Common use of Domestic Regulation Clause in Contracts

Domestic Regulation. 1. Where a Party requires authorization for the supply of a service, the Party's competent authorities shall, within a reasonable time after the submission of an application considered complete under its laws and regulations, inform the applicant of the decision concerning the application. Upon request of the applicant, the Party's competent authorities shall provide, without undue delay, information on the status of the application. This obligation shall not apply to authorization requirements that a Party adopts or maintains with respect to sectors, sub-sectors, or activities as set out in its Schedule set out in Annex II. 2. With a view to ensuring that measures related to qualification requirements and 5 For greater certainty, "regulations" includes regulations establishing or applying to licensing authorization or criteria at the central, regional and local levels of government. 6 The implementation of the obligation to establish appropriate mechanisms for small administrative agencies may need to take into account resources and budget constraints. procedures, technical standards, and licensing requirements do not constitute unnecessary barriers to trade in services, each Party shall endeavor to ensure, as appropriate for individual sectors, that such measures are: (a) based on objective and transparent criteria, such as competence and the ability to supply the service; (b) not more burdensome than necessary to ensure the quality of the service; and (c) in the case of licensing procedures, not in themselves a restriction on the supply of the service. 3. If the results of the negotiations related to Article VI:4 of GATS (or the results of any similar negotiations undertaken in other multilateral fora in which both Parties participate) enter into effect, this Article shall be amended, as appropriate, after consultations between the Parties, to bring those results into effect under this Agreement.7

Domestic Regulation. 1. Where a Party requires authorization authorisation for the supply of a service, the Party's competent authorities shall, within a reasonable period of time after the submission of an application is considered complete under its domestic laws and regulations, inform the applicant of the decision concerning the application. Upon At the request of the applicant, the Party's competent authorities of the Party shall provide, without undue delay, information on concerning the status of the application. This obligation shall not apply to authorization authorisation requirements that a Party adopts or maintains with respect to sectors, sub-sectors, or activities as set out in its Schedule set out in Annex IIare within the scope of paragraph 2 of Article 8.6 (Non- Conforming Measures). 2. With a view to ensuring that domestic regulation, including measures related relating to qualification requirements and 5 For greater certainty, "regulations" includes regulations establishing or applying to licensing authorization or criteria at the central, regional and local levels of government. 6 The implementation of the obligation to establish appropriate mechanisms for small administrative agencies may need to take into account resources and budget constraints. procedures, technical standards, standards and licensing requirements requirements, do not constitute unnecessary barriers to trade in services, each Party the Parties shall endeavor endeavour to ensure, as appropriate appropriate, for individual sectors, that such measures are: (a) based on objective and transparent criteria, such as competence and the ability to supply the service; (b) not more burdensome than necessary to ensure the quality of the service; and (c) in the case of licensing procedures, not in themselves a restriction on the supply of the service. 3. If the results of the negotiations related to Article VI:4 of the GATS (or the results of any similar negotiations undertaken in other multilateral fora in which both the Parties participate) enter into effecteffect for the Parties, this Article shall be amended, as appropriate, after consultations between the Parties, to bring those results into effect under this Agreement.7Agreement. The Parties agree to coordinate on such negotiations, as appropriate.