1. No Party shall apply to goods that are imported from any other Party for purposes of government procurement covered by this Chapter, rules of origin that are different from or inconsistent with the rules of origin the Party applies in the normal course of trade, which will be the non-preferential rules set out in Chapter Three (for country of origin marking purposes) at such time as they become the rules of origin applied in the normal course of trade.
2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, a Party may deny to an enterprise that is a supplier of services of another Party the benefits of this Chapter if:
(a) nationals of any non-Party own or control that enterprise; and
(b) that enterprise has no substantial business activities in the territory of the Party under whose laws it is constituted.
Article 1006: Prohibition of Offsets
Each Party shall ensure that its entities do not, in the qualification and selection of suppliers, goods or services, or in the evaluation of bids and the award of contracts, consider, seek or impose offsets.
Article 1007: Technical Specifications
1. Each Party shall ensure that its entities do not, with the purpose or the effect of creating unnecessary obstacles to trade, prepare, adopt or apply any technical specification laying down:
(a) the characteristics of the goods or services to be procured such as quality, performance, safety and dimensions, symbols, terminology, packaging, marking and labelling;
(b) the processes and methods for their production related to the goods characteristics; or