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FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF THAILAND Table of Contents Preamble Chapter 1: Initial Provisions Chapter 2: General Definitions Chapter 3: Trade in Goods Annex 3.4: Elimination of Customs Duties - Section A: Chile’s Schedule on Trade in Goods - Section B: Thailand’s Schedule on Trade in Goods Chapter 4: Rules of Origin Annex 4.2: Product Specific Rules of Origin Annex 4.13: Form of Certificate of Origin - Section A: Form of Certificate of Origin of Chile - Section B: Form of Certification of Origin of Thailand Chapter 5: Customs Procedures Chapter 6: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Annex 6.10 - Section A: Competent Authorities - Section B: Contact Points Chapter 7: Technical Barriers to Trade Chapter 8: Trade Remedies Chapter 9: Trade in Services Annex 9.6: Schedule of Specific Commitments on Trade in Services - Section A: Chile’s Schedule - Section B: Thailand’s Schedule Chapter 10: Trade in Financial Services Annex I: Authorities Responsible for Financial Services Annex II: Schedule of Specific Commitments on Financial Services - Section A: Chile’s Schedule - Section B: Thailand’s Schedule Chapter 11: Economic Cooperation Chapter 12: Transparency Chapter 13: Administration and Institutional Provisions Chapter 14: Dispute Settlement Chapter 15: Exceptions Chapter 16: Final Provisions Preamble The Republic of Chile and the Kingdom of Thailand, hereinafter individually referred to as a “Party” or collectively as the “Parties”: Inspired by their longstanding friendship and cooperation and growing economic, trade and investment relationship; Recognising that the strengthening of their economic partnership will bring economic and social benefits, create new opportunities for employment and improve the living standards of their people; Creating an expanded and secure market for the goods and services produced in their territories; Resolved to promote bilateral trade through the establishment of clear and mutually advantageous trade rules and the avoidance of trade barriers; Promoting a predictable, transparent, and consistent business environment that will assist juridical persons to plan effectively and use resources efficiently; Building on their respective rights and obligations under the World Trade Organization (WTO), other multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements to which they are both parties; Recalling the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) goals and aware of the growing importance of trade and investment for the economies of the Asia-Pacific region; and Desiring to strengthen the cooperative framework for the conduct of economic relations to ensure it is dynamic and encourages broader and deeper economic cooperation; HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS: Chapter 1 Initial Provisions Article 1.1: Objectives The objectives of this Agreement are to: (a) liberalise and facilitate trade in goods and services between the Parties; (b) facilitate the mutual recognition of the results of conformity assessment procedures for products or processes; (c) liberalise, encourage and promote investment and ensure protection for investments and investment activities in the Parties; (d) facilitate the movement of natural persons; (e) ensure and enhance adequate, effective and non-discriminatory protection of trade between the Parties; (f) enhance cooperation for mutual benefit of the Parties; and (g) promote transparency in the implementation of laws and regulations respecting matters covered by this Agreement. Article 1.2: Establishment of a Free Trade Area The Parties, consistent with Article XXIV of the GATT 1994 and Article V of the GATS, hereby establish a free trade area. Article 1.3: Relation to Other Agreements The Parties reaffirm their existing rights and obligations with respect to each other under the WTO Agreement and other agreements to which both Parties are party. Chapter 2 General Definitions Article 2.1: Definitions of General Application For the purposes of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified: Agreement means the Free Trade Agreement between Chile and Thailand; APEC means Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation; Commission means the Free Trade Commission established under Article 13.1 (Free Trade Commission); customs authority means the authority that, according to the legislation of each Party, is responsible for the administration and enforcement of its customs laws and regulations: (a) in the case of Chile, the Chile Customs Service; and (b) in the case of Thailand, the Customs Department; customs duties includes any import duty and a charge of any kind imposed in connection with the importation of a good, but does not include any: (a) charges equivalent to internal taxes, including excise duties, sales tax, and goods and services taxes imposed in accordance with a Party’s commitments under paragraph 2 of Article III of GATT 1994; (b) anti-dumping or countervailing duty or safeguards duty applied in accordance with Chapter 8 (Trade Remedies); or (c) fees or other charges that are limited in amount to the approximate cost of services rendered, and do not represent a direct or indirect protection for domestic goods or a taxation of imports for fiscal purposes; Customs Valuation Agreement means the Agreement on Implementation of Article VII of GATT 1994, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement; days means calendar days, including weekends and public holidays; existing means in effect on the date of entry into force of this Agreement; GATS means the General Agreement on Trade in Services, contained in Annex 1B to the WTO Agreement; GATT 1994 means the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement; goods of a Party means domestic products as these are understood in GATT 1994 or such goods as the Parties may agree, and includes originating goods of that Party. A good of a Party may include materials of other countries; Harmonized System (HS) means the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System governed by The International Convention on the Harmonized Commodity Description and Coding System, including its General Rules of Interpretation, Section Notes, and Chapter Notes, and their amendments, as adopted and implemented by the Parties in their respective tariff laws; heading means the first four digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System (HS); juridical person of a state means a juridical person that is owned or controlled through ownership interests by a Party; measure means any measure by a Party, whether in the form of a law, regulation, rule, procedure, practice, decision, administrative action or any other form; national means: (a) in the case of Chile, a natural person who has the Chilean nationality as defined in Article 10 of the Constitución Política de la República de Chile; and (b) in the case of Thailand, any person who possesses Thai nationality under the law in force in the Kingdom of Thailand; originating means qualifying under the rules of origin set out in Chapter 4 (Rules of Origin); person means a natural person or a juridical person; person of a Party means a natural person or a juridical person of a Party; preferential tariff treatment means the duty rate applicable under this Agreement to an originating good; Safeguards Agreement means the Agreement on Safeguards, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement; SPS Agreement means the Agreement on the Application of Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement; subheading means the first six digits in the tariff classification number under the Harmonized System (HS); TBT Agreement means the Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade, contained in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement; territory means: (a) in the case of Chile, the land, maritime, and air space under its sovereignty, and the exclusive economic zone and the continental shelf within which it exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law and its domestic law; and (b) in the case of Thailand, the territory of the Kingdom of Thailand, including its internal waters, exclusive economic zone, the continental shelf and any other maritime areas in which it exercises sovereign rights and jurisdiction in accordance with international law; WTO means the World Trade Organization; and WTO Agreement means the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization, done on April 15, 1994. Chapter 3 Trade in Goods Article 3.1: Definitions For the purposes of this Chapter: agricultural goods means those goods referred to in Article 2 of WTO Agreement on Agriculture; consular transactions means requirements that goods of a Party intended for export to the territory of the other Party must first be submitted to the supervision of the consul of the importing Party in the territory of the exporting Party for the purpose of obtaining consular invoices or consular visas for commercial invoices, certificates of origin, manifests, shippers’ export declarations or any other customs documentation required on or in connection with importation; duty-free means free of customs duty; export subsidies shall have the meaning assigned to that term in Article 1 (e) of WTO Agreement on Agriculture, including any amendment of that Article; and import licensing means administrative procedures requiring the submission of an application or other documentation (other than that generally required for customs clearance purposes) to the relevant administrative body as a prior condition for importation into