THAILAND-NEW
ZEALAND
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT
Chapter 18: Final Provisions
The
headings of the Chapters and Articles of this Agreement are inserted for
convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation
of this Agreement.
The
Annexes and Footnotes to this Agreement shall form an integral part of
this Agreement.
This
Agreement may be amended by agreement in writing by the Parties, and such
amendments shall enter into force on such date or dates as may be agreed
between them.
Each
Party is fully responsible for the observance of all provisions in this
Agreement and shall take such reasonable measures as may be available
to it to ensure their observance by regional and local governments and
authorities.
This
Agreement is open to accession or association, on terms to be agreed between
the Parties, by any member of the WTO, or by any other State or separate
customs territory.
If
either Party considers there is any inconsistency between this Agreement
and any other Agreement to which both Parties are parties, the Parties
shall consult each other with a view to finding a mutually satisfactory
solution.
Except
for Articles 9.8 (2) and 15.5, nothing in this Agreement shall be regarded
as obliging a Party to extend to the other Party the benefit of any treatment,
preference or privilege arising from any existing or any future customs
union, free trade area, free trade arrangement, common market, monetary
union or similar international agreement or other similar forms of bilateral
or regional cooperation to which either of the Parties is or may become
party; or as preventing the adoption of an agreement designed to lead
to the formation or extension of such a union, area or arrangement or
market. [10] .
The
Trade Agreement Between the Government of New Zealand and the Government
of the Kingdom of Thailand, done at Wellington on 10 February 1981, shall
terminate on the day of entry into force of this Agreement.
Any
cooperative activities envisaged or undertaken under this Agreement shall
be subject to the availability of resources and to the laws, regulations
and policies of the Parties. Costs of cooperative activities shall be
borne in such manner as may be mutually determined from time to time between
the Parties.
1.
This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the latter notification
by either Party to the other Party that it has completed its internal
procedures for entry into force of this Agreement.
2. This
Agreement shall remain in force until one Party gives written notice of
its intention to terminate it, in which case this Agreement shall terminate
twelve months after the date of the notice of termination.
[10].Nothing
in this Article shall prejudice any future negotiations between the Parties
on Trade in Services or the Review of Commitments in Chapter
2 or Chapter 9 of
this Agreement.
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