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 environmental and labour laws to this end.

Appears in 12 contracts

Sources: Economic Partnership Agreement, Economic Partnership Agreement, Economic Partnership Agreement

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 environmental en- vironmental and labour laws to this end.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Economic Partnership Agreement, Economic Partnership Agreement

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 environmental en­ vironmental and labour laws to this end.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Economic Partnership Agreement, Economic Partnership Agreement

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 or, persistently fail to effectively enforce, enforce its environmental and labour laws to this end.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Economic Partnership Agreement