Trade in Goods. In order to achieve the objective laid down in Article 4, the Joint Council shall decide on the arrangements and timetable for a bilateral, progressive and reciprocal liberalisation of tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade in goods, in accordance with The relevant WTO rules, in particular Article XXIV of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), and taking account of the sensitive nature of certain products. This decision shall include, in particular, the following matters: (a) coverage and transitional periods; (b) customs duties on imports and exports and charges having an equivalent effect; (c) quantitative restrictions on imports and exports and measures having equivalent effect; (d) national treatment including the prohibition of fiscal discrimination in respect of taxes imposed on goods; (e) anti-dumping and countervailing measures; (f) safeguard and surveillance measures; (g) rules of origin and administrative cooperation; (h) customs cooperation; (i) customs valuation; (j) technical regulations and standards, sanitary and phytosani-tary legislation, mutual recognition of conformity assessment, certifications, marks systems, inter alia; (k) general exceptions justified on grounds of public morality, public policy or public security; the protection of human, animal or plant life or health; the protection of industrial, intellectual and commercial property, inter alia; (l) restrictions in case of balance of payments difficulties.
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Samples: Economic Partnership, Political Coordination and Cooperation Agreement, Economic Partnership Agreement, Economic Partnership Agreement
