Common use of Acceleration or Improvement of Tariff Commitments Clause in Contracts

Acceleration or Improvement of Tariff Commitments. 1. Upon the request of a Party, the other Party shall consult with the requesting Party to consider accelerating, or improving the scope of, the elimination of customs duties on originating goods as set out in Annex 2A (Schedule of Tariff Commitments for Goods). 2. An agreement between the Parties to accelerate, or improve the scope of, the elimination of a customs duty on an originating good (or to include a good in in Annex 2A (Schedule of Tariff Commitments for Goods) shall supersede any duty rate or staging category determined pursuant to Annex 2A (Schedule of Tariff Commitments for Goods) for that good once approved by each Party in accordance with its applicable domestic procedures. 3. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit a Party, at any time, from unilaterally accelerating, or improving the scope of, the elimination of customs duties on originating goods as set out in Annex 2A (Schedule of Tariff Commitments for Goods). A Party shall inform the other Party as early as practicable before the new rate of customs duty takes effect. 4. If a Party accelerates, or improves the scope of, elimination of custom duties in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article, that Party may raise the customs duties concerned to the level set out in Annex 2A (Schedule of Tariff Commitments for Goods) for the respective year following such unilateral acceleration or improvement to the scope.