Import Licensing Procedures. 1. Each Party shall ensure that all automatic and non-automatic import licensing procedures are implemented in a transparent and predictable manner, and applied in accordance with the Import Licensing Agreement. No Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement.
2. Each Party shall, promptly after the date of entry into force of this Agreement for that Party, notify the other Parties of its existing import licensing procedures. The notification shall include the information specified in paragraph 2 of Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this paragraph if:
(a) it has notified the procedures to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement (hereinafter referred to as “WTO Committee on Import Licensing” in this Chapter), together with the information specified in paragraph 2 of Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement; and
(b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of this Agreement for that Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to those existing import licensing procedures, the information requested in that questionnaire.
3. Each Party shall notify the other Parties of any new import licensing procedure and any modification it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, to the extent possible 30 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. A notification provided under this paragraph shall include the information specified in Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this paragraph 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 paragraph 1, 2, or 3 of Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement.
4. Before applying any new or modified import licensing procedure, a Party shall publish the new procedure or modification on an official government website. To the extent possible, the Party shall do so at least 21 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect.
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Import Licensing Procedures. 1. Each Member State shall ensure that all automatic and nonautomatic import licensing procedures are implemented in a transparent and predictable manner, and applied in accordance with the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures as contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement.
2. Promptly after entry into force of this Agreement, each Member State shall notify the other Member States of any existing import licensing procedures. Thereafter, each Member State shall notify the other Member States of any new import licensing procedure and any modification to its existing import licensing procedures, to the extent possible sixty (60) days before it takes effect, but in any case no later than the effective date of the licensing requirement. A notification provided under this Article shall include the information specified in Article 5 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures as contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement.
3. Each Member State shall answer within sixty (60) days all reasonable enquiries from another Member State with regard to the criteria employed by its respective licensing authorities in granting or denying import licences. The importing Member State shall also consider publication of such criteria.
4. Elements in non-automatic import licensing procedures that are found to be impeding trade shall be identified, with a view to remove such barriers, and to the extent possible work towards automatic import licensing procedures.
Import Licensing Procedures. No Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the WTO Agreement On Import Licensing Procedures (hereinafter referred to as the "Import Licensing Agreement") which is incorporated into and made an integral part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
Import Licensing Procedures. A 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 Import Licensing Agreement.
Import Licensing Procedures. 1. The Parties affirm their rights and obligations under the Import Licensing Agreement.
2. Each Party shall notify the other Party of its existing import licensing procedures, including the legal basis and the relevant official website, within 30 days of the entry into force of this Agreement unless they were already notified or provided under Article 5 or paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Import Licensing Agreement. The notification shall contain the same information as referred to in Article 5 or paragraph 3 of Article 7 of the Import Licensing Agreement.
3. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any introduction or modification of any import licensing procedure which it intends to adopt no later than 45 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide such notification later than 60 days following the date of the publication of the introduction or modification unless this was already notified in accordance with Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement. The notification shall contain the same information as referred to in Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement.
4. Each Party shall publish on an official website any information that it is required to publish under subparagraph 4(a) of Article 1 of the Import Licensing Agreement.
5. Upon request of a Party, the other Party shall respond within 60 days to a reasonable enquiry regarding any import licensing procedure which it intends to adopt or has adopted or maintained, as well as the criteria for granting or for allocating import licenses, including the eligibility of persons, firms, and institutions to make such an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the import licensing requirement.
6. The Parties shall introduce and administer import licensing procedures in accordance with:
(a) paragraphs 1 to 9 of Article 1 of the Import Licensing Agreement;
(b) Article 2 of the Import Licensing Agreement; and
Import Licensing Procedures. 1. Each Party shall adopt and administer any import licensing procedures in accordance with Articles 1 to 3 of the Import Licensing Agreement. To that end, Articles 1 to 3 of the Import Licensing Agreement are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
2. A Party that adopts a new import licensing procedure or modifies an existing import licensing procedure, shall notify the other Party of such adoption or modification without delay and in any event no later than 60 days after the date of the publication of the relevant procedure. The notification shall include the information specified in Article 5(2) of the Import Licensing Agreement. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this notification obligation if it notifies the adoption of a new import licensing procedure, or a modification of an existing import licensing procedure, to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing established by Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement, including the information specified in Article 5(2) of that Agreement.
3. Upon request of a Party, the other Party shall promptly provide any relevant information, including the information specified in Article 5(2) of the Import Licensing Agreement, regarding any import licensing procedure that it intends to adopt or that it maintains as well as any modification of an existing import licensing procedure.
4. If a Party denies an application for an import licence with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request, and within a reasonable period of time after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written explanation of the reason for the denial.
Import Licensing Procedures. 1. Each Party shall adopt and administer any import licensing procedures in accordance with Articles 1 to 3 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures. To this end, Articles 1 to 3 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
2. A Party that institutes licensing procedures, or changes to existing licensing procedures, shall notify the other Party of such within [60] days of publication. The notification shall include the information specified in Article 5(2) of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this provision if it has notified the relevant import licensing procedure, or any modifications thereof, to the Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement, including the information specified in Article 5(2) of that Agreement.
3. Upon request of a Party, the other Party shall promptly provide any relevant information, including the information specified in Article 5(2) of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, regarding any import licensing procedure that it intends to adopt, has adopted or maintains, or changes to existing licensing procedures.
Import Licensing Procedures. 1. The Parties affirm their existing rights and obligations under the Import Licensing Agreement.
2. The Parties shall introduce and administer any import licensing procedures in accordance with:
(a) paragraphs 1 through 9 of Article 1 of the Import Licensing Agreement;
(b) Article 2 of the Import Licensing Agreement; and (c) Article 3 of the Import Licensing Agreement. To this end, the provisions referred to in subparagraphs (a) through (c) are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
3. The Parties shall ensure that all importing licensing procedures are neutral in application and administered in a fair, equitable, non-discriminatory, and transparent manner.
4. Each Party shall respond within 30 days after the date of receipt of an enquiry from the other Party regarding:
(a) any licensing procedures which the Party has adopted or maintained; or
(b) the criteria for granting or allocating import licenses. For greater clarity, the enquiry and response shall be made through the contact points designated pursuant to subparagraph 3(f) of Article 2.15 (Committee on Trade in Goods).
Import Licensing Procedures. Each Party shall adopt and administer any import licensing procedures in accordance with Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures. To that end, Articles 1, 2 and 3 of the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
Import Licensing Procedures. 1. The Parties affirm their existing rights and obligations under the Import Licensing Agreement. 1 A net food-importing country is any developing country Member of the WTO which was a net importer of basic foodstuffs in any three years of the most recent five-year period for which data are available and which notifies the Committee on Agriculture of the WTO of its decision to be listed as a Net Food-Importing Developing Country for the purposes of the Decision on Measures Concerning the Possible Negative Effects of the Reform Programme on Least-Developed and Net Food-Importing Developing Countries.
2. The Parties shall introduce and administer any import licensing procedures in accordance with:
(a) paragraphs 1 through 9 of Article 1 of the Import Licensing Agreement;
(b) Article 2 of the Import Licensing Agreement; and
