Right to Regulate and Levels of Protection. 1. Recognising the sovereign right of each Party, in a manner consistent with this Agreement, to establish its priorities and its levels of environmental and labour protection, and to adopt or modify accordingly its relevant laws, policies and practices, each Party shall seek to ensure that its laws, policies and practices provide for and encourage high levels of environmental and labour protection consistent with the standards, principles and agreements referred to in Articles 8.5 (International Labour Standards and Agreements) and 8.6 (Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Environmental Principles) and shall strive to further improve the level of protection provided for in those laws, policies and practices.
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Samples: Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Right to Regulate and Levels of Protection. 1. Recognising the sovereign right of each Party, in a manner consistent with subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to establish its priorities and its own levels of environmental and labour protection, and to adopt or modify accordingly its relevant domestic laws, regulations and policies and practicesaccordingly, each Party shall seek endeavour to ensure that its domestic laws, regulations, policies and practices provide for for, and encourage encourage, high levels of environmental and labour protection protection, consistent with the standards, principles and agreements referred to in Articles 8.5 7.5 (International Labour Standards and Agreements) and 8.6 7.6 (Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Environmental Principles) ), and shall strive to further improve the level levels of protection provided for in those domestic laws, policies regulations and practicespolicies.
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Samples: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement
Right to Regulate and Levels of Protection. 1. Recognising the sovereign right of each Party, in a manner consistent with subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to establish its priorities and its own levels of labour and environmental and labour protection, and to adopt or modify accordingly its relevant laws, policies rules, regulations and practicespolicies, each Party shall seek to ensure that its laws, rules, regulations, policies and or practices provide for and encourage high levels of labour and environmental and labour protection protection, consistent with the standards, principles and agreements referred to in Articles 8.5 11.5 (International Labour Standards and Agreements) and 8.6 11.6 (Multilateral Environmental Agreements and Environmental Principles) and shall strive to further improve the level of protection provided for in those laws, policies rules, regulations and practicespolicies.
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Samples: Trade Agreement