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Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone

This treaty was drafted in May 2091 by the Democratic Centre Party of Gaduridos.

Status: ratification^[?]

Description^[?]

PREAMBLE

The governments of the signatory nations hereby resolve to promote, within reasonable limits, the free movement of goods and people across their borders. This treaty is thus intended to
-Strengthen the bonds that tie our nations together
-Enhance the global competitiveness of our firms
-Support the overall economic growth of the Seleyan continent
-Regulate trade between nations in a fair and transparent way.

PART ONE - COVERED SECTORS

All goods or services produced in one signatory nation, and sold or transported through another, are subject to the terms of this agreement, with the following exceptions.

1) Goods used for academic, not-for-profit research.
2) Goods used by the armed forces of either nation on a duly approved joint operation between two (or more) signatory nations.
3) Goods used by registered charitable organizations.
4) Commercial samples.

PART TWO - PERMISSIBLE TARIFFS

For all goods, tariffs charged on goods from a signatory nation must be as low or lower than the applicable tariffs for any other nation.

The tariffs placed on goods from any one signatory nation must be the same for all signatory nations.

A maximum tariff of 5% can be applied to any good.

Please note that nothing in this treaty requires signatory nations to levy tariffs on any goods at all.

Further, there are no restrictions on the existing ability of national or regional governments to subsidize domestic industry, except where such subsidies are on goods to be exported and would lead to dumping. (Dumping is defined elsewhere in the treaty.)

PART THREE - NON-TARIFF BARRIERS

No signatory nation may sell goods in another singatory nation at a price below the cost of production. This practice is to be known as "dumping".

No signatory nation may create any restriction on the quantity of any specific type of good, nor of goods overall, entering their country from any other signatory nation. This does not, however, prohibit signatory nations from prohibiting the entry of certain goods from certain other signatory nations at any given time, for any of the following reasons:

1) Independent scientists have deemed the product to be defective, and therefore harmful to human health or likely to be harmful to human health. Note that this only applies to goods which are harmful due to their not being up to the normal standard of the good in question (for example, beef which may be tainted with disease) and not goods which, in their normal use, can be harmful to human health and for which consumers are or ought to be well aware of their dangers (such as cigarettes).

2) Reputable scientists have deemed the good to be harmful or likely to be harmful to animal health, in the case of animal feed or other agricultural goods.

3) The good is not legal to own and/or consume in the signatory nation. (This may apply, for example, to certain classes of firearm, or to goods of a pornographic nature.)

4) Nations reserve the right to ban imports from other signatory nations if there is a legitimate diplomatic reason and if the nation's legislature duly passes (in accordance with their own laws) a bill to create such a ban. One example of a legitimate diplomatic reason to implement a full or partial ban would be if a state of war existed or was very likely to soon exist between the two nations.

PART FOUR - DISPUTE RESOLUTION

Each signatory nation shall be encouraged to sort out any trade disputes through negotiations. Should this fail, companies reserve the right to sue the government of any singatory nation they feel has violated this treaty in the way it dealt with the company's goods. Such a lawsuit will be held in the courts of nation being sued, unless all parties agree to persue the matter in another setting.

Articles^[?]

The treaty consists of the following articles.

Article 1

The ratifiers acknowledge that with respect to:

Protection of original works of technology and arts.

The policy of their national government and law should be:

Works of technology and art are protected by copyright.

Works of techology and art have limited copy protection.

Ratifiers^[?]

The treaty has been formally ratified by the following nations.

Nation	Date
Republic of Malivia / Malivia Prajatantra Gantantra (Malivia)	April 5390
Union of Rildanor (Rildanor)	June 3505

Pending Ratifications

Compliance^[?]

The following nations (6 in total) are not in compliance to the articles outlined in this treaty.

The following nations (52 in total) are in compliance.

Ratification

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Ratification Map

Random fact: In Particracy players are only allowed to play as one party at a time. Want to swap nations? Inactivate your current party and make a new one! Want to return? Request Moderation to reactivate your party on the forum!

Random quote: "It is necessary for him who lays out a state and arranges laws for it to presuppose that all men are evil and that they are always going to act according to the wickedness of their spirits whenever they have free scope." - Niccolo Machiavelli

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Treaty to Establish the Seleya Free Trade Zone

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