Einde inhoudsopgave
The Energy Charter Treaty
Article 5 Trade-related investment measures
Geldend
Geldend vanaf 21-01-2010
- Bronpublicatie:
24-04-1998, Trb. 2010, 149 (uitgifte: 06-05-2010, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Inwerkingtreding
21-01-2010
- Bronpublicatie inwerkingtreding:
24-04-1998, Trb. 2010, 149 (uitgifte: 06-05-2010, kamerstukken/regelingnummer: -)
- Vakgebied(en)
Milieurecht / Straling
Milieurecht / Energie
Energierecht (V)
1.
A Contracting Party shall not apply any trade-related investment measure that is inconsistent with the provisions of article III or XI of the GATT 1994; this shall be without prejudice to the Contracting Party's rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement and Article 29.
2.
Such measures include any investment measure which is mandatory or enforceable under domestic law or under any administrative ruling, or compliance with which is necessary to obtain an advantage, and which requires:
- a)
the purchase or use by an enterprise of products of domestic origin or from any domestic source, whether specified in terms of particular products, in terms of volume or value of products, or in terms of a proportion of volume or value of its local production; or
- b)
that an enterprise's purchase or use of imported products be limited to an amount related to the volume or value of local products that it exports;
or which restricts:
- c)
the importation by an enterprise of products used in or related to its local production, generally or to an amount related to the volume or value of local production that it exports;
- d)
the importation by an enterprise of products used in or related to its local production by restricting its access to foreign exchange to an amount related to the foreign exchange inflows attributable to the enterprise; or
- e)
the exportation or sale for export by an enterprise of products, whether specified in terms of particular products, in terms of volume or value of products, or in terms of a proportion of volume or value of its local production.
3.
Nothing in paragraph 1 shall be construed to prevent a Contracting Party from applying the trade-related investment measures described in subparagraphs 2a) and c) as a condition of eligibility for export promotion, foreign aid, government procurement or preferential tariff or quota programmes.
4.
Notwithstanding paragraph 1, a Contracting Party may temporarily continue to maintain trade-related investment measures which were in effect more than 180 days before its signature of this Treaty, subject to the notification and phase-out provisions set out in Annex TRM.