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Provisions on Trade in Services in Trade and Integration Agreements in the Western Hemisphere
Part I: Sub-regional Trade and Integration Agreements VIII. Transparency Requirements: C. Enquiry Points
Article III - Transparency Each Member shall respond promptly to all requests for specific information. Each Member shall also establish one or more enquiry points to provide specific information to other Members. Such enquiry points shall be established within two years from the entry into force of the Agreement Establishing the WTO. Appropriate flexibility with respect to the time-limit within which such enquiry points are to be established may be agreed upon for individual developing countries.
NAFTA
Group of Three
Chapter XXI:Transparency
CACM
CARICOM
Andean Community
Notification.- The international agreements subscribed with third parties that refer to or affect the institutionalizing operation in this General Framework should be notified to the General Secretariat of the Andean Community. To the effect of what is mentioned in paragraph 1, the Member States shall not be obliged to disclose confidential information, the disclosure of which could be an obstacle to the fulfillment of the domestic set of laws of each Member State, be it opposed to public order or to domestic security or be it likely to harm the legitimate commercial interests of public-sector or private companies.
Central America/Dominican Republic
When the publication of information, as referred to in the previous paragraph, is not feasible or practical, the Parties will do whatever necessary to make them available to the public through another means. Notification requirements- Each Party will promptly inform the rest of Parties about the entry into force of new laws, regulations, or administrative guidelines, or of the modifications introducing in the already existences, which significantly affect trade in services. Enquiry Points- Each Party shall promptly respond to all requests for specific information formulated by the rest of Parties about the specific measures of 'publication'. For the purposes of complying with this article, the Parties will use the information services established at the domestic level pursuant to paragraph 4, Article III of the WTO GATS. Chapter X, Article 10-06: Disclosure of confidential information No provision in this chapter shall be interpreted as imposing to the Parties the obligation to disclose confidential information, the disclosure of which could be an obstacle to the compliance of laws or be in another way opposed to the public interest, or might hurt the legitimate interests of state-owned or private companies.
Mercosur
Notification requirements- Each Party will promptly inform, and at least annually, the Trade Commission of MERCOSUR, of the establishment of new laws, regulations, or administrative guidelines, or introduction of modifications to the existing ones which significantly affect trade in services. Each Party may notify the Trade Commission of MERCOSUR of any measure adopted by another Party which, according to its judgement, affects the operation of this Protocol. Enquiry Points- Each Party shall respond promptly to all requests for specific information that other Parties formulate regarding to any of their measures of general application or international agreements mentioned in paragraph 1. Likewise, each Member State shall facilitate specific information to the Party States that request it, through an established service or established services, pursuant to Article III Paragraph 4 of GATS, concerning all theses questions and concerning those subject to notification according to paragraph 3.
Article XI. Disclosure of confidential information
Bolivia/Mercosur
Chile/Mercosur
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