plurilateral

A plurilateral treaty is a special type of multilateral treaty.

As a result, reservations to plurilateral treaties are not allowed without the consent of all other parties to the treaty.

A plurilateral agreement is a multi-national legal or trade agreement between countries.

An example of a plurilateral treaty is the Antarctic Treaty.

In 1994 and in subsequent years, very different types of activity were planned worldwide through plurilateral agreements.

The Agreement on Government Procurement is typical plurilateral agreement.

A plurilateral treaty is a treaty between a limited number of states with a particular interest in the subject of the treaty.

I am voting for this motion for a resolution, as it is essential to strike a balance between multilateral, bilateral and plurilateral agreements.

This was the first time that competition law principles were included in a plurilateral regional agreement and established the trans-European model of competition law.

A plurilateral agreement implies that WTO member countries would be given the choice to agree to new rules on a voluntary basis.

What is interesting and fascinating about this debate is that we are talking about a plurilateral agreement that is very specific in character.

Because these plurilateral agreements were not accepted by the full GATT membership, they were often informally called "codes".

So once China becomes a member of the plurilateral agreement, what safeguards will the Commissioner put in place to safeguard the interests of European companies and workers?

The primary difference between a plurilateral treaty and other multilateral treaties is that the availability of reservations is more limited under a plurilateral treaty.

Due to the limited nature of a plurilateral treaty, the full cooperation of the parties to the treaty is required in order for the object of the treaty to be met.

A leaked document details provisions of a proposed plurilateral trade agreement that would impose strict enforcement of intellectual property rights related to Internet activity and trade in information-based goods.

Government procurement is also the subject of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA), a plurilateral international treaty under the auspices of the WTO.

Although it was designed to serve multilateral agreements, during several rounds of GATT negotiations (particularly the Tokyo Round) plurilateral agreements created selective trading and caused fragmentation among members.

The Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is a plurilateral agreement under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) that entered into force in 1996.

It is, of course, part of the multilateral framework but, as it is plurilateral in character, it allows much more flexibility for those Member States that are part of this agreement.

Furthermore, the European Community was one of the co-sponsors of the recently tabled financial services plurilateral request and is particularly active in plurilateral and bilateral negotiations with our trading partners in Geneva.

We will continue to insist on it but, as you know, trade negotiations are bilateral and plurilateral negotiations: we need to receive this offer from them and we are trying hard to put pressure on them to make such offers.

Vitalis also led the New Zealand AANZFTA 'roadshow' which promoted the opportunities presented by this plurilateral agreement to New Zealand stakeholders in all of the main centres of New Zealand [26].

The guiding criterion for the Doha Round has been to involve all member countries in negotiations on a whole range of matters, whereas in such a broad-based organisation efforts should be made to develop a plurilateral approach incorporating a form of 'variable geometry'.

This includes the bilateral ties between Canada and the individual Latin American states, plurilateral ties between Canada and any group of those states, or multilateral relations through groups like the Organization of American States (OAS).