by the negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

“ Each Party shall ensure, in accordance with Article VIII:1 of the GATT 1994 and its interpretive notes, that all fees and charges of whatever character (other than export taxes, customs duties, charges equivalent to an internal tax or other internal charge applied consistently with Article III:2 of GATT 1994, and antidumping and countervailing duties) imposed on or in connection with importation or exportation are limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered and do not represent an indirect protection to domestic goods or a taxation of imports or exports for fiscal purposes. ”

“ Agricultural Export Subsidies 1. The Parties share the objective of the multilateral elimination of export subsidies for agricultural goods and shall work together to achieve an agreement in the WTO to eliminate those subsidies and prevent their reintroduction in any form.
2. No Party may adopt or maintain any export subsidy on any agricultural good destined for the territory of another Party [11] . ”

“ Each Party, in accordance with domestic law, shall provide that the importer or other person responsible for a good admitted under this Article shall not be liable for failure to export the good on presentation of satisfactory proof to the importing Party that the good has been destroyed within the original period fixed for temporary admission or any lawful extension. ”

“ No Party may, as a condition for engaging in importation or for the importation of a good, require a person of another Party to establish or maintain a contractual or other relationship with a distributor in its territory. [4]
9. For greater certainty, paragraph 8 does not prevent a Party from requiring that a person referred to in that paragraph designate a point of contact for the purpose of facilitating communications between its regulatory authorities and that person. ”

“ The Working Group shall provide a forum to:
(a) exchange, subject to a Party’s laws, regulations and policies, information on issues, including on existing and proposed domestic laws, regulations and policies related to the trade of products of modern biotechnology; and (b) further enhance cooperation among two or more Parties, where there is mutual interest related to the trade of products of modern biotechnology. ”

“ A measure shall not be subject to notification under this paragraph or paragraph 4 if it prohibits or restricts the exportation or sale for export only of a foodstuff or foodstuffs of which the Party imposing the measure has been a net importer during each of the three calendar years preceding imposition of the measure, excluding the year in which the Party imposes the measure. ”

“ A Party seeking to introduce a new or additional condition, limit or eligibility requirement on the utilisation of a TRQ for importation of a good shall notify the other Parties at least 45 days prior to the proposed effective date of the new or additional condition, limit or eligibility requirement. ”

“ Export Credits, Export Credit Guarantees or Insurance Programmes Recognizing the ongoing work in the WTO in the area of export competition and that export competition remains a key priority in multilateral negotiations, Parties shall work together in the WTO to develop multilateral disciplines to govern the provision of export credits, export credit guarantees and insurance programs, including disciplines on matters such as transparency, self-financing, and repayment terms. ”

“ For greater certainty, the treatment to be accorded by a Party under paragraph 1 means, with respect to a regional level of government, treatment no less favourable than the most favourable treatment that regional level of government accords to any like, directly competitive, or substitutable goods, as the case may be, of the Party of which it forms a part. ”

“ Import Licensing 1. No Party may adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement.
2. Promptly after this Agreement enters into force for a Party, that Party shall notify the other Parties of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notification shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. ”

“ Except where doing so would reveal business proprietaryor other confidential information of a particular person, on the request of another Party that has a substantial trade interest in the matter, a Party shall provide, to the extent possible, the following information regarding a particular export licensing procedure that it adopts or maintains:
(a) the aggregate number of licenses the Party has granted over a recent period that the requesting Party has specified ”