Common use of Equality of Treatment Clause in Contracts

Equality of Treatment. 1. Investments made by investors of any Contracting Party in the territory of another Contracting Party and their income shall be treated fairly and equitably and no less favorable than that granted by the latter Contracting Party to its own investors or investors of third parties States. 2. Both Contracting Parties shall grant to investors of the other Contracting Party, as regards the management, maintenance, use, enjoyment or disposition of the investments made in their territory, a fair and equitable treatment and no less favorable than that accorded to their own investors or To investors from third States. 3. The legal provisions of this Article do not imply the granting of preferential treatment or privilege by one of the Contracting Parties to investors of the other Contracting Party that may be granted by virtue of; a) Participation in free trade areas, customs unions, common or existing common markets, and other similar international agreements, including other forms of economic cooperation, to which any of the Contracting Parties has acceded or acceded to, and b) Bilateral or multilateral agreements, whether regional or not, of fiscal nexus.