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-Comptroller General of the Those not officially United States
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NAFTA Chapter Eleven Subchapter A - Investment
Article 1101: Scope
1. This Chapter applies to measures adopted or maintained by a Party relating to:
(a) investors of another Party;
(b) investments of investors of another Party in the
territory of the Party existing at the date of entry
into force of this Agreement as well as to investments
made or acquired thereafter by such investors; and
(c) with respect to Article 1106, all investments in the
territory of the Party existing at the date of entry
into force of this Agreement as well as to investments
made or acquired thereafter.
2. A Party has the right to perform exclusively the economic activities set out in Annex III and to refuse to permit the establishment of investment in such activities.
3. This Chapter does not apply to Chapter Fourteen (Financial Services) except to the extent specifically provided therein.
4. Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent a Party from providing a service or performing a function such as law enforcement, correctional services, income security or insurance, social security or insurance, social welfare, public education, public training, health, and child care, in a manner that is not inconsistent with this Chapter.