1980 Protocol to the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects on the Selling Price of Soda Ash of the ASEAN Rock Salt-Soda Ash Project (Thailand)

1980 AIP Protocol on Selling Price of Soda Ash

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“This Protocol shall be deemed an integral part of the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects.”

Chapter XIII, ‘Consultations’ of the 1980 Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects:

Article 14:

“1. Each Contracting State shall accord adequate opportunity for consultations regarding such representations as may be made by any Contracting State with respect to any matter affecting the implementation of this Agreement may, at the request of any Contracting State, consult with any other Contracting State in respect of any matter for which it has not been possible to find a satisfactory solution during previous consultations.

2. If any Contracting State should consider that any other Contracting State has not carried out its obligations under this Agreement, the affected contracting State may make representations or proposals to the other Contracting State concerned which shall consider said representation or proposal within sixty (60) days from receipt thereof.

3. If no satisfactory solution is effected between the Contracting States, the matter may be referred to COIME which shall consult with the Contracting States concerned and arrive at a solution mutually acceptable to the States concerned. If no satisfactory solution is arrived at in COIME, the matter shall be referred to the ASEAN Economic Ministers for the final settlement.”

This 1980 Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects is one of the ‘Covered Agreements’ pursuant to Article 1.1 of the 2019 ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism read together with its Appendix 1. This Agreement was previously one of the ‘Covered Agreements’ pursuant to Article 1.1 of the 1996 Protocol on Dispute Settlement Mechanism read together with its Appendix 1, as well as one of the ‘Covered Agreements’ pursuant to Article 1.1 of the 2004 ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism read together with its Appendix I.”

The 2019 Protocol will only apply with respect to new requests for consultations made on or after its entry into force (20 June 2022). Likewise, the 2004 Protocol will only apply with respect to disputes that arose after its entry into force (29 November 2004). The 1996 Protocol applies to all other disputes.

Secretary-General of the ASEAN Secretariat

This instrument does not contain provisions for entry into force.

1980 Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects

1991 Supplementary Agreement To The Basic Agreement On ASEAN Industrial Projects – ASEAN Potash Mining Project (Thailand)

1984 Supplementary Agreement to the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects – ASEAN Vaccine Project (Singapore)

1982 Draft Supplementary Agreement to the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects for the ASEAN Copper Fabrication Project (Philippines)

1980 Supplementary Agreement to the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Project: ASEAN Urea Project (Indonesia)

1980 Supplementary Agreement to the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects: ASEAN Urea Project (Malaysia)

ASEAN Secretariat accessed on 07/11/2025

This instrument’s status is listed as “In Question”, as it does not have clear provisions for entry into force, and as of the time of update, this instrument is not included in the ASEAN Legal Instruments website.