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Chile-EFTA Free Trade Agreement

  Signature: 2003-June-26
  Entry into Force: 2004- December-01

 

Index

Topics Covered

Initial Provisions
Trade in Goods

›  Tariff Elimination

›  Agricultural products

› Complementary Agreements

›  Fish and Other Marine Products

Products Not Covered in Agreement
Rules of Origin

› Annex: Originating Products

Sanitary/Phytosanitary Measures
Technical Barriers to Trade
Antidumping/Countervailing Measures
Safeguard
Services

› Schedules: Specific Commitments

Telecommunications

› Annex: Telecommunications Services

Establishment

› Reservations

Payments and Capital Movements

› Annex: Current Payments and Capital Movements

Intellectual Property Rights

› Annex: Intellectual Property Rights

Government Procurement

› Covered Entities

› General Notes

Competition Policy
Subsidies
Transparency
Administration of the Agreement

› Decisions of the Joint Committee

› Secretariat

Dispute Settlement

› Model Rules for Arbitration

General Exceptions
Final Provisions
 
Preamble    
Chapter I

Initial Provisions

Article 1

Establishment of a free trade area  

Article 2

Objectives  

Article 3

Territorial Application  

Article 4

Relation to other international agreements  

Article 5

Trade and economic relations governed by this Agreement  

Article 6

Regional and local governments  
     
Chapter II

Trade in Goods

Article 7

Coverage  

Article 8

Rules of origin and administrative co-operation  

Article 9

Elimination of Customs duties  

Article 10

Customs duty  

Article 11

Fees and other charges  

Article 12

Basic duties  

Article 13

Import and export restrictions  

Article 14

Classification of goods and customs valuation  

Article 15

National treatment  

Article 16

Sanitary and phytosanitary measures  

Article 17

Technical regulations  

Article 18

Anti-dumping and countervailing measures  

Article 19

Emergency action on imports of particular products  

Article 20

Global safeguard  

Article 21

General exceptions  
     
Chapter III

Trade in Services and Establishment

Section I

Trade in Services

 

Article 22

Coverage  

Article 23

Definitions  

Article 24

Most-favoured nation treatment  

Article 25

Market access  

Article 26

National treatment  

Article 27

Trade liberalisation  

Article 28

Domestic regulation  

Article 29

Recognition  

Article 30

Movement of natural persons  

Article 31

Telecommunications services  
Section II

Establishment

Article 32

Coverage  

Article 33

Definitions  

Article 34

National treatment  

Article 35

Reservations  

Article 36

Right to regulate  

Article 37

Final provisions  
Section III

Payments and Capital Movements

Article 38

Objective and scope  

Article 39

Current Account  

Article 40

Capital Account  

Article 41

Exceptions and safeguard measures  

Article 42

Final provisions  
Section IV

Common Provisions

Article 43

Relation to other international agreements  

Article 44

General exceptions  

Article 45

Financial services  
     
Chapter IV

Protection of Intellectual Property

Article 46

Intellectual property rights  
     
Chapter V

Government Procurement

Article 47

Objective  

Article 48

Scope and coverage  

Article 49

Definitions  

Article 50

National treatment and non-discrimination  

Article 51

Prohibition of offsets  

Article 52

Valuation rules  

Article 53

Transparency  

Article 54

Tendering procedures  

Article 55

Selective tendering  

Article 56

Other procedures  

Article 57

Qualification of suppliers  

Article 58

Publication of notices  

Article 59

Tender documentation  

Article 60

Technical specifications  

Article 61

Time limits  

Article 62

Negotiations  

Article 63

Submission, receipt and opening of tenders  

Article 64

Awarding of contracts  

Article 65

Information on contract award  

Article 66

Bid challenges  

Article 67

Information technology and co-operation  

Article 68

Modifications to coverage  

Article 69

Further negotiations  

Article 70

Exceptions  

Article 71

Review and implementation  
     
Chapter VI

Competition Policy

Article 72

Objectives  

Article 73

Notifications  

Article 74

Co-ordination of enforcement activities  

Article 75

Consultations  

Article 76

Exchange of Information and confidentiality  

Article 77

Public enterprises and enterprises trusted with special or exclusive rights, including designated monopolies  

Article 78

Dispute settlement  

Article 79

Designated authorities  

Article 80

Definitions  
     
Chapter VII

Subsidies

Article 81

Subsidies/State aid  
     
Chapter VIII

Transparency

Article 82

Publication  

Article 83

Contact points and exchange of information  

Article 84

Cooperation on increased transparency  
     
Chapter IX

Administration of the Agreement

Article 85

The Joint Committee  

Article 86

The Secretariat  
     
Chapter X

Dispute Settlement

Article 87

Scope  

Article 88

Choice of forum  

Article 89

Good offices, conciliation or mediation  

Article 90

Consultations  

Article 91

Establishment of arbitration panel  

Article 92

Arbitration panel  

Article 93

Procedures of the arbitration panel  

Article 94

Ruling  

Article 95

Termination of arbitration panel proceedings  

Article 96

Implementation of arbitration panel rulings  

Article 97

Other provisions  
     
Chapter XI

General Exceptions

Article 98

Balance of payments difficulties  

Article 99

National security clause  

Article 100

Taxation  
     
Chapter XII

Final Provisions

Article 101

Definitions  

Article 102

Annexes and Appendices  

Article 103

Amendments  

Article 104

Additional Parties  

Article 105

Withdrawal and termination  

Article 106

Entry into force  

Article 107

Relation to the complementary agreements  

Article 108

Depositary  
     
Annexes
Annex I Concerning the definition of the concept of "originating products" and arrangements for administrative co-operation.  

Appendix 1

Introductory notes to the list in Annex II

 

Appendix 2

List of working or processing required to be carried out on non-originating materials in order that the product manufactured can obtain originating status

 

Appendix 3

Movement Certificate EUR.1 and Application for a Movement Certificate EUR.1

 

Appendix 4

Invoice Declaration

 
Annex II Territorial Application  
Annex III Products not Covered by this Agreement    
Annex IV Processed Agricultural Products  
 

Table 1  

 
 

Table 2 - Iceland

 
 

Table 3 - Liechtenstein, Switzerland

 
 

Table 4 - Norway

 
 

Table 5 - Chile

 
Annex V Fish and other Marine Products  
Annex VI Elimination of Customs Duties  

 

Appendix   
Annex VII Import and Export Restrictions  
Annex VIII Schedules of Specific Commitments  

Appendix 1

Specific Commitments - Chile

 

Appendix 2

Specific Commitments - Iceland

 

Appendix 3

Specific Commitments - Liechtenstein

 

Appendix 4

Specific Commitments - Norway

 

Appendix 5

Specific Commitments - Switzerland

 
Annex IX Telecommunications Services  
Annex X Reservations  

Appendix 1

Reservations - Chile

 

Appendix 2

Reservations - Iceland

 

Appendix 3

Reservations - Liechtenstein

 

Appendix 4

Reservations - Norway

 

Appendix 5

Reservations - Switzerland 

 

Appendix 6

Reservations - All Parties

 

Appendix 7

Reservations - EFTA States

 
Annex XI Current Payments and Capital Movements  
Annex XII Intellectual Property Rights  
Annex XIII Covered Entities  

Appendix 1

Entities at central level

 

Appendix 2

Entities at subcentral governmental level

 

Appendix 3

Entities operating in the utilities sector

 

Appendix 4

Services

 

Appendix 5

Construction services

 
Annex XIV General notes  

Appendix 1

Public works concessions

 

Appendix 2

Means of publication

 

Appendix 3

Time limits

 

Appendix 4

Value of thresholds

 

Appendix 5

Publication of notices

 
Annex XV Decisions of the Joint Committee  
Annex XVI Secretariat  
Annex XVII Model Rules of Procedure for the Conduct of Arbitration Panels  
     
Complementary Agreements
  Agreement on trade in agricultural goods between the Republic of Chile and the Republic of Iceland  
  Agreement on trade in agricultural goods between the Republic of Chile and the Kingdom of Norway  
  Agreement on trade in agricultural goods between the Republic of Chile and the Swiss Confederation
 
 
   

Source: European  Free Trade Association - EFTA