Relation to other Chapters. 1. No provision of this Agreement shall be interpreted to impose any obligation on a Party regarding its immigration measures, except as specifically identified in this Chapter, and Chapters 1 (Initial Provisions), Chapter 8 (Trade in Services), Chapter 13 (Transparency), Chapter 14 (Administration of the Agreement), Chapter 15 (Dispute Settlement), Chapter 16 (Exceptions) and Chapter 17 (Final Provisions).
2. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to impose obligations or commitments with respect to other Chapters of this Agreement.
1. Further to Chapter 13 (Transparency), each Party shall establish or maintain appropriate mechanisms to respond to inquiries from interested persons regarding laws and regulations relating to the temporary entry of business persons. 2. Each Party shall endeavor to, within a reasonable period that should not exceed 30 days after an application requesting temporary entry is considered complete under its domestic laws and regulations, inform the applicant of the decision concerning the application.
Relation to other Chapters. In the event of any inconsistency between this Chapter and another Chapter, this Chapter shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
Relation to other Chapters. 1. In the event of any inconsistency between this Chapter and another Chapter, the other Chapter shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
2. A requirement by a Party that a service supplier of the other Party post a bond or other form of financial security as a condition of the cross-border supply of a service does not of itself make this Chapter applicable to measures adopted or maintained by the Party related to such cross-border supply of the service. This Chapter applies to measures adopted or maintained by the Party related to the posted bond or financial security, to the extent that such bond or financial security is a covered investment.
3. This Chapter does not apply to measures adopted or maintained by a Party to the extent that they are covered by Chapter Twelve (Financial Services).
Relation to other Chapters. 1. In the event of any inconsistency between this Chapter and another Chapter, the other Chapter shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
2. A requirement by a Party that a service provider of another Party post a bond or other form of financial security as a condition of providing a service into its territory does not of itself make this Chapter applicable to the provision of that crossborder service. This Chapter applies to that Party's treatment of the posted bond or financial security.
Relation to other Chapters. 1. Nothing in this Agreement, including provisions provided for in Chapter Ten (Cross-Border Trade in Services), shall be construed to impose any obligation on a Party regarding its immigration measures, except as specifically identified in this Chapter, Chapters One (Initial Provisions and Definitions), Twenty-One (Transparency), Twenty-Two (Administration of the Agreement), Twenty-Three (Dispute Settlement), Twenty-Four (Exceptions), and Twenty-Five (Final Provisions).
2. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to impose obligations or commitments with respect to other Chapters of this Agreement. 1 For greater certainty, this paragraph shall not be construed to nullify or impair the obligations under Section C of Annex 11A.
Relation to other Chapters. In the event of any inconsistency between this Chapter and another Chapter, this Chapter shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency. 1 For purposes of this Chapter, each Party may classify which services in its territory are value-added services. SERVICES
1. Each Party shall ensure that service suppliers of the other Party have access to and use of any public telecommunications network and service, including leased circuits, offered in its territory or across its borders, on reasonable and non- discriminatory terms and conditions, including as set out in paragraphs 2 through 6. 2. Each Party shall ensure that service suppliers of the other Party are permitted to: (a) purchase or lease, and attach terminal or other equipment that interfaces
Relation to other Chapters. In the event of any inconsistency between this Chapter and another Chapter in this Agreement, this Chapter shall prevail to the extent of the inconsistency.
Relation to other Chapters. 1. This Chapter does not apply to measures adopted or maintained by a Party to the extent that they are covered by Chapter 8 (Trade in Services) or Chapter 9 (Movement of Natural Persons).
2. Notwithstanding Paragraph 1, Article 6 (Treatment of Investment), Article 7 (Compensation for Losses), Article 8 (Transfers), Article 9 (Expropriation and Compensation), Article 10 (Subrogation) and Section B (Investment Disputes between a Party and an Investor) shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to any measure affecting the supply of service by a service supplier of a Party through commercial presence in the territory of any one of the other Parties pursuant to Chapter 8 (Trade in Services), but only to the extent that any such measures relate to a covered investment and an obligation under this Chapter, regardless of whether such a service sector is scheduled in a Party's schedule of specific services commitments in Annex 3 (Schedules of Specific Services Commitments).
Relation to other Chapters. 1. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to impose any obligation1 on a Party regarding its immigration measures, except for this Chapter, Chapters 1 (Initial Provisions and General Definitions), 19 (Institutional Provisions), 20 (Dispute Settlement), and 22 (Final Provisions), and Articles 18.1 (Publication), 18.2 (Notification and Provision of Information), and
Relation to other Chapters. 1. Except for this Chapter, Chapters 1 (Initial Provisions), 2 (General Definitions), 20 (Institutional Arrangements), 21 (Dispute Settlement), and 23 (Final Provisions), no provision of this Agreement shall impose any obligation on a Party regarding its immigration measures.
2. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to impose obligations or commitments with respect to other Chapters of this Agreement.
