Topics Covered in the Agreement

Objectives

Tariff Elimination

›Tariff Elimination Schedules

Rules of Origin

 › Specific Rules of Origin

 › Amendments to Chapters Three and Five

National Treatment and Other Measures

 ›Technical Barriers to Trade

 ›Sanitary/Phytosanitary Measures

 ›Emergency Actions

 ›Temporary Entry of Business Persons

› Exceptions to National Treatment

Customs Procedures

 › Amendments to Chapters Three and Five

Government Procurement

Competition Policy

Administrative and Institutional Provisions

› Commission

› Dispute Resolution

Intellectual Property Rights

Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

General and Final Provisions

Article 1.1

 Establishment of the Free Trade Area

Article 1.2

Objective

Article 1.3

Relation to Other Agreements

Article 1.4

Definitions of General Application

Article 2.1

Tariff Elimination

Article 2.2

Customs Duties: Repair and Alteration

Article 2.3

Definitions

Annex 2.1.2 A:  Canada

Annex 2.1.2 B: Israel

General Notes to Annexes 2.1.2A and 2.1.2B

Annex 2.2.3: Requirements Concerning Verification of Repairs and Alterations

Chapter Three

Article 3.1

Basic Rules for Originating Goods

Article 3.2

De Minimis Rule for Originating Goods

Article 3.3

Rules Regarding Accessories, Spare Parts and Tools, Indirect Materials, and Packaging and Packing Materials and Containers

Article 3.4

Non-Qualifying Operations

Article 3.5

Direct Shipment and Transhipment

Article 3.6

Third Country Materials for Originating Goods

Article 3.7

Fungible Goods and Materials

Article 3.8

Self-Produced Materials

Article 3.9

Tariff Classification

Article 3.10

Category of Identical or Similar Materials and Other Requirements Under Articles 3.1(b) and (c)

Article 3.11

Applying Article 3.1(e) When Goods and Parts Are Classified Together

Article 3.12

De Minimis Calculation and Application

Article 3.13

Definitions

Annex 3.1: Specific Rules of Origin

Section A: General Interpretative Note

Section B: Specific Rules of Origin

Annex 3.7:  Inventory Management Methods

Annex 3.12.5: Methods for Determining the Value of Non-Originating Materials

Article 4.1

National Treatment

Article 4.2

Technical Barriers to Trade

Article 4.3

Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

Article 4.4

Import and Export Restrictions

Article 4.5

Bilateral Emergency Actions

Article 4.6

Global Emergency Actions

Article 4.7

Export Taxes

Article 4.8

Temporary Entry of Business Persons

Article 4.9

Consultations

Annex 4.1: Exceptions to Article 4.1

Article 5.1

Certificate of Origin

Article 5.2

Obligations Regarding Importations

Article 5.3

Obligations Regarding Exportations

Article 5.4

Exceptions

Article 5.5

Records

Article 5.6

Origin Verifications

Article 5.7

Confidentiality

Article 5.8

Advance Rulings

Article 5.9

Penalties

Article 5.10

Review and Appeal

Article 5.11

Cooperation

Article 5.12

Working Group on Rules of Origin and Other Customs-Related Market Access Issues

Article 5.13

Definitions

Annex 5.6.2: Procedures Regarding an Origin Verification Conducted by the Customs Administration of a Party on Behalf of the Other Party

Article 6.1

Government Procurement

Article 6.2

Further Liberalization

Article 7.1

Competition Law

Article 7.2

Monopolies and State Enterprises

Article 7.3

State Enterprises

Article 7.4

Definitions

Article 8.1

Application

Article 8.2

The Commission

Article 8.3

Administrative Support to the Trade Commission and Dispute Resolution Panels

Article 8.4

Contact Points

Article 8.5

Publication, Notification and Provision of Information

Article 8.6

Consultations

Article 8.7

Initiation of Procedures

Article 8.8

Code of Conduct

Article 8.9

Panel Procedures

Article 8.10

Private Rights

Annex 8.1: Nullification and Impairment

Article 9.1

Intellectual Property Rights

Article 9.2

Subsidies and Countervailing Measures

Article 10.1

General Exceptions

Article 10.2

National Security

Article 10.3

Taxation

Article 10.4

Balance of Payments

Article 10.5

Cultural Industries

Article 10.6

Definitions

Article 11.1

Annexes

Article 11.2

Amendments

Article 11.3

Entry into Force

Article 11.4

Duration and Termination

Article 11.5

Further Liberalization of Trade

Article 11.6

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