Comprehensive and enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union a... (22018A0126(01))
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Comprehensive and enhanced Partnership Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part
- COMPREHENSIVE AND ENHANCED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT
- between the European Union
- and the European Atomic Energy Community
- and their Member States, of the one part,
- and the Republic of Armenia, of the other part
- TITLE I
- OBJECTIVES AND GENERAL PRINCIPLES
- Article 1
- Objectives
- Article 2
- General Principles
- TITLE II
- POLITICAL DIALOGUE AND REFORM; COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY
- Article 3
- Aims of political dialogue
- Article 4
- Domestic reform
- Article 5
- Foreign and security policy
- Article 6
- Serious crimes of international concern and the International Criminal Court
- Article 7
- Conflict prevention and crisis management
- Article 8
- Regional stability and peaceful resolution of conflicts
- Article 9
- Weapons of mass destruction, non-proliferation and disarmament
- Article 10
- Small arms and light weapons and conventional arms exports control
- Article 11
- Combating terrorism
- TITLE III
- JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY
- Article 12
- Rule of law and respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms
- Article 13
- Protection of personal data
- Article 14
- Cooperation on migration, asylum and border management
- Article 15
- Movement of persons and readmission
- Article 16
- Fight against organised crime and corruption
- Article 17
- Illicit drugs
- Article 18
- Money laundering and terrorism financing
- Article 19
- Cooperation in the fight against terrorism
- Article 20
- Legal cooperation
- Article 21
- Consular protection
- TITLE IV
- ECONOMIC COOPERATION
- CHAPTER 1
- Economic dialogue
- Article 22
- Article 23
- Article 24
- Public sector internal control and auditing arrangements
- CHAPTER 2
- Taxation
- Article 25
- Article 26
- Article 27
- Article 28
- Article 29
- CHAPTER 3
- Statistics
- Article 30
- Article 31
- Article 32
- Article 33
- Article 34
- Article 35
- TITLE V
- OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES
- CHAPTER 1
- Transport
- Article 36
- Article 37
- Article 38
- Article 39
- Article 40
- Article 41
- CHAPTER 2
- Energy cooperation, including nuclear safety
- Article 42
- Article 43
- Article 44
- CHAPTER 3
- Environment
- Article 45
- Article 46
- Article 47
- Article 48
- Article 49
- Article 50
- CHAPTER 4
- Climate action
- Article 51
- Article 52
- Article 53
- Article 54
- Article 55
- Article 56
- CHAPTER 5
- Industrial and enterprise policy
- Article 57
- Article 58
- Article 59
- CHAPTER 6
- Company law, accounting and auditing, and corporate governence
- Article 60
- CHAPTER 7
- Cooperation in the areas of banking, insurance and other financial services
- Article 61
- CHAPTER 8
- Cooperation in the field of the information society
- Article 62
- Article 63
- Article 64
- Article 65
- CHAPTER 9
- Tourism
- Article 66
- Article 67
- Article 68
- Article 69
- CHAPTER 10
- Agriculture and rural development
- Article 70
- Article 71
- CHAPTER 11
- Fisheries and maritime governance
- Article 72
- Article 73
- Article 74
- Article 75
- CHAPTER 12
- Mining
- Article 76
- Article 77
- CHAPTER 13
- Cooperation in research, technological development and innovation
- Article 78
- Article 79
- Article 80
- CHAPTER 14
- Consumer protection
- Article 81
- Article 82
- Article 83
- CHAPTER 15
- Employment, social policy and equal opportunities
- Article 84
- Article 85
- Article 86
- Article 87
- Article 88
- Article 89
- Article 90
- CHAPTER 16
- Cooperation in the area of health
- Article 91
- Article 92
- CHAPTER 17
- Education, training and youth
- Article 93
- Article 94
- Article 95
- CHAPTER 18
- Cooperation in the cultural field
- Article 96
- Article 97
- CHAPTER 19
- Cooperation in the audiovisual and media fields
- Article 98
- Article 99
- Article 100
- CHAPTER 20
- Cooperation in the field of sport and physical activity
- Article 101
- CHAPTER 21
- Civil-society cooperation
- Article 102
- Article 103
- Article 104
- CHAPTER 22
- Regional development, cross-border and regional level cooperation
- Article 105
- Article 106
- Article 107
- Article 108
- CHAPTER 23
- Civil protection
- Article 109
- Article 110
- Article 111
- Article 112
- TITLE VI
- TRADE AND TRADE RELATED MATTERS
- CHAPTER 1
- Trade in goods
- Article 113
- Most-favoured-nation treatment
- Article 114
- National treatment
- Article 115
- Import duties and charges
- Article 116
- Export duties, taxes or other charges
- Article 117
- Import and export restrictions
- Article 118
- Remanufactured goods
- Article 119
- Temporary admission of goods
- Article 120
- Transit
- Article 121
- Trade defence
- Article 122
- Exceptions
- CHAPTER 2
- Customs
- Article 123
- Customs cooperation
- Article 124
- Mutual administrative assistance
- Article 125
- Customs valuation
- Article 126
- Sub-Committee on Customs
- CHAPTER 3
- Technical barriers to trade
- Article 127
- Objective
- Article 128
- Scope and definitions
- Article 129
- The TBT Agreement
- Article 130
- Cooperation in the field of technical barriers to trade
- Article 131
- Marking and labelling
- Article 132
- Transparency
- CHAPTER 4
- Sanitary and phytosanitary matters
- Article 133
- Objective
- Article 134
- Multilateral obligations
- Article 135
- Principles
- Article 136
- Import Requirements
- Article 137
- Measures linked to animal and plant health
- Article 138
- Inspections and audits
- Article 139
- Exchange of information and cooperation
- Article 140
- Transparency
- CHAPTER 5
- Trade in services, establishment and electronic commerce
- Section A
- General provisions
- Article 141
- Objective, scope and coverage
- Article 142
- Definitions
- Section B
- Establishment
- Article 143
- Scope
- Article 144
- National treatment and most favourable nation treatment
- Article 145
- Review
- Article 146
- Other agreements
- Article 147
- Standard of treatment for branches and representative offices
- Section C
- Cross-border supply of services
- Article 148
- Scope
- Article 149
- Market access
- Article 150
- National treatment
- Article 151
- Lists of commitments
- Article 152
- Review
- Section D
- Temporary presence of natural persons for business purposes
- Article 153
- Scope and definitions
- Article 154
- Key personnel and graduate trainees
- Article 155
- Business sellers
- Article 156
- Contractual service suppliers
- Article 157
- Independent professionals
- Section E
- Regulatory framework
- Subsection I
- Domestic regulation
- Article 158
- Scope and definitions
- Article 159
- Conditions for licencing and qualification
- Article 160
- Licencing and qualification procedures
- Subsection II
- Provisions of general application
- Article 161
- Mutual recognition
- Article 162
- Transparency and disclosure of confidential information
- Subsection III
- Computer services
- Article 163
- Understanding on computer services
- Subsection IV
- Postal services
- (20)
- Article 164
- Scope and definitions
- Article 165
- Prevention of market distortive practices
- Article 166
- Universal service
- Article 167
- Licences
- Article 168
- Independence of the regulatory body
- Article 169
- Gradual approximation
- Subsection V
- Electronic communication network and services
- Article 170
- Scope and definitions
- Article 171
- Regulatory authority
- Article 172
- Authorisation to provide electronic communications networks and services
- Article 173
- Scarce resources
- Article 174
- Access and interconnection
- Article 175
- Competitive safeguards on major suppliers
- Article 176
- Universal service
- Article 177
- Number portability
- Article 178
- Confidentiality of information
- Article 179
- Resolution of electronic communications disputes
- Article 180
- Gradual approximation
- Subsection VI
- Financial services
- Article 181
- Scope and definitions
- Article 182
- Prudential carve-out
- Article 183
- Effective and transparent regulation
- Article 184
- New financial services
- Article 185
- Data processing
- Article 186
- Specific exceptions
- Article 187
- Self-regulatory organisations
- Article 188
- Clearing and payment systems
- Article 189
- Financial stability and regulation of financial services in the Republic of Armenia
- Subsection VII
- Transport services
- Article 190
- Scope and objectives
- Article 191
- Definitions
- Article 192
- Gradual approximation
- Section F
- Electronic commerce
- Subsection I
- General provisions
- Article 193
- Objective and principles
- Article 194
- Regulatory aspects of electronic commerce
- Subsection II
- Liability of intermediary service providers
- Article 195
- Use of intermediaries' services
- Article 196
- Liability of intermediary service providers: ‘mere conduit’
- Article 197
- Liability of intermediary service providers: ‘caching’
- Article 198
- Liability of intermediary service providers: ‘hosting’
- Article 199
- No general obligation to monitor
- Section G
- Exceptions
- Article 200
- General exceptions
- Article 201
- Taxation measures
- Article 202
- Security exceptions
- Section H
- Investment
- Article 203
- Review
- CHAPTER 6
- Current payments and movement of capital
- Article 204
- Current Payments
- Article 205
- Capital Movements
- Article 206
- Exceptions
- Article 207
- Safeguard measures
- Article 208
- Facilitation
- CHAPTER 7
- Intellectual property
- Section A
- Objectives and principles
- Article 209
- Objectives
- Article 210
- Nature and scope of obligations
- Article 211
- Exhaustion
- Section B
- Standards concerning intellectual property rights
- Subsection I
- Copyright and related rights
- Article 212
- Protection granted
- Article 213
- Authors
- Article 214
- Performers
- Article 215
- Producers of phonograms
- Article 216
- Broadcasting organisations
- Article 217
- Broadcasting and communication to the public
- Article 218
- Term of protection
- Article 219
- Protection of technological measures
- Article 220
- Protection of rights management information
- Article 221
- Exceptions and limitations
- Article 222
- Artists' resale right in works of art
- Article 223
- Co-operation on collective management of rights
- Subsection II
- Trademarks
- Article 224
- International agreements
- Article 225
- Rights conferred by a trademark
- Article 226
- Registration procedure
- Article 227
- Well-known trademarks
- Article 228
- Exceptions to the rights conferred by a trademark
- Article 229
- Grounds for revocation
- Subsection III
- Geographical indications
- Article 230
- Scope of application
- Article 231
- Established geographical indications
- Article 232
- Addition of new geographical indications
- Article 233
- Scope of protection of geographical indications
- Article 234
- Right of use of geographical indications
- Article 235
- Relationship to trademarks
- Article 236
- Enforcement of protection
- Article 237
- Transitional provisions
- Article 238
- General rules
- Article 239
- Co-operation and transparency
- Article 240
- Sub-Committee on Geographical Indications
- Subsection IV
- Designs
- Article 241
- International agreements
- Article 242
- Protection of registered designs
- Article 243
- Protection conferred to unregistered designs
- Article 244
- Exceptions and exclusions
- Article 245
- Relationship to copyright
- Subsection V
- Patents
- Article 246
- International agreements
- Article 247
- Patents and public health
- Article 248
- Supplementary protection certificate
- Subsection VI
- Undisclosed information
- Article 249
- Scope of protection for trade secrets
- Article 250
- Civil judicial procedures and remedies for trade secrets
- Article 251
- Protection of data submitted to obtain an authorisation to put a medicinal product on the market
- Article 252
- Data protection on plant protection products
- Subsection VII
- Plant varieties
- Article 253
- Plant varieties
- Section C
- Enforcement of intellectual property rights
- Subsection I
- General provisions
- Article 254
- General obligations
- Article 255
- Entitled applicants
- Subsection II
- Civil enforcement
- Article 256
- Measures for preserving evidence
- Article 257
- Right of information
- Article 258
- Provisional and precautionary measures
- Article 259
- Corrective measures
- Article 260
- Injunctions
- Article 261
- Alternative measures
- Article 262
- Damages
- Article 263
- Legal costs
- Article 264
- Publication of judicial decisions
- Article 265
- Presumption of authorship or ownership
- Subsection III
- Border enforcement
- Article 266
- Border enforcement
- Subsection IV
- Other enforcement provisions
- Article 267
- Codes of conduct
- Article 268
- Cooperation
- CHAPTER 8
- Public procurement
- Article 269
- Relation to the WTO Government Procurement Agreement
- Article 270
- Additional Scope of Application
- Article 271
- Additional Disciplines
- CHAPTER 9
- Trade and sustainable development
- Article 272
- Objectives and scope
- Article 273
- Right to regulate and levels of protection
- Article 274
- International labour standards and agreements
- Article 275
- International environmental governance and agreements
- Article 276
- Trade and investment favouring sustainable development
- Article 277
- Biological diversity
- Article 278
- Sustainable management of forests and trade in forest products
- Article 279
- Trade and sustainable management of living marine resources
- Article 280
- Upholding levels of protection
- Article 281
- Scientific information
- Article 282
- Transparency
- Article 283
- Review of sustainability impacts
- Article 284
- Working together on trade and sustainable development
- Article 285
- Dispute Settlement
- CHAPTER 10
- Competition
- Section A
- Article 286
- Principles
- Section B
- Antitrust and mergers
- Article 287
- Legislative framework
- Article 288
- Implementation
- Article 289
- Cooperation
- Section C
- Subsidies
- Article 290
- Principles
- Article 291
- Definition and scope
- Article 292
- Relationship with the WTO
- Article 293
- Transparency
- Article 294
- Consultations
- Article 295
- Subsidies subject to conditions
- Article 296
- Use of subsidies
- Section D
- General provisions
- Article 297
- Dispute settlement
- Article 298
- Confidentiality
- Article 299
- Review clause
- CHAPTER 11
- State owned enterprises
- Article 300
- Delegated authority
- Article 301
- Definitions
- Article 302
- Scope of application
- Article 303
- General provisions
- Article 304
- Non-discrimination and commercial considerations
- Article 305
- Regulatory principles
- Article 306
- Transparency
- CHAPTER 12
- Transparency
- Article 307
- Definitions
- Article 308
- Objective and scope
- Article 309
- Publication
- Article 310
- Enquiries and contact points
- Article 311
- Administration of measures of general application
- Article 312
- Review and appeal
- Article 313
- Good regulatory practice and administrative behaviour
- Article 314
- Confidentiality
- Article 315
- Specific provisions
- CHAPTER 13
- Dispute settlement
- Section A
- Objective and scope
- Article 316
- Objective
- Article 317
- Scope of application
- Section B
- Consultations and mediation
- Article 318
- Consultations
- Article 319
- Mediation
- Section C
- Dispute settlement procedures
- Subsection I
- Arbitration procedure
- Article 320
- Initiation of the arbitration procedure
- Article 321
- Establishment of the arbitration panel
- Article 322
- Terms of reference
- Article 323
- Arbitration panel preliminary ruling on urgency
- Article 324
- Reports of the arbitration panel
- Article 325
- Interim report of the arbitration panel
- Article 326
- Final report of the arbitration panel
- Subsection II
- Compliance
- Article 327
- Compliance with the final report of the arbitration panel
- Article 328
- Reasonable period of time for compliance
- Article 329
- Review of any measure taken to comply with the final report of the arbitration panel
- Article 330
- Temporary remedies in case of non-compliance
- Article 331
- Review of any measure taken to comply after the adoption of temporary remedies for non-compliance
- Subsection III
- Common provisions
- Article 332
- Replacement of arbitrators
- Article 333
- Suspension and termination of arbitration and compliance procedures
- Article 334
- Mutually agreed solution
- Article 335
- Rules of Procedure and Code of Conduct
- Article 336
- Information and technical advice
- Article 337
- Rules of interpretation
- Article 338
- Decisions and reports of the arbitration panel
- Section D
- General provisions
- Article 339
- Lists of arbitrators
- Article 340
- Choice of Forum
- Article 341
- Time limits
- Article 342
- Referrals to the Court of Justice of the European Union
- TITLE VII
- FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, AND ANTI-FRAUD AND CONTROL PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER 1
- Financial assistance
- Article 343
- Article 344
- Article 345
- Article 346
- Article 347
- CHAPTER 2
- Anti-fraud and control provisions
- Article 348
- Definitions
- Article 349
- Scope
- Article 350
- Measures to prevent and fight fraud, corruption and any other illegal activities
- Article 351
- Exchange of information and further cooperation at operational level
- Article 352
- Cooperation to protect the euro and the dram against counterfeiting
- Article 353
- Prevention of fraud, corruption and irregularities
- Article 354
- Investigation and Prosecution
- Article 355
- Communication of fraud, corruption and irregularities
- Article 356
- Audits
- Article 357
- On-the-spot checks
- Article 358
- Administrative measures and sanctions
- Article 359
- Recovery
- Article 360
- Confidentiality
- Article 361
- Approximation of legislation
- TITLE VIII
- INSTITUTIONAL, GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
- CHAPTER 1
- Institutional framework
- Article 362
- Partnership Council
- Article 363
- Partnership Committee
- Article 364
- Sub-committees and other Bodies
- Article 365
- Parliamentary Partnership Committee
- Article 366
- Civil Society Platform
- CHAPTER 2
- General and final provisions
- Article 367
- Access to courts and administrative organs
- Article 368
- Security Exceptions
- Article 369
- Non-discrimination
- Article 370
- Gradual approximation
- Article 371
- Dynamic approximation
- Article 372
- Monitoring and assessment of approximation
- Article 373
- Results of monitoring, including assessments of approximation
- Article 374
- Restrictions in case of balance-of-payments and external financial difficulties
- Article 375
- Taxation
- Article 376
- Delegated authority
- Article 377
- Fulfilment of obligations
- Article 378
- Dispute settlement
- Article 379
- Appropriate measures in case of non-fulfilment of obligations
- Article 380
- Relation to other agreements
- Article 381
- Duration
- Article 382
- Definition of the Parties
- Article 383
- Territorial application
- Article 384
- Depositary of the Agreement
- Article 385
- Entry into force, final provisions and provisional application
- Article 386
- Authentic texts
- ANNEX I to CHAPTER 1
- TRANSPORT of TITLE V: OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES
- Road transport
- Technical conditions
- Safety conditions
- Social conditions
- Fiscal conditions
- Railway transport
- Market and infrastructure access
- Technical and safety conditions, interoperability
- Combined transport
- Air transport
- Maritime transport
- Maritime safety — Flag state / classification societies
- Flag State
- Port State
- Accident investigation
- Liability and insurance
- Passenger ships
- Vessel traffic monitoring and reporting formalities
- Technical safety requirements
- Crew
- Environment
- European Maritime Safety Agency and Committee on Safe Seas and the Prevention of Pollution from Ships
- Social conditions
- ANNEX II to CHAPTER 2
- ENERGY of TITLE V: OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES
- Electricity
- Oil
- Infrastructure
- Prospection and exploration of hydrocarbons
- Energy efficiency
- Renewable energy
- Nuclear
- ANNEX III to CHAPTER 3:
- ENVIRONMENT of TITLE V: OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES
- Environmental governance and integration of environment into other policy areas
- Air quality
- Water quality and resource management
- Waste management
- Nature protection
- Industrial pollution and industrial hazards
- Chemicals management
- ANNEX IV to CHAPTER 4
- CLIMATE ACTION of TITLE V: OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES
- ANNEX V to CHAPTER 8
- COOPERATION IN THE FIELD OF THE INFORMATION SOCIETY of TITLE V: OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES
- ANNEX VI to CHAPTER 14:
- CONSUMER PROTECTION of TITLE V: OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES
- ANNEX VII to CHAPTER 15
- EMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL POLICY AND EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES of TITLE V: OTHER COOPERATION POLICIES
- Labour law
- Anti-discrimination and gender equality
- Health and safety at work
- Labour law
- ANNEX VIII
- TRADE IN SERVICES AND ESTABLISHMENT
- ANNEX VIII-A
- RESERVATIONS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
- Horizontal reservations
- Public utilities
- Types of establishment
- Investment
- Real estate
- Recognition
- Sectoral reservations
- A. Agriculture, hunting, forestry and logging
- B. Fishing and aquaculture
- C. Mining and quarrying
- D. Manufacturing
- 1. Business services
- Professional services
- Retail sales of pharmaceutical, medical and orthopaedic goods (11) (CPC 63211)
- Research and development services
- Real estate services
- Rental/leasing without operators
- A. Relating to ships
- B. Relating to aircraft
- C. Relating to other transport equipment
- D. Other
- Other business services
- 2. Communication services
- 3. Construction and related engineering services
- 4. Distribution services
- 6. Environmental services
- 7. Financial services (12)
- 8. Health, social and education services
- 9. Tourism and travel related services
- 10. Recreational cultural and sporting services (other than audio-visual services)
- Entertainment services (including theatre, live bands, circus and discotheque services)
- News and press agencies services
- Sporting and other recreational services
- Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural services
- 11. Transport services
- Services auxiliary to transport
- Maritime transport and auxiliary services
- Inland waterways transport (13) and auxiliary services
- Air transport services and auxiliary services
- Rail transport and auxiliary services
- Road transport and auxiliary services
- Pipeline transport of goods other than fuel and auxiliary services
- 14. Energy services
- 15. Other services not included elsewhere
- ANNEX VIII-B
- COMMITMENTS ON CROSS-BORDER SERVICES OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
- ANNEX VIII-C
- RESERVATIONS ON KEY PERSONNEL, GRADUATE TRAINEES AND BUSINESS SELLERS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
- ANNEX VIII-D
- RESERVATIONS ON CONTRACTUAL SERVICES SUPPLIERS AND INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONALS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
- ANNEX VIII-E
- RESERVATIONS TO ESTABLISHMENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
- Horizontal reservations
- Most-favoured-nation treatment
- Public utilities
- Real estate
- Sectoral reservations
- 1. Business services
- Professional services
- Other business services
- 2. Transport services
- Services auxiliary to all modes of transport
- ANNEX VIII-F
- COMMITMENTS ON CROSS-BORDER SERVICES OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
- ANNEX VIII-G
- RESERVATIONS ON CONTRACTUAL SERVICES SUPPLIERS AND INDEPENDENT PROFESSIONALS OF THE REPUBLIC OF ARMENIA
- ANNEX IX
- LEGISLATION OF THE PARTIES AND ELEMENTS FOR REGISTRATION, CONTROL AND PROTECTION OF GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
- Part A
- Legislation of the Parties
- I. Legislation of the European Union
- II. Legislation of the Republic of Armenia
- Part B
- Elements for registration, control and protection of geographical indications
- ANNEX X
- LIST OF PROTECTED GEOGRAPHICAL INDICATIONS
- Part A
- Geographical indications of products of the European Union as referred to in Article 231 paragraph 3
- 1. List of aromatised wines
- 2. List of agricultural products and foodstuffs other than wines, spirit drinks and aromatised wines