Common use of Scope and General Provisions Clause in Contracts

Scope and General Provisions. 1. This Chapter addresses legislative and other measures of the authorities of the territories represented by the Parties to prevent and combat bribery and corruption in any matter affecting international trade and investment.2 2. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of preventing and combatting bribery and corruption in matters affecting international trade and investment. 3. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the need to build integrity within both the public and private sectors and that each sector has complementary responsibilities in this regard. 4. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of regional and multilateral initiatives to prevent and combat bribery and corruption in matters affecting international trade and investment and, through its Designated Representative, commits to work jointly with the other Party, through its Designated Representative, to encourage and support appropriate initiatives to prevent and combat such bribery and corruption. 5. The Parties, through their Designated Representatives, recognize that the respective competent anticorruption authorities of the territories represented by the Parties have established working relationships in many bilateral and multilateral forums and that cooperation under this Chapter can enhance joint efforts in those forums and help produce outcomes that prevent and combat bribery and corruption in matters affecting international trade and investment. 6. AIT, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the obligations of the authorities of the territory that it represents under the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), done at New York October 31, 2003. TECRO, through its Designated Representative, 2 For AIT, this Chapter does not apply to conduct outside the jurisdiction of federal criminal law of the territory that AIT represents and, to the extent that an obligation involves preventive measures, shall apply only to those measures covered by federal law governing federal, state, and local officials of the authorities of the territory that AIT represents. recognizes the obligations of the authorities of the territory that it represents under the May 20, 2015 Act to Implement United Nations Convention Against Corruption. 7. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the obligations of the authorities of the territory that it represents to conduct public procurement in a transparent and impartial manner under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement, done at Marrakesh, April 15, 1994, as amended, March 30, 2012. 8. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of preventing and combating bribery and corruption in the context of labor law implementation and enforcement and that corruption increases the particular vulnerability of migrant workers with respect to labor protections and internationally recognized labor rights. To this end, each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall adopt or maintain measures to eliminate the charging of recruitment fees and related costs to migrant workers. 9. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of preventing and combating bribery and corruption by promoting transparency and strengthening environmental governance and enforcement, with a view to enhancing efforts to combat environmental degradation.

Scope and General Provisions. 1. This Chapter addresses legislative and other measures of the authorities of the territories represented by the Parties to prevent and combat bribery and corruption in any matter affecting international trade and investment.2 2. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of preventing and combatting bribery and corruption in matters affecting international trade and investment. 3. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the need to build integrity within both the public and private sectors and that each sector has complementary responsibilities in this regard. 4. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of regional and multilateral initiatives to prevent and combat bribery and corruption in matters affecting international trade and investment and, through its Designated Representative, commits to work jointly with the other Party, through its Designated Representative, to encourage and support appropriate initiatives to prevent and combat such bribery and corruption. 5. The Parties, through their Designated Representatives, recognize that the respective competent anticorruption authorities of the territories represented by the Parties have established working relationships in many bilateral and multilateral forums and that cooperation under this Chapter can enhance joint efforts in those forums and help produce outcomes that prevent and combat bribery and corruption in matters affecting international trade and investment. 6. AIT, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the obligations of the authorities of the territory that it represents under the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), done at New York York, October 31, 2003. TECRO, through its Designated Representative, 2 For AIT, this Chapter does not apply to conduct outside the jurisdiction of federal criminal law of the territory that AIT represents and, to the extent that an obligation involves preventive measures, shall apply only to those measures covered by federal law governing federal, state, and local officials of the authorities of the territory that AIT represents. Representative, recognizes the obligations of the authorities of the territory that it represents under the May 20, 2015 Act to Implement United Nations Convention Against Corruption. 7. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the obligations of the authorities of the territory that it represents to conduct public procurement in a transparent and impartial manner under the World Trade Organization WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, done at Marrakesh, April 15, 1994, as amended, March 30, 2012. 8. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of preventing and combating bribery and corruption in the context of labor law implementation and enforcement and that corruption increases the particular vulnerability of migrant workers with respect to labor protections and internationally recognized labor rights. To this end, each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall adopt or maintain measures to eliminate the charging of recruitment fees and related costs to migrant workers. 9. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of preventing and combating bribery and corruption by promoting transparency and strengthening environmental governance and enforcement, with a view to enhancing efforts to combat environmental degradation.

Scope and General Provisions. 1. This Chapter addresses legislative and other measures of the authorities of the territories represented by the Parties to prevent and combat bribery and corruption in any matter affecting international trade and investment.2 2. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of preventing and combatting bribery and corruption in matters affecting international trade and investment. 3. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the need to build integrity within both the public and private sectors and that each sector has complementary responsibilities in this regard. 4. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of regional and multilateral initiatives to prevent and combat bribery and corruption in matters affecting international trade and investment and, through its Designated Representative, commits to work jointly with the other Party, through its Designated Representative, to encourage and support appropriate initiatives to prevent and combat such bribery and corruption. 5. The Parties, through their Designated Representatives, recognize that the respective competent anticorruption authorities of the territories represented by the Parties have established working relationships in many bilateral and multilateral forums and that cooperation under this Chapter can enhance joint efforts in those forums and help produce outcomes that prevent and combat bribery and corruption in matters affecting international trade and investment. 6. AIT, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the obligations of the authorities of the territory that it represents under the United Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC), done at New York York, October 31, 2003. TECRO, through its Designated Representative, 2 For AIT, this Chapter does not apply to conduct outside the jurisdiction of federal criminal law of the territory that AIT represents and, to the extent that an obligation involves preventive measures, shall apply only to those measures covered by federal law governing federal, state, and local officials of the authorities of the territory that AIT represents. Representative, recognizes the obligations of the authorities of the territory that it represents under the May 20, 2015 Act to Implement United Nations Convention Against Corruption. 7. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the obligations of the authorities of the territory that it represents to conduct public procurement in a transparent and impartial manner under the World Trade Organization Agreement on Government Procurement, done at Marrakesh, April 15, 1994, as amended, March 30, 2012. 8. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of preventing and combating bribery and corruption in the context of labor law implementation and enforcement and that corruption increases the particular vulnerability of migrant workers with respect to labor protections and internationally recognized labor rights. To this end, each Party, through its Designated Representative, shall adopt or maintain measures to eliminate the charging of recruitment fees and related costs to migrant workers. 9. Each Party, through its Designated Representative, recognizes the importance of preventing and combating bribery and corruption by promoting transparency and strengthening environmental governance and enforcement, with a view to enhancing efforts to combat environmental degradation.