Common use of Right to Regulate and Levels of Protection Clause in Contracts

Right to Regulate and Levels of Protection. 1. The Parties recognise the right of each Party to establish its own levels of domestic environmental and labour protection, and to adopt or modify accordingly its relevant laws and policies, consistently with internationally recognised standards and agreements to which they are a party. 2. The Parties reaffirm the importance of protection as afforded in domestic labour and environmental laws. 3. Recognising that it is inappropriate to encourage trade or investment by weakening or reducing domestic levels of labour and environmental protection, a Party shall not derogate from, or persistently fail to effectively enforce, its en­ vironmental and labour laws to this end.

Right to Regulate and Levels of Protection. 1. The Parties recognise the right of each Party to establish its own levels of domestic environmental and labour protection, and to adopt or modify accordingly its relevant laws and policies, consistently with internationally recognised standards and agreements to which they are a party. 2. The Parties reaffirm the importance of protection as afforded in domestic labour and environmental laws. 3. Recognising that it is inappropriate to encourage trade or investment by weakening or reducing domestic levels of labour and environmental protection, a Party shall not derogate from, or persistently fail to effectively enforce, its en­ en- vironmental and labour laws to this end.