Common use of Institutional Provisions Clause in Contracts

Institutional Provisions. 1. In order to facilitate communication between the Parties for purposes of this Chapter, each Party shall designate a contact point within its Ministry of Labor or Ministry of Foreign Affairs or corresponding entity, within six (6) months following the date of entry into force of this Agreement. Each Party shall notify the other, as soon as possible, of any change in the point of contact. 2. The Parties may exchange information by any means of communication, including the Internet and videoconferencing. 3. The points of contact shall: (a) facilitate frequent communication and coordination between the Parties; (b) attend the Labor Committee established in paragraph 4; (c) report to the Administrative Commission regarding the implementation of this Chapter, if necessary; (d) act as a channel of communication with the public in their respective territories, and (e) work together, including with other appropriate agencies of their governments, to develop and implement cooperative activities, consistent with the other chapters of this Agreement. 4. The Parties establish the Labor Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee"), which may meet to discuss matters of mutual interest, including potential areas of cooperation, the review of the implementation of this Chapter and to address any issues that may arise between them. The Committee shall be composed of high-level government representatives or their designees responsible for labor and trade matters. 5. The Committee shall meet: (a) in regular sessions at least every two (2) years, and (b) at extraordinary sessions at the request of any of the Parties. The ordinary sessions shall be chaired alternatively by each Party and the extraordinary sessions by the Party that requested it. The sessions shall be held, as a general rule, by videoconference or digital means and, in person, every two (2) years if the Parties so agree. 6. The Committee may hold public meetings to report on relevant matters when the Parties so agree. 7. All recommendations of the Committee shall be made by mutual consent. 8. The functions of the Committee shall be: (a) supervise the implementation of this Chapter and make recommendations on its future development and, to this end, within three (3) years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the Committee shall review its operation and effectiveness in the light of the experience gained; (b) establish priority areas for cooperation activities and approve, during its first year of operation, the cooperation work plan that will have a duration of two (2) years; (c) directing the work and activities established by the same; (d) to approve the publication, in accordance with the terms and conditions it may establish, of reports and studies prepared by independent experts; (e) facilitate consultations through the exchange of information; (f) deal with questions arising between the Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Chapter, and (g) promote the collection and publication of comparable information on the application of laws, labor standards and labor market indicators on specific issues of interest to the Parties. 9. The Committee may consider any other matter within the scope of this Chapter and take such other action in the exercise of its functions as the Parties may agree.

Institutional Provisions. Article 7.1. The Joint Free Trade Committee 1. In order to facilitate communication between the Parties for purposes of this Chapter, each Party shall designate a contact point within its Ministry of Labor or Ministry of Foreign Affairs or corresponding entity, within six (6) months following the date of entry into force of this Agreement. Each Party shall notify the other, as soon as possible, of any change in the point of contact. 2. The Parties may exchange information by any means of communication, including the Internet and videoconferencing. 3. The points of contact shall: (a) facilitate frequent communication and coordination between the Parties; (b) attend the Labor Committee established in paragraph 4; (c) report to the Administrative Commission regarding the implementation of this Chapter, if necessary; (d) act as a channel of communication with the public in their respective territories, and (e) work together, including with other appropriate agencies of their governments, to develop and implement cooperative activities, consistent with the other chapters of this Agreement. 4. The Parties hereby establish the Labor Joint EFTA-GCC Free Trade Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Joint Committee"), which ) comprising representatives of each Party. 2. The Joint Committee may establish standing or ad hoc sub-committees or working groups to assist it in accomplishing its tasks. 3. The Joint Committee shall meet to discuss matters for regular sessions every two years. The regular sessions shall be held alternately in the GCC Member States and the EFTA States. Special sessions can also be held at the request of mutual interest, including potential areas of cooperation, any Party. Such sessions shall be held within 30 days from the review date of the implementation request in the territory of this Chapter and to address any issues that may arise between themthe requesting Party except if the Parties otherwise agree. 4. The meetings of the Joint Committee shall be composed chaired jointly by one of high-level government representatives or their designees responsible for labor the EFTA States and trade mattersone of the GCC Member States. The Joint Committee shall establish its rules of working procedures. 5. The functions of the Joint Committee shall meetshall, in addition to functions set out elsewhere in this Agreement, be as follows: (a) in regular sessions at least every two (2) years, andto supervise the implementation of this Agreement; (b) at extraordinary sessions at to review and assess the request overall operation of any this Agreement; (c) to review and assess the results of this Agreement, in the light of the experience gained during its application and in the light of its objectives; (d) to examine ways to further encourage trade and investment flows between the Parties. The ordinary sessions shall ; (e) to consider any further elaborations and amendments to this Agreement that may be chaired alternatively proposed by each Party any Party; (f) to endeavour to resolve disputes that may arise regarding the interpretation or application of this Agreement; (g) to supervise the work of all sub-committees and the extraordinary sessions working groups established under this Agreement; and (h) to carry out any other task assigned to it by the Party that requested it. The sessions shall be held, as a general rule, by videoconference or digital means and, in person, every two (2) years if Parties within the Parties so agreescope and objectives of this Agreement. 6. The Joint Committee may hold public meetings to report on relevant matters when the Parties so agreeshall take decisions and make recommendations by consensus. 7. All recommendations The Joint Committee may decide to amend the Annexes and Appendices to this Agreement. Subject to paragraph 8, the Joint Committee may set a date for the entry into force of the Committee shall be made by mutual consentsuch decisions. 8. If a representative of a Party in the Joint Committee has accepted a decision subject to the fulfilment of constitutional requirements, the decision shall enter into force on the date that the last Party notifies that its internal requirements have been fulfilled, unless the decision itself specifies a later date. The functions Joint Committee may decide that the decision shall enter into force for those Parties that have fulfilled their internal requirements, provided that at least one EFTA State and the GCC Member States are among those Parties. A Party may apply a decision of the Joint Committee shall be:provisionally until such decision enters into force for that Party, subject to its constitutional requirements. (a) supervise the implementation of this Chapter and make recommendations on its future development and, to this end9. Each Party shall, within three (3) years one month after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, designate an official body to act as a contact point with regard to this Agreement, to receive official communications relating thereto and to provide the Joint Committee shall review its operation and effectiveness in the light of the experience gained; (b) establish priority areas for cooperation activities and approve, during its first year of operation, the cooperation work plan that will have a duration of two (2) years; (c) directing the work and activities established by the same; (d) to approve the publication, in accordance with the terms and conditions it may establish, of reports and studies prepared by independent experts; (e) facilitate consultations through the exchange of information; (f) deal with questions arising between the Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Chapter, and (g) promote the collection and publication of comparable information on the application of laws, labor standards and labor market indicators on specific issues of interest to the Partiesadministrative assistance. 9. The Committee may consider any other matter within the scope of this Chapter and take such other action in the exercise of its functions as the Parties may agree.

Institutional Provisions. 1. In order to facilitate communication between the Parties for the purposes of this Chapter, each Party shall designate a contact point which, in the case of Chile, shall be within its Ministry of Labor or Labour and Social Security and/or the Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs or corresponding entityits legal successors and which, in the case of Ecuador, shall be within the Ministry of Labour or within the Vice-Ministry of Foreign Trade of the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investment and Fisheries or its legal successors, within six (6) months following the date of entry into force of this Agreement. Each Party shall notify the otherother Party of the designation of the contact point and, as soon as possible, of any change in the point of contactthereof. 2. The Parties may exchange information by any means of communication, including the Internet and videoconferencing. 3. The points of contact shall: (a) facilitate frequent communication and coordination between the Parties; (b) attend the Labor Committee established in paragraph 4; (c) report to the Administrative Commission regarding on the implementation of this Chapter, if necessary; (d) act as a channel of communication with the public in their respective territories, and (e) work together, including with other appropriate agencies of their governments, to develop and implement cooperative activities, consistent with the other chapters of this Agreement. 4. The Parties establish the Labor Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee"), which may meet to discuss matters of mutual interest, including potential areas of cooperation, the review of the implementation of this Chapter Chapter, and to address any issues that may arise between them. The Committee shall be composed of high-level government representatives representatives, or their designees designees, responsible for labor and trade mattersissues and, depending on the subject matter, may include representatives of other relevant public entities. 5. The Committee shall meet: (a) in regular sessions at least every two (2) years, and (b) at extraordinary sessions at the request of any of the Partieseither Party. The ordinary Ordinary sessions shall be chaired alternatively alternately by each Party and the extraordinary sessions by the Party that requested it. The sessions shall Sessions may be held, as a general rule, held in person or by videoconference or digital virtual means and, in person, every two (2) years if the Parties so agree. 6. The Committee may hold public meetings to report on relevant matters when the Parties so agreematters. 7. All decisions and recommendations of the Committee shall be made by mutual consent. 8. The functions of the Committee shall be: (a) supervise monitor the implementation of this Chapter and make recommendations on its future development and, to this end, within three (3) years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, the Committee shall review its operation and effectiveness in the light of the experience gained; (b) establish priority areas for cooperation activities and approve, during its first year of operation, the cooperation work plan that will have a duration of two (2) years; (c) directing direct the work and activities established by the same; (c) establish priorities for cooperative actions and adopt the mutual work plan on cooperation; (d) to approve the for publication, in accordance with the under such terms and conditions as it may establishdetermine, of reports and studies prepared by independent expertsexperts or working groups; (e) facilitate consultations through the exchange of information; (f) deal with address questions arising between the Parties concerning the interpretation or application of this Chapter, and (g) promote the collection and publication of comparable information on the application of laws, labor labour standards and labor labour market indicators on specific issues of interest to the Partiesindicators. 9. The Committee may consider any other matter within the scope of this Chapter and take such other action in the exercise of its functions as the Parties may agree.