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Article 2.12: Duty-Free Entry of Samples of No Commercial Value adjustments, shall be reflected in Annex I (Schedules of Tariff
Commitments) in accordance with Article 20.4 (Amendments).
Each Party shall grant duty-free entry to samples of no commercial
value, imported from the territory of another Party, subject to its laws and
regulations, regardless of their origin. SECTION B
NON-TARIFF MEASURES

Article 2.13: Agricultural Export Subsidies
Article 2.16: Application of Non-Tariff Measures
1. The Parties reaffirm their commitments made in the Ministerial
Decision of 19 December 2015 on Export Competition 1. A Party shall not adopt or maintain any non-tariff measure on the
(WT/MIN(15)/45, WT/L/980), adopted in Nairobi on 19 December importation of any good of another Party or on the exportation of
2015, including elimination of scheduled export subsidy any good destined for the territory of another Party, except in
entitlements for agricultural goods. accordance with its rights and obligations under the WTO
Agreement or this Agreement.
2. The Parties share the objective of the multilateral elimination of
export subsidies for agricultural goods and shall work together to 2. Each Party shall ensure the transparency of its non-tariff
prevent their reintroduction in any form. measures permitted under paragraph 1 and shall ensure that any
such measures are not prepared, adopted, or applied with the
view to or with the effect of creating unnecessary obstacles to
Article 2.14: Transposition of Schedules of Tariff Commitments trade among the Parties.

Each Party shall ensure that the transposition of its Schedule in Annex I
(Schedules of Tariff Commitments), undertaken in order to implement Article 2.17: General Elimination of Quantitative Restrictions
Annex I (Schedules of Tariff Commitments) in the nomenclature of the
revised HS following periodic amendments to the HS, is carried out 1. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, no Party shall
without impairing the tariff commitments set out in Annex I (Schedules of adopt or maintain any prohibition or restriction other than duties,
Tariff Commitments). taxes, or other charges, whether made effective through quotas,
import or export licences, or other measures, on the importation
of any good of another Party or on the exportation of any good
Article 2.15: Modification of Concessions destined for the territory of another Party, except in accordance
with its rights and obligations under the relevant provisions of the
In exceptional circumstances, where a Party faces unforeseen WTO Agreement. To this end, Article XI of GATT 1994 is
difficulties in implementing its tariff commitments, that Party may, with incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis
the agreement of all other interested Parties, and with the decision of the mutandis.
RCEP Joint Committee, modify or withdraw a concession contained in
its Schedule in Annex I (Schedules of Tariff Commitments). In order to 2. Where a Party adopts an export prohibition or restriction in
seek to reach such agreement, the Party proposing to modify or accordance with subparagraph 2(a) of Article XI of GATT 1994,
withdraw its concession shall inform the RCEP Joint Committee and that Party shall, upon request:
engage in negotiations with any interested Parties. In such negotiations,
the Party proposing to modify or withdraw its concession shall maintain (a) inform another Party or Parties of such prohibition or
a level of reciprocal and mutually advantageous concessions no less restriction and its reasons together with its nature and
favourable to the trade of all other interested Parties than that provided expected duration, or publish such prohibition or restriction;
for in this Agreement prior to such negotiations, which may include and
compensatory adjustments with respect to other goods. The mutually
agreed outcome of the negotiations, including any compensatory

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