Upholding Levels of Protection. 1. The Parties recognise that it is inappropriate to encourage trade or investment by lowering the levels of protection afforded in domestic environmental or labour law.
Upholding Levels of Protection. 1. No Party shall encourage trade or investment by reducing the levels of protection afforded in its environmental and labour laws. Accordingly, no Party shall waive or otherwise derogate from its environmental and labour laws in a manner that reduces the protection afforded in those laws, to encourage trade or investment.
Upholding Levels of Protection. In the Application and Enforcement of Laws, Regulations or Standards
Upholding Levels of Protection. 1. No Party shall encourage trade or investment by reducing the levels of protection afforded in its environmental and labour laws. Accordingly, no Party shall waive or otherwise derogate from its environmental and labour laws in a manner that reduces the protection afforded in those laws, to encourage trade or investment. 2. A Party shall not fail to effectively enforce its environmental and labour laws through a sustained or recurring course of action or inaction, in a manner affecting trade or investment between the Parties. 3. The Parties recognise the right of each Party to a reasonable exercise of discretion with regard to decisions on resource allocation relating to investigation, control and enforcement of domestic environmental and labour regulations and standards, while not undermining the fulfilment of the obligations undertaken under this Title. 4. Nothing in this Title shall be construed to empower the authorities of a Party to undertake labour and environmental law enforcement activities in the territory of another Party.
Upholding Levels of Protection. 1. The Parties stress that weakening the levels of protection in environmental or labour areas is detrimental to the objectives of this Chapter and that it is inappropriate to encourage trade and investment by weakening the levels of protection afforded in domestic environmental or labour law.
Upholding Levels of Protection. 1. A Party shall not fail to effectively enforce its environmental and labour laws, regulations or standards in a manner affecting trade or investment between the Parties.
Upholding Levels of Protection. Subject to Article 192, the Parties agree not to encourage trade or foreign direct investment to enhance or maintain a competitive advantage by: (a) lowering the level of protection provided by domestic social and labour legislation; (b) derogating from, or failing to apply such legislation and standards.
Upholding Levels of Protection. The Parties recognise the importance of mutually supportive trade, environment and labour policies and practices as well as the efforts to improve environmental and labour protection and enhance trade between the Parties. Each Party shall endeavour to ensure that its environmental and labour laws and regulations, policies and practices are not used for the purposes of trade protectionism. Neither Party shall seek to encourage or gain trade or investment advantage by weakening or failing through a sustained or recurring course of action or inaction to enforce or administer its environmental and labour laws and regulations, policies and practices in a manner affecting trade between the Parties.
Upholding Levels of Protection. 1. A Party shall not waive or otherwise derogate from, or offer to waive or otherwise derogate from, its labour law in a manner that weakens or reduces adherence to the internationally recognized principles and rights referred to in Article 1 (General Obligations), as an encouragement for trade or to establish, acquire, expand or retain an investment or an investor in its territory.
Upholding Levels of Protection. 1. The Parties recognise the importance of mutually supportive trade, environment and labour policies and practices as well as the efforts to improve environmental and labour protection and enhance trade between the Parties.
