The EU-Chile Association Agreement
23/08/2011 75The Association Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, as other part was signed between European Community and Chile on November 18th, 2002 and entered into force on a provisional basis on February 1st, 2003.An additional protocol to the Agreement was added in May 2004 to take into account the enlargement of the European Union.The full agreement entered into force on 1 March 2005.
The EU-Chile Association Agreement included a comprehensive Free Trade Agreement, which covered all the areas of EU-Chile trade relations. The agreement aims at eliminating barriers to trade and establishes clear, stable and transparent rules for exporters, importers and investors.
The contents of The EU-Chile Association Agreement include:
Preamble
Part I: General and Institutional Provisions
Title I Nature and Scope of the Agreement
Title II Institutional Framework
Part II: Political Dialogue
Part III: Cooperation
Title I Economic Cooperation
Title II Science, technology and Information Society
Title III Culture, Education and Audio-Visual
Title IV State Reform and Public Administration
Title V Social Cooperation
Title VI Other Cooperation Areas
Title VII General Provisions
Part IV: Trade and Trade-Related Matters
Title I General Provisions
Title II Free Movement of Goods
Chapter I Elimination of Customs Duties
Chapter II Non-Tariff Measures
Chapter III Exceptions
Title III Trade in Services and Establishment
Chapter I Services
Chapter II Financial Services
Chapter III Establishment
Title IV Government Procurement
Title V Current Payments and Capital Movements
Title VI Intellectual Property Rights
Title VII Competition
Title VIII Dispute Settlement
Chapter I Objective and Scope
Chapter II Dispute Avoidance
Chapter III Dispute Settlement Procedure
Chapter IV General Provisions
Title IX Transparency
Title X Specific Tasks in Trade Matters of the Bodies Established under this Agreement
Title XI Exceptions in the Area of Trade
Part V: Final Provisions
Annexes:
Annex I: Community's Tariff Elimination Schedule
Annex II: Chile's Tariff Elimination Schedule
Annex III: Definition of the concept of originating products and methods of administrative cooperation
Annex IV: Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Applicable to Trade in Animals and Animal Products, Plants, Plant Products and Other Goods and Animal Welfare
Annex V: Agreement on Trade in Wines
Annex VI: Agreement on Trade in Spirits Drinks and Aromatised Drinks
Annex VII: Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services
Annex VIII: Schedule of specific commitments on financial services
Annex IX: Authorities responsible for financial services
Annex X: Schedule of specific commitments on establishment
Annex XI: Community's coverage on government procurement
Annex XII: Chile's coverage on government procurement
Annex XIII: Implementation of certain provisions of Part IV, Title IV
Annex XIV: Regarding current payments and capital movement
Annex XV: Model rules of procedure for the conduct of arbitration panels
Annex XVI: Code of conduct for members of arbitration panels
Annex XVII: Implementation of certain decisions of Part IV
Additional Protocol
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- Green transition holds the key to the EU market
- Maintain "credibility" to stabilize agricultural product exports to the EU
- EVFTA a milestone in Việt Nam-EU bilateral cooperation
- EVFTA facilitates Vietnamese goods' entry into French market: official