Tariff Elimination. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither Party may increase any existing customs duty, or adopt a new customs duty, on an originating good.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall progressively eliminate its customs duties on originating goods in accordance with the Tariff Elimination Schedule established in Annex III.04.2.
3. Upon the request of any Party, the Parties shall consult to consider the possibility of accelerating the elimination of customs duties set out in Annex III.04.2 or incorporating into one Party’s Tariff Elimination Schedule goods not subject to the elimination schedule. An agreement between the Parties to accelerate the elimination of a customs duty on a good or to include a good in a Party’s elimination schedule shall supersede any duty rate or staging category determined pursuant to their Schedules for such good when approved by each such Party in accordance with its applicable legal procedures.
4. The agreement adopted based on paragraph 3, regarding the accelerated elimination of a customs duty for an originating good, shall prevail over any customs duty or tariff elimination schedule set out in the Annexes to this Article.
5. Notwithstanding paragraphs 1 and 2, any Party may maintain or increase a customs duty as authorised by the Dispute Settlement Understanding of the WTO, or any other agreement under the WTO Agreement.
6. Originating goods produced in free trade zones in the territory of a Party shall be subject to the most favoured nation treatment (MFN tariff) when imported into the territory of the other Party, except for the products included in Annex III.04.6, which shall benefit from the Tariff Elimination Schedule.
7. The Parties agree that, from the date of entry into force of this Agreement, and in accordance with the functions assigned to the Joint Council in Article I.06.8(a), upon request of either Party, the Joint Council may meet with the purpose of including other goods into Annex III.04.6.
Tariff Elimination. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither Party may increase any existing customs duty, or adopt any new customs duty, on an originating good.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall progressively eliminate its customs duties on originating goods, in accordance with its Schedule to Annex 2-B.
3. On the request of either Party, the Parties shall consult to consider accelerating the elimination of customs duties set out in their Schedules to Annex 2-B. An agreement by the Parties to accelerate the elimination of a customs duty on a good shall supercede any duty rate or staging category determined pursuant to their Schedules to Annex 2-B for that good when approved by each Party in accordance with its applicable legal procedures.
4. For greater certainty, a Party may:
(a) raise a customs duty back to the level established in its Schedule to Annex 2-B following a unilateral reduction; or
(b) maintain or increase a customs duty as authorized by the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO.
Tariff Elimination. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither Party may increase any existing customs duty, or adopt any customs duty, on an originating good.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall progressively eliminate its customs duties on originating goods in accordance with its Schedule in Annex 3-B.
3. If a Party reduces its applied most-favoured-nation import duty rate after the entry into force of this Agreement and before the end of the tariff elimination period, the tariff elimination schedule of that Party shall apply to the reduced rate.
4. On the request of either Party, the Parties shall consult to consider accelerating the elimination of customs duties set out in their Schedules in Annex 3-B. An agreement between the Parties to accelerate the elimination of a customs duty on a good shall supersede any duty rate or staging category determined pursuant to their Schedules in Annex 3-B for such good following discussion by the Committee on Trade in Goods and when approved by each Party in accordance with Article 20.1.3(e) (Joint FTA Committee – Institutional Arrangements Chapter).
5. A Party may at any time accelerate unilaterally the elimination of customs duties on originating goods of the other Party set out in its Schedule in Annex 3-B. A Party considering this shall inform the other Party as early as practicable before the new rate of customs duty takes effect.
Tariff Elimination. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall progressively eliminate its import customs duties on goods originating in the territory of another Party in accordance with Annex 1.
2. If a Party reduces its applied most favored nation import customs duty rate after the entry into force of this Agreement and before the end of the tariff elimination period, the tariff elimination schedule (Schedule) of that Party shall apply to the reduced rate.
Tariff Elimination. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall eliminate its customs duties on originating textile and apparel goods in accordance with its Schedule to Annex IV (Tariff Elimination).
2. Duties on originating textile and apparel goods provided for in the items in staging category A in a Party’s Schedule shall be eliminated entirely and such goods shall be duty- free on the date this Agreement enters into force.
3. Duties on originating textile and apparel goods provided for in the items in staging category D in a Party’s Schedule shall be reduced to 50 percent of that Party’s base rate of duty on January 1 of year one. Beginning January 1 of year two, duties shall be removed in five equal annual stages, and such goods shall be duty-free, effective January 1 of year six.
4. Duties on originating textile and apparel goods provided for in the items in staging category F in a Party’s Schedule shall be removed in nine equal annual stages beginning January 1 of year one, and such goods shall be duty-free, effective January 1 of year nine.
5. Duties on originating textile and apparel goods provided for in the items in staging category H in a Party’s Schedule shall be removed in ten stages. On January 1 of year one, duties shall be reduced by three percent of that Party’s base rate, and by an additional three percent of the base rate on January 1 of each year thereafter through year four. Beginning January 1 of year five, duties shall be removed in six equal annual stages, and such goods shall be duty-free, effective January 1 of year ten.
6. The United States shall eliminate customs duties on any originating textile or apparel goods that, after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, are designated as articles eligible for duty-free treatment under the U.S. Generalized System of Preferences, effective from the date of such designation.
7. On the date of entry into force of this Agreement, each Party shall provide that the originating apparel goods specified in Annex 4-B shall be duty-free, up to the annual quantities identified therein. Duties on originating apparel goods specified in Annex 4-B above those quantities shall be reduced as provided for in paragraph 3.
8. An importing Party, through its competent authorities, shall require an importer claiming duty-free treatment for an originating apparel good listed in Annex 4-B to present to the competent authorities at the time of entry a declaration that it is entitled to duty-free tr...
Tariff Elimination. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, neither Party may increase any existing customs duty, or adopt any new customs duty, on an originating good.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall progressively eliminate its customs duties on originating goods, in accordance with its schedule to Annex IV (Tariff Elimination).
3. On the request of either Party, the Parties shall consult to consider accelerating the elimination of customs duties set out in their Schedules to Xxxxx XX. An agreement by the Parties to accelerate the elimination of a customs duty on a good shall supercede any duty rate or staging category determined pursuant to their Schedules to Annex IV for that good when approved by each Party in accordance with its applicable legal procedures.
4. For greater certainty, a Party may:
(a) raise a customs duty back to the level established in its Schedule to Annex IV following a unilateral reduction; or
(b) maintain or increase a customs duty as authorized by the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO.
Tariff Elimination. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Party may increase any existing customs duty, or adopt any new customs duty, on an originating good of the other Party.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall eliminate its customs duties on originating goods of the other Party, in accordance with its Schedule to Annex 2 (Tariff Elimination).
3. The tariff elimination program established in this Chapter shall not apply to used goods, including those identified as such in headings or subheadings of the HS. Used goods also include those goods that are reconstructed, repaired, remanufactured or any other similar name given to goods that, after having been used, have been subject to some kind of process to restore their original characteristics or specifications, or to restore the functionality they had when they were new.
4. On the request of a Party, the Parties shall consult to consider accelerating the elimination of customs duties set out in their Schedules to Annex 2 (Tariff Elimination).
5. Notwithstanding Article 170 (Free Trade Commission) of Chapter 14 (Administration of the Agreement), an agreement between the Parties to accelerate the elimination of a customs duty on a good, shall supersede any duty rate or staging category determined pursuant to their Schedules to Annex 2 (Tariff Elimination) for such good, when approved by the Parties in accordance with its applicable legal procedures.
6. For greater certainty, a Party may:
(a) raise a customs duty to the level established in its Schedule to Annex 2 (Tariff Elimination) following a unilateral reduction, for the year respective; or
(b) maintain or increase a customs duty as authorized by the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO or in accordance with Chapter 15 (Dispute Settlement).
7. Except for the goods included in Article 19 (Price Band System), the Parties agree that the base rates for tariff elimination are the Parties’ applied customs duties on January 1st, 2008, which are established in their Schedules to Annex 2 (Tariff Elimination).
Tariff Elimination. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall progressively eliminate its customs duties and other duties or charges on originating goods of the other Party in accordance with its Tariff Elimination Schedule set out in Annex 3A.
2. Upon request of a Party, the Parties shall consult to consider accelerating the elimination of customs duties as set out in their Tariff Elimination Schedules or incorporating into one Party’s Tariff Elimination Schedule goods that are not subject to the Tariff Elimination Schedule. An agreement by the Parties to accelerate the elimination of customs duties on an originating good or to include a good in the Tariff Elimination Schedule shall supersede any duty rate or staging category determined pursuant to their Tariff Elimination Schedules for such good, shall be treated as an amendment to Annex 3A and shall enter into force in accordance with the procedure under Article 22.4.
Tariff Elimination. Except as otherwise provided in a Party’s Schedule to this Annex, the following staging categories apply to the elimination of customs duties by each Party pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 203:
Tariff Elimination. 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, a Party shall not increase an existing customs duty, or adopt a customs duty, on an originating good.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, each Party shall progressively eliminate its customs duties on originating goods in accordance with its Schedule to Annex 2-D.
3. Each party shall apply to an originating good the lesser of:
(a) The tariff rate applicable under its Schedule to Annex 2-D; or
(b) The most-favoured-nation (MFN) applied tariff rate.
4. At the request of a Party, the Parties shall consult to consider accelerating the elimination of customs duties on a good after the entry into force of this Agreement. An agreement between the Parties to accelerate elimination of customs duties on an originating good shall supersede a duty rate or staging category determined pursuant to their Schedules for that good when approved by each Party in accordance with its applicable domestic legal procedures.
5. For greater certainty, a Party may:
(a) modify its tariffs outside this Agreement on goods for which no tariff preference is claimed under this Agreement;
(b) increase a customs duty to the level established in its Schedule to Annex 2-D following a unilateral reduction; and
(c) maintain or increase a customs duty as authorised by this Agreement, the Dispute Settlement Body of the WTO, or any agreement under the WTO Agreement.
