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Article 8.9: Additional Commitments

1. The Parties may negotiate commitments with respect to
measures affecting trade in services, including those regarding
qualifications, standards, or licensing matters, not subject to
scheduling, under:

(a) Article 8.4 (National Treatment) or Article 8.5 (Market
Access) for those Parties making commitments in
accordance with Article 8.7 (Schedules of Specific
Commitments); or

(b) Article 8.4 (National Treatment), Article 8.5 (Market
Access), Article 8.6 (Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment), or
Article 8.11 (Local Presence) for those Parties making
commitments in accordance with Article 8.8 (Schedules of
Non-Conforming Measures).

2. A Party making additional commitments under subparagraph 1(a)
shall inscribe such commitments in its Schedule in Annex II
(Schedules of Specific Commitments for Services).

3. A Party making additional commitments under subparagraph 1(b)
shall inscribe such commitments in List C of its Schedule in Annex
III (Schedules of Reservations and Non-Conforming Measures for
Services and Investment).

Article 8.10: Transparency List

1. A Party making commitments in accordance with Article 8.7
(Schedules of Specific Commitments) that opts under paragraph
2 of Article 8.3 (Scheduling of Commitments) to make
commitments under this Article shall prepare, forward to the other
Parties, and make publicly available on the internet, a non-binding
transparency list of its existing measures maintained at the central
government level which are inconsistent with Article 8.4 (National
Treatment) or Article 8.5 (Market Access) (hereinafter referred to
as “Transparency List” in this Chapter). Such a Transparency List
shall cover the sectors in which the Party has undertaken specific
commitments in this Chapter.

2. A Party’s Transparency List is made solely for the purposes of
transparency, and shall be accurate at the time of submission and
shall not affect the rights and obligations of that Party under this
Chapter. Nothing in this Article shall prevent a Party from

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