SICE: Trade Agreements: Peru-China Free Trade Agreement

Table of contents
	Preamble
Chapter 1	Initial Provisions
Article 1	Objectives
Article 2	Establishment of a Free Trade Area
Article 3	Relation to Other International Agreements
Article 4	Extent of Obligations
Article 5	Definitions of General Application

Chapter 2	National Treatment and Market Access for Goods
Article 6	Scope and Coverage
Section A	National Treatment
Article 7	National Treatment
Section B	Tariff Elimination
Article 8	Tariff Elimination
Section C	Special Regime
Article 9	Waiver of Customs Duties
Article 10	Temporary Admission of Goods
Section D	Non-Tariff Measures
Article 11	Import and Export Restrictions
Article 12	Import Licensing
Article 13	Administrative Fees and Formalities
Section E	Other Measures
Article 14	Customs Valuation
Section F	Agriculture
Article 15	Scope and Coverage
Article 16	Agricultural Export Subsidies
Article 17	State Trading Enterprises
Article 18	Domestic Support Measures for Agricultural Products
Article 19	Price Band System
Section G	Institutional Provisions
Article 20	Committee on Trade in Goods
Section H	Definitions
Article 21	Definitions
	Annex 1: Exceptions to National Treatment and Import and Export Restrictions
	Annex 2: Tariff Elimination
	China's Tariff Elimination Schedule
	Peru's Tariff Elimination Schedule
	Annex 3: Price Band System

Chapter 3	Rules of Origin and Operational Procedures Related to Origin
Section A	Rules of Origin
Article 22	Definitions
Article 23	Originating Goods
Article 24	Wholly Obtained Goods
Article 25	Change in Tariff Classification
Article 26	Regional Value Content (RVC)
Article 27	Minimal Operations or Processes
Article 28	Accumulation
Article 29	De Minimis
Article 30	Fungible Goods or Materials
Article 31	Sets
Article 32	Accessories, Spare Parts and Tools
Article 33	Packaging Materials and Containers for Retail Sale
Article 34	Packing Materials and Containers for Shipment
Article 35	Neutral Elements
Article 36	Direct Transport
Article 37	Exhibitions
Section B	Operational Procedures Related to Origin
Article 38	Certificate of Origin
Article 39	Exemption of Certificate of Origin
Article 40	Authorized Bodies
Article 41	Obligations Regarding Importations
Article 42	Refund of Import Customs Duties or Deposit
Article 43	Supporting Documents
Article 44	Preservation of Certificate of Origin and Supporting Documents
Article 45	Verifications Process
Article 46	Development of Electronic Certification and Verification System
Article 47	Penalties
Article 48	Confidentiality
Article 49	Committee on Rules of Origin
Article 50	Modifications
	Annex 4:
	Notes
	Product Specific Rules of Origin
	Annex 5: Certificate and Declaration of Origin

Chapter 4	Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation
Article 51	Definitions
Article 52	Scope and Objectives
Article 53	Competent Authorities
Article 54	Facilitation
Article 55	Customs Valuation
Article 56	Tariff Classification
Article 57	Committee on Trade Facilitation
Article 58	Customs Cooperation
Article 59	Review and Appeal
Article 60	Advance Rulings
Article 61	Use of Automated Systems in the Paperless Trading Environment
Article 62	Risk Management
Article 63	Publication and Enquiry Points
Article 64	Express Consignments
Article 65	Release of Goods
Article 66	Review of Customs Procedures
Article 67	Consultation
Article 68	Implementation

Chapter 5	Trade Remedies
Section A	Global Safeguard Measures
Article 69	Global Safeguard Measures
Section B	Bilateral Safeguard Measures
Article 70	Imposition of a Safeguard Measure
Article 71	Standards for a Safeguard Measure
Article 72	Investigation Procedures and Transparency Requirements
Article 73	Provisional Safeguard Measures
Article 74	Notification and Consultations
Article 75	Compensations
Article 76	Definitions
Section C	Antidumping and Countervailing Measures
Article 77	Antidumping and Countervailing Measures
Section D	Cooperation
Article 78	Cooperation

Chapter 6	Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Article 79	Objectives
Article 80	Scope and Coverage
Article 81	Reaffirmation of SPS Agreement
Article 82	Definitions
Article 83	General Provisions to Facilitate Trade
Article 84	Harmonization
Article 85	Equivalence
Article 86	Risk Assessment and Determination of the Appropriate Level of Sanitary or Phytosanitary Protection
Article 87	Recognition of Pest- or Disease- Free Areas and Areas of Low Pest or Disease Prevalence
Article 88	Transparency
Article 89	Technical Cooperation
Article 90	Committee on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Article 91	Technical Consultations and Dispute Settlement
Article 92	Competent Authorities

Chapter 7	Technical Barriers to Trade
Article 93	Objectives
Article 94	Affirmation of the TBT Agreement
Article 95	Scope
Article 96	International Standards
Article 97	Technical Regulations
Article 98	Conformity Assessment
Article 99	Transparency
Article 100	Technical Cooperation
Article 101	Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
Article 102	Information Exchange
Article 103	Definitions

Chapter 8	Trade in Services
Article 104	Definitions
Article 105	Scope and Coverage
Article 106	National Treatment
Article 107	Market Access
Article 108	Additional Commitments
Article 109	Schedule of Specific Commitments
Article 110	Domestic Regulation
Article 111	Recognition
Article 112	Transfers and Payments
Article 113	Denial of Benefits
Article 114	Transparency
Article 115	Implementation and Review
	Annex 6: Schedule of Specific Commitments
	China’s Schedule
	Peru's Schedule

Chapter 9	Temporary Entry for Business Persons<>
Article 116	General Principles
Article 117	General Obligations
Article 118	Grant of Temporary Entry
Article 119	Provision of Information
Article 120	Working Group
Article 121	Cooperation
Article 122	Dispute Settlement
Article 123	Relation to Other Chapters
Article 124	Transparency
Article 125	Definitions
	Annex 7: Commitments for Temporary Entry for Business Persons

Chapter 10	Investment
Article 126	Definitions
Article 127	Scope and Coverage
Article 128	Promotion and Protection of Investment
Article 129	National Treatment
Article 130	Non-Conforming Measures
Article 131	Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment
Article 132	Fair and Equitable Treatment and Full Protection and Security
Article 133	Expropriation
Article 134	Compensation for Losses
Article 135	Transfers
Article 136	Subrogation
Article 137	Denial of Benefits
Article 138	Settlement of Disputes between the Parties
Article 139	Investor-State Dispute Settlement
Article 140	Meetings
Article 141	Essential Security
Article 142	Taxation Measures
Article 143	Other Obligations
	Annex 8: Public Debt
	Annex 9: Expropriation

Chapter 11	Intellectual Property Rights
Article 144	General Provisions
Article 145	Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
Article 146	Geographical Indications
Article 147	Special Requirements Related to Border Measures
Article 148	Cooperation and Capacity Building
	Annex 10: Geographical Indications

Chapter 12	Cooperation
Article 149	Objectives
Article 150	Scope
Article 151	Economic Cooperation
Article 152	Research, Science and Technology Cooperation
Article 153	Information Technologies Cooperation
Article 154	Education
Article 155	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
Article 156	Cultural Cooperation
Article 157	Mining and Industrial Cooperation
Article 158	Tourism
Article 159	Competition Policy
Article 160	Traditional Medicine Cooperation
Article 161	Labor Cooperation
Article 162	Cooperation on Forestry Matters and Environmental Protection
Article 163	Fishery
Article 164	Agricultural Cooperation
Article 165	Mechanisms for Cooperation
Article 166	Dispute Settlement

Chapter 13	Transparency
Article 167	Transparency
Article 168	Confidential Information

Chapter 14	Administration of the Agreement
Article 169	Trade and Economic Mixed Commission;
Article 170	Free Trade Commission
Article 171	Committees
Article 172	Contact Points
	Annex 11: Free Trade Commission

Chapter 15	Dispute Settlement
Article 173	Cooperation
Article 174	Scope of Application
Article 175	Choice of Forum
Article 176	Consultations
Article 177	Request for a Panel
Article 178	Qualifications of Panelists
Article 179	Panel Selection
Article 180	Role of the Panel
Article 181	Model Rules of Procedure
Article 182	Role of Experts
Article 183	Report of the Panel
Article 184	Request for Clarification of the Report
Article 185	Suspension and Termination of Procedure
Article 186	Implementation of the Report
Article 187	Examination of Implementation
Article 188	Compensation
Article 189	Suspension of Benefits
Article 190	Examination of the Benefit Suspension Level
Article 191	Post Suspension
Article 192	Private Rights
	Annex 12: Model Rules of Procedure

Chapter 16	Exceptions
Article 193	General Exceptions
Article 194	Security Exceptions
Article 195	Disclosure of Information
Article 196	Measures to safeguard the balance of payments
Article 197	Prudential Measures

Chapter 17	Final Provisions
Article 198	Annexes, Appendices and Footnotes
Article 199	Amendments
Article 200	Entry into Force and Termination
Article 201	Authentic Texts

Full text of the Agreement

Source: Ministerio de Comercio y Turismo del Perú (Mincetur)