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Annex Table 13A.4. (continued) Provision

EU–Chile

EU–CARIFORUM

EU–Turkey

EU–Morocco

Pledge to create one (Art. 87) Yes (Art. 86)

Dispute settlement

None

Transparency of regulation

Yes (Art. 105)

Worker categories covered

Investors, intracorporate transferees, business sellers, professionals

Investors, intracorporate transferees, business sellers, professionals, graduate trainees

Specification of length of stay

EU: professionals, 3 months

Investors, 90 days; intracorporate transferees, 3 years; business sellers, 90 days; independent professionals, contractual services suppliers, 6 months; graduate trainees, 1 year

Annex VII EU: 33 (engineer, accounting, construction, mining, computer, legal services, others) Chile: 0 No numerical limit “Necessary academic qualification and experience” EU: 3 months

Annex IV EU: 29 (architectural, legal, accounting, engineering, computer, management services) CARIFORUM: 0

None —

None —

No numerical limit University degree + 3 years experience

— —

— —

EU: 6 months

Provisions on professionals Annex on professionals Number of professional categories covered

Specified quotas Postsecondary degree required Specification of length of stay

Source: Authors’ compilation. Note: — = no provisions; CARIFORUM, Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) States; EU, European Union.

Annex Table 13A.5. Agreements between Japan and Developing Countries Provision Entry into force Chapter on trade in services

Japan–Mexico April 1, 2005 Ch. 8

Treatment of foreign services National treatment Yes (Art. 98) Most favored nation Yes (Art. 99) Local presence required No (Art. 100) Provisions on mode 4 Chapter Ch. 10 Side letters None Committee Yes (Art. 117) Dispute settlement Yes (Art. 118) Transparency of Yes (Art. 116) regulation 4 Worker categories covered

Investors, business visitors, intracorporate transferees, professionals

Japan–Chile

Japan–Indonesia

Japan–Philippines

Signed March 27, 2007 Ch. 9

July 7, 2008 Ch. 6

December 11, 2008 Ch. 7

Yes (Art. 107) Yes (Art. 108) No (Art. 109)

Yes (Art. 79) Yes (Art. 82) No (Art. 78)

Yes (Art. 73) Yes (Art. 76) No (Art. 72)

Ch. 11 None None Yes (Art. 133) Yes (Art. 132)

Ch. 7 None Yes (Art. 96) Yes (Ch. 14) Yes (Art. 95)

Ch. 9 None Yes (Art. 113) Yes (Ch. 15) Yes (Art. 111)

Investors, business visitors, intracorporate transferees, professionals

Investors, business visitors, Intracorporate transferees, professionals, professionals with “personal contracts,” nurses and care workers

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