1. Each Party shall reduce or eliminate customs duties on goods originating in either Party in accordance with the tariff elimination schedules in Annex 2-A. For the purposes of this Chapter, “originating” means originating in either Party under the rules of origin set out in the Protocol on Rules of Origin and Origin Procedures.

2. For each good, the base rate of customs duties to which the successive reductions under paragraph 1 are to be applied shall be that specified in Annex 2-A.

3. For goods that are subject to tariff preferences as listed in a Party’s tariff elimination schedule in Annex 2-A, each Party shall apply to originating goods of the other Party 10 the lesser of the customs duties resulting from a comparison between the rate calculated in accordance with that Party’s Schedule and its applied Most-FavouredNation (“MFN”) rate.

4. On the request of a Party, the Parties may consult to consider accelerating and broadening the scope of the elimination of customs duties on imports between the Parties. A decision of the CETA Joint Committee on the acceleration or elimination of a customs duty on a good shall supersede any duty rate or staging category determined pursuant to the Parties’ Schedules in Annex 2-A for that good when approved by each Party in accordance with its applicable legal procedures.