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Record 1 2025-10-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), permission granted to a member country not to apply most-favoured-nation treatment in a given sector.

Key term(s)
  • most favoured nation exemption
  • most-favored-nation exemption
  • most favored nation exemption

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Au titre de l'Accord général sur le commerce des services (AGCS), autorisation accordée à un pays membre de ne pas appliquer le traitement de la nation la plus favorisée dans un secteur donné.

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The [customs duty] applied by WTO [World Trade Organization] members to goods from other WTO members with which they have not concluded a preferential trade arrangement.

OBS

Strictly speaking, the MFN tariff also applies to non-originating goods imported from free-trade partners.

Key term(s)
  • most favoured nation tariff
  • most-favored-nation tariff
  • most favored nation tariff
  • most favoured nation duty
  • most-favored-nation duty
  • most favored nation duty

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Droit de douane appliqué par les membres de l'OMC [Organisation mondiale du commerce] aux marchandises en provenance d'autres membres de l'OMC avec lesquels ils n'ont pas conclu d'arrangement commercial préférentiel.

OBS

Au sens strict, le droit NPF s'applique aussi aux marchandises non originaires qui sont importées depuis des partenaires à un accord de libre‑échange.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Comercio exterior
CONT

El arancel de nación más favorecida promedio (ponderado por las importaciones registradas bajo cada línea arancelaria) fue de 6,1% en 2003, mientras que la tasa de recaudación efectiva fue de dos y medio por ciento.

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Record 3 2025-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Customs and Excise
DEF

[A] rule, usually established through a trade agreement, that a country gives each of the trading partners with which it has concluded relevant agreements the best treatment it gives to any of them in a given product.

Key term(s)
  • most-favored-nation treatment
  • most favoured nation treatment
  • most favored nation treatment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Douanes et accise
DEF

Règle, généralement établie au moyen d'un accord commercial, en vertu de laquelle un pays accorde à chacun des partenaires commerciaux avec lesquels il a conclu des accords pertinents le meilleur traitement qu'il accorde à n'importe lequel d'entre eux pour un produit donné.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio exterior
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
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Record 4 2004-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiscalité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistema tributario
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Record 5 2003-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
  • Remuneration (Personnel Management)
CONT

Most Favored Nation Clause - Also called more favorable term's clause, that portion of a collective bargaining agreement where a union agrees not to sign contracts with any other employers under more favorable terms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
  • Rémunération (Gestion du personnel)
DEF

Disposition d'une convention collective par laquelle l'employeur s'engage à accorder automatiquement les gains ou les avantages supérieurs qui pourraient être obtenus dans d'autres entreprises déterminées.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Convenios colectivos y negociaciones
  • Remuneración (Gestión del personal)
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Record 6 1999-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

The other amendment removes the application of legislated reciprocity provisions. As reciprocity is inconsistent with the most-favoured nation (MFN) rule of the WTO Agreement, it can no longer be applied to WTO members.

OBS

Terminology found in the 1999 Federal Budget.

Key term(s)
  • most-favored nation rule
  • most favoured nation rule
  • most favored nation rule

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
CONT

La deuxième modification a pour effet de supprimer l'application des dispositions législatives de réciprocité. Puisque la réciprocité est incompatible avec la règle de l'Accord de l'OMC qui porte sur la nation la plus favorisée, elle ne peut plus s'appliquer aux membres de l'OMC.

OBS

Terminologie extraite du Budget 1999.

Spanish

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Record 7 1997-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
Key term(s)
  • grant most favoured nation treatment tariff rates

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

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Record 8 1997-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Customs and Excise

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Douanes et accise
OBS

Source(s) : Agriculture, mai 1995.

Spanish

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Record 9 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • conditional most-favoured nation clause
  • conditional most-favored nation clause
  • conditional most favoured nation clause
  • conditional most favored nation clause

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • clause de la nation la plus favorisée conditionnelle

Spanish

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Record 10 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • unconditional MFN tariffs
  • unconditional most-favoured nation tariff
  • unconditional most-favored nation tariff
  • unconditional most favoured nation tariff
  • unconditional most favored nation tariff

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • tarif inconditionnel de la nation la plus favorisée

Spanish

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Record 11 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • most favoured licence clause
  • most-favoured-license clause
  • most favoured license clause

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 12 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • unconditional most-favoured nation treatment
  • unconditional most-favored nation treatment
  • unconditional most favoured nation treatment
  • unconditional most favored nation treatment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • application inconditionnelle de la clause de la nation la plus favorisée
  • application sans condition de la clause de la nation la plus favorisée
  • application sans condition du traitement de la nation la plus favorisée

Spanish

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Record 13 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • unconditional most-favoured nation principle
  • unconditional most-favored nation principle
  • unconditional most favoured nation principle
  • unconditional most favored nation principle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • principe de l'application inconditionnelle de la nation la plus favorisée
  • principe inconditionnel de la NPF
  • application sans condition du principe de la nation la plus favorisée

Spanish

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Record 14 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • unconditional most-favored nation clause
  • unconditional most favored nation clause
  • unconditional most favoured nation clause

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

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Record 16 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • conditional most-favoured nation treatment
  • conditional most-favored nation treatment
  • conditional most favoured nation treatment
  • conditional most favored nation treatment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • application conditionnelle du traitement de la nation la plus favorisée
  • traitement de la nation la plus favorisée conditionnel

Spanish

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Record 17 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

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Record 18 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade
Key term(s)
  • conditional most-favoured nation principle
  • conditional most-favored nation principle
  • conditional most favoured nation principle
  • conditional most favored nation principle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur
Key term(s)
  • principe de l'application conditionnelle de la clause de la nation la plus favorisée

Spanish

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Record 19 1995-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
Key term(s)
  • most favoured nation obligation
  • most-favored-nation obligation
  • most favored nation obligation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce

Spanish

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Record 20 1992-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Laws and Regulations
OBS

A bilateral Treaty between Canada - Egypt

OBS

Done at Ottawa, November 26 and December 3, 1952

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements

Spanish

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Record 21 1992-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Special-Language Phraseology
Key term(s)
  • favored wind runway

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 22 1987-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

a few fortunate regions; favoured regions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

quelques régions privilégiées

Spanish

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Record 23 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons
OBS

(Harrap)

Spanish

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