Publication and Administration of Trade Sample Clauses

Publication and Administration of Trade. Regulations 1. Laws, regulations, judicial decisions and administrative rulings of general application, made effective by any contracting party, pertaining to the classification or the valuation of products for customs purposes, or to rates of duty, taxes or other charges, or to requirements, restrictions or prohibitions on imports or exports or on the transfer of payments therefor, or affecting their sale, distribution, transportation, insurance, warehousing inspection, exhibition, processing, mixing or other use, shall be published promptly in such a manner as to enable governments and traders to become acquainted with them. Agreements affecting international trade policy which are in force between the government or a governmental agency of any contracting party and the government or governmental agency of any other contracting party shall also be published. The provisions of this paragraph shall not require any contracting party to disclose confidential information which would impede law enforcement or otherwise be contrary to the public interest or would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of particular enterprises, public or private. 2. No measure of general application taken by any contracting party effecting an advance in a rate of duty or other charge on imports under an established and uniform practice, or imposing a new or more burdensome requirement, restriction or prohibition on imports, or on the transfer of payments therefor, shall be enforced before such measure has been officially published. (a) Each contracting party shall administer in a uniform, impartial and reasonable manner all its laws, regulations, decisions and rulings of the kind described in paragraph 1 of this Article. (b) Each contracting party shall maintain, or institute as soon as practicable, judicial, arbitral or administrative tribunals or procedures for the purpose, inter alia, of the prompt review and correction of administrative action relating to customs matters. Such tribunals or procedures shall be independent of the agencies entrusted with administrative enforcement and their decisions shall be implemented by, and shall govern the practice of, such agencies unless an appeal is lodged with a court or tribunal of superior jurisdiction within the time prescribed for appeals to be lodged by importers; Provided that the central administration of such agency may take steps to obtain a review of the matter in another proceeding if there is good cause to believe ...

Publication and Administration of Trade. Regulations 1. Laws, regulations, judicial decisions and administrative rulings of general application, made effective by any Party, pertaining to the classification or the valuation of products for customs purposes, or to rates of duty, taxes or other charges, or to requirements, restrictions or prohibitions on imports or exports or on the transfer of payments therefor, or affecting their sale, distribution, transportation, insurance, warehousing, inspection, exhibition, processing, mixing or other use, shall be published promptly in such a manner as to enable governments and traders to become acquainted with them. 2. Agreements affecting international trade policy which are in force between the government or a governmental agency of any Party and the government or governmental agency of any other country shall also be published. 3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not require any Party to disclose confidential information which would impede law enforcement or otherwise be contrary to the public interest or would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of particular enterprises, public or private. 4. No measure of general application taken by any Party effecting an advance in a rate of duty or other charge on imports under an established and uniform practice, or imposing a new or more burdensome requirement, restriction or prohibition on imports, or on the transfer of payments for those purposes, shall be enforced before such measure has been officially published. 5. Each Party shall administer in a uniform, impartial and reasonable manner all its laws, regulations, decisions and rulings of the kind described in paragraph 1. 6. To these ends, Article X of GATT 1994 and other provisions of the WTO Agreement relating to the publication and administration of trade regulations are incorporated into and shall form part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. 7. In accordance with its domestic laws and regulations, each Party shall, to the extent of its capacity, make available online laws, regulations, decisions and rulings in relation to matters within the purview of paragraphs 1, 2 and 4. 8. Each Party shall thereafter, to the extent of its capacity, ensure that all items of information that are publically available pursuant to paragraphs 1, 2, 4 and 7 are kept up-to- date in accordance with those paragraphs.

Publication and Administration of Trade. Regulations 1. Article X of GATT 1994 is incorporated into and shall form part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. 2. In accordance with its internal law and to the extent possible, each Party shall make its laws, regulations, decisions and rulings of the kind referred to in paragraph 1 available on the internet.