English: ◦ Proactive Disclosure Regional and Bilateral Initiatives Trade and Economic Cooperation Arrangements (TECAs) The Kingdom of Norway Signed at Ottawa, Canada, December 3, 1997 ARRANGEMENT ON TRADE AND ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY THE GOVERNMENT OF CANADA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF NORWAY (hereinafter referred to as "Canada" and "Norway"), DESIRING to enhance the traditional bonds of friendship and cooperation between the two countries acknowledged in the Convention of Commerce and Navigation between the United Kingdom and Sweden and Norway (with additional Article), done at London on March 18, 1826 and extended to Canada by the Convention signed at Kristiania., May 16, 1913, BUILDING on their respective rights and obligations under the Agreement establishing the WTO, other multilateral instruments, in particular of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), as well as under bilateral instruments of trade and economic cooperation, REAFFIRMING their mutual commitment to effective implementation of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization (WTO), NOTING the importance they attach to the development of transatlantic relations, ACKNOWLEDGING that nothing in this Arrangement affects the rights and obligations of either Party to the other Party under Agreements to which they are both Parties, DECLARING their intention to strengthen, through continued and institutionalized dialogue, conditions favourable to the expansion and diversification of bilateral trade and investment, WISHING to explore opportunities to strengthen bilateral cooperation in other areas and activities, HAVE REACHED the following understanding: 1.
French: ◦ Divulgation proactive Initiatives rÃ©gionales et bilatÃ©rales Arrangements de coopÃ©ration commerciale et Ã©conomique (ACCE) Le Royaume de NorvÃ¨ge SignÃ© Ã Ottawa, Canada, le 3 dÃ©cembre 1997 ARRANGEMENT RELATIF Ã€ LA  COOPÃ‰RATION COMMERCIALE ET Ã‰CONOMIQUE ENTRE LE CANADA ET LE GOUVERNEMENT DU ROYAUME DE NORVÃˆGE LE GOUVERNEMENT DU CANADA ET LE GOUVERNEMENT DU ROYAUME DE NORVÃˆGE (ci-aprÃ¨s dÃ©nommÃ©s la « Canada » et le « NorvÃ¨ge »), DÃ‰SIRANT renforcer les liens d'amitiÃ© et de coopÃ©ration qui unissent depuis toujours les deux pays et qui sont consacrÃ©s par la Convention de commerce et de navigation entre le Royaume-Uni et la SuÃ¨de et la NorvÃ¨ge (avec article additionnel) faite Ã Londres le 18 mars 1826 et Ã©tendue au Canada par la Convention signÃ©e Ã Christiania le 16 mai 1913, FAISANT FOND sur leurs droits et obligations respectifs au titre de l'Accord instituant l'OMC, d'autres instruments multilatÃ©raux, en particulier ceux de l'Organisation de coopÃ©ration et de dÃ©veloppement Ã©conomiques (OCDE), et d'instruments bilatÃ©raux de coopÃ©ration commerciale et Ã©conomique, RÃ‰AFFIRMANT leur engagement mutuel quant Ã la mise en oeuvre effective de l'Accord de Marrakech instituant l'Organisation mondiale du commerce (OMC), NOTANT l'importance qu'ils attachent au dÃ©veloppement des relations transatlantiques, RECONNAISSANT que le prÃ©sent Arrangement est sans effet sur les droits et obligations qu'ils ont l'un envers l'autre dans le cadre d'accords auxquels ils sont tous deux parties, DÃ‰CLARANT qu'ils entendent, au moyen d'un dialogue continu et institutionnalisÃ©, renforcer les conditions propres Ã favoriser l'expansion et la diversification des Ã©changes et des investissements bilatÃ©raux, SOUHAITANT explorer les possibilitÃ©s de renforcement de la coopÃ©ration bilatÃ©rale dans d'autres secteurs et domaines d'activitÃ©, SONT PARVENUS Ã l'entente suivante : 1.