• Objectives, Obligations and Principles
• Full Text of the Agreement
• Preamble
• Part One: Objectives
• Part Two: Obligations
• Part Three: Commission for Labor Cooperation
• Part Four: Cooperative Consultations and Evaluations
• Part Five: Resolution of Disputes
• Part Six: General Provisions
• Part Seven: Final Provisions
• Annex 1: Labor Principles
• Annex 23: Interpretive Ruling
• Annex 39: Monetary Enforcement Assessments
• Annex 41A: Canadian Enforcement and Collection
• Annex 41B: Suspension of Benefits
• Annex 46: Extent of Obligations
• Annex 49: Country-Specific Definitions
• ECEs and Arbitral Panels
• Four Year Review
• ILO Conventions Ratified by NAALC Countries

1. Where a Party has requested the Council to convene an ECE, the Council shall, on the written request of any other Party, select an independent expert to make a ruling concerning whether the matter is:

• trade-related; or
• covered by mutually recognized labor laws.

2. The Council shall establish rules of procedure for the selection of the expert and for submissions by the Parties. Unless the Council decides otherwise, the expert shall present a ruling within 15 days after the expert is selected.