Article 610: Environmental Measures

1. No Party shall waive or otherwise derogate from, or offer to waive or otherwise derogate from, its environmental measures as an encouragement for the establishment, acquisition, expansion, ongoing business activities or retention in its territory of an enterprise.

2. Notwithstanding paragraph 1 and Article 1505(5) (Basic Rights and Obligations), a Party is permitted a reasonable, but as short as possible, period of time to seek compliance by an established enterprise in its territory with its environmental measures.