Dáil debates
Thursday, 23 March 2017
Other Questions
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement
2:00 pm
Mary Mitchell O'Connor (Dún Laoghaire, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
The majority of the provisions of CETA will be provisionally applied. Chapter 8 on investment shall only be provisionally applied in so far as it relates to foreign direct investment. Chapter 13 is about financial services and it shall not be provisionally applied in so far as it applies to the portfolio investment, protection of investment or investment dispute settlement. That was one of the major issues. The article on camcording in chapter 20 on intellectual property will not be provisionally applied. The articles on administrative proceedings, review and appeal in chapter 27, on transparency, shall not be provisionally applied. The article on investor protection in chapter 28 on exemptions will not be provisionally applied. That was a major issue. The provisional application of chapter 22 on trade and sustainable development, chapter 23 on trade and labour and chapter 24 on trade and the environment shall respect the allocation of competences between the Union and the member states.
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