Text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership

New Zealand Foreign Affairs and Trade

The legally verified text of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) was released on 26 January 2016 and can be accessed by chapter below. (This supersedes the version of the TPP text that was initially released by TPP Parties on 5 November 2015.) The French and Spanish language versions of the Agreement were released on this website on 2 February 2016.  

Preamble [PDF, 74 KB]  FR [PDF, 171 KB] ESP [PDF, 78 KB]

1. Initial Provisions and General Definitions [PDF, 124 KB]  FR [PDF, 248 KB]  ESP [PDF, 236 KB]

  • The Chapter includes the following Annex:
    • Annex 1-A: Party-Specific Definitions

2. National Treatment and Market Access for Goods [PDF, 327 KB]  FR [PDF, 354 KB]  ESP [PDF, 362 KB]

3. Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures [PDF, 172 KB]  FR [PDF, 377 KB]  ESP[PDF, 340 KB]

  • This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
    • Annex 3-A: Other Arrangements
    • Annex 3-B: Minimum Data Requirements
    • Annex 3-C: Exceptions to Article 3.11 (De Minimis)

4. Textile and Apparel Goods [PDF, 133 KB]  FR [PDF, 207 KB]  ESP [PDF, 185 KB]

5. Customs Administration and Trade Facilitation [PDF, 273 KB]  FR [PDF, 250 KB]  ESP [PDF, 161 KB]

6. Trade Remedies [PDF, 341 KB]  FR [PDF, 333 KB]  ESP [PDF, 248 KB]

  • The Chapter includes the following Annex:
    • Annex 6-A: Practices Relating to Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings

7. Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures [PDF, 152 KB]  FR [PDF, 345 KB]  ESP[PDF, 278 KB]

8. Technical Barriers to Trade [PDF, 198 KB]  FR [PDF, 434 KB]  ESP [PDF, 259 KB]

  • The Chapter includes the following Annexes:
    • Annex 8-A: Wine and Distilled Spirits
    • Annex 8-B: Information and Communications Technology Products
    • Annex 8-C: Pharmaceuticals
    • Annex 8-D: Cosmetics
    • Annex 8-E: Medical Devices
    • Annex 8-F: Proprietary Formulas for Pre-packaged Foods and Food Additives
    • Annex 8-G: Organic Products

9. Investment [PDF, 244 KB]  FR [PDF, 561 KB]  ESP [PDF, 657 KB]

  • This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
    • Annex 9-A: Customary International Law
    • Annex 9-B: Expropriation
    • Annex 9-C: Expropriation Relating to Land
    • Annex 9-D: Service of Documents on a Party Under Section B (Investor State Dispute Settlement)
    • Annex 9-E: Transfers
    • Annex 9-F: DL-600
    • Annex 9-G: Public Debt
    • Annex 9-H
    • Annex 9-I: Non-Conforming Measures Ratchet Mechanism
    • Annex 9-J: Submission of a Claim to Arbitration
    • Annex 9-K: Submission of Certain Claims for Three Years After Entry into Force
    • Annex 9-L: Investment Agreements

10. Cross-Border Trade in Services [PDF, 89 KB]  FR [PDF, 395 KB]  ESP [PDF, 295 KB]

  • The Chapter includes the following Annexes:
    • Annex 10-A: Professional Services
    • Annex 10-B: Express Delivery Services
    • Annex 10-C: Non-Conforming Measures Ratchet Mechanism
  • See country-specific Annexes to the Agreement

11. Financial Services [PDF, 228 KB]  FR [PDF, 246 KB]  ESP [PDF, 475 KB]

  • This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
    • Annex 11-A: Cross-Border Trade
    • Annex 11-B: Specific Commitments
    • Annex 11-C: Non-Conforming Measures Ratchet Mechanism
    • Annex 11-D: Authorities Responsible For Financial Services
    • Annex 11-E
  • See country-specific Annexes to the Agreement

12. Temporary Entry for Business Persons [PDF, 97 KB]  FR [PDF, 206 KB]  ESP[PDF, 133 KB]

13. Telecommunications [PDF, 113 KB]  FR [PDF, 307 KB]  ESP [PDF, 321 KB]

  • This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
    • Annex 13-A: Rural Telephone Suppliers – United States
    • Annex 13-B: Rural Telephone Suppliers – Peru

14. Electronic Commerce [PDF, 122 KB]  FR [PDF, 283 KB]  ESP [PDF, 159 KB]

15. Government Procurement [PDF, 113 KB]  FR [PDF, 345 KB]  ESP [PDF, 361 KB]

16. Competition Policy [PDF, 50 KB]  FR [PDF, 255 KB]  ESP [PDF, 158 KB]

  • This Chapter includes the following Annex:
    • Annex 16-A: Application of Article 16.2, Article 16.3 and Article 16.4 to Brunei Darussalam

17. State-Owned Enterprises and Designated Monopolies [PDF, 574 KB]  FR[PDF, 551 KB]  ESP [PDF, 496 KB]

  • This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
    • Annex 17-A: Threshold Calculation
    • Annex 17-B: Process for Developing Information Concerning State-Owned Enterprises and Designated Monopolies
    • Annex 17-C: Further Negotiations
    • Annex 17-D: Application to Sub-Central State-Owned Enterprises
    • Annex 17-E: Singapore
    • Annex 17-F: Malaysia
    • Annex IV: Non-Conforming Activities
  • See country-specific Annexes to the Agreement

18. Intellectual Property [PDF, 720 KB]  FR [PDF, 461 KB]  ESP [PDF, 798 KB]

  • This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
    • Annex 18-A: Annex to Article 18.7.2 (International Agreements)
    • Annex 18-B: Annex to Article 18.50 (Protection of Undisclosed Test or Other Data) and Article 18.52 (Biologics)
    • Annex 18-C: Annex to Article 18.50 (Protection of Undisclosed Test or Other Data) and Article 18.52 (Biologics)
    • Annex 18-D: Annex to Article 18.46 (Patent Term Adjustments for Patent Office Delays), Article 18.48 (Patent Term Adjustment for Unreasonable Curtailment), Article 18.50 (Protection of Undisclosed Test or Other Data) and Article 18.52 (Biologics)
    • Annex 18-E: Annex to Section J (Internet Service Providers)
    • Annex 18-F: Annex to Section J (Internet Service Providers)

19. Labour [PDF, 216 KB]  FR [PDF, 408 KB]  ESP [PDF, 236 KB]

20. Environment [PDF, 187 KB]  FR [PDF, 417 KB]  ESP [PDF, 215 KB]

  • This Chapter includes the following Annexes:
    • Annex 20-A
    • Annex 20-B

21. Cooperation and Capacity Building [PDF, 83 KB]  FR [PDF, 22 KB]  ESP [PDF, 77 KB]

22. Competitiveness and Business Facilitation [PDF, 80 KB]  FR [PDF, 143 KB] ESP [PDF, 78 KB]

23. Development [PDF, 92 KB]  FR [PDF, 31 KB]  ESP [PDF, 98 KB]

24. Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises [PDF, 127 KB]  FR [PDF, 144 KB]  ESP[PDF, 89 KB]

25. Regulatory Coherence [PDF, 102 KB]  FR [PDF, 165 KB]  ESP [PDF, 119 KB]

26. Transparency and Anti-Corruption [PDF, 231 KB]  FR [PDF, 326 KB]  ESP[PDF, 195 KB]

  • This Chapter includes the following Annex:
    • Annex 26-A Transparency and Procedural Fairness for Pharmaceutical Products and Medical Devices

27. Administrative and Institutional Provisions [PDF, 170 KB]  FR [PDF, 175 KB] ESP [PDF, 106 KB]

28. Dispute Settlement [PDF, 233 KB]  FR [PDF, 347 KB]  ESP [PDF, 184 KB]

29. Exceptions and General Provisions [PDF, 240 KB]  FR [PDF, 216 KB]  ESP[PDF, 246 KB]

30. Final Provisions [PDF, 37 KB]  FR [PDF, 29 KB]  ESP [PDF, 28 KB]

TPP signature pages signed February 4, 2016 [PDF, 46 KB]

Zip file of all 30 Chapters (excluding Annexes) [ZIP, 5.4 MB]

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