need help in structure of this sentence
"The provisions of this Agreement shall not be so construed as to prevent any Member from conferring or according advantages to adjacent countries in order to facilitate exchanges limited to contiguous frontier zones of services that are both locally produced and consumed"

please explain the meaning of phrase "that are both locally produced and consumed". the "local" in this phrase is in "contiguous frontier zone"?

thanks in advance!

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need help in structure of this sentence
"The provisions of this Agreement shall not be so construed as to prevent any Member from conferring or according advantages to adjacent countries in order to facilitate exchanges limited to contiguous frontier zones of services that are both locally produced and consumed"

please explain the meaning of phrase "that are both locally produced and consumed". the "local" in this phrase is in "contiguous frontier zone"?

thanks in advance!

Answer

"that are both locally produced and consumed" means that the product is made in the specified zone and then sold and used in the same zone.  Therefore there would be no exporting or importing.

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I would say, having read it many times, Yes.

Legislation is always difficult to understand!

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