Import Licensing. 1. Each Party shall ensure that all automatic and non- automatic import licensing measures are implemented in a transparent and predictable manner, and applied in accordance with the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement.
2. Each Party shall promptly notify the other Parties of existing import licensing procedures. Thereafter, each Party shall notify the other Parties of any new import licensing procedures and any modification to its existing import licensing procedures, to the extent possible 60 days before it takes effect, but in any case no later than within 60 days of publication. The information in any notification under this Article shall be in accordance with Article 5.2 and 5.3 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement.
3. Upon request of another Party, a Party shall, promptly and to the extent possible, respond to the request of that Party for information on import licensing requirements of general application.
Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement and to this end the Import Licensing Agreement is incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. 2.
(a) Promptly after the entry into force of this Agreement, each Party shall notify the other Party of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notification shall: (i) include the information specified in Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement; and (ii) be without prejudice as to whether the import licensing procedure is consistent with this Agreement.
(b) Before applying any new or modified import licensing procedure, a Party shall publish the new procedure or modification on an official government website or in a single official journal. The Party shall do so at least 20 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect.
Import Licensing. 1. No Party may adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement.
2. Promptly after entry into force of this Agreement, each Party shall notify the other Parties of any existing import licensing procedures, and thereafter shall notify the other Parties of any new import licensing procedure and any modification to its existing import licensing procedures, within 60 days before it takes effect. A notification provided under this Article shall:
(a) include the information specified in Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement; and
(b) be without prejudice as to whether the import licensing procedure is consistent with this Agreement.
3. No Party may apply an import licensing procedure to a good of another Party unless it has provided notification in accordance with paragraph 2.
Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party may adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement.2
(a) Promptly after this Agreement enters into force, each Party shall notify the other Party of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notification shall:
Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party may adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement.2
(a) Promptly after this Agreement enters into force, each Party shall notify the other Party of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notification shall:
(i) include the information specified in Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement; and
(ii) be without prejudice as to whether the import licensing procedure is consistent with this Agreement.
(b) Before applying any new or modified import licensing procedure, a Party shall publish the new procedure or modification on an official government Internet site. To the extent possible, the Party shall do so at least 30 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect.
3. Neither Party may apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless the Party has complied with the requirements of paragraph 2 with respect to that procedure.
Import Licensing. 1. No Party may adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement.
2. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any existing import licensing procedure before the entry into force of this Agreement.
3. Each Party shall publish any new import licensing procedures and any modification to its existing import licensing procedures or list of products, whenever practicable, 21 days prior to the effective day of the requirement but in all events no later than such effective date.
4. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any other new import licensing procedures and any modifications to its existing import licensing procedures within 60 days of publication. Such publication shall be in accordance with the procedures as set out in the Import Licensing Agreement.
5. Notification provided under paragraphs 2 and 4 shall include the information specified in Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement.
Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement.
2. Promptly after this Agreement enters into force for a Party, that Party shall notify the other Parties of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6.
3. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if:
(a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement;
(b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Australia Free Trade Agreement for that Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and
(c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6.
4. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement.
5. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph 6. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, and includes in its notification any information required to be...
Import Licensing. Each Party shall ensure that import licensing regimes applied to the goods originating in the territory of the other Party are applied in accordance with the WTO Agreement, and in particular, with the provisions of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures.
Import Licensing. 1. Each Party shall ensure that all automatic and non-automatic import licensing measures are implemented in a transparent and predictable manner, and applied in accordance with the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement (Import Licensing Agreement).
2. Each Party shall promptly notify the other Party of existing import licensing procedures. Thereafter, each Party shall notify any new import licensing procedures and any modification to its existing import licensing procedures, to the extent possible 60 days before it takes effect, but in any case no later than the effective date of the licensing requirement. The information in any notification under this Article shall be in accordance with Articles 5.2 and 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement.
3. Upon request of the other Party, a Party shall provide information within 30 days on the criteria employed by its licensing authorities in granting or denying import licenses. The importing Party shall also consider publication of such criteria.
4. The consultations provided for in paragraph 4 of Article 2.10 (Non-Tariff Measures) shall include elements in non-automatic import licensing procedures that may be impeding trade.
Import Licensing. 1. Each Party shall ensure that import licensing regimes applied to goods originating in the other Party are applied in accordance with the WTO Agreement, and in particular, with the provisions of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures.
2. Neither Party shall apply import licensing to goods traded between the Parties unless such licensing is:
(a) used to administer a quantitative restriction on imports in conformity with this Agreement or with the WTO Agreement;
(b) used for purposes other than the implementation of quantitative restrictions in conformity with this Agreement, the WTO Agreement or other international obligations; or
(c) automatic within the meaning of Article 2.1 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures.
3. Promptly after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, each Party shall notify the other Party of its existing import licensing regimes and related licensing procedures. Thereafter each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedure and any modification to its existing import licensing procedures, to the extent possible 60 days before it takes effect but in any case no later than the effective date of the licensing procedure. A notification provided in accordance with this Article shall include the information specified in paragraphs 2 through 4 of Article 5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures.
4. Each Party shall answer within 30 days all reasonable enquiries from the other Party with regard to criteria employed by its respective licensing authorities in granting or denying import licences.
