ACIA-Section A•

  1. Each Member State shall accord to covered investments of investors of any other Member State, fair and equitable treatment and full protection and security.
  2. For greater certainty:
    • (a) fair and equitable treatment requires each Member State not to deny justice in any legal or administrative proceedings in accordance with the principle of due process; and
    • (b) full protection and security requires each Member State to take such measures as may be reasonably necessary to ensure the protection and security of the covered investments.
  3. A determination that there has been a breach of another provision of this Agreement, or of a separate international agreement, does not establish that there has been a breach of this Article.

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