(b) may, pursuant to Article 9.18.2 or Article 9.19, adopt a joint decision of the Parties, declaring their interpretation of a provision of this Chapter and Annex 9-A; (c) may propose amendments to Section B in the light of experience of its operation. Article 9.8: General Exceptions 1. For the purposes of this Chapter and subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between investments or between investors, or a disguised restriction on international trade or investment, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a Party from adopting or enforcing measures: (a) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; (b) necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that are not inconsistent with this Agreement; (c) imposed for the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological or (d) relating to the conservation of living or non-living exhaustible natural resources. 2. The Parties understand that the measures referred to in subparagraph 1(a) include environmental measures to protect human, animal or plant life or health, and that the measures referred to in subparagraph 1(d) include environmental measures relating to the conservation of living or non-living exhaustible natural resources. Article 9.9: Future Work Program 1. Unless the Parties otherwise agree, the Parties shall conduct a review of the investment legal framework between them no later than three years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement. 2. The review shall include consideration of this Chapter and the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investments. 3. Unless the Parties otherwise agree, the Parties shall commence negotiations on a comprehensive Investment Chapter, reflecting outcomes of the review referred to in
(b) may, pursuant to Article 9.18.2 or Article 9.19, adopt a joint decision of the Parties, declaring their interpretation of a provision of this Chapter and Annex 9-A; (c) may propose amendments to Section B in the light of experience of its operation. Article 9.8: General Exceptions 1. For the purposes of this Chapter and subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between investments or between investors, or a disguised restriction on international trade or investment, nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent a Party from adopting or enforcing measures: (a) necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; (b) necessary to ensure compliance with laws and regulations that are not inconsistent with this Agreement; (c) imposed for the protection of national treasures of artistic, historic or archaeological or (d) relating to the conservation of living or non-living exhaustible natural resources. 2. The Parties understand that the measures referred to in subparagraph 1(a) include environmental measures to protect human, animal or plant life or health, and that the measures referred to in subparagraph 1(d) include environmental measures relating to the conservation of living or non-living exhaustible natural resources. Article 9.9: Future Work Program 1. Unless the Parties otherwise agree, the Parties shall conduct a review of the investment legal framework between them no later than three years after the date of entry into force of this Agreement. 2. The review shall include consideration of this Chapter and the Agreement between the Government of Australia and the Government of the People’s Republic of China on the Reciprocal Encouragement and Protection of Investments. 3. Unless the Parties otherwise agree, the Parties shall commence negotiations on a comprehensive Investment Chapter, reflecting outcomes of the review referred to in
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