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(ii)   if the requirement is imposed or enforced by a court,
                                            administrative  tribunal,  or  competition  authority  to
                                            remedy  a  practice  determined  after  judicial  or
                                            administrative process to be anti-competitive under
                                            the Party’s competition laws and regulations.

                              (c)    Subparagraph  1(h)  shall  not  apply  if  the  requirement  is
                                     imposed or enforced by a tribunal or competent authority
                                     as equitable remuneration under the Party’s copyright laws
                                     and regulations.

                              (d)    Subparagraphs 1(a) through (c), 2(a), and 2(b) shall not
                                     apply to qualification requirements for goods with respect
                                     to export promotion and foreign aid programmes.

                              (e)    Subparagraphs 2(a) and (b) shall not apply to requirements
                                     imposed by an importing Party relating to the content of
                                     goods  necessary  to  qualify  for  preferential  tariffs  or
                                     preferential quotas.

                       4.     For greater certainty, paragraphs 1 and 2 shall not apply to any
                              requirement other than those set out in those paragraphs.


                       Article 10.7: Senior Management and Board of Directors

                       1.     No Party shall require that a juridical person of that Party that is a
                              covered investment appoint to a senior management position a
                              natural person of any particular nationality.

                       2.     A Party may require that a majority of the board of directors, or
                              any committee thereof, of a juridical person of that Party that is a
                              covered investment, be of a particular nationality or resident in the
                              territory  of  that  Party,  provided  that  the  requirement  does  not
                              materially impair the ability of the investor to exercise control over
                              its investment.


                       Article 10.8: Reservations and Non-Conforming Measures

                       1.     Article  10.3  (National  Treatment),  Article  10.4  (Most-Favoured-
                              Nation  Treatment),  Article  10.6  (Prohibition  of  Performance
                              Requirements), and Article 10.7 (Senior Management and Board
                              of Directors) shall not apply to:







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