Multilateral environmental agreements Sample Clauses
Multilateral environmental agreements. 1. The Parties recognize the value of international environmental governance and agreements as a response of the international community to global or regional environmental problems and they commit to consulting and cooperating as appropriate with respect to negotiations on trade-related environmental issues of mutual interest.
2. The Parties shall comply with their obligations under the multilateral environmental agreements to which both Parties are parties. 3. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a Party from adopting measures to comply with the multilateral environmental agreements to which that Party is a party, provided those measures are not applied in a discriminatory and arbitrary manner and do not constitute an unjustifiable barrier to trade.
Multilateral environmental agreements. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, done at Washington on 3 March 1973, as amended on 22 June 1979.
Multilateral environmental agreements. 1. The Parties recognise the value of international environmental governance and agreements as a response of the international community to global or regional environmental problems and they commit to consulting and cooperating as appropriate with respect to negotiations on trade-related environmental issues of mutual interest.
2. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to the effective implementation in their laws and practices of the multilateral environmental agreements to which they are party.
3. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to reaching the ultimate objective of the
Multilateral environmental agreements. 1. The Parties recognise the value of international environmental governance and agreements as a response of the international community to global or regional environmental problems and they commit to consulting and cooperating as appropriate with respect to negotiations on trade-related environmental issues of mutual interest.
2. The Parties reaffirm their commitments to the effective implemen- tation in their laws and practices of the multilateral environmental agreements to which they are party.
3. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to reaching the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and its Kyoto Protocol. They commit to cooperating on the development of the future international climate change framework in accordance with the Bali Action Plan (1).
(1) UNFCCC Decision-1/CP.13 adopted by the thirteenth session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Multilateral environmental agreements. 1. The Parties recognise the value of multilateral environmental governance and agreements as a response of the international community to environmental challenges and stress the need to enhance the mutual supportiveness between trade and environment. The Parties shall consult and cooperate, as appropriate, with respect to trade-related environmental issues of mutual interest.
2. Each Party reaffirms its commitment to effectively implement in its domestic law and practice the multilateral environmental agreements to which it is party.
3. The Parties shall exchange in the Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development and, as appropriate, on other occasions, information and experiences on their respective situation and progress with regard to the ratification of multilateral environmental agreements or their amendments.
4. Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent a Party from adopting or maintaining measures to implement the multilateral environmental agreements to which it is a party, provided that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties or a disguised restriction on trade.
Multilateral environmental agreements. The Parties recognize that the multilateral environmental agreements to which they are party play an important role, at the global and national levels, in protecting the environment and that their respective implementation is critical to achieving the environmental objectives of those agreements. Accordingly, each Party affirms its commitment to implement the multilateral environmental agreements to which it is a party.
Multilateral environmental agreements. 1. The Parties recognize that multilateral environmental agreements (hereinafter referred to as "MEAs") play an important role globally and domestically in protecting the environment. The Parties further recognize that this Chapter can contribute to realizing the goals of such agreements.
2. The Parties commit to consulting and cooperating as appropriate with respect to negotiations in the MEAs to which both Parties are party on trade-related environmental issues of mutual interest.
3. The Parties reaffirm their commitments to the effective implementation in their laws and practices of the MEAs to which both Parties are party.
Multilateral environmental agreements. 1. The Parties reaffirm their adherence to the principles reflected in the international environmental instruments referred to in Article 11.
2. The Parties reaffirm their commitment to implement the multilateral environmental agreements to which they are a party.
Multilateral environmental agreements. 1. The Parties stress the importance of multilateral environmental agreements, in particular those to which both Parties are party, as a means of multilateral environmental governance for the international community to address global or regional environmental challenges. The Parties further stress the importance of achieving mutual supportiveness between trade and environment. In this context, the Parties shall exchange views and information on trade-related environmental matters of mutual interest in the meetings of the Committee on Trade and Sustainable Development, and as appropriate in other fora.
2. Each Party reaffirms its commitment to effectively implement in its laws, regulations and practices the multilateral environmental agreements to which it is party.
3. Each Party shall exchange information with the other Party on its respective situation and advancements regarding ratification, acceptance or approval of, or accession to, multilateral environmental agreements, including their amendments, which each Party considers appropriate to be bound by, as well as implementation of such agreements.
4. The Parties recognise the importance of achieving the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, done at New York on 9 May 1992 (hereinafter referred to as "UNFCCC"), in order to address the urgent threat of climate change, and the role of trade to that end. The Parties reaffirm their commitments to effectively implement the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement, done at Paris on 12 December 2015 by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC at its 21st session. The Parties shall cooperate to promote the positive contribution of trade to the transition to low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development. The Parties commit to working together to take actions to address climate change towards achieving the ultimate objective of the UNFCCC and the purpose of the Paris Agreement.
5. Nothing in this Agreement prevents a Party from adopting or maintaining measures to implement the multilateral environmental agreements to which it is party, provided that such measures are not applied in a manner that would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination against the other Party or a disguised restriction on trade.
Multilateral environmental agreements. 1. The Parties recognise the value of international environmental governance and agreements as a response of the international community to global or regional environmental problems and stress the need to enhance the mutual supportiveness between trade and environment policies, rules, and measures.
2. Each Party reaffirms its commitment to effectively implement in its law and practices, in its whole territory, the multilateral environmental agreements to which it is party.
3. The Parties commit to consult and cooperate as appropriate with respect to environmental issues of mutual interest related to multilateral environmental agreements, and in particular, trade‑related issues. This commitment includes exchanging information on:
(a) the implementation of multilateral environmental agreements, to which a Party is party;
(b) on‑going negotiations of new multilateral environmental agreements; and
(c) each Party's respective views on becoming a party to additional multilateral environmental agreements.
4. The Parties acknowledge their right to use Article 28.3 (General exceptions) in relation to environmental measures, including those taken pursuant to multilateral environmental agreements to which they are party.