2009 Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area

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Additional Annexes	2009-AANZFTA-Annex-1-Schedules-of-Tariff-Commitments.zip 2009-AANZFTA-Annex-2-Product-Specific-Rules-HS-2017.pdf 2009-AANZFTA-Annex-3-Schedules-of-Specific-Services-Commitments.zip 2009-AANZFTA-Annex-4-Schedules-of-Movement-of-Natural-Persons-Commitments.zip
Full Title	2009 Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area
Short Title / Abbreviations	2009 AANZFTA
CIL Subject Classification	ASEAN Documents ASEAN External Relations Australia New Zealand
Date of Adoption	27/02/2009
Place of Adoption	Cha-am, Thailand
Issued/Adopted by	Economic Ministers of ASEAN, Australia and New Zealand
Dispute settlement provisions	See Chapter 17 on Consultations and Dispute Settlement. Note: Chapter 17 does not apply to any matters arising under Chapter 5 (Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures), Chapter 10 (Electronic Commerce), Chapter 12 (Economic Cooperation) and Chapter 14 (Competition) (Chapter 17, Article 3.1).
Depository	(Note that this agreement does not specify a depository)
Annexes	Annex 1: Schedules of Tariff Commitments Annex 2: Product Specific Rules* Annex 3: Schedules of Specific Services Commitments Annex 4: Schedules of Movement of Natural Persons Commitments *CIL provides the latest updated texts. Please see the AANZFTA website for earlier versions.
Entry Into Force Status	In Force
Source	WIPO Lex, AANZFTA Website
Date of Entry into Force	01/01/2010
Entry into Force / Termination Provisions	Chapter 18, Article 7: Entry into Force “1. Each Party shall notify each other Party in writing upon completion of its internal requirements necessary for entry into force of this Agreement. This Agreement shall enter into force on 1 July 2009 for any Party that has made such notifications provided that Australia, New Zealand and at least four ASEAN Member States have made such notifications by that date. 2. If this Agreement does not enter into force on 1 July 2009 it shall enter into force, for any Party that has made the notification referred to in Paragraph 1, 60 days after the date by which Australia, New Zealand and at least four ASEAN Member States have made the notifications referred to in Paragraph 1. 3. After the entry into force of this Agreement pursuant to Paragraph 1 or 2, this Agreement shall enter into force for any Party 60 days after the date of its notification referred to in Paragraph 1.” Chapter 18, Article 8.2: Termination “This Agreement shall terminate if, pursuant to Paragraph 1: (a) Australia withdraws; (b) New Zealand withdraws; or (c) this Agreement is in force for less than four ASEAN Member States.”
Status
ASEAN States	(Source: World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), AANZFTA Joint Committee Meeting Reports as of 11/01/2024)
Brunei Darussalam	Signature 27/02/2009 Ratification 22/10/2009 Entry Into Force 01/01/2010
Cambodia	Signature 27/02/2009 Accession 05/11/2011 Entry Into Force 01/01/2011
Indonesia	Signature 27/02/2009 Ratification 06/05/2011 Entry Into Force 05/07/2011
Lao PDR	Signature 27/02/2009 Ratification 01/01/2011 Entry Into Force 01/01/2011
Malaysia	Signature 27/02/2009 Ratification 03/12/2009 Entry Into Force 01/01/2010
Myanmar	Signature 27/02/2009 Ratification Entry Into Force 01/01/2010
Philippines	Signature 27/02/2009 Ratification 21/10/2009 Entry Into Force 01/01/2010
Singapore	Signature 27/02/2009 Ratification 05/08/2009 Entry Into Force 01/01/2010
Thailand	Signature 27/02/2009 Ratification 11/01/2010 Entry Into Force 12/03/2010
Vietnam	Signature 27/02/2009 Ratification 30/10/2009 Entry Into Force 01/01/2010
Other Country	Australia Signature 27/02/2009; Ratification 22/10/2009; Entry Into Force 01/01/2010 New Zealand Signature 27/02/2009; Ratification 22/07/2009; Entry Into Force 01/01/2010
Related Instruments
Protocols / Amendments to this instrument	2023 Second Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area 2014 First Protocol to Amend the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area
Related Instruments	2018 AANZFTA General Review Stage Two: Recommendations for the 23rd AEM-CER Consultations 2017 AANZFTA General Review Stage One Report: Review of Implementation 2010-2017 2016 Terms of Reference for Conducting General Review of AANZFTA 2009 Implementing Arrangement for the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area Economic Co-operation Work Programme Pursuant to Chapter 12 (Economic Co-operation) of the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area 2009 Understanding on Article 1 (Reduction and/or Elimination of Customs Duties) of Chapter 2 (Trade in Goods) of the Agreement Establishing the ASEAN-Australia-New Zealand Free Trade Area
External Links	ASEAN accessed on 11/01/2024 AANZFTA accessed on 11/01/2024
Additional Information	Dates of ratification and accession given above were obtained from the WIPO Lex web pages, with the exception of ratification and entry into force information for Myanmar, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Indonesia, which were obtained from AANZFTA Joint Committee Meeting Reports as follows: the reports list the entry into force dates for Cambodia and Lao as “January 2011”. Indonesia’s date of ratification was indicated as 6 May 2011 and the CIL team has therefore calculated the date of entry into force as 5 July 2011. Myanmar’s date of ratification/deposit of ratification is not indicated. In all cases, it is not clear if the dates of ratification/notification indicated are those of the date of deposit or the date of issuance of the instrument. Additional information and updates can be accessed from the AANZFTA website.