Security and General Exceptions. 1. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a Party from taking any action or not disclosing any information that it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests relating to the procurement of arms, ammunition or war materials, or to procurement indispensable for national security or for national defence purposes.
2. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner that would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on trade between the Parties, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a Party from imposing or enforcing measures:
(a) necessary to protect public morals, order or safety;
(b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;
(c) necessary to protect intellectual property; or
(d) relating to goods or services of persons with disabilities, philanthropic institutions, or prison labour.
Security and General Exceptions. 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed:
(a) to require a Party to furnish any information the disclosure of which it considers contrary to its essential security interests;
(b) to prevent a Party from taking any action which it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests:
(i) relating to fissionable and fusionable materials or the materials from which they are derived;
(ii) relating to the traffic in arms, ammunition and implements of war and to such traffic in other goods and materials as is carried on directly or indirectly for the purpose of supplying a military establishment;
(iii) relating to the supply of services as carried out directly or indirectly for the purpose of provisioning a military establishment;
(iv) relating to the procurement of arms, ammunition or war materials, or to procurement indispensable for national security or for national defence purposes; or
(v) taken in time of war or other emergency within that Party or in international relations; or
(c) to prevent a Party from taking any action in pursuance of its obligations under the United Nations Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security.
2. In the application of paragraph 1 above, the relevant interpretations and operation of the WTO Agreement shall, where appropriate, be taken into account.
3. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a Party from taking any action necessary to protect communications infrastructure of critical importance from unlawful acts against such infrastructure.
Security and General Exceptions. 1. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a Party from taking any action or not disclosing any information that it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests relating to the procurement of arms, ammunition, or war materials, or to procurement indispensable for national security or for national defence purposes.
2. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner that would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on trade between the Parties, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a Party from imposing maintaining or enforcing measures:
(a) necessary to protect public morals, order or safety;
(b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;
(c) necessary to protect intellectual property; or
(d) relating to goods or services of persons with disabilities, philanthropic institutions, or prison labour.
3. Subparagraph 2(b) includes environmental measures such as measures for the conservation of natural resources, necessary to protect human, animal, or plant life or health.
Security and General Exceptions. 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as preventing a Party from taking any action or not disclosing any information that it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests relating to the procurement of arms, ammunition or war materials, or to procurement indispensable for national security or for national defence purposes.
2. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a disguised restriction on international trade, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as preventing a Party from imposing or enforcing measures:
(a) necessary to protect public morals, order or safety;
(b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;
(c) necessary to protect intellectual property; or
(d) relating to goods or services of persons with disabilities, philanthropic institutions, non-profit institutions carrying out philanthropic activities, or prison labour.
Security and General Exceptions. 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent any Party from taking any action or not disclosing any information that it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests relating to the procurement of arms, ammunition or war materials, or to procurement indispensable for national security or for national defence purposes.
2. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner that would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between Parties where the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on international trade, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent any Party from imposing or enforcing measures:
a. necessary to protect public morals, order or safety;
b. necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;
c. necessary to protect intellectual property; or
d. relating to goods or services of persons with disabilities, philanthropic institutions or prison labour.
Security and General Exceptions. 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent any Party from taking any action or not disclosing any information that it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests relating to the procurement of arms, ammunition or war materials, or to procurement indispensable for national security or for national defense purposes.
2. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner that would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on trade between the Parties, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a Party from imposing or enforcing measures:
(a) necessary to protect public morals, order or safety;
(b) necessary to protect human, animal, or plant life or health;
(c) necessary to protect intellectual property; or
(d) relating to goods or services of persons with disabilities, philanthropic institutions, or prison labor.
3. The Parties understand that paragraph 2(b) includes environmental measures necessary to protect human, animal, or plant life or health.
Security and General Exceptions. 1. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a Party from taking any action or from not disclosing any information that it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests relating to the procurement:
(a) of arms, ammunition or war material;
(b) indispensable for national security; or
(c) for national defence purposes.
2. Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner that would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between the Parties where the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on trade between the Parties, nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a Party from imposing or enforcing measures:
(a) necessary to protect public morals, order or safety;
(b) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health;
(c) necessary to protect intellectual property; or
(d) relating to goods or services of persons with disabilities, of philanthropic institutions or of prison labour.
Security and General Exceptions. Nothing in this Chapter prevents a Party from taking action or not disclosing information that it considers necessary for the protection of its essential security interests relating to procurement:
Security and General Exceptions. 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed:
Security and General Exceptions. 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed: (a) to require a Party to furnish any information thedisclosure of which it considers contrary to itsessential security interests; (b) to prevent a Party from taking any action whichit considers necessary for the protection of itsessential security interests: (i) relating to fissionable and fusionablematerials or the materials from which theyare derived; (ii) relating to the traffic in arms, ammunitionand implements of war and to such traffic inother goods and materials as is carried ondirectly or indirectly for the purpose ofsupplying a military establishment; (iii) relating to the supply of services ascarried out directly or indirectly for thepurpose of provisioning a militaryestablishment; (iv) relating to the procurement of arms,ammunition or war materials, or toprocurement indispensable for nationalsecurity or for national defence purposes;or (v) taken in time of war or other emergencywithin that Party or in internationalrelations; or (c) to prevent a Party from taking any action inpursuance of its obligations under the UnitedNations Charter for the maintenance of international peace and security.
2. In the application of paragraph 1 above, the relevantinterpretations and operation of the WTO Agreement shall,where appropriate, be taken into account.
3. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed toprevent a Party from taking any action necessary to protectcommunications infrastructure of critical importance fromunlawful acts against such infrastructure.
