National Treatment definition

National Treatment. NT shall not apply to any measure affecting the type of activities which may be conducted on land or the usage of land, including but not limited to, land zoning, land use and urban planning policies. Urban Redevelopment Authority Act, Chapter 340, 1985 Revised Edition

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National Treatment means treatment that is at least as favorable as the most favorable treatment accorded by a Party to companies or nationals of third Parties in like circumstances; and

National Treatment means the treatment accorded by the domestic law of the Contracting State in which protection is claimed;

Examples of National Treatment in a sentence

• Article 129 (National Treatment) does not apply to: (a) any existing non-conforming measures maintained within its territory; (b) the continuation of any non-conforming measure referred to in subparagraph (a); or (c) an amendment to any non-conforming measure referred to in subparagraph (a) to the extent that the amendment does not increase the non- conformity of the measure, as it existed immediately before the amendment, with those obligations.

• For purposes of Chapter 2 (National Treatment and Market Access for Goods), Chapter 3 (Rules of Origin and Operational Procedures Related to Origin), Chapter 4 (Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation), Chapter 5 (Trade Remedies), Chapter 6 (Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures), Chapter 7 (Technical Barriers to Trade), Article XX of the GATT 1994 and its interpretative notes are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis.

• The Parties may negotiate commitments with respect to measures affecting trade in services not subject to scheduling under Article 106 (National Treatment) or Article 107 (Market Access), including those regarding qualifications, standards or licensing matters.

• Each Party shall set out in a schedule the specific commitments it undertakes under Article 106 (National Treatment), Article ▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇) and Article 108 (Additional Commitments).

• In this case, the inscription is considered to provide a condition or qualification to Article 106 (National Treatment) as well.

More Definitions of National Treatment

National Treatment means treatment no less favorable than that accorded by a Party, in like circumstances, to nationals or companies of such Party or to investments of such nationals or companies, as the case may be.

National Treatment means treatment accorded within the territories of a Party upon terms no less favorable than the treatment accorded therein, in like situations, to nationals, companies, products, vessels or other objects, as the case may be, of such Party.

National Treatment means, with respect to all the laws, regulations and administrative instructions, that foreign investments in Southern Sudan shall be treated on same favorable conditions similar to those of domestic investments;

National Treatment means that with respect to all laws, regulations, instructions and other acts having the force of law in Liberia, foreign investments in Liberia shall be treated not less favorably that similar domestic business organization;

National Treatment means treatment no less favourable than that accorded, in like circumstances, to a Party’s own investors or their investments. Most-favoured-nation (MFN) treatment means treatment no less favourable than a Party accords, in like circumstances, to investors, or investments, of any non-Party. The national treatment and MFN obligations apply to the establishment, acquisition, expansion, management, conduct, operation and sale or other disposition of an investment.

National Treatment under GATT means that imported products will be accorded no less favourable treatment than domestic products. There are slightly different rules for taxation (Article III:2) and other forms of regulation (Article III:4). Most of the regulatory measures that can be attached to socio-economic certification in order to privilege certified bioenergy products would have to be considered in the context of this obligation. Any measure, whether fiscal or non-fiscal, which foresees less favourable treatment for imported bio- energy than for a “like” product grown or produced domestically might violate Article III GATT. The central question is whether a particular measure is more burdensome for foreign producers than domestic producers. Two preconditions must be fulfilled in order to come to the conclusion that “national treatment” has not been granted: first, the challenged treatment must be given to a product “like” other (domestic) products not disfavoured by the measure. Otherwise there would be no discriminatory treatment. And second, the treat-

National Treatment. Provision in the GATS?