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shall include, among others, special consideration and an additional transition
period in the implementation of this Agreement, on a case by case basis.
PART III
LIBERALISATION OF TRADE
Article 7
Import Duties
1.
State Parties shall progressively eliminate import duties or charges
having equivalent effect on goods originating from the territory of any
other State Party in accordance with their Schedules of Tariff
Concessions contained in Annex 1 to this Protocol.
2.
For products subject to liberalisation, State Parties shall not impose any
new import duties or charges having equivalent effect on goods
originating from the territory of any other State Party, except as
provided for under this Protocol.
3.
An import duty shall include any duty or charge of any kind imposed on
or in connection with the importation of goods consigned from any State
Party to a consignee in another State Party, including any form of
surtax or surcharge, but shall not include any:
(a)
charges equivalent to internal taxes imposed consistently with
Article III(2) of GATT 1994 and its interpretative notes in respect of
like or directly competitive or substitutable goods of the State
Party or in respect of goods from which imported goods have been
manufactured or produced in whole or in part;
(b)
antidumping or countervailing duties imposed in accordance with
Articles VI, and XVI of GATT 1994 and the WTO Agreement on
Subsidies and Countervailing Measures and Article 17 of this
Protocol;
(c)
duties or levies imposed in relation to safeguards, in accordance
with Articles XIX of GATT 1994, the WTO Agreement on
Safeguards and Articles 18 and 19 of this Protocol; and
(d)
other fees or charges imposed consistently with Article VIII of
GATT 1994.
Article 8
Schedules of Tariff Concessions
1.
Each State Party shall apply preferential tariffs to imports from other
State Parties in accordance with its Schedule of Tariff Concessions