1996 Protocol on Dispute Settlement Mechanism

1996 DSM

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Appendix 1 – Covered Agreements
Appendix 2 – Working Procedures of the Panel

ASEAN, ASEAN Secretariat Table of ASEAN Treaties/Agreements and Ratification (As of October 2012), Analysis by CIL

26/05/1998

29/11/2004

Article 12(3) ‘Final Provisions’:
“This Protocol shall enter into force upon the deposit of instruments of ratification or acceptance by all signatory governments with the Secretary-General of ASEAN.”

Superseded by the 2004 ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism.

1997 Protocol to Amend ASEAN Agreements

2019 ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism

2003 Protocol to Amend the Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area for the Elimination of Import Duties

1995 Protocol to Amend the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area

1992 Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area

1992 Framework Agreement on Enhancing ASEAN Economic Cooperation

ASEAN Legal Instruments accessed on 13/07/2023

This instrument recognises the need to expand Article 9 (Settlement of Disputes) of the 1992 Framework Agreement on Enhancing ASEAN Economic Cooperation..

Covered Agreements Listed in Appendix I of the 1996 Protocol on Dispute Settlement Mechanism:

1. Multilateral Agreement on Commercial Rights of Non-Scheduled Services among ASEAN, Manila, 13 March 1971
2. Agreement on ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements, Manila, 24 February 1977.
3. Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangements, Kuala Lumpur, 5 August 1977.
4. Supplementary Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangement, Washington D.C., 26 September 1978.
5. Second Supplementary Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangement, Denpasar, Bali, 9 September 1979.
6. Agreement on the ASEAN Food Security Reserve, New York, 4 October 1979.
7. Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects, Kuala Lumpur, 6 March 1980.
8. Supplementary Agreement of the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects ASEAN Urea Project (Indonesia), Kuala Lumpur, 6 March 1980.
9. Supplementary Agreement of the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Projects ASEAN Urea Project (Malaysia), Kuala Lumpur, 6 March 1980.
10. Amendments to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangement, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 16 January 1981.
11. Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Complementation, Manila, 18 June 1981
12. Third Supplementary Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangements, Bangkok, 4 February 1982.
13. ASEAN Ministerial Understanding on Plant Quarantine Ring, Kuala Lumpur, 8-9 October 1982.
14. ASEAN Ministerial Understanding on the Standardization of Import and Quarantine Regulation on Animal and Animal Products, Kuala Lumpur, 8-9 October 1982.
15. Protocol to Amend the Agreement on the ASEAN Food Security Reserve, Bangkok, 22 October 1982.
16. ASEAN Customs Code of Conduct, Jakarta, 18 March 1983.
17. ASEAN Ministerial Understanding on Fisheries Cooperation, Singapore, 20-22 October 1983.
18. Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Joint Ventures, Jakarta, 7 November 1983.
19. ASEAN Ministerial Understanding on ASEAN Cooperation in Agricultural Cooperatives, Manila, 4-5 October 1984.
20. ASEAN Ministerial Understanding on Plant Pest Free Zone, Manila, 4-5 October 1984.
21. Agreement on ASEAN Energy Cooperation, Manila, 24 June 1986.
22. ASEAN Petroleum Security Agreement, Manila, 24 June 1986.
23. Agreement on the Preferential Shortlisting of ASEAN Contractors, Jakarta, 20 October 1986.
24. Supplementary Agreement to the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Joint Ventures, Singapore, 16 June 1987.
25. Fourth Supplementary Agreement to the Memorandum of Understanding on the ASEAN Swap Arrangement, Kathmandu, Nepal, 21 January 1987.
26. Protocol on Improvements on Extension of Tariff Preferences under the ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement, Manila, 15 December 1987.
27. Memorandum of Understanding on Standstill and Rollback on Non-Tariff Barriers among ASEAN Countries, Manila, 15 December 1987.
28. Revised Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Joint Ventures, Manila, 15 December 1987.
29. Agreement Among the Governments of Brunei Darussalam, Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore and the kingdom of Thailand for the Protection and Promotion of Investments, Manila, 15 December 1987.
30. Protocol on Improvements on Extension of Tariff Preferences under the ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangement, Manila, 15 December 1987.
31. Agreement on the Establishment of the ASEAN Tourism Information Centre, Kuala Lumpur, 26 September 1988.
32. Financial Regulations of the ASEAN Tourism Information Centre, Kuala Lumpur, 26 September 1988.
33. Memorandum of Understanding – Brand-to-Brand Complementation on the Automotive Industry under the Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Complementation, Pattaya, Thailand, 18 October 1988.
34. Protocol to Amend the Revised Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Joint Ventures, 1 January 1991.
35. Supplementary Agreement to the Basic Agreement on ASEAN industrial Projects – ASEAN Potash Mining Projects (Thailand), Kuala Lumpur, 20 July 1991.
36. Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area, Singapore, 28 January 1992.
37. Second Protocol to Amend the Revised Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Joint Ventures, Manila, 23 October 1992.
38. Ministerial Understanding on ASEAN Cooperation in Food, Agriculture and Forestry, Bandar Seri Begawan, 28-30 October 1993.
39. Memorandum of Understanding on ASEAN Cooperation and Joint Approaches in Agriculture and Forest Products Promotion Scheme, Langkawi, 25 August 1994.
40. Third Protocol to Amend the Revised Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Joint Ventures, Jakarta, 2 March 1995.
41. Protocol to Amend the Agreement on the Common Effective Preferential Tariff (CEPT) Scheme for the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA), Bangkok, 15 December 1995.
42. Protocol to Amend the Agreement on ASEAN Preferential Trading Arrangements, Bangkok, 15 December 1995.
43. ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services, Bangkok, 15 December 1995.
44. ASEAN Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation, Bangkok, 15 December 1995.
45. Protocol Amending the Agreement on ASEAN Energy Cooperation, Bangkok, 15 December 1995.
46. Basic Agreement on ASEAN Industrial Cooperation, Singapore, 26 April 1996.
47. Protocol to Amend the 1987 Agreement Among the Governments of Brunei Darussalam, Republic of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore and the Kingdom of Thailand for the Protection and Promotion of Investments, Jakarta, 12 September 1996.

Note Article 21(2) of the 2004 Protocol on the Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism:
“This Protocol shall replace the 1996 Protocol on DSM and shall not apply to any dispute which has arisen before its entry into force. Such dispute shall continue to be governed by the 1996 Protocol on DSM.”

Ratification information for this instrument is not available on the current ASEAN Secretariat Legal Instruments website. Details above are taken from the last published information on this instrument.