Central American/Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement
Note: The Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA/DR) entered into force between the United States and Costa Rica on January 1, 2009 (December 23, 2008 Presidential Proclamation), between the United States and the Dominican Republic on March 1, 2007 (February 28, 2007 Presidential Proclamation), between the United States and Guatemala on July 1, 2006 (June 30, 2006 Presidential Proclamation), between the United States and Honduras and Nicaragua on April 1, 2006 (March 31, 2006 Presidential proclamation), and between El Salvador and the United States on March 1, 2006 (February 28, 2006 Presidential Proclamation).
Preamble
1. Initial Provisions
2. General Definitions
3. National Treatment and Market Access for Goods
4. Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures
5. Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation
6. Sanitary and Phyto-Sanitary Measures
7. Technical Barriers to Trade
8. Trade Remedies
9. Government Procurement
Annex 9.1.2 (b)(i)
Annex 9.1.2 (b)(ii)
Annex 9.1.2 (b)(iii)
10. Investment
11. Cross-Border Trade in Services
12. Financial Services
13. Telecommunications
14. Electronic Commerce
15. Intellectual Property Rights
16. Labor
17. Environment
18. Transparency
19. Administration of the Agreement and Trade Capacity Building
20. Dispute Settlement
21. Exceptions
22. Final Provisions
Market Access Appendix 3.3.6
Annex 4.1 (Product Specific Rules of Origin)
Annex I
Formatting Note
Costa Rica Schedule
Dominican Republic Schedule
El Salvador Schedule
Guatemala Schedule
Honduras Schedule
Nicaragua Schedule
U.S. Schedule
Annex II
Annex III (Financial Services Non-Conforming Measures)
Tariff Schedules
Costa Rica General Notes and Appendix I
Schedule of Costa Rica to Annex 3.3
Dominican Republic General Notes and Appendix I
Schedule of Dominican Republic to Annex 3.3
El Salvador General Notes and Appendix I
Schedule of El Salvador to Annex 3.3
Guatemala General Notes and Appendix I
Schedule of Guatemala to Annex 3.3
Honduras General Notes and Appendix I
Schedule of Honduras to Annex 3.3
Nicaragua General Notes and Appendix I
Schedule of Nicaragua to Annex 3.3
U.S. General Notes and Appendix I
Schedule of U.S. to Annex 3.3
Side Letters - Costa Rica
Letter regarding May 28 Side Letters
Letter on Poultry Trade
Letter on Bank Sales Representatives
Letter on Foreign Bank Branches and Additional Reserve Requirements
Letter on Contracts of Representation, Distribution or Fabrication
Letter on Extraction, Generation and Refining
Letter on Gambling
Letter on Mining Activities
Letter on Wildlife, Forestry and Zoning
Letter on Costa Rica's Radio-Electric Spectrum
Letter on Continuation of the "807" Program
Side Letters - Dominican Republic
Letter on SPS/Import Licensing
Letter on the Labor Code
Letter on Telecommunications Policy
Letter on IPR Procedures
Letter on Haiti/CBTPA Co-Production
Side Letters - El Salvador
Letter regarding May 28 Side Letters
Letter on Poultry Trade
Letter on Tariff Treatment of Certain Confectionary Products
Letter on Labor Code
Letter on Public Utility Services
Letter on Article 13.4.5(a)(iv)
Side Letters - Guatemala
Letter regarding May 28 Side Letters
Letter on Tariff Treatment of Certain Confectionary Products
Letter on Insurance Branching Commitments
Letter on Establishment of Foreign Financial Institutions in the U.S.
Side Letters - Honduras
Letter regarding May 28 Side Letters
Letter on Nurses
Letter on Shirting Fabrics Study
Side Letters - Nicaragua
Letter on Insurance Branching Commitments
Understandings
IP Understanding on Public Health
Understanding on Immigration Measures
Understanding Regarding the Establishment of a Secretariat for Environmental Matters
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