI;
(h) adopt any necessary decisions; and
(i) carry out any other functions as the AEM may agree.
Additional Arrangements The UVMP in Košice can offer to students, within its own accommodation capacities, an accommodation in its own facilities for the respective academic year. The accommodation fee and conditions of providing the accommodation are in full competence of the UVMP.
Other Contractual Arrangements 8.1 Escrow Agent Not a Trustee The Escrow Agent accepts duties and responsibilities under this Agreement, and the escrow securities and any share certificates or other evidence of these securities, solely as a custodian, bailee and agent. No trust is intended to be, or is or will be, created hereby and the Escrow Agent shall owe no duties hereunder as a trustee.
Transitional Arrangements 1. Subject to the provisions of paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, no Member shall be obliged to apply the provisions of this Agreement before the expiry of a general period of one year following the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement.
2. A developing country Member is entitled to delay for a further period of four years the date of application, as defined in paragraph 1, of the provisions of this Agreement other than Articles 3, 4 and 5.
3. Any other Member which is in the process of transformation from a centrally-planned into a market, free-enterprise economy and which is undertaking structural reform of its intellectual property system and facing special problems in the preparation and implementation of intellectual property laws and regulations, may also benefit from a period of delay as foreseen in paragraph 2.
4. To the extent that a developing country Member is obliged by this Agreement to extend product patent protection to areas of technology not so protectable in its territory on the general date of application of this Agreement for that Member, as defined in paragraph 2, it may delay the application of the provisions on product patents of Section 5 of Part II to such areas of technology for an additional period of five years.
5. A Member availing itself of a transitional period under paragraphs 1, 2, 3 or 4 shall ensure that any changes in its laws, regulations and practice made during that period do not result in a lesser degree of consistency with the provisions of this Agreement.
CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT This Invitation for Bids shall be included and incorporated in the final contract or purchase order. The order of contract precedence will be the contract (purchase order), bid document, and response. Any and all legal actions associated with this Invitation for Bids and/or the resultant contract (purchase order) shall be governed by the laws of the State of Florida. Venue for any litigation involving this contract shall be the Ninth Circuit Court in and for Orange County, Florida.
EXTRA CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS In the event Retrocedant or Retrocessionaire is held liable to pay any punitive, exemplary, compensatory or consequential damages because of alleged or actual bad faith or negligence related to the handling of any claim under any Reinsurance Contract or otherwise in respect of such Reinsurance Contract, the parties shall be liable for such damages in proportion to their responsibility for the conduct giving rise to the damages. Such determination shall be made by Retrocedant and Retrocessionaire, acting jointly and in good faith, and in the event the parties are unable to reach agreement as to such determination, recourse shall be had to Article XV hereof.
SUBCONTRACTUAL RELATIONS 5.3.1 By written agreement, the Contractor shall require each Subcontractor, to the extent of the Work to be performed by the Subcontractor, to be bound to the Contractor by the terms of the Contract Documents, and to assume toward the Contractor all the obligations and responsibilities
Contractual Obligations and Similar Investments From time to time, the Fund's Investments may include Investments that are not ownership interests as may be represented by certificate (whether registered or bearer), by entry in a Securities Depository or by Book-Entry Agent, registrar or similar agent for recording ownership interests in the relevant Investment. If the Fund shall at any time acquire such Investments, including without limitation deposit obligations, loan participations, repurchase agreements and derivative arrangements, the Custodian shall (a) receive and retain, to the extent the same are provided to the Custodian, confirmations or other documents evidencing the arrangement; and (b) perform on the Fund's account in accordance with the terms of the applicable arrangement, but only to the extent directed to do so by Instruction. The Custodian shall have no responsibility for agreements running to the Fund as to which it is not a party other than to retain, to the extent the same are provided to the Custodian, documents or copies of documents evidencing the arrangement and, in accordance with Instruction, to include such arrangements in reports made to the Fund.
Maximum Contractual Obligation 13 The maximum obligation of COUNTY under this Agreement shall be 14 $220,000, or actual allowable costs, whichever is less.
Contractual Relationship It is understood and agreed that the relationship described in this Agreement between the Parties is contractual in nature and is not to be construed to create a partnership or joint venture or agency relationship between the parties. Neither party shall have the right to act on behalf of the other except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. Contractor will be solely responsible for and will pay all taxes related to the receipt of payments hereunder and shall give reasonable proof and supporting documents, if reasonably requested, to verify the payment of such taxes. No Contractor personnel shall obtain the status of or otherwise be considered an employee of NCTCOG or Participating Entity by virtue of their activities under this Agreement.
