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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
XVIII. Settlement of Disputes: A. Consultation

WTO/GATS
PART V, Article XXII - Consultation
Each Member shall accord sympathetic consideration to, and shall afford adequate opportunity for, consultation regarding such representations as may be made by any other Member with respect to any matter affecting the operations of this Agreement. The Understanding on Rules and Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes shall apply to such consultations.

The Council for Trade in Services or the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) may, at the request of a Member, consult with any Member or Members in respect of any matter for which it has not been possible to find a satisfactory solution through consultation under paragraph above.

A Member may not invoke Article XVII (National Treatment), either under this Article or Article XXIII, with respect to a measure of another Member that falls within the scope of an international agreement between them relating to the avoidance of double taxation.

NAFTA
Chapter Twenty: Institutional Arrangements and Dispute Settlement Procedures
Article 2006: Consultations
Any Party may request in writing consultations with any other Party regarding any actual or proposed measure or any other matter that it considers might affect the operation of this Agreement.

The requesting Party shall deliver the request to the other Parties and to its Section of the Secretariat.

Unless the Commission otherwise provides in its rules and procedures established under Article 2001(4) (The Free Trade Commission), a third Party that considers it has a substantial interest in the matter shall be entitled to participate in the consultations on delivery of written notice to the other Parties and to its Section of the Secretariat.

The consulting Parties shall make every attempt to arrive at a mutually satisfactory resolution of any matter through consultations under this Article or other consultative provision of this Agreement.

Group of Three
ChapterXIX: Settlement of Disputes
Article 19-05: Consultations
Any Party may request in writing consultations with any other Party regarding any actual or proposed measure or any other matter that it considers might affect the operation of this Treaty.

The Party initiating consultations according to the paragraph above shall deliver the request to the national organs in charge of other Parties.

A third Party that considers it has a substantial interest in the matter shall be entitled to participate in the consultations on delivery of written notice to the national organs in charge of other Parties.

The consulting Parties shall make every attempt to arrive at a mutually satisfactory resolution of any matter through consultations under this Article or other consultative provision of this Treaty.

CACM

CARICOM

Andean Community

Central America/Dominican Republic

Mercosur

Bolivia/Mercosur

Chile/Mercosur

 
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