Common use of Import Licensing Clause in Contracts

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement enters into force for a Party, that Party shall notify the other Parties of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. 3. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement; (b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Australia Free Trade Agreement for that Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 4. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement. 5. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph 6. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, and includes in its notification any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. (a) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the notice: (i) the terms of an import licence for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (ii) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence to import any product: (A) membership in an industry association; (B) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licence; (C) a history of importing the product or similar products; (D) minimum importer or end user production capacity; (E) minimum importer or end user registered capital; or (F) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 7. Each Party shall respond within 60 days to a reasonable enquiry from the other Party concerning its licensing rules and its procedures for the submission of an application for an import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirement. 8. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Each Party shall adopt or maintain ensure that its import licensing procedures, as defined in Articles 1 through 3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, are implemented in a measure that is inconsistent transparent and predictable manner, and applied in accordance with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement enters into force for Each Party shall publish its rules and information concerning import licensing procedures in a Party, that manner consistent with paragraph 4 of Article 1 of the Import Licensing Agreement. A Party which introduces import licensing procedures or changes in these procedures shall notify the other Parties Party of its existing such import licensing procedures, if anyprocedures or changes in these procedures within sixty (60) days of publication. The notice Such notification shall include the contain information specified set out in paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 5.2 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any Agreement. The information required under paragraph 6shall be provided through a contact point of each Party designated for this purpose. 3. Any information regarding changes in import licensing procedures shall be made publicly available before the date that the new procedure or modification takes effect. 4. Each Party shall respond within sixty (60) days to a reasonable enquiry from the other Party concerning its import licensing rules and its procedures for the submission of an application for an import license, including the eligibility of persons, firms, and institutions to make such an application, the administrative bodies to be approached, and the list of goods subject to the licensing requirement. 5. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for established in accordance with Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in paragraph 2 of Article 5.2 5 of that agreement;; or (b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement with respect to Amend the Singapore- Australia Free Trade Agreement for that Party procedure, it has provided to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing Licensing, the information requested in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in paragraph 3 of Article 7.3 7 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the Party’s most recent annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to due before the other Party under paragraph 6. 4. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) entry into force of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing this Agreement. 5. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph 6. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, and includes in its notification any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. (a) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the notice: (i) the terms of an import licence for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (ii) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence to import any product: (A) membership in an industry association; (B) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licence; (C) a history of importing the product or similar products; (D) minimum importer or end user production capacity; (E) minimum importer or end user registered capital; or (F) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 7. Each Party shall respond within 60 days to a reasonable enquiry from the other Party concerning its licensing rules and its procedures for the submission of an application for an import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirement. 8. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Each Party shall ensure that all automatic and non-automatic import licensing procedures are implemented in a transparent and predictable manner, and applied in accordance with the Import Licensing Agreement. No Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement enters entry into force for a Partyof this Agreement, that each Party shall notify the other Parties Party of its any existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice notification shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. 3Agreement. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement;the Import Licensing Agreement; and (b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Australia Free Trade this Agreement for that the Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing Licensing, in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures as described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, provided with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that the questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 43. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement. 5. Each Thereafter, each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts procedure and any modifications modification it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 to the extent possible thirty (30) days before the new procedure or modification it takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 sixty (60) days after the date of its publication. The A notification provided under this Article shall include any the information required under paragraph 6specified in Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement. 4. Before applying any new or modified import licensing procedure, a Party shall publish the new procedure or modification on an official government website. To the extent possible, the Party shall do so at least twenty-one (21) days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. 5. The notification required under paragraphs 2 and includes in its 3 is without prejudice to whether the import licensing procedure is consistent with this Agreement. 6. No application shall be refused for minor documentation errors which do not alter the basic data contained therein. Minor documentation errors may include formatting errors (for instance, the width of a margin or the font used) and errors with spelling which are obviously made without fraudulent intent or gross negligence. 7. A notification any information required to be notified to the other Party made under paragraph 6. (a) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the noticenotification: (ia) the terms of an import licence license for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (iib) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence license to import any product: (Ai) membership in an industry association; (Bii) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licencelicense; (Ciii) a history of importing the product product, or similar products; (Div) minimum importer or end user use production capacity; (Ev) minimum importer or end user use registered capital; or (Fvi) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's ’s territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 78. Each Party shall respond shall, to the extent possible, answer within 60 sixty (60) days to a all reasonable enquiry enquiries from the other Party concerning with regard to the criteria employed by its respective licensing rules and its procedures authorities in granting or denying import licenses. The importing Party shall publish sufficient information for the submission of an application other Party and traders to know the basis for an granting or allocating import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirementlicences. 89. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written an explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Each Party shall ensure that all automatic and non-automatic import licensing measures are implemented in a transparent and predictable manner, and applied in accordance with the Import Licensing Agreement. 3. Promptly after this Agreement enters into force for a Partyforce, that each Party shall notify the other Parties Party of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice notification shall include contain the information specified as referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 5.2 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6Agreement. 34. On request of the other Party, a Party shall, promptly and to the extent possible, respond to the request of that other Party for information on import licensing requirements of general application. 5. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with the obligations in paragraph 2 3 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in paragraph 2 of Article 5.2 5 of that agreementAgreement; (b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Australia Free Trade this Agreement for that Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in paragraph 3 of Article 7.3 7 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party Parties under paragraph 68. 46. Each Party shall comply with paragraph 4(a) of Article 1.4(a) 1 of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under paragraph 4(a) of Article 1.4(a) 1 of the Import Licensing Agreement. 57. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph 68. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 paragraph 1 through 3 of Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement, Agreement and includes in its notification any information required to be notified to the other Party Parties under paragraph 68. (a) A notice under paragraph 23, paragraph 3 5, or paragraph 5 7 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the notice: (i) the terms of an import licence for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (ii) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence to import any product: (A) membership in an industry association; (B) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licence; (C) a history of importing the product or similar products; (D) minimum importer or end user production capacity; (E) minimum importer or end user registered capital; or (F) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's ’s territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence licence-eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 79. Each Party shall respond within 60 days to a reasonable enquiry from the other Party concerning its licensing rules and its procedures for the submission of an application for an import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirement. 810. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written explanation of the reason for the denial. 911. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 3 or paragraph 46, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Each Party shall ensure that all automatic and non-automatic import licensing procedures are implemented in a transparent and predictable manner, and applied in accordance with the Agreement on Import Licensing Procedures, in Annex 1A to the WTO Agreement (hereinafter referred to as the “Import Licensing Agreement”). Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement enters entry into force for a Partyof this Agreement, that each Party shall notify the other Parties Party of its any existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice notification shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. 3Agreement. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement;the Import Licensing Agreement; and (b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Australia Free Trade this Agreement for that Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 43. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to Before applying any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each , a Party shall also publish the new procedure or modification on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of internet site. To the Import Licensing Agreement. 5. Each extent possible, the Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 do so at least 21 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. 4. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph 6. A Party shall be deemed 2 is without prejudice to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new whether the import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance is consistent with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 of the Import Licensing this Agreement, and includes in its notification any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 5. No application shall be refused for minor documentation errors which do not alter the basic data contained therein. Minor documentation errors may include, but are not limited to, formatting errors (afor instance, the width of a margin or the font used) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 and errors with spelling which are obviously made without fraudulent intent or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the notice: (i) the terms of an import licence for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (ii) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence to import any product: (A) membership in an industry association; (B) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licence; (C) a history of importing the product or similar products; (D) minimum importer or end user production capacity; (E) minimum importer or end user registered capital; or (F) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's territorygross negligence. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 76. Each Party shall respond shall, to the extent possible, answer within 60 days to a all reasonable enquiry enquiries from the other Party concerning with regard to the criteria employed by its respective licensing rules and its procedures authorities in granting or denying import licenses. The importing Party shall publish sufficient information for the submission of an application other Party and traders to know the basis for an granting or allocating import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirementlicenses. 87. If a Party denies an import licence license application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on the request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, request provide the applicant with a written an explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Each Party shall ensure that all automatic and non-automatic import licensing procedures are implemented in a transparent and predictable manner, and applied in accordance with the Import Licensing Agreement. No Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement enters entry into force for a Partyof this Agreement, that each Party shall notify the other Parties Party of its any existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice notification shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. 3Agreement. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement;the Import Licensing Agreement; and (b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Australia Free Trade this Agreement for that the Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing Licensing, in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures as described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, provided with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that the questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 43. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement. 5. Each Thereafter, each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts procedure and any modifications modification it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 to the extent possible thirty (30) days before the new procedure or modification it takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 sixty (60) days after the date of its publication. The A notification provided under this Article shall include any the information required under paragraph 6specified in Article 5 of the Import Licensing Agreement. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement. 4. Before applying any new or modified import licensing procedure, a Party shall publish the new procedure or modification on an official government website. To the extent possible, the Party shall do so at least twenty-one (21) days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. 5. The notification required under paragraphs 2 and includes in its 3 is without prejudice to whether the import licensing procedure is consistent with this Agreement. 6. No application shall be refused for minor documentation errors which do not alter the basic data contained therein. Minor documentation errors may include formatting errors (for instance, the width of a margin or the font used) and errors with spelling which are made without fraudulent intent or gross negligence. 7. A notification any information required to be notified to the other Party made under paragraph 6. (a) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the noticenotification: (ia) the terms of an import licence license for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (iib) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence license to import any product: (Ai) membership in an industry association; (Bii) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licencelicense; (Ciii) a history of importing the product product, or similar products; (Div) minimum importer or end user use production capacity; (Ev) minimum importer or end user use registered capital; or (Fvi) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's ’s territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 78. Each Party shall respond shall, to the extent possible, answer within 60 sixty (60) days to a all reasonable enquiry enquiries from the other Party concerning with regard to the criteria employed by its respective licensing rules and its procedures authorities in granting or denying import licenses. The importing Party shall publish sufficient information for the submission of an application other Party and traders to know the basis for an granting or allocating import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirementlicences. 89. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written an explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement enters into force for a Party, that Party shall notify the other Parties of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. 3. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement; (b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement for that Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 4. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement. 5. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph 6. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, and includes in its notification any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. (a) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the notice: (i) the terms of an import licence for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (ii) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence to import any product: (A) membership in an industry association; (B) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licence; (C) a history of importing the product or similar products; (D) minimum importer or end user production capacity; (E) minimum importer or end user registered capital; or (F) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's ’s territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 7. Each Party shall respond within 60 days to a reasonable enquiry from the other Party concerning its licensing rules and its procedures for the submission of an application for an import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirement. 8. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement enters into force for a Party, that Party shall notify the other Parties of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. 3. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement; (b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement for that Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 4. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement. 5. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if 1 For greater certainty, subject to its obligations under this Agreement and the WTO Agreement, a Party may require that remanufactured goods: (a) be identified as such for distribution or sale in its territory; and (b) meet all applicable technical requirements that apply to equivalent goods in new condition. possible, no later than 60 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph paragraph 6. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, and includes in its notification any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. (a) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the notice: (i) the terms of an import licence for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (ii) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence to import any product: (A) membership in an industry association; (B) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licence; (C) a history of importing the product or similar products; (D) minimum importer or end user production capacity; (E) minimum importer or end user registered capital; or (F) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's ’s territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 7. Each Party shall respond within 60 days to a reasonable enquiry from the other Party concerning its licensing rules and its procedures for the submission of an application for an import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirement. 8. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement the Protocol enters into force for a Party, that Party shall notify the other Parties Party of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. 1 For greater certainty, subject to its obligations under this Agreement and the WTO Agreement, a Party may require that remanufactured goods: (a) be identified as such for distribution or sale in its territory; and (b) meet all applicable technical requirements that apply to equivalent goods in new condition. 3. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement; (b) in the most recent annual submission submission, due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Australia Free Trade Agreement Protocol for that Party Party, to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 4. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement. 5. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph 6. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles Article 5.1, Article 5.2 or Article 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, Agreement and includes in its notification any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. (a) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the notice: (i) the terms of an import licence for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (ii) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence to import any product: (A) membership in an industry association; (B) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licence; (C) a history of importing the product or similar products; (D) minimum importer or end user production capacity; (E) minimum importer or end user registered capital; or (F) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's ’s territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 7. Each Party shall respond within 60 days to a reasonable enquiry from the other Party concerning its licensing rules and its procedures for the submission of an application for an import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirement. 8. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement enters into force for a Party, that Party shall notify the other Parties of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice shall include the information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. 3. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement; (b) in the most recent annual submission due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Singapore-Australia Free Trade Agreement for that Party to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 4. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement. 5. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. 1 For greater certainty, subject to its obligations under this Agreement and the WTO Agreement, a Party may require that remanufactured goods: (a) be identified as such for distribution or sale in its territory; and (b) meet all applicable technical requirements that apply to equivalent goods in new condition. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph 6. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles 5.1, 5.2 or 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, and includes in its notification any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. (a) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the notice: (i) the terms of an import licence for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (ii) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence to import any product: (A) membership in an industry association; (B) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licence; (C) a history of importing the product or similar products; (D) minimum importer or end user production capacity; (E) minimum importer or end user registered capital; or (F) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's ’s territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 7. Each Party shall respond within 60 days to a reasonable enquiry from the other Party concerning its licensing rules and its procedures for the submission of an application for an import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirement. 8. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.

Import Licensing. 1. Neither Party shall adopt or maintain a measure that is inconsistent with the Import Licensing Agreement. 2. Promptly after this Agreement the Protocol enters into force for a Party, that Party shall notify the other Parties Party of its existing import licensing procedures, if any. The notice shall include the 1 For greater certainty, subject to its obligations under this Agreement and the WTO Agreement, a Party may require that remanufactured goods: (a) be identified as such for distribution or sale in its territory; and (b) meet all applicable technical requirements that apply to equivalent goods in new condition. information specified in Article 5.2 of the Import Licensing Agreement and any information required under paragraph 6. 3. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with paragraph 2 with respect to an existing import licensing procedure if: (a) it has notified that procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing provided for in Article 4 of the Import Licensing Agreement together with the information specified in Article 5.2 of that agreement; (b) in the most recent annual submission submission, due before the date of entry into force of the Agreement to Amend the Singapore- Australia Free Trade Agreement Protocol for that Party Party, to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in response to the annual questionnaire on import licensing procedures described in Article 7.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, it has provided, with respect to that procedure, the information requested in that questionnaire; and (c) it has included in either the notice described in subparagraph (a) or the annual submission described in subparagraph (b) any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. 4. Each Party shall comply with Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement with respect to any new or modified import licensing procedure. Each Party shall also publish on an official government website any information that it is required to publish under Article 1.4(a) of the Import Licensing Agreement. 5. Each Party shall notify the other Party of any new import licensing procedures it adopts and any modifications it makes to its existing import licensing procedures, if possible, no later than 60 days before the new procedure or modification takes effect. In no case shall a Party provide the notification later than 60 days after the date of its publication. The notification shall include any information required under paragraph 6. A Party shall be deemed to be in compliance with this obligation if it notifies a new import licensing procedure or a modification to an existing import licensing procedure to the WTO Committee on Import Licensing in accordance with Articles Article 5.1, Article 5.2 or Article 5.3 of the Import Licensing Agreement, Agreement and includes in its notification any information required to be notified to the other Party under paragraph 6. (a) A notice under paragraph 2, paragraph 3 or paragraph 5 shall state if, under any import licensing procedure that is a subject of the notice: (i) the terms of an import licence for any product limit the permissible end users of the product; or (ii) the Party imposes any of the following conditions on eligibility for obtaining a licence to import any product: (A) membership in an industry association; (B) approval by an industry association of the request for an import licence; (C) a history of importing the product or similar products; (D) minimum importer or end user production capacity; (E) minimum importer or end user registered capital; or (F) a contractual or other relationship between the importer and a distributor in the Party's ’s territory. (b) A notice that states, under subparagraph (a), that there is a limitation on permissible end users or a licence-eligibility condition shall: (i) list all products for which the end-user limitation or licence eligibility condition applies; and (ii) describe the end-user limitation or licence-eligibility condition. 7. Each Party shall respond within 60 days to a reasonable enquiry from the other Party concerning its licensing rules and its procedures for the submission of an application for an import licence, including the eligibility of persons, firms and institutions to make an application, the administrative body or bodies to be approached and the list of products subject to the licensing requirement. 8. If a Party denies an import licence application with respect to a good of the other Party, it shall, on request of the applicant and within a reasonable period after receiving the request, provide the applicant with a written explanation of the reason for the denial. 9. Neither Party shall apply an import licensing procedure to a good of the other Party unless it has, with respect to that procedure, met the requirements of paragraph 2 or paragraph 4, as applicable.