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Article 9.8: Cooperation

The Parties may discuss mutually agreed areas of cooperation to further
facilitate the temporary entry and temporary stay of natural persons of
the other Parties, which shall take into consideration areas proposed by
the Parties during the course of negotiations or other areas as may be
identified by the Parties.

Article 9.9: Dispute Settlement

1. Parties shall endeavour to settle any differences arising out of the
implementation of this Chapter through consultations.

2. No Party shall have recourse to dispute settlement under Chapter
19 (Dispute Settlement) regarding a refusal to grant temporary
entry unless:

(a) the matter involves a pattern of practice; and

(b) the natural persons affected have exhausted all available
administrative remedies regarding the particular matter.

3. For the purposes of subparagraph 2(b), the administrative
remedies shall be deemed to be exhausted if a final determination
in the matter has not been issued by the other Party within a
reasonable period of time after the date of institution of the
proceedings for the remedy, including any proceedings for review
or appeal, and the failure to issue such a determination is not
attributable to delays caused by the natural persons concerned.

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