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   The following are key documents/chapters for business references:  
     
 
Document
Agreement on Trade in Goods Under the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
Among the Governments of the Member Countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Republic of Korea
 
     
     
 
Chapter Title Page
Article 1

 Definitions

2
Article 2  National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation  3
Article 3  Tariff Reduction and Elimination  4
Article 4  Transparency 
 
Article 5  Rules of Origin  4
Article 6  Modification of Concessions 

5
Article 7  WTO Disciplines 

5
Article 8  Quantitative Restrictions and Non-Tariff Barriers and Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures 

Article 9  Safeguard Measures 
 
6
Article 10   Measures to Safeguard the Balance of Payment

Article 11  General Exceptions

Article 12  Securities Exceptions 

10
Article 13  Regional and Local Government 

11
Article 14  Institutional Arrangements 

11 
Article 15  Review 

11 
Article 16  Annexes and Future Legal Instruments 

11 
Article 17  Amendments

12 
Article 18  Relations to Other Agreements 

12 
Article 19  Dispute Settlement

12 
Article 20  Depositary

12 
Article 21  Entry into Force

12 
Annexes  

Annex 1  

Modality for Tariff Reduction and Elimination for Tariff Lines Placed in the Normal Track
Annex 2
Modality for Tariff Reduction/Elimination for Tariff Lines Placed in the Sensitive Track

Appendix 1. Sensitive List

Appendix 2. High Sensitive List
Annex 3 Rules of Origin

Appendix 1. Operational Certification Procedures for the Rules of Origin

Appendix 2. Product Specific Rules

Letter of Understanding for the Amendment of Product Specific Rules (Implemented by Singapore on 19 Nov 2009)

Appendix 3. Explanatory Notes to Annex 3

Attachment to Appendix 1 to Annex 3 (CO Form AK & Overleaf) - ASEAN Version
 
 


Implemented by Thailand on 1 Oct 09:
(Note: Thailand will be issuing/receiving Form AK only from ASEAN Member States from 1 Oct 09, and will issue/receive Form AK from Korea from 1 Jan 2010)

Protocol on the Accession of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Agreement on Trade in Goods Under the Framework Agreement
on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Among the Governments of the Member Countries of the ASEAN and the Republic of Korea


 
   
Trade in Services  

Notice of Ratification w.e.f 1 May 2009

Agreement on Trade in Services Under the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Among the Governments
of the Member Countries of the ASEAN and the Republic of Korea

Annex on Financial Services

Letter of Understanding Among the Parties to the Agreement on Trade In Services

.  Schedules of Specific Commitments:

Brunei
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Malaysia
Myanmar
Philippines
Republic of Korea
Singapore
Vietnam

 

Protocol on the Accession of the Kingdom of Thailand to the Agreement on Trade in Services Under the Framework
Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Among the Governments of the Member Countries of the ASEAN and the Republic of Korea


Investment

Agreement on Investment under the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Among ASEAN Member Countries and the Republic of Korea