to accord the same treatment as own nationals

1976 OECD Council Decision on National Treatment

national-treatment clause [ national treatment clause ]

the principle of national treatment with regard to taxation and internal regulations: according to this principle, each WTO member treats products of another member country no less favourably, with regard to taxation and internal regulations, than its own national products.

to defend the inclusion of a regulatory annex on government procurement with a view to maximising the participation of European companies in foreign tenders, while maintaining EU criteria, including social and environmental criteria, and procedures in European tenders, notably regarding SMEs’ access to public contracts, the eligibility criteria based on the best ‘quality-price’ ratio and the thresholds below which commitments do not apply; to overcome the lack of transparency and market entry barriers regarding non-European calls for tenders and to denounce the lack of reciprocity in this area at all levels of government, as illustrated by the preferential treatment granted t ...[+++]o domestic companies in several countries, while allowing for the possibility of opting for market access and national treatment commitments for the sake of multilateralisation; to encourage the ratification and implementation by those parties who have not yet done so of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and its 2011 revision; to call on the European Union to introduce a ‘European Business Act’, modelled on the ‘American Business Act’ and supporting the economic development of SMEs and European industry;

iii. to defend the inclusion of a regulatory annex on government procurement with a view to maximising the participation of European companies in foreign tenders, while maintaining EU criteria, including social and environmental criteria, and procedures in European tenders, notably regarding SMEs’ access to public contracts, the eligibility criteria based on the best ‘quality-price’ ratio and the thresholds below which commitments do not apply; to overcome the lack of transparency and market entry barriers regarding non-European calls for tenders and to denounce the lack of reciprocity in this area at all levels of government, as illustrated by the preferential treatment granted t ...[+++]o domestic companies in several countries, while allowing for the possibility of opting for market access and national treatment commitments for the sake of multilateralisation; to encourage the ratification and implementation by those parties who have not yet done so of the WTO Government Procurement Agreement and its 2011 revision; to call on the European Union to introduce a ‘European Business Act’, modelled on the ‘American Business Act’ and supporting the economic development of SMEs and European industry;

9. Recognises that Vietnam has offensive interests in the liberalisation of Mode 4 in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) and the conclusion of Mutual Recognition Agreements recognising the professional qualifications of nationals of Vietnam and of the EU, and that the EU has offensive interests in the liberalisation of market access and national treatment under Mode 1, 2 and 3 in most services; is of the view that addressing the EU’s offensive interests is an imperative to permit, under Mode 4, temporary stays of neces ...[+++]sary skilled professionals, and facilitate distinguishing such stays from national policies on foreign workers in each party’s labour markets;