Cooperation Priorities Sample Clauses

Cooperation Priorities. 1. Development cooperation as provided for in Article 7 shall be primarily focused on the following areas as further articulated in the individual Chapters of this Agreement: (i) The provision of technical assistance to build human, legal and institutional capacity in the CARIFORUM States so as to facilitate their ability to comply with the commitments set out in this Agreement; (ii) The provision of assistance for capacity and institution building for fiscal reform in order to strengthen tax administration and improve the collection of tax revenues with a view to shifting dependence from tariffs and other duties and charges to other forms of indirect taxation; (iii) The provision of support measures aimed at promoting private sector and enterprise development, in particular small economic operators, and enhancing the international competitiveness of CARIFORUM firms and diversification of the CARIFORUM economies; (iv) The diversification of CARIFORUM exports of goods and services through new investment and the development of new sectors; (v) Enhancing the technological and research capabilities of the CARIFORUM States so as to facilitate development of, and compliance with, internationally recognised sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical standards and internationally recognised labour and environmental standards; (vi) The development of CARIFORUM innovation systems, including the development of technological capacity; (vii) Support for the development of infrastructure in CARIFORUM States necessary for the conduct of trade. 2. The Development cooperation priorities as broadly articulated in paragraph 1 and further specified in the individual Chapters of this Agreement shall be implemented according to the modalities provided for in Article 7. 3. The Parties agree on the benefits of a regional development fund representative of the interests of all CARIFORUM States to mobilise and channel Economic Partnership Agreement related development resources from the EDF and other potential donors. The CARIFORUM States shall in this regard endeavour to establish such a fund within two years of the date of signature of this Agreement. CUSTOMS DUTIES
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Cooperation Priorities. 1. For the purpose of implementing this Agreement and taking into account the development policies of the SADC EPA States, the Parties agree that the areas listed in this Article and in Article 14 are priority areas for trade and economic cooperation. 2. Cooperation in trade in goods shall aim at enhancing trade in goods and the SADC EPA States capacity to trade, including by phasing out tariffs and customs duties in line with liberalisation commitments laid down in this Agreement, by properly implementing rules of origin, trade defence instruments, non-tariff measures, sanitary and phytosanitary (‘SPS’) standards, and technical barriers to trade (‘TBT’), by addressing non-tariff measures and by promoting customs cooperation and trade facilitation. 3. Cooperation in supply-side competitiveness shall aim at increasing the competitiveness of the SADC EPA States and remove supply side constraints at national, institutional and, in particular, at company level. This cooperation includes, amongst others, fields such as production, technology development and innovation, marketing, financing, distribution, transport, diversification of economic base, as well as development of the private sector, improvement of the trade and business environment and support to small and medium enterprises in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, industry and services. 4. Cooperation in business enhancing infrastructure shall aim at developing a competitive business enhancing environment in areas such as information and communication technology, transport and energy. 5. The Parties agree to cooperate to develop and enhance trade in services as provided for in Article 73. 6. The Parties agree to cooperate, to develop and enhance trade-related issues as provided for in Articles 8 to 11, 16 to 19, 73 and 74. 7. Cooperation in trade data shall aim at improving the capacity of the SADC EPA States in the area of trade data capture, analysis and dissemination. 8. Cooperation for EPA institutional capacity building shall aim at supporting institutional structures for EPA implementation management, capacity building for trade negotiations and for trade policy in cooperation with the relevant institutional mechanisms established under the SADC Treaty and SACU Agreement or in the respective SADC EPA States.
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Cooperation Priorities. 1. For the purpose of implementing this Agreement and taking into account the development policies of the SACU Member States and Mozambique, the Parties agree that the areas listed in this Article and in Article 14 are priority areas for trade and economic cooperation. 2. Cooperation in trade in goods shall aim at enhancing trade in goods and the SACU Member States' and Mozambique's capacity to trade, including by phasing out tariffs and customs duties in line with liberalisation commitments laid down in this Agreement, by properly implementing rules of origin, trade defence instruments, non-tariff measures, sanitary and phytosanitary ("SPS") standards, and technical barriers to trade ("TBT"), by addressing non-tariff measures and by promoting customs cooperation and trade facilitation. 3. Cooperation in supply-side competitiveness shall aim at increasing the competitiveness of the SACU Member States and Mozambique and remove supply side constraints at national, institutional and, in particular, at company level. This cooperation includes, amongst others, fields such as production, technology development and innovation, marketing, financing, distribution, transport, diversification of economic base, as well as development of the private sector, improvement of the trade and business environment and support to small and medium enterprises in the fields of agriculture, fisheries, industry and services. 4. Cooperation in business enhancing infrastructure shall aim at developing a competitive business enhancing environment in areas such as information and communication technology, transport and energy. 5. The Parties agree to cooperate to develop and enhance trade in services as provided for in Article 73. 6. The Parties agree to cooperate to develop and enhance trade-related issues as provided for in Articles 8 to 11, 16 to 19, 73 and 74.
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Cooperation Priorities. The Parties may jointly decide upon their priorities for collaboration under this arrangement. Cooperation Priorities may include: a) Promoting transparent, ethical and equitable recruitment and employment practices consistent with:  Presidential Decree No. 442, otherwise known as the Philippine Labor Code, as amended; Republic Act (RA) 8042 or the Migrant Workers and Overseas Filipinos Act, as amended by Republic Act 10022; POEA Rules and Regulations; and relevant Memoranda Circulars governing the deployment of OFWs to New Zealand; and  New Zealand’s Immigration Act 2009, Employment Relations Act 2000, Holidays Act 2003, Equal Pay Act 1972, Minimum Wage Act 1983, and the Wages Protection Act 1983. b) Enforcing laws and regulations on non-payment of recruitment and placement fees by OFWs; c) Ensuring that the terms and conditions that OFWs are offered in the Philippines reflect their actual terms and conditions in New Zealand, while preserving the ability of OFWs and Employers to lawfully and properly change those terms and conditions; provided that changes do not result in diminution of the terms and conditions of the original contract; x) Xxxxxxxx that, before leaving the Philippines, OFWs are made aware of their immigration and employment rights in New Zealand (e.g. pre-departure orientations and language assessments provided by MBIE); e) Facilitating linkages between Employers and Sending Agencies; and f) Cooperating to assist in the maintenance of the law, including the prevention, investigation, and detection of offences in either the Philippines or New Zealand.
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Cooperation Priorities. 1. Development cooperation as provided for in Article 7 shall be primarily focused on the following areas as further articulated in the individual Chapters of this Agreement: (i) The provision of technical assistance to build human, legal and institutional capacity in the CARIFORUM States so as to facilitate their ability to comply with the commitments set out in this Agreement; (ii) The provision of assistance for capacity and institution building for fiscal reform in order to strengthen tax administration and improve the collection of tax revenues with a view to shifting dependence from tariffs and other duties and charges to other forms of indirect taxation; (iii) The provision of support measures aimed at promoting private sector and enterprise development, in particular small economic operators, and enhancing the international competitiveness of CARIFORUM firms and diversification of the CARIFORUM economies; (iv) The diversification of CARIFORUM exports of goods and services through new investment and the development of new sectors; (v) Enhancing the technological and research capabilities of the CARIFORUM States so as to facilitate development of, and compliance with, internationally recognised sanitary and phytosanitary measures and technical standards and internationally recognised labour and environmental
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Related to Cooperation Priorities

  • Access and Cooperation Each Party will, and will cause its Other Indemnified Persons to, cooperate and assist in all reasonable respects regarding such Third Party Claim, including by promptly making available to such other Party (and its legal counsel and other professional advisers with a reasonable need to know) all books and records of such Person relating to such Third Party Claim, subject to reasonable confidentiality precautions.

  • Areas of Cooperation 1. To achieve the objectives of cooperation in fisheries within the described principles, cooperation will include fisheries management and conservation issues, vessel management and post harvest arrangements and financial and trade measures and development of fisheries and fisheries products and marine aquaculture. 2. The EC Party will contribute to the mobilisation of the resources for the implementation of the identified areas of cooperation at national and regional levels, which will also include support for regional capacity building. Furthermore, the EC Party contributes to the measures as described in the section concerning financial and trade measures, and on infrastructure development specific for fisheries and marine aquaculture.

  • Litigation Cooperation From the date hereof and continuing through the termination of this Agreement, make available to Bank, without expense to Bank, Borrower and its officers, employees and agents and Borrower’s books and records, to the extent that Bank may deem them reasonably necessary to prosecute or defend any third-party suit or proceeding instituted by or against Bank with respect to any Collateral or relating to Borrower.

  • Rights Protection Mechanisms and Abuse Mitigation ­‐ Registry Operator commits to implementing and performing the following protections for the TLD: i. In order to help registrars and registrants identify inaccurate data in the Whois database, Registry Operator will audit Whois data for accuracy on a statistically significant basis (this commitment will be considered satisfied by virtue of and for so long as ICANN conducts such audits). ii. Work with registrars and registrants to remediate inaccurate Whois data to help ensure a more accurate Whois database. Registry Operator reserves the right to cancel a domain name registration on the basis of inaccurate data, if necessary. iii. Establish and maintain a Domains Protected Marks List (DPML), a trademark protection service that allows rights holders to reserve registration of exact match trademark terms and terms that contain their trademarks across all gTLDs administered by Registry Operator under certain terms and conditions. iv. At no cost to trademark holders, establish and maintain a Claims Plus service, which is a notice protection mechanism that begins at the end of ICANN’s mandated Trademark Claims period. v. Bind registrants to terms of use that define and prohibit illegal or abusive activity. vi. Limit the use of proxy and privacy registration services in cases of malfeasance. vii. Consistent with the terms of this Registry Agreement, reserve the right to exclude from distribution any registrars with a history of non-­‐compliance with the terms of the Registrar Accreditation Agreement. viii. Registry Operator will be properly resourced to perform these protections.

  • ACCESS AND COOPERATION; DUE DILIGENCE (i) Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, the COMPANY will afford to the officers and authorized representatives of URSI and the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY access to all of the COMPANY's (including the COMPANY's Subsidiaries) key employees, sites, properties, books and records and will furnish URSI with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of the COMPANY (including the COMPANY's Subsidiaries) as URSI or the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY may from time to time reasonably request. The COMPANY will cooperate with URSI and the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY, its representatives, auditors and counsel in the preparation of any documents or other material which may be required in connection with any documents or materials required by this Agreement. URSI, the STOCKHOLDERS and the COMPANY will treat all information obtained in connection with the negotiation and performance of this Agreement or the due diligence investigations conducted with respect to the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY as confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 hereof. In addition, URSI will cause each of the Founding Companies other than the COMPANY to enter into a provision similar to this Section 7.1 requiring each such Founding Company to keep confidential any information obtained by such Founding Company. (ii) Between the date of this Agreement and the Closing Date, URSI will afford to the officers and authorized representatives of the COMPANY access to all of URSI's sites, properties, books and records and will furnish the COMPANY with such additional financial and operating data and other information as to the business and properties of URSI as the COMPANY may from time to time reasonably request. URSI will cooperate with the COMPANY, its representatives, engineers, auditors and counsel in the preparation of any documents or other material which may be required in connection with any documents or materials required by this Agreement. The COMPANY will cause all information obtained in connection with the negotiation and performance of this Agreement to be treated as confidential in accordance with the provisions of Section 14 hereof.

  • Information/Cooperation Executive shall, upon reasonable notice, furnish such information and assistance to the Bank as may be reasonably required by the Bank, in connection with any litigation in which it or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates is, or may become, a party; provided, however, that Executive shall not be required to provide information or assistance with respect to any litigation between Executive and the Bank or any other subsidiaries or affiliates.

  • Further Assurances and Cooperation Each Party agrees to execute and deliver such other documents and to take all such other actions as the other Parties may reasonably request to effect the terms of this Agreement.

  • General Cooperation The Parties shall each cooperate fully (and each shall cause its respective Subsidiaries to cooperate fully) with all reasonable requests in writing from another Party hereto, or from an agent, representative or advisor to such Party, in connection with the preparation and filing of Tax Returns, claims for Refunds, Tax Proceedings, and calculations of amounts required to be paid pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, related or attributable to or arising in connection with Taxes of any of the Parties (including matters related to a Party’s qualification as a “real estate investment trust” under the Code) or their respective Subsidiaries covered by this Agreement and the establishment of any reserve required in connection with any financial reporting (a “Tax Matter”). Such cooperation shall include the provision of any information reasonably necessary or helpful in connection with a Tax Matter and shall include, without limitation, at each Party’s own cost: (a) the provision of any Tax Returns of the Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, books, records (including information regarding ownership and Tax basis of property), documentation and other information relating to such Tax Returns, including accompanying schedules, related work papers, and documents relating to rulings or other determinations by Taxing Authorities; (b) the execution of any document (including any power of attorney) in connection with any Tax Proceedings of any of the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, or the filing of a Tax Return or a Refund claim of the Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries; (c) the use of the Party’s reasonable best efforts to obtain any documentation in connection with a Tax Matter; and (d) the use of the Party’s reasonable best efforts to obtain any Tax Returns (including accompanying schedules, related work papers, and documents), documents, books, records or other information in connection with the filing of any Tax Returns of any of the Parties or their Subsidiaries. Each Party shall make its employees, advisors, and facilities available, without charge, on a reasonable and mutually convenient basis in connection with the foregoing matters.

  • Data Protection Impact Assessment and Prior Consultation Processor shall provide reasonable assistance to the Company with any data protection impact assessments, and prior consultations with Supervising Authorities or other competent data privacy authorities, which Company reasonably considers to be required by article 35 or 36 of the GDPR or equivalent provisions of any other Data Protection Law, in each case solely in relation to Processing of Company Personal Data by, and taking into account the nature of the Processing and information available to, the Contracted Processors.

  • Further Assurances; Cooperation Each party shall, upon reasonable request by the other party, execute and deliver any additional documents necessary or desirable to complete the transactions herein pursuant to and in the manner contemplated by this Agreement. The parties hereto agree to cooperate and use their respective best efforts to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

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