CHAPTER I  Institutional Issues

PREAMBLE

General Aspects

CHAPTER II  General Provisions

Article 1. 

[[Purpose] [General Objectives] [Establishment of the Free Trade Area of the Americas]]

Article 2.

[Objectives]

Article 3. 

[Principles]

Article 4. 

[Application and Scope of Obligations] [Scope of Coverage of Obligations]

CHAPTER III  Definitions

Article 1. 

Definitions

CHAPTER IV  Transparency

Article 1. 

[Definitions]

Article 2. 

Contact Points

Article 3. 

Publication

Article 4. 

Notifications and Provision of Information

Article 5. 

[Guaranteed Hearing, Legality and Due Process]

Article 6. 

[[Administration of Measures][Administrative Proceedings] [Application of Trade Regulations]]

Article 7. 

Review [and Appeal] [of Administrative Decisions]

[CHAPTER V  Treatment of the Differences in the Levels of Development and Size of Economies]

Article 1. 

[Treatment of Differences in the Levels of Development and Size of the Economies]

[CHAPTER VI  Environment Provisions]

[CHAPTER VI  Environment Provisions

Article 1. 

Levels of Protection

Article 2. 

Application and Enforcement of Environmental Laws

Article 3. 

Opportunities for Public Participation

Article 4. 

Environmental Cooperation

Article 5. 

Environmental Consultations

Article 6. 

Procedural Matters

Article 7. 

Measures to Enhance Environmental Performance

Article 8. 

Relationship to Environmental Agreements

Article 9. 

Definitions]

[CHAPTER VII  Labor Provisions and Non-Implementation Procedures for Environment and Labor Provisions]

[CHAPTER VII  Labor Provisions and Non-Implementation Procedures for Environment and Labor Provisions

Article 1. 

Statement of Shared Commitment

Article 2. 

Application and Enforcement of Labor Laws

Article 3. 

Opportunities for Public Participation

Article 4. 

Labor Cooperation

Article 5. 

Labor Consultations

Article 6. 

Procedural Guarantees and Public Awareness

Article 7. 

Definitions

Article 8. 

Non-implementation in certain disputes]

CHAPTER VIII  Tariffs and Non-Tariff Measures

Section A 

General Aspects

Article 2.  

Scope of application

[Article 3. 

Relationship with bilateral and subregional trade agreements]

Section B 

Substantive Provisions

Article 4. 

National Treatment

Subsection  B.2.

Tariffs

Article 5. 

Tariff Elimination Program

Article 6.

Drawback, Duty Deferral Programs and Foreign Trade Zones.

Article 7. 

Other special regimes

Subsection B.4. 

Non-tariff measures

Article 8. 

Import and export restrictions [and prohibitions]

Article 9. 

Administrative fees and formalities

Article 10. 

Export taxes

Article 11. 

Other export measures

[Article 12. 

Distinctive products]

[Article 13. 

Treatment of digital products]

Section C 

Procedures and Institutions

[Article 14. 

Committee on Trade in Goods]

ANNEXES

CHAPTER IX  Agriculture

[Part I:]

[Section A 

General Provisions

Article 1.  

Definitions

Article 2. 

Scope and Coverage

Article 3. 

Relation to Other Provisions

Section B 

Substantive Provisions

[Subsection B.1. 

Market Access

Article 4. 

Tariffs

[Article 5. 

Non-Tariff Measures]

[Article 6. 

Safeguards [for Agricultural Products]]]

[Subsection B.2. 

Export Subsidies

Article 7. 

Elimination of Export Subsidies

[Article 8. 

Treatment of Imports from non-Parties benefiting from Export Subsidies]

[Article 9. 

Treatment of Export Subsidies by Parties to non-Party markets]

[Article 10. 

Measures and Practices Having an Equivalent Effect to Export subsidies on agricultural products]]

[Subsection B.3. 

Disciplines to be Adopted for the Treatment of All the Other Practices that Distort Trade in Agricultural Products, Including those which have an Equivalent Effect to Agricultural Export Subsidies

[Article 11. 

Domestic Support Measures]

[Article 12. 

[Differential] Export Taxes]

[Article 13. 

State Trading Enterprises]]

Section C 

Procedures and Institutions

Article 14. 

[Consultations and]  Dispute Settlement

[Article 15. 

Committee on Agriculture]

[[Part II:]

[CHAPTER]: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

[Article 16. 

Scope and Coverage]

[Article 17. 

Relation to Other Provisions]

[Article 18. 

Implementation of the Agreement on the Application of WTO SPS Measures at the FTAA]

[Article 19. 

Harmonization]

[Article 20. 

Equivalence]

[Article 21. 

Risk Assessment and Appropriate Level of Sanitary or Phytosanitary Protection]

[Article 22. 

Emergency Measures]

[Article 23. 

Adaptation to Regional Conditions, Including Pest- or Disease-Free Areas and Areas of Low Pest or Disease Prevalence]

[Article 24. 

Control, Inspection and Approval Procedures]

[Article 25. 

Technical Cooperation and Assistance]

[Article 26. 

Transparency]

[Article 26. 

Transparency]

[Article 27. 

Consultations]

[Article 28. 

Counternotification]

[Article 29. 

Dispute Settlement]

[Article 30. 

Institutional Issues]

[Article 31. 

Competent authorities]]

[ANNEX 1]

[RULES FOR THE PROVISION OF EXPORT CREDITS FOR AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS]

[ANNEX 2]

[DISCIPLINES FOR MONITORING THE PROVISION OF FOOD AID IN THE FTAA]

[ANNEX 3]

[LIST OF FOOD AID TRANSACTIONS]

[ANNEX 4]

[ANNEX 5]

[Initial Ministerially-mandated Work Programme for the FTAA SPS Committee]]

CHAPTER X  Origin Regime

Section A 

General Aspects

[Article 1. 

Definitions]

Article 2. 

[Basic Principles]

Section B 

Substantive Provisions

Article 3. 

Originating Goods

Article 4. 

[Regional Value Content] [Value Test]

Article 5. 

Treatment of Accumulation

[Article 6. 

“De Minimis”]

Article 7. 

Qualification of Specific Types of Goods and Materials

Article 8. 

Operations That Do Not Confer Origin

Article 9. 

[Direct Shipment], Transit and Transshipment

Section C 

Procedures and Institutions

Article 10. 

Application

[Article 11. 

Consultation and Modification]

ANNEX

[ANNEX TO ARTICLE 1.3.SPECIFIC RULES OF ORIGIN]

CHAPTER XI  [Customs] Procedures Related to the Origin Regime

Section A 

General Aspects

[Article 1. 

Definitions]

Section B 

Substantive Provisions

Subsection B.1. 

Claim for Preferential Tariff Treatment 

Article 2.

Article 3. 

Certification

Article 4. 

Obligations relating to Importations

Article 5. 

Obligations relating to Exportations

[Article 6. 

Obligations of Certifying Entities]

Article 7. 

Record Keeping Requirements

Subsection B.2. 

Administration of the Rules of Origin

[Article 8. 

Advance rulings]

[Article 9. 

Review and appeal]

Subsection B.3. 

Verification [and Control] of Origin

Article 10. 

Procedures for verifying origin

Subsection B.4. 

Penalties

[Article 11.]

[Article 12.]

Section C 

Procedures and Institutions

Article 13. 

Confidentiality

Article 14. 

Cooperation

[Article 15. 

Competent authorities]

[Article 16. 

Incorporation of modifications]

[Article 17. 

Regulations]

CHAPTER XII  Customs [Procedures][Matters]

Section A 

General Aspects

[Article 1. 

Definitions]

Article 2.

Section B 

Substantive Provisions

Article 3. 

Transparency and Dissemination

Article 4. 

[Automation][Electronic Data Interchange Systems and Common Data Elements]

Article 5. 

Cooperation

Article 6. 

Code of Conduct

Article 7. 

Combating Illicit Customs

[Article 8. 

Advance Rulings]

Article 9. 

Review and Appeal

Article 10. 

Confidentiality

Article 11. 

Penalties

[Article 12. 

[Release][Clearance] and Security]

Article 13. 

Harmonized System

Article 14. 

Customs Valuation

[Article 15.

Risk Analysis / Targeting Methodology]

[Article 16. 

Pre-shipment Inspection]

[Article 17. 

Temporary [Admission][Importation] of Goods]

[Article 18. 

Goods Re-entered After Repair or Alteration]

[Article 19. 

[Importation of] Duty-free [Entry] of Certain Commercial Samples and Printed Advertising Materials]

[Article 20. 

Containers and Vehicles Used in International Traffic]

Article 21. 

[Express Shipments]

[Article 22. 

Low Value Shipment Transactions]

[CHAPTER XIII  Standards and Technical Barriers to Trade

Section A  

General Aspects

[Article 1.

Definitions]

Article 2.

General Objectives

Article 3.

Scope and Coverage

Article 4.

Relation to Other Provisions

Section B  

Substantive Provisions

Article 5.

General Principles

[Article 6.

Identification of Technical Barriers to Trade]

Article 7. 

Standards

[Article 8.

Trade Facilitation]

Article 9.

Technical Regulations

Article 10.

Conformity Assessment

[Article 11.

Metrology]

Section C  

Procedures and Institutions

Article 12.

Transparency Requirements and Information Systems

[Article 13.

Treatment of the Differences in the Levels of Development and Size of Economies]

Article 14.  

Technical Cooperation and Assistance

[Article  15.

Consultations and Dispute Settlement]

[Article 16.

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade]]  

[Technical Barriers to Trade

Section A 

General Aspects

Article 1. 

Relation to the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (WTO TBT Agreement) 

Section B

Substantive Provisions

Article 2.

Technical Cooperation and Assistance

Section C 

Procedures and Institutions

Article 3. 

Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade]

CHAPTER XIV  Safeguard Measures

Section A 

General Aspects

Article 1. 

Definitions

Section B 

Substantive Provisions

Subsection B.1

[FTAA Safeguards]

Article 2. 

Scope of Application

Article 3. 

Conditions for Application

Article 4. 

Nature of the Measures

Article 5. 

Period of Application of the Measures

Subsection B.2

[Procedures and Common Provisions]

[Article 6. 

Investigation Procedures and Transparency Requirements]

[Article 7. 

Notification and Consultations]

[Article 8. 

Provisional Safeguards]

[Article 9. 

Rights of the Affected Parties]

[Article 10. 

Safeguards for Specific Sectors]

Article 11. 

Global Safeguards

Section C 

Procedures and Institutions

[Article 12. 

Dispute Settlement for matters related to safeguard measures]

ANNEXES

[CHAPTER XV  Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties

Section A

General Aspects

Article 1. 

[Definitions]

Article 2. 

[General Provisions]

Section B 

Substantive Provisions

Article 3. 

[Determination of Dumping] [or Subsidies]

Article 4. 

[Determination of Injury]

Article 5. 

[Initiation of Investigation and Investigation Procedures]

Article 6. 

[Evidence]

Article 7. 

[Provisional Measures]

Article 8. 

[Price Undertakings]

Article 9. 

[Imposition and Collection of Duties]

Article 10. 

[Procedure for a New Exporter]

Article 11. 

[Duration and Review of Duties and Undertakings]

Article 12. 

[Public Interest]

Article 13. 

[Elimination of Antidumping Measures]

Article 14. 

[Public Notice and Explanation of Determinations]

Article 15. 

[Developing Countries]

Section C 

Procedures and Institutions

Article 16. 

[Technical Assistance]

Article 17. 

[Consultation and Dispute Settlement]

Article 18. 

[Joint Committee]

Article 19. 

[Final Provisions]]

[CHAPTER XV  Subsidies, Antidumping and Countervailing Duties

Section A 

General Aspects

Article 1.  

Definitions

Article 2. 

Priority of Agreements

Section B 

Substantive Provisions

Article 3. 

Cooperation in Compliance on Subsidies

Article 4. 

Initiation of Investigations

Article 5. 

Investigations

Article 6. 

Transparency and Fairness

Article 7. 

Imposition and Collection of Duties

Article 8. 

Reviews

Article 9. 

Special and Differential Treatment

Section C 

Procedures and Institutions

Article 10. 

Dispute Settlement

Article 11. 

Trade Rules Committee

Article 12. 

Conformity of Laws

Annex A 

Public Interest Factors

Annex B 

Expiry Review Factors]

CHAPTER XVI  Services

Section A

General Aspects

Article 1. 

Definitions

Article 2. 

Scope and Sectoral Coverage

Section B

Substantive Provisions

Article 3. 

Most-Favored-Nation Treatment

Article 4. 

National Treatment

Article 5. 

Market Access

Article 6. 

Transparency

Article 7. 

Denial of Benefits

[Article 8.

Domestic Regulation]

[Article 9.

General Exceptions]

[Article 10.

Security Exceptions]

[Article 11.

Recognition]

[Article 12.

List of Specific Commitments]

[Article 13.

[Reservations]  / [Non-Conforming Measures]]

[Article 14.

Future Liberalization]

[Article 15:

Transfers and Payments]

[Article 16.

Restrictions to Protect the Balance of Payments]

[Article 17.

Special Safeguards]

[Article 18.

Subsidies]

[Article 19.

Trade Practices]

[Article 20.

Competition]

[Article 21.

Treatment of Differences in Size and Levels of Development]

Section C

Procedures and Institutions

[Article 22.

Technical Cooperation]

[Article 23.

Committee on [Cross-Border] Trade in Services]

[Article 24.

Relations with Other International Organizations]

[TEXT ON TEMPORARY ENTRY OF BUSINESS PERSONS

Article 1.

General Principles

Article 2.

General Obligations

Article 3.

Authorization of Temporary Entry

Article 4.

Availability of information

Article 5.

Dispute settlement

Article 6.

Definitions

Annex

Annex to the Text on Temporary Entry of Business Persons

Article 1.

Business Visitors

Article 2.

Business People and Investors

Article 3.

Transfer of Personnel within an Enterprise

Article 4.

Professionals and Technicians

Appendix

Appendix to Article 1 on Business Visitors of the Annex to the Text on Temporary Entry of Business Persons

Appendix XX

Appendix XX on Migration Measures Currently in Force of the Annex to the Text on Temporary Entry of Business Persons

Appendix

Appendix to Article 4 on Professionals and Technicians of the Annex to the Text on Temporary Entry of Business Persons]

[TEXT ON PROFESSIONAL SERVICES

Article 1.

Purpose

Article 2.

Processing Licensing and Certification Applications

Article 3.

Development of Professional Standards

Article 4.

Temporary Licensing

Article 5.

Review]

[TEXT ON TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES

Article 1. 

Scope and Coverage

Article 2. 

Access to and Use of Public Telecommunications Services

Article 3.

Obligations Relating to Suppliers of Public Telecommunications Services

Article 4.

Additional Obligations Relating to Major Suppliers of Public Telecommunications Services

Article 5.

Submarine Cable Systems

Article 6.

Conditions for the Provision of Information Services

Article 7.

Independent Regulatory Bodies and Privatization

Article 8.

Universal Service

Article 9.

Licensing Process