Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and... (22016A0204(01))
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Enhanced Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part
- ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT
- between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Kazakhstan, of the other part
- TITLE I
- GENERAL PRINCIPLES AND AIMS OF THIS AGREEMENT
- Article 1
- General principles
- Article 2
- Aims of this Agreement
- Article 3
- Cooperation in regional and international organisations
- TITLE II
- POLITICAL DIALOGUE; COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
- Article 4
- Political dialogue
- Article 5
- Democracy and the rule of law
- Article 6
- Foreign and security policy
- Article 7
- Space security
- Article 8
- Serious crimes of international concern
- Article 9
- Conflict prevention and crisis management
- Article 10
- Regional stability
- Article 11
- Countering the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction
- Article 12
- Small arms and light weapons
- Article 13
- Counter-terrorism
- TITLE III
- TRADE AND BUSINESS
- CHAPTER 1
- Trade in goods
- Article 14
- Most-favoured-nation treatment
- Article 15
- National treatment
- Article 16
- Import and export customs duties
- Article 17
- Import and export restrictions
- Article 18
- Temporary admission of goods
- Article 19
- Transit
- Article 20
- Safeguard measures
- Article 21
- Special agriculture safeguard
- Article 22
- Anti-dumping and countervailing measures
- Article 23
- Pricing
- Article 24
- Exceptions
- CHAPTER 2
- Customs
- Article 25
- Customs cooperation
- Article 26
- Mutual administrative assistance
- Article 27
- Customs valuation
- CHAPTER 3
- Technical Barriers to Trade
- Article 28
- WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade
- Article 29
- Technical regulation, standardisation, metrology, accreditation, market surveillance and conformity assessment
- Article 30
- Transparency
- CHAPTER 4
- Sanitary and phytosanitary matters
- Article 31
- Objective
- Article 32
- Principles
- Article 33
- Import Requirements
- Article 34
- Equivalence
- Article 35
- Measures linked to animal and plant health
- Article 36
- Trade facilitation
- Article 37
- Inspections and Audits
- Article 38
- Exchange of information and cooperation
- CHAPTER 5
- Trade in services and establishment
- Section 1
- General provisions
- Article 39
- Objective, scope and coverage
- Article 40
- Definitions
- Section 2
- Establishment and cross-border supply of services
- Subsection 1
- All economic activities
- Article 41
- Scope and coverage
- Article 42
- Progressive improvement of conditions for establishment
- Article 43
- Progressive improvement of conditions for cross-border supply of services
- Subsection 2
- Economic activities other than services
- Article 44
- Scope and coverage
- Article 45
- Most-favoured-nation treatment
- Article 46
- National treatment
- Section 3
- Temporary presence of natural persons for business purposes
- Article 47
- Coverage and definitions
- Article 48
- Intra-corporate transferees and business visitors for establishment purposes
- Article 49
- Contractual service suppliers
- Article 50
- Most-favoured-nation treatment
- Article 51
- Progressive improvement of conditions for temporary presence of natural persons for business purposes
- Section 4
- Domestic regulation
- Article 52
- Scope and coverage
- Article 53
- Licensing and qualification
- Section 5
- Sector specific provisions
- Article 54
- International maritime transport
- Article 54
- bis
- Road, rail, inland waterways and air transport
- Section 6
- Exceptions
- Article 55
- General exceptions
- Section 7
- Investment
- Article 56
- Review and consultations
- CHAPTER 6
- Capital movements and payments
- Article 57
- Current account
- Article 58
- Movement of capital
- Article 59
- Exceptions
- Article 60
- Temporary safeguard measures with regard to capital movements, payments or transfers
- CHAPTER 7
- Intellectual Property
- Article 61
- Objectives
- Section 1
- Principles
- Article 62
- Nature and scope of obligations
- Article 63
- Transfer of technology
- Article 64
- Exhaustion
- Section 2
- Standards concerning intellectual property rights
- COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS
- Article 65
- Protection granted
- Article 66
- Authors
- Article 67
- Performers
- Article 68
- Producers of phonograms
- Article 69
- Broadcasting organisations
- Article 70
- Broadcasting and communication to the public
- Article 71
- Term of protection
- Article 72
- Protection of technological measures
- Article 73
- Protection of rights-management information
- Article 74
- Exceptions and limitations
- Article 75
- Resale right
- Article 76
- Cooperation on collective management of rights
- TRADEMARKS
- Article 77
- International agreements
- Article 78
- Registration procedure
- Article 79
- Well-known trademarks
- Article 80
- Exceptions to the rights conferred by a trademark
- GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
- Article 81
- Definition
- Article 82
- Principles of the protection of geographical indications
- Article 83
- Negotiations
- DESIGNS
- Article 84
- International agreements
- Article 85
- Requirements for protection of registered designs
- Article 86
- Rights conferred by registration
- Article 87
- Protection conferred to unregistered designs
- Article 88
- Term of protection
- Article 89
- Exceptions
- Article 90
- Relationship to copyright
- PATENTS
- Article 91
- International agreements
- Article 92
- Patents and public health
- Article 93
- Supplementary protection certificates
- Article 94
- Protection of data submitted to obtain an authorisation to put a pharmaceutical product(21) on the market
- Article 95
- Data protection on plant protection products and rules on avoidance of duplicative testing
- Article 96
- Plant varieties
- Section 3
- Enforcement of intellectual property rights
- Article 97
- General obligations
- Article 98
- Entitled applicants
- Article 99
- Evidence
- Article 100
- Measures for preserving evidence
- Article 101
- Right of information
- Article 102
- Provisional and precautionary measures
- Article 103
- Corrective measures
- Article 104
- Injunctions
- Article 105
- Alternative measures
- Article 106
- Damages
- Article 107
- Legal costs
- Article 108
- Publication of judicial decisions
- Article 109
- Presumption of authorship or ownership
- Article 110
- Administrative procedures
- Article 111
- Border measures
- Section 4
- Liability of intermediary service providers
- Article 112
- Use of intermediaries' services
- Article 113
- Liability of intermediary service providers: ‘mere conduit’
- Article 114
- Liability of intermediary service providers: ‘caching’
- Article 115
- Liability of intermediary service providers: ‘hosting’
- Article 116
- No general obligation to monitor
- Article 117
- Date of application of Articles 112 to 116
- Article 118
- Cooperation
- CHAPTER 8
- Government procurement
- Article 119
- Definitions
- Article 120
- Scope and coverage
- Article 121
- General exceptions
- Article 122
- General principles
- Article 123
- Information on the procurement system
- Article 124
- Notices
- Article 125
- Conditions for participation
- Article 126
- Qualification of suppliers
- Article 127
- Technical specifications and tender documentation
- Article 128
- Time periods
- Article 129
- Negotiation
- Article 130
- Limited tendering
- Article 131
- Electronic auctions
- Article 132
- Treatment of tenders and awarding of contracts
- Article 133
- Transparency of procurement information
- Article 134
- Disclosure of information
- Article 135
- Domestic review procedures
- Article 136
- Modifications and rectifications to coverage
- Article 137
- Transitional period
- CHAPTER 9
- Raw materials and energy
- Article 138
- Definitions
- Article 139
- Price regulation
- Article 140
- Trading and export monopolies
- Article 141
- Access and rights to prospect, explore and produce hydrocarbons (crude oil and natural gas)
- Article 142
- Conditions for investment in raw materials and energy goods
- Article 143
- Transit
- Article 144
- Interruption
- Article 145
- Access to high-voltage electric energy transmission grids and lines
- Article 146
- Regulatory authorities for electricity and gas
- Article 147
- Renewable energy sector
- Article 148
- Cooperation in raw materials and energy goods
- Article 149
- Early warning mechanism
- Article 150
- Exceptions
- CHAPTER 10
- Trade and sustainable development
- Article 151
- Context and objectives
- Article 152
- Multilateral environmental and labour standards and agreements
- Article 153
- Right to regulate and levels of protection
- Article 154
- Trade and investment promoting sustainable development
- Article 155
- Dispute Settlement
- CHAPTER 11
- Competition
- Article 156
- Principles
- Article 157
- Antitrust and mergers legislation and its implementation
- Article 158
- State monopolies, state enterprises and enterprises entrusted with special or exclusive rights or privileges
- Article 159
- Subsidies
- Article 160
- Dispute settlement
- Article 161
- Relationship with the WTO
- Article 162
- Confidentiality
- CHAPTER 12
- State-owned enterprises, state-controlled enterprises and enterprises granted special or exclusive rights or privileges
- Article 163
- Definitions
- Article 164
- Scope
- Article 165
- Article 166
- Non-discrimination
- Article 167
- Commercial considerations
- Article 168
- Pricing
- Article 169
- Corporate governance
- Article 170
- Exchange of information
- CHAPTER 13
- Transparency
- Article 171
- CHAPTER 14
- Dispute settlement
- Section 1
- Objective and scope
- Article 172
- Objective
- Article 173
- Scope of application
- Section 2
- Consultations and mediation
- Article 174
- Consultations
- Article 175
- Mediation
- Section 3
- Dispute settlement procedures
- Subsection 1
- Arbitration procedure
- Article 176
- Initiation of the arbitration procedure
- Article 177
- Establishment of the arbitration panel
- Article 178
- Preliminary ruling on urgency
- Article 179
- Conciliation for urgent energy disputes
- Article 180
- Reports of the arbitration panel
- Article 181
- Interim report of the arbitration panel
- Article 182
- Final report of the arbitration panel
- Subsection 2
- Compliance
- Article 183
- Compliance with the final report of the arbitration panel
- Article 184
- Reasonable period of time for compliance
- Article 185
- Review of any measure taken to comply with the final report of the arbitration panel
- Article 186
- Temporary remedies in case of non-compliance
- Article 187
- Review of any measure taken to comply after the adoption of temporary remedies for non-compliance
- Article 188
- Remedies for urgent energy disputes
- Subsection 3
- Common provisions
- Article 189
- Replacement of arbitrators
- Article 190
- Suspension and termination of arbitration and compliance procedures
- Article 191
- Mutually agreed solution
- Article 192
- Rules of Procedure
- Article 193
- Information and technical advice
- Article 194
- Rules of interpretation
- Article 195
- Decisions and reports of the arbitration panel
- Section 4
- General provisions
- Article 196
- Lists of arbitrators
- Article 197
- Relation with WTO obligations
- Article 198
- Time limits
- TITLE IV
- COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF ECONOMIC AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
- CHAPTER 1
- Economic Dialogue
- Article 199
- Article 200
- CHAPTER 2
- Cooperation in public finance management, including public audit and internal control
- Article 201
- CHAPTER 3
- Cooperation in the area of taxation
- Article 202
- CHAPTER 4
- Cooperation in the area of statistics
- Article 203
- CHAPTER 5
- Cooperation in the area of energy
- Article 204
- Article 205
- Article 206
- Hydrocarbon energy
- Article 207
- Renewable energy sources
- Article 208
- Energy efficiency and energy savings
- CHAPTER 6
- Cooperation in the area of transport
- Article 209
- Article 210
- Article 211
- CHAPTER 7
- Cooperation in the area of environment
- Article 212
- Article 213
- Article 214
- CHAPTER 8
- Cooperation in the area of climate change
- Article 215
- Article 216
- Article 217
- CHAPTER 9
- Cooperation in the area of industry
- Article 218
- CHAPTER 10
- Cooperation in the area of small and medium-sized enterprises
- Article 219
- CHAPTER 11
- Cooperation in the area of company law
- Article 220
- CHAPTER 12
- Cooperation in the area of banking, insurance and other financial services
- Article 221
- CHAPTER 13
- Cooperation in the area of information society
- Article 222
- Article 223
- Article 224
- CHAPTER 14
- Cooperation in the area of tourism
- Article 225
- Article 226
- Article 227
- CHAPTER 15
- Cooperation in the area of agriculture and rural development
- Article 228
- Article 229
- CHAPTER 16
- Cooperation on employment, labour relations, social policy and equal opportunities
- Article 230
- Article 231
- Article 232
- CHAPTER 17
- Cooperation in the area of health
- Article 233
- Article 234
- TITLE V
- COOPERATION IN THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE
- Article 235
- Rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms
- Article 236
- Legal cooperation
- Article 237
- Protection of personal data
- Article 238
- Cooperation on migration, asylum and border management
- Article 239
- Consular protection
- Article 240
- Combating money laundering and financing of terrorism
- Article 241
- Illicit drugs
- Article 242
- Fight against organised and transnational crime and corruption
- Article 243
- Fight against cybercrime
- TITLE VI
- OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES
- CHAPTER 1
- Cooperation on education and training
- Article 244
- CHAPTER 2
- Cooperation in the field of culture
- Article 245
- CHAPTER 3
- Cooperation in research and innovation
- Article 246
- Article 247
- Article 248
- CHAPTER 4
- Cooperation in the media and audiovisual fields
- Article 249
- Article 250
- CHAPTER 5
- Civil society cooperation
- Article 251
- CHAPTER 6
- Cooperation in the field of sport and physical activity
- Article 252
- CHAPTER 7
- Cooperation in the area of civil protection
- Article 253
- CHAPTER 8
- Cooperation in space activities
- Article 254
- Article 255
- CHAPTER 9
- Cooperation in the area of consumer protection
- Article 256
- CHAPTER 10
- Regional cooperation
- Article 257
- Article 258
- Article 259
- CHAPTER 11
- Cooperation in the field of civil service
- Article 260
- TITLE VII
- FINANCIAL AND TECHNICAL COOPERATION
- Article 261
- Article 262
- Article 263
- Article 264
- Prevention
- Article 265
- Communication
- Article 266
- On-the-spot inspections
- Article 267
- Investigation and prosecution
- TITLE VIII
- INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK
- Article 268
- Cooperation Council
- Article 269
- Cooperation Committee and specialised subcommittees
- Article 270
- Parliamentary Cooperation Committee
- TITLE IX
- GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 271
- Access to courts and administrative organs
- Article 272
- Delegation of authority
- Article 273
- Restrictions in case of balance-of-payments and external financial difficulties
- Article 274
- Measures related to essential security interests
- Article 275
- Non-discrimination
- Article 276
- Taxation
- Article 277
- Fulfilment of obligations
- Article 278
- Dispute settlement
- Article 279
- Appropriate measures in case of non-fulfilment of obligations
- Article 280
- Public access to official documents
- Article 281
- Entry into force, provisional application, duration and termination
- Article 282
- Article 283
- Article 284
- Annexes and Protocols
- Article 285
- Definition of the Parties
- Article 286
- Territorial application
- Article 287
- Authentic texts
- ANNEX I
- RESERVATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 46
- A. RESERVATIONS BY THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN
- 1. Subsurface sector
- 2. Strategic resources and objects
- 3. Real estate
- 4. Fauna
- 5. Establishment requirements for licensing purposes
- 6. Continental shelf
- B. RESERVATIONS BY THE EUROPEAN UNION
- 1. Mining and quarrying including the extraction of oil and natural gas
- 2. Production of petroleum products, gas, electricity, steam, hot water and heat
- 3. Fishing
- 4. Acquisition of real estate including land
- 5. Agriculture including hunting
- 6. Aquaculture activities
- 7. Extraction and processing of fissionable and fusionable materials or materials from which they are derived
- ANNEX II
- LIMITATIONS APPLIED BY THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 48(2)
- ANNEX III
- SCOPE OF CHAPTER 8 (GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT) OF TITLE III (TRADE AND BUSINESS)
- PART 1
- CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WHOSE PROCUREMENT IS COVERED
- PART 2
- REGIONAL AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES WHOSE PROCUREMENT IS COVERED
- PART 3
- ALL OTHER ENTITIES WHOSE PROCUREMENT IS COVERED
- PART 4
- GOODS COVERED
- PART 5
- SERVICES COVERED
- PART 6
- CONSTRUCTION SERVICES COVERED
- PART 7
- GENERAL NOTES
- ANNEX IV
- MEDIA FOR PUBLICATION OF PROCUREMENT INFORMATION AND NOTICES OF CHAPTER 8 (GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT) OF TITLE III (TRADE AND BUSINESS)
- PART 1
- MEDIA FOR PUBLICATION OF PROCUREMENT INFORMATION
- PART 2
- MEDIA FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICES
- ANNEX V
- RULES OF PROCEDURE FOR ARBITRATION UNDER CHAPTER 14 (DISPUTE SETTLEMENT) OF TITLE III (TRADE AND BUSINESS)
- General provisions
- Notifications
- Commencing the arbitration
- Initial submissions
- Working of arbitration panels
- Replacement
- Hearings
- Argument
- Rebuttal Argument
- Questions in writing
- Confidentiality
- Non-confidential version of the arbitration panel report
- Ex parte
- contacts
- Amicus curiae
- submissions
- Urgent cases
- Translation and interpretation
- Other procedures
- ANNEX VI
- CODE OF CONDUCT FOR MEMBERS OF ARBITRATION PANELS AND MEDIATORS UNDER CHAPTER 14 (DISPUTE SETTLEMENT) OF TITLE III (TRADE AND BUSINESS)
- Definitions
- Responsibilities to the process
- Disclosure obligations
- Duties of arbitrators
- Independence and impartiality of arbitrators
- Obligations of former arbitrators
- Confidentiality
- Expenses
- Mediators
- ANNEX VII
- MEDIATION MECHANISM UNDER CHAPTER 14 (DISPUTE SETTLEMENT) OF TITLE III (TRADE AND BUSINESS)
- Article 1
- Objective
- Section A
- Procedure under the mediation mechanism
- Article 2
- Request for information
- Article 3
- Initiation of the procedure
- Article 4
- Selection of the mediator
- Article 5
- Rules of the Mediation Procedure
- Section B
- Implementation
- Article 6
- Implementation of a mutually agreed solution
- Section C
- General provisions
- Article 7
- Confidentiality and relationship to dispute settlement
- Article 8
- Time limits
- Article 9
- Costs
- PROTOCOL
- on mutual administrative assistance in customs matters
- Article 1
- Definitions
- Article 2
- Scope
- Article 3
- Assistance on request
- Article 4
- Spontaneous assistance
- Article 5
- Delivery and notification
- Article 6
- Form and substance of requests for assistance
- Article 7
- Execution of requests
- Article 8
- Form in which information is to be communicated
- Article 9
- Exceptions to the obligation to provide assistance
- Article 10
- Information exchange and confidentiality
- Article 11
- Experts and witnesses
- Article 12
- Assistance expenses
- Article 13
- Implementation
- Article 14
- Other agreements
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