Text of the TPP Agreement

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Text of the TPP Agreement

The legally verified text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was released on 26 January 2016 and can be accessed below. This supersedes the version of the TPP text that was initially released on the 5th November 2015.

0. Preamble

1. Initial Provisions and General Definitions
The Chapter includes the following Annex:
Annex 1-A: Party-Specific Definitions

2. National Treatment and Market Access for Goods
The Chapter includes the following Annexes:
      Annex 2-A: National Treatment and Import and Export Restrictions
Annex 2-B: Remanufactured Goods
    Annex 2-C: Export Duties, Taxes or Other Charges
    Annex 2-D: Tariff Elimination

Party-specific Annexes to the Chapter:

2-D. Australia - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Australia Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Brunei - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Brunei Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Canada - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Canada Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Canada Appendix A Tariff Rate Quotas
2-D. Canada Appendix B between Japan and Canada on Motor Vehicle Trade
2-D. Chile - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Chile Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Japan - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Japan Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Japan Appendix A Tariff Rate Quotas
2-D. Japan Appendix B-1 Agricultural Safeguard Measures
2-D. Japan Appendix B-2 Forest Good Safeguard Measure
2-D. Japan Appendix C Tariff Differentials
2-D. Japan Appendix D-1 Appendix between Japan and the United States on Motor Vehicle Trade
2-D. Japan Appendix D-2 Appendix between Japan and the United States on Motor Vehicle Trade
2-D. Japan Appendix E Appendix between Japan and Canada on Motor Vehicle Trade
2-D. Malaysia - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Malaysia Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Malaysia Appendix A Tariff Rate Quotas
2-D. Mexico - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Mexico Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Mexico Appendix A-1 Tariff Rate Quotas and Appendix A-2 Country-Specific Allocation for Sugar of Mexico
2-D. Mexico Appendix A , B and C Tariff Rate Quotas and Tariff Differentials
2-D. Mexico Appendix C Tariff Differentials
2-D. New Zealand - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. New Zealand Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Peru - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Peru Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Singapore - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Singapore Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. US - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. US Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. US Appendix A Tariff Rate Quotas
2-D. US Appendix B Agricultural Safeguard Measures
2-D. US Appendix C Tariff Differentials
2-D. US Appendix D Motor Vehicle Trade
2-D. US Appendix D Appendix between Japan and the US on Motor Vehicle Trade
2-D. US Appendix E Earned Import Allowance Program
2-D. Viet Nam - General Notes to Tariff Schedule
2-D. Viet Nam Tariff Elimination Schedule
2-D. Viet Nam Appendix A Tariff Rate Quotas

3. Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures
This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
Annex 3-A: Other Arrangements
Annex 3-B: Minimum Data Requirements
Annex 3-C: Exceptions to Article 3.11 (De Minimis)

Annex to the Chapter:
3-D. Product Specific Rules Annex
3-D-1. Provisions Related to the Product-Specific Rules of Origin for Certain Vehicles and Parts of Vehicles

4. Textiles and Apparel
Annexes to the Chapter:
4-A. Textiles and Apparel Product Specific Rules of Origin Annex
4-A-1. Short Supply List Appendix 1 to Annex 4-A

5. Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation

6. Trade Remedies
The Chapter includes the following Annex:
Annex 6-A: Practices Relating to Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings

7. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures

8. Technical Barriers to Trade
The Chapter includes the following Annexes:
Annex 8-A: Wine and Distilled Spirits
Annex 8-B: Information and Communications Technology Products
Annex 8-C: Pharmaceuticals
Annex 8-D: Cosmetics
Annex 8-E: Medical Devices
Annex 8-F: Proprietary Formulas for Pre-packaged Foods and Food Additives

9. Investment
This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
Annex 9-A: Customary International Law
Annex 9-B: Expropriation
Annex 9-C: Expropriation Relating to Land
Annex 9-D: Service of Documents on a Party Under Section B (Investor State Dispute Settlement)
Annex 9-E: Transfers
Annex 9-F: DL-600
Annex 9-G: Public Debt
Annex 9-H
Annex 9-I: Non-Conforming Measures Ratchet Mechanism
Annex 9-J: Submission of a Claim to Arbitration
Annex 9-K: Submission of Certain Claims for Three Years After Entry into Force
Annex 9-L: Investment Agreements

10. Cross-Border Trade in Services
The Chapter includes the following Annexes:
Annex 10-A: Professional Services
Annex 10-B: Express Delivery Services
Annex 10-C: Non-Conforming Measures Ratchet Mechanism

11. Financial Services
This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
Annex 11-A: Cross-Border Trade
Annex 11-B: Specific Commitments
Annex 11-C: Non-Conforming Measures Ratchet Mechanism
Annex 11-D: Authorities Responsible For Financial Services
Annex 11-E

13. Telecommunications
This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
Annex 13-A: Rural Telephone Suppliers – United States
Annex 13-B: Rural Telephone Suppliers - Peru

14. Electronic Commerce

16. Competition Policy
This Chapter includes the following Annex:
Annex 16-A: Application of Article 16.2, Article 16.3 and Article 16.4 to Brunei Darussalam

17. State-Owned Enterprises and Designated Monopolies
This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
          Annex 17-A: Threshold Calculation
          Annex 17-B: Process for Developing Information Concerning State-Owned Enterprises and Designated         Monopolies
          Annex 17-C: Further Negotiations
          Annex 17-D: Application to Sub-Central State-Owned Enterprises
          Annex 17-E: Singapore
          Annex 17-F: Malaysia
          Annex IV: Non-Conforming Activities

18. Intellectual Property
This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
          Annex 18-A: Annex to Article 18.7.2 (International Agreements)
  Annex 18-B Annex to Article 18.50 (Protection of Undisclosed Test oe Other Data) and Article 18.52 (Biologics)
          Annex 18-C: Annex to Article 18.50 (Protection of Undisclosed Test or Other Data) and Article 18.52           (Biologics)
          Annex 18-D: Annex to Article 18.46 (Patent Term Adjustments for Patent Office Delays), Article 18.48           (Patent Term Adjustment for Unreasonable Curtailment), Article 18.50 (Protection of Undisclosed Test or           Other Data) and Article 18.52 (Biologics)
        Annex 18-E: Annex to Section J (Internet Service Providers)
          Annex 18-F: Annex to Section J (Internet Service Providers)

19. Labour

20. Environment
This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
Annex 20-A
Annex 20-B

21. Cooperation and Capacity Building

22. Competitiveness and Business Facilitation

23. Development

24. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises

25. Regulatory Coherence

26. Transparency and Anti-Corruption
This Chapter includes the following Annex:
Annex 26-A Transparency and Procedural Fairness for Pharmaceutical Products and Medical Devices

27. Administrative and Institutional Provisions

28. Dispute Settlement

29. Exceptions

30. Final Provisions

Country-specific Annexes to the Agreement :

Annex I - Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment Non-Conforming Measures

Annex II - Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment Non-Conforming Measures

Annex III – Financial Services Non-Conforming Measures

Annex IV – State-Owned Enterprises and Designated Monopolies Non-Conforming Measures

All 30 Chapters, including Preamble, country-specific Schedules, and Annexes are also accessible through the TPP Depository’s website: http://www.mfat.govt.nz/Treaties-and-International-Law/01-Treaties-for-which-NZ-is-Depositary/0-Trans-Pacific-Partnership-Text.php

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