General exception clause. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not to be applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where like conditions must prevail, or a disguised restriction on trade in goods, services or establishment, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by the Parties of measures which:
General exception clause. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where like conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on international trade nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by the EC Party, EAC Party or an EAC Partner State of measures which:
General exception clause. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not to be applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where like conditions must prevail, or a disguised restriction on trade in goods, services or establishment, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by the Parties of measures which: (a) are necessary to protect public security or public morality or to maintain public order; (b) are necessary to protect the health or life of humans, animals or plants; (c) are necessary to secure compliance with laws or regulations which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, including those relating to: (i) prevention of deceptive and fraudulent practices or ways of dealing with the effects of a default on contracts;
General exception clause. 1. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where like conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on international trade nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by the EC Party, EAC Party or an EAC Partner State of measures which: are necessary to protect public morals or to maintain public order or public security; are necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; are necessary to secure compliance with laws or regulations which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement including those relating to: the prevention of deceptive and fraudulent practices or to deal with the effects of a default on contracts; the protection of the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing and dissemination of personal data and the protection of confidentiality of individual records and accounts;
General exception clause. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where like conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on international trade, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by the EC Party, the ESA States or a Signatory ESA State of measures which: (a) are necessary to protect public morals or to maintain public order and public security; (b) are necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; (c) are necessary to secure compliance with laws or regulations which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, including those relating to: (i) the prevention of deceptive and fraudulent practices or to deal with the effects of a default on contracts; (ii) the protection of the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing and dissemination of personal data and the protection of confidentiality of individual records and accounts; (iii) safety; (iv) customs enforcement; or (v) protection of intellectual property rights. (d) relate to the importation or exportation of gold or silver; (e) are necessary to the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value; (f) relate to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources if such measures are made effective in conjunction with restrictions on domestic production or consumption of goods, domestic supply or consumption of services and on domestic investors; (g) relate to the products of prison labour; or (h) are essential to the acquisition or distribution of products in general or local short supply, provided that any such measures shall be consistent with the principle that all parties are entitled to an equitable share of the international supply of such products, and that any such measures, which are inconsistent with the other provisions of this Agreement, shall be discontinued as soon as the conditions giving rise to them have ceased to exist.
General exception clause. 1. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where like conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on trade in goods, services or establishment, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by the EC Party, the CARIFORUM States or a Signatory CARIFORUM State of measures which: (a) are necessary to protect public security and public morals [31] or to maintain public order; (b) are necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; (c) are necessary to secure compliance with laws or regulations which are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement including those relating to: (i) the prevention of deceptive and fraudulent practices or to deal with the effects of a default on contracts; (ii) the protection of the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing and dissemination of personal data and the protection of confidentiality of individual records and accounts; (iii) safety; (iv) customs enforcement; or (v) protection of intellectual property rights; (d) relate to the importation or exportation of gold or silver; (e) are necessary to the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological value; (f) relate to the conservation of exhaustible natural resources if such measures are made effective in conjunction with restrictions on domestic production or consumption of goods, domestic supply or consumption of services and on domestic investors; (g) relate to the products of prison labour; or (h) are inconsistent with Articles 68 and 77, provided that the difference in treatment is aimed at ensuring the effective or equitable imposition or collection of direct taxes in respect of economic activities, investors or service suppliers of the EC Party or a Signatory CARIFORUM State [32]. 2. The provisions of Title II and of Annex IV shall not apply to the EC Party and Signatory CARIFORUM States respective social security systems or to activities in the territory of each Party, which are connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority.
