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ARTICLES

LEGAL RESOURSES

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    • Article 2101: General Exceptions

    1. For purposes of:

  • Part Two (Trade in Goods), except to the extent that a provision of that Part applies to services or investment, and

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  • Part Three (Technical Barriers to Trade), except to the extent that a provision of that Part applies to services,

    • GATT Article XX and its interpretative notes, or any equivalent provision of a successor agreement to which all Parties are party, are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement.

    The Parties understand that the measures referred to in GATT Article XX(b) include environmental measures necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health, and that GATT Article XX(g) applies to measures relating to the conservation of living and non-living exhaustible natural resources.

    2. Provided that such measures are not applied in a manner that would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between countries where the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on trade between the Parties, nothing in:

  • Part Two (Trade in Goods), to the extent that a provision of that Part applies to services,

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  • Part Three (Technical Barriers to Trade), to the extent that a provision of that Part applies to services,

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  • Chapter Twelve (Cross-Border Trade in Services), and

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  • Chapter Thirteen (Telecommunications),

    • Shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by any Party of measures necessary to secure compliance with laws or regulations that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement, including those relating to health and safety and consumer protection.