GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. Neither Party shall apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that reenters its territory after that good has been temporarily exported from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether such repair or alteration could be performed in the territory of the Party from which the good was exported for repair or alteration.
2. Neither Party shall apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, admitted temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration.
3. For purposes of this Article, repair or alteration does not include an operation or process that: (a) destroys a good's essential characteristics or creates a new or commercially different good; or
GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. Neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after that good has been exported or if it was under a temporary exit from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether such repair or alteration could be performed in its territory.
2. Neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, imported temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration.
GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. Neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re- enters its territory after that good has been exported from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether such repair or alteration could be performed in its territory.
2. Neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, imported temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration.
3. For purposes of this Article, repair or alteration means restoration, renovation, cleaning, resterilizing, or other operation or process that does not:
(a) destroy a good’s essential characteristics or creates a new or commercially different good; or
(b) transform an unfinished good into a finished good.
GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. A Party shall not apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after that good has been exported temporarily from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether such repair or alteration could be performed in its territory.
2. A Party shall not apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, imported temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration.
3. For purposes of this Article:
(a) the repairs or alterations shall not destroy the essential characteristics of the good, or change it into a different commercial item;
(b) operations carried out to transform unfinished goods into finished goods shall not be considered repairs or alterations; and
(c) parts or pieces of the goods may be subject to repairs or alterations.
GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. Neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re- enters its territory after that good has been temporarily exported from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether the repair or alteration:
(a) could be performed in the territory of the Party from which the good was exported for repair or alteration; or
(b) has increased the value of the good.
2. Neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, admitted temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration.
3. For purposes of this Article, “repair or alteration” does not include an operation or process that:
(a) destroys a good’s essential characteristics or creates a new or commercially different good; or
(b) transforms an unfinished good into a finished good.
GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. Neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after that good has been temporarily exported from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether such repair or alteration could be performed in its territory.
2. Neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, admitted temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration.
3. For the purposes of this Article, repair or alteration does not include an operation or process that:
(a) destroys a good’s essential characteristics or creates a new or commercially different good; or
(b) transforms an unfinished good into a finished good.
GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. No Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after that good has been temporarily exported from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether such repair or alteration could be performed in the territory of the Party from which the good was exported for repair or alteration.
2. No Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, admitted temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration.
3. For purposes of this Article, repair or alteration does not include an operation or process that:
(a) destroys the essential characteristics of a good or creates a new or commercially different good; or
(b) transforms an unfinished good into a finished good. Each Party shall grant duty-free entry to commercial samples of negligible value and to printed advertising materials imported from the territory of the other Party, regardless of their origin, but may require that:
(a) such samples be imported solely for the solicitation of orders for goods, or services provided from the territory, of the other Party or a non-Party; or
(b) such advertising materials be imported in packets that each contain no more than one copy of each such material and that neither such materials nor packets form part of a larger consignment.
Section D - Non-Tariff Measures
1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Party may adopt or maintain any prohibition or restriction on the importation of any good of the other Party or on the exportation or sale for export of any good destined for the territory of the other Party, except in accordance with Article XI of the GATT 1994, and to this end Article XI of the GATT 1994 is incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
2. The Parties understand that the GATT 1994 rights and obligations incorporated by paragraph 1 prohibit, subject to Article XI:2 of the GATT 1994, a Party from adopting or maintaining:
(a) export and import price requirements, except as permitted in enforcement of countervailing and antidumping duty orders and undertakings; or
(b) voluntary export restraints inconsistent with Article VI of the GATT 1994, as implemented under Article 18 of the SCM Agreement and Article 8.1
GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. No Party shall apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after that good has been temporarily exported from its territory to the territory of another Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether that repair or alteration could have been performed in the territory of the Party from which the good was exported for repair or alteration or has increased the value of the good.
2. Paragraph 1 does not apply to a good imported under a duty deferral program that is exported for repair or alteration and is not re-imported under a duty deferral program.
3. Notwithstanding Article
GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. In accordance with its domestic laws and regulations, neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after that good has been temporarily exported from its territory to the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether the repair or alteration:
(a) could be performed in the territory of the Party from which the good was exported for repair or alteration; or
(b) has increased the value of the good.
2. In accordance with its domestic laws and regulations, neither Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, admitted temporarily from the territory of the other Party for repair or alteration.
3. For the purposes of this Article, “repair or alteration” does not include an operation or process that:
(a) destroys a good’s essential characteristics or creates a new or commercially different good; or
(b) transforms an unfinished good into a finished good.
GOODS RE-ENTERED AFTER REPAIR OR ALTERATION. 1. No Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, that re-enters its territory after that good has been exported or temporarily removed from its territory to the territory of another Party for repair or alteration, regardless of whether such repair or alteration could be performed in its territory.
2. No Party may apply a customs duty to a good, regardless of its origin, imported temporarily from the territory of another Party for repair or alteration.
3. Re-entry under paragraph 1 and temporary admission under paragraph 2 shall take place within the time limit established in the law of the Parties.
