Common use of Access to Markets Clause in Contracts

Access to Markets. 1. The parties agree to facilitate access to their respective markets through the reduction or elimination of barriers to trade in agricultural products, and undertake not to establish new obstacles to trade between them. 2. The Parties shall waive the rights granted under article XI: 2 (c) of the GATT 1994 and those rights as incorporated by article 3-09, with respect to any measure adopted or maintained on imports of agricultural products. 3. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Treaty, for the products contained in annex 1 to this article either party may maintain or adopt customs duties on the importation of those products, in accordance with its rights and obligations under the WTO Agreement. 4. Once a year after the Entry into Force of this Treaty, the Parties shall review, through the Committee on agricultural trade established under article 4-08; gradually eliminate tariffs on imports of agricultural products contained in annex 1 to this article. 5. Access of products set out in annex 2 to this article shall be governed in accordance with this annex. 6. A Party may not apply to agricultural products of the other party a tariff rate on the excess above the quota, as provided in the schedule of tariff relief agreed between the parties. 7. From the date of Entry into Force of this Treaty, no party may refund the amount of customs duties paid or waive or reduce the amount of customs duties owed in connection with any agricultural product imported into its territory that is: a) Agricultural product substituted by an identical or similar subsequently exported to the territory of the other party; or b) Substituted by an identical or similar product used as a material in the production of another good subsequently exported to the territory of the other party.