III

National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation

  1 Recognizes that internal policies "should not be applied to imported or domestic products so as to afford protection to domestic production."
  2 Prohibits tax discrimination of foreign products comparable to domestic products (155,87,110)
  3 Grandfathers existing taxes as of April 10, 1947, until tariffs can be negotiated to offset the effect of the tax elimination
  4 Specifies national treatment obligations with respect to regulations and laws (161,139,142)
  5 Prohibits domestic content requirements (DCRs)
  6 Grandfathers existing DCRs, but prohibits increases in them
  7 Requires nondiscrimination among external sources of supplies under quantitative regulations
  8(a) Exempts government procurement from Article III
  8(b) Permits "payment of subsidies exclusively to domestic producers"
  9 Requires countries to avoid "to the fullest practicable extent" harm to exporters from price ceilings
  10 Exempts cinematic films from Article III to the extent necessary to satisfy Article IV