Scope and Definition. (a) This Annex applies to measures affecting the supply of financial services. Reference to the supply of a financial service in this Annex shall mean the supply of a service as defined in paragraph 2 of Article I of the Agreement.
(b) For the purposes of subparagraph 3(b) of Article I of the Agreement, "services supplied in the exercise of governmental authority" means the following:
(i) activities conducted by a central bank or monetary authority or by any other public entity in pursuit of monetary or exchange rate policies;
(ii) activities forming part of a statutory system of social security or public retirement plans; and
(iii) other activities conducted by a public entity for the account or with the guarantee or using the financial resources of the Government.
(c) For the purposes of subparagraph 3(b) of Article I of the Agreement, if a Member allows any of the activities referred to in subparagraphs (b)(ii) or (b)(iii) of this paragraph to be conducted by its financial service suppliers in competition with a public entity or a financial service supplier, "services" shall include such activities.
(d) Subparagraph 3(c) of Article I of the Agreement shall not apply to services covered by this Annex.
Scope and Definition. 1. This Agreement applies to measures by Members affecting trade in services.
2. For the purposes of this Agreement, trade in services is defined as the supply of a service:
(a) from the territory of one Member into the territory of any other Member;
(b) in the territory of one Member to the service consumer of any other Member;
(c) by a service supplier of one Member, through commercial presence in the territory of any other Member;
(d) by a service supplier of one Member, through presence of natural persons of a Member in the territory of any other Member.
3. For the purposes of this Agreement:
Scope and Definition. The Collective Agreement shall govern the relationship in respect of the major capital facilities as part of the Project, except as is modified by this Agreement.
1.01 This Agreement shall be attached to and form part of each of the referenced Provincial Construction Collective Agreements between the respective registered employers’ organizations and groups of trade unions. This Agreement shall only apply in respect of Employers and employees engaged in General Sector of the construction industry.
2.01 This Agreement is intended to cover Capital Works undertaken as part of the Project. Capital Works are set out in Schedule 6, which schedule shall be amended and updated from time to time in consultation with the Owner. This Agreement does not apply to work which is not “construction” work and does not apply to exploration or related works at or near the Project.
Scope and Definition. 1. The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures as defined in the WTO TBT Agreement and to sanitary and phytosanitary measures (hereinafter SPS measures) as defined in the WTO SPS Agreement, in so far as they affect trade between the Parties.
2. For the purposes of this Chapter, unless specified otherwise, the definitions used by the WTO TBT and SPS Agreements, the CODEX Alimentarius, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and the World Animal Health Organisation shall apply, including where reference is made to "products" in this chapter.
Scope and Definition. A grievance is an allegation or complaint that there has been a violation, misinterpretation or misapplication of the terms and conditions of this Agreement. Upon completion of the pre- grievance process, a grievance may be filed by the Association or a Bargaining Unit Employee. No reprisal of any kind will be taken against any party or participant in the grievance procedure.
Scope and Definition. 1. All measures in Annex 1 and Annex 2 to this Agreement apply to trade in services between the Mainland and Hong Kong.
2. Trade in services referred to in this Agreement means:
(i) the supply of a service from the area of one side into the area of the other side;
(ii) the supply of a service in the area of one side to the service consumer of the other side;
(iii) the supply of a service by a service supplier of one side, through commercial presence in the area of the other side;
(iv) the supply of a service by a service supplier of one side, through presence of natural persons of one side in the area of the other side. Sub-paragraphs (i), (ii) and (iv) above shall collectively be referred to as cross-border services.
3. For the purposes of this Agreement:
Scope and Definition. A rticle I Scope and Definition
1. This Agreement applies to measures by Members affecting trade in services.
2. For the purposes of this Agreement, trade in services is defined as the supply of a service:
(a) from the territory of one Member into the territory of any other Member;
(b) in the territory of one Member to the service consumer of any other Member;
(c) by a service supplier of one Member, through commercial presence in the territory of any other Member;
(d) by a service supplier of one Member, through presence of natural persons of a Member in the territory of any other Member.
3. For the purposes of this Agreement:
Scope and Definition. 1. 00 In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms have the meaning set out below:
Scope and Definition. A. An action based on unacceptable performance is defined as the reduction in grade or removal of an employee whose performance fails to meet established performance standards in one or more critical elements of the employee's position.
B. This Article applies only to bargaining unit employees who have completed their probationary or trial period.
Scope and Definition. A. An action based on unacceptable performance is defined as the reduction in grade or removal, which, for the purpose of this article, is Management’s response to an employee’s failure to meet established performance standards in one or more critical elements of the employee’s position at the fully-successful level (FS) as defined in the performance plan.
B. Conduct and performance management problems may coincide, but they are distinct issues. Misconduct is treated in Article 18 (Disciplinary and Adverse Ac- tions) of this Agreement.
C. This article applies only to bargaining unit employees who have completed their probationary or trial period.
D. As an alternative to a reduction in grade or removal based on unacceptable performance, the parties may mutually agree to reassign an employee to another position in lieu of removal or demotion.
E. The provisions of this article shall be applied fairly, equitably, and in a non- discriminatory manner.
