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PACER Plus consolidated legal text [PDF, 4.9 MB] (excluding Schedules of Commitments on Tariffs – Part I for Forum Island Countries)
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Chapter 1: Initial Provisions and General Definitions [PDF, 110 KB]
Chapter 2: Trade in Goods [PDF, 257 KB]
This chapter includes:
- Annex 2-A: Schedules of Commitments on Tariffs
- Cook Islands - Part I [PDF, 3.3 MB]
- Federated States of Micronesia - Part I [PDF, 12 MB]
- Kiribati - Part I [PDF, 2.6 MB]
- Nauru - Part I [PDF, 14 MB]
- Niue - Part I [PDF, 12 MB]
- Palau - Part I [PDF, 13 MB]
- Republic of Marshall Islands - Part I [PDF, 12 MB]
- Samoa - Part I [PDF, 12 MB]
- Solomon Islands - Part I [PDF, 13 MB]
- Tonga - Part I [PDF, 12 MB]
- Tuvalu - Part I [PDF, 12 MB]
- Vanuatu - Part I [PDF, 12 MB]
- Annex 2-B: Administration of Exemptions from the Obligation under Article 3.2 In Respect Of Regional Trade Agreements under Article 3.2(c)
- Annex 2-C: Notification of Modified or New Import Licensing Procedures Pursuant to Articles 14.1(c) and 14.2(b)
Chapter 3: Rules of Origin and Verification Procedures [PDF, 397 KB]
This chapter includes:
- Annex 3-A: Declaration of Origin Requirements
- Annex 3-B: Schedule of Product Specific Rules
Chapter 4: Customs Procedures [PDF, 125 KB]
Chapter 5: Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures [PDF, 126 KB]
Chapter 6: Technical Regulations, Standards and Conformity Assessment Procedures [PDF, 127 KB]
Chapter 7: Trade in Services [PDF, 151 KB]
This chapter includes:
Chapter 8: Movement of Natural Persons [PDF, 108 KB]
This chapter includes:
Chapter 9: Investment [PDF, 150 KB]
This chapter includes:
- Annex 9-A: Schedules of Commitments on Investment [PDF, 383 KB]
- Annex 9-B: Schedules of Commitments on Senior Management and Board of Directors Exemptions [PDF, 216 KB]
- Annex 9-C: Expropriation and Compensation
- Annex 9-D: List of Measures Not Compliant With TRIMS Agreement
Chapter 10: Development and Economic Cooperation [PDF, 107 KB]
Chapter 11: General Provisions and Exceptions [PDF, 117 KB]
Chapter 12: Institutional Provisions [PDF, 112 KB]
This chapter includes:
- Annex 12-A: Subsidiary Bodies
Chapter 13: Transparency [PDF, 99 KB]
Chapter 14: Consultations and Dispute Settlement [PDF, 159 KB]
This chapter includes:
- Annex 14-A: Model Rules of Procedure
Chapter 15: Final Provisions [PDF, 128 KB]
Annex I: Lists of Most-Favoured-Nation Exemptions on Services and Investment [PDF, 331 KB]
Related arrangements
Arrangement on Labour Mobility [PDF, 123 KB]
Note: Parties to PACER Plus agreed to amend Attachment A of the Implementing Arrangement for Development and Economic Cooperation under the Pacific Agreement on Closer Economic Relations Plus at the PACER Plus Joint Committee meeting held 30 March 2021 to reflect decisions made in relation to the design of the PACER Plus Implementation Package.
The revised Attachment A replaces the attachment of the same name in the original 2017 Implementing Arrangement.
Amendments to the IA – Attachment A – 2021 [PDF, 363 KB]
Amendments to the original 2017 text are as follows:
- Amendments were made to text under the sub-heading Establishment of a PACER Plus Implementation Unit
- Amendments were made to text under the sub-heading Management Structure
- Amendments were made to text under the sub-heading Annual Programmes
National Interest Analysis
National Interest Analysis [PDF, 1.4 MB]
Side Letters
New Zealand-Australia side letter [PDF, 210 KB]
Other Official PACER Plus Documents
PACER Plus Ministerial Communiqués
PP.MIN.004/C/FINAL - 27 July 2022 [PDF, 810 KB]
PP.MIN.003/C/FINAL – 30 June 2021 [PDF, 575 KB]
PP.MIN.002/C/FINAL – 18 December 2020 [PDF, 561 KB]
PP.MIN.001/C/FINAL – 13 February 2020 [PDF, 296 KB]
Press releases
- Hon Phil Twyford, Speech to PACER Plus one year anniversary reception(external link) 13 December 2021
- Hon Phil Twyford, New Zealand's First Trade and Development Agreement Enters into Force(external link) 13 December 2020
- Hon David Parker, Pacific trade and development agreement a reality(external link) 15 October 2020
- Hon David Parker, Samoa ratifies PACER Plus trade and development deal(external link) 19 July 2019
- Hon David Parker, NZ first country to ratify PACER Plus trade deal(external link) 24 October 2018
- Hon David Parker, Ratification of Pacific trade deal a step closer(external link) 6 September 2018
- Hon Todd McClay, McClay says Vanuatu signing PACER Plus an important development(external link) 7 September 2017
- Hon Todd McClay, PACER Plus NIA released as agreement tabled 21 June 2017(external link)
- Hon Todd McClay, Speech at PACER Plus signing ceremony(external link) 14 June 2017
- Hon Todd McClay, McClay says PACER Plus signing a historic day for NZ-Pacific relations(external link) 14 June 2017
- Hon Murray McCully and Hon Tim Groser, Ministers welcome start of PACER Plus talks(external link) 20 August 2009
- Hon John Key, PM welcomes launch of trade negotiations(external link) 7 August 2009