Common use of Universal service Clause in Contracts

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 26 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Any Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 25 contracts

Sources: Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement, Free Trade Agreement, Asean China Agreement on Trade in Services

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 24 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement, Malaysia Australia Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 8 contracts

Sources: Partnership Agreement, Partnership Agreement, Association Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-non- discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 8 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively competi­ tively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 7 contracts

Sources: Association Agreement, Association Agreement, Association Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatorynondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 7 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to adopt or maintain. 2. Each Party Such obligation shall administer any universal service obligation that not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided it maintains is administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation it is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 6 contracts

Sources: Trade Agreement, Trade Agreement, Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party Such obligations shall administer any universal service obligation not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided that it maintains they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner manner, and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 5 contracts

Sources: Trade Agreement, Trade Agreement, Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, objective and non-discriminatory, discriminatory way. The administration of such obligations shall also be neutral with respect to competition and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not be more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by each Party.

Appears in 5 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to adopt or maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral neutral4 manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 4 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner manner, and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 4 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Any Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti- competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 4 contracts

Sources: Asean China Agreement on Trade in Services, Asean China Agreement on Trade in Services, Asean China Agreement on Trade in Services

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party Such obligations shall administer any universal service obligation not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided that it maintains they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner manner, and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Telecommunications, Telecommunications, Telecommunications

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement, Political, Free Trade and Strategic Partnership Agreement, Strategic Partnership, Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Association Agreement, Interim Agreement, Interim Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any that maintains a universal service obligation that shall administer it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its with regard to all suppliers subject to the obligation. 2. If a Party requires inbound Express Mail Services to be supplied on a universal service obligation is basis, it shall not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal accord preferential treatment to this service that it has definedover other international express delivery services.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Eu Mexico Association Agreement Proposal, Eu Indonesia Free Trade Agreement Proposal, Eu Chile Association Agreement Proposal

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to adopt or maintain. 2. Each Party The obligations referred to in paragraph 1 shall administer any universal service obligation not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided that it maintains such obligations are administered in a transparent, objective and non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and discriminatory manner. The administration of such obligations shall also 3. All suppliers should be eligible to ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for and no supplier shall be a priori excluded. The designation shall be made through an efficient, transparent and non-discriminatory mechanism, in accordance with the kind domestic legislation of universal service that it has definedeach Party.

Appears in 3 contracts

Sources: Trade Agreement, Trade Agreement, Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Any Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to adopt or maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Trade Agreement, Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any The provisions governing universal service obligation that it maintains in a shall be transparent, non-discriminatory, objective and competitively nondiscriminatory. They shall also be neutral manner with respect to competition and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not be no more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has definednecessary.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Association Agreement, Association Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind type of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party adopt or maintain and shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains such obligations in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner manner, and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not obligations are no more burdensome than necessary for the kind type of universal service that it has been defined.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Economic Complementation Agreement, Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to adopt or maintain. 2. Each Party Such obligation shall administer any universal service obligation that not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided it maintains is admin­ istered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation it is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Trade Agreement, Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind type of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party adopt or maintain and shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains such obligations in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner manner, and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not obligations are no more burdensome than necessary for the kind type of universal service that it has been defined.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2maintain and to decide on their scope and implementation. Each Party shall administer any Any universal service obligation that it maintains shall be administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its with regard to all suppliers subject to the obligation. 2. If a Party requires inbound express mail services to be supplied on a universal service obligation is basis, it shall not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal accord preferential treatment to this service that it has definedover other international express delivery services.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Eu Australia Free Trade Agreement, Eu New Zealand Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party Such obligations shall administer any universal service obligation not be regarded as anticompetitive per se, provided that it maintains they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Economic Partnership Agreement, Economic Partnership Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has shall have the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined. 2. The designation of universal service suppliers shall be made through an efficient, transparent and non-discriminatory mechanism.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains or adopts in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 2 contracts

Sources: Free Trade Agreement, Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner manner, and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined. Universal service obligations defined according to these principles shall not be regarded per se as anti-competitive.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind type of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party adopt or maintain and it shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains administrate said obligations in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure manner, ensuring that its universal service obligation is obligations are not more burdensome than is necessary for the kind type of universal service that it has been defined.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Additional Protocol

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party. 2. Tariffs for the universal service shall be affordable to meet the needs of users.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Partnership Agreement

Universal service. 1. (a) Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains (b) Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, objective and non-discriminatory, discriminatory way. The administration of such obligations shall also be neutral with respect to competition and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not be more burdensome than necessary for the kind of 20 Each Party will implement this obligation in accordance with its relevant legislation. universal service that it has defineddefined by each Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Trade in Services Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, objective and non-discriminatory, discriminatory way. The administration of such obligations shall also be neutral with respect to competition and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not be more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by each Party. 37 Each Party will implement this obligation in accordance with its relevant legislation.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party adopt or maintain and shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains those obligations in a transparent, non-discriminatorynondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is obligations are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party Such obligations shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.be regarded as anticompetitive

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Economic Partnership Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2maintain and to decide on the scope and implementation of such obligation. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, non- discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure with regard to all suppliers subject to that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of obligation. 2. Ifa Party requires inbound express mail services to be supplied on a universal service that basis, it has definedshall not accord preferential treatment to those express mail services over other international express delivery services.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to adopt or maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it adopts or maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, non- discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its a universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2maintain and to decide on its scope and implementation. Each Party shall administer any Any universal service obligation that it maintains shall be administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its with regard to all suppliers subject to the obligation. 2. If a Party requires inbound express mail services to be supplied on a universal service obligation is basis, it shall not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal accord preferential treatment to this service that it has definedover other international express delivery services.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Investment Liberalisation and Trade in Services Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party Such obligations shall administer any universal service obligation not be regarded as anti- competitive per se, provided that it maintains they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has definedmanner.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Economic Cooperation and Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2maintain and to decide on the scope and implementation of the obligation. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its with regard to all suppliers subject to the obligation. 2. If a Party requires inbound express mail services to be supplied on a universal service obligation is basis, it shall not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has definedaccord preferential treatment to these services over other international express delivery services.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party maintain and shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains those obligations in a transparent, non-discriminatorynondiscriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is obligations are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintainhave. 2. Each Party shall administer any Measures by Parties governing universal service obligation that it maintains in a shall be transparent, objective and non-discriminatory, . They shall also be neutral with respect to competition and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not be more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party36.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner manner, and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Any Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Wto Electronic Commerce Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has shall have the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined. 2. The designation of universal service suppliers shall be made through an efficient, transparent and non-discriminatory mechanism.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to adopt or maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains adopted or maintained in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its the universal service obligation is not no more burdensome than necessary for the kind type of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party maintain and shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains those obligations in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Trade Promotion Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that it wishes to adopt or maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it adopts or maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, and competitively neutral manner manner, and shall ensure that its any universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind type of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Any Party has the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se, provided they are administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively competi­ tively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is are not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defineddefined by the Party.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Association Agreement

Universal service. 1. Each Party has shall have the right to define the kind of universal service obligations that obligation it wishes to maintain. 2. Each Party shall administer any universal service obligation that it maintains in a transparent, non-discriminatory, discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and shall ensure that its universal service obligation is not more burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service that it has defined. 2. The designation of universal service suppliers shall be made through an efficient, transparent and non-discrimi­ natory mechanism.

Appears in 1 contract

Sources: Free Trade Agreement