2009 ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services

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Full Title	2009 ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services
Short Title / Abbreviations	MAAS
CIL Subject Classification	ASEAN Documents ASEAN Economic Community ASEAN Free Trade Area Services Transport
Date of Adoption	20/05/2009
Place of Adoption	Manila, the Philippines
Issued/Adopted by	Transport Ministers of ASEAN
Dispute settlement provisions	Article 17 ‘Settlement of Disputes’: “The provisions of the ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism, done at Vientiane, Lao PDR, on 29 November 2004 and any amendment thereto, shall apply to disputes arising under this Agreement.” This Agreement 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. The 2019 Protocol will only apply with respect to new requests for consultations made on or after its entry into force (20 June 2022). The 2004 Protocol applies to all other disputes.
Depository	Secretary-General of ASEAN
Annexes	Annex I – Scheduled Air Services (note that Article 2.1(c) of the Agreement gives the title “Scheduled Air Transportation” for Annex I, while the title “Scheduled Air Services” appears on the annex itself.) Annex II – Implementing Protocols (Annex II contains a list of the titles of the 6 protocols. The full text of the protocols may be accessed from the links in the “Protocols/Amendments to this instrument” section below.)
Entry Into Force Status	In Force
Source	ASEAN Legal Instruments
Date of Entry into Force	23/11/2009
Entry into Force / Termination Provisions	Article 19.3 ‘Final Provisions’: “This Agreement shall enter into force on the date of the deposit of the third (3rd) Instrument of Ratification or Acceptance with the Secretary-General of ASEAN and shall become effective only among the Contracting Parties that have ratified, or accepted it.”
Status
ASEAN States	(Source: ASEAN Legal Instruments as of 06/09/2022)
Brunei Darussalam	Signature 20/05/2009 Ratification 30/03/2010
Cambodia	Signature 20/05/2009 Ratification 25/05/2011
Indonesia	Signature 20/05/2009 Ratification 29/11/2011
Lao PDR	Signature 20/05/2009 Acceptance 17/03/2011
Malaysia	Signature 20/05/2009 Ratification 15/12/2009
Myanmar	Signature 20/05/2009 Ratification 07/08/2009
Philippines	Signature 20/05/2009 Ratification 19/04/2010
Singapore	Signature 20/05/2009 Ratification 23/07/2009
Thailand	Signature 20/05/2009 Ratification 23/11/2009
Vietnam	Signature 20/05/2009 Acceptance 22/12/2009
Related Instruments
Protocols / Amendments to this instrument	2009 Protocol 1 on Unlimited Third and Fourth Freedom Traffic Rights Within the ASEAN Sub-Region (ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services) 2009 Protocol 2 on Unlimited Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights Within the ASEAN Sub-Region (ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services) 2009 Protocol 3 on Unlimited Third and Fourth Freedom Traffic Rights between the ASEAN Sub-Regions (ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services) 2009 Protocol 4 on Unlimited Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights between the ASEAN Sub-Regions (ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services) 2009 Protocol 5 on Unlimited Third and Fourth Freedom Traffic Rights between ASEAN Capital Cities (ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services) 2009 Protocol 6 on Unlimited Fifth Freedom Traffic Rights between ASEAN Capital Cities (ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on Air Services)
Related Instruments	1944 Convention on International Civil Aviation 1971 Multilateral Agreement on Commercial Rights of Non-Scheduled Air Services among the Association of South East Asian Nations Air Services Protocols of the 1995 ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services 2002 ASEAN Memorandum of Understanding on Air Freight Services 2004-2010 Vientiane Action Programme 2004 Action Plan for ASEAN Air Transport Integration and Liberalisation 2004 Roadmap for Integration of Air Travel Sector 2005-2015 Action Plan for ASEAN Air Transport Integration and Liberalisation 2009 ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on the Full Liberalisation of Air Freight Services 2010 ASEAN Multilateral Agreement on the Full Liberalisation of Passenger Air Services 2010 Memorandum of Understanding on the Association of Southeast Asian Nations’ Air Services Engagement with Dialogue Partners
External Links	ASEAN Secretariat accessed on 06/09/2022 Annexes and Protocols accessed on 06/09/2022
Additional Information	Dates of ratification and accession given above were obtained from the ASEAN Secretariat’s Legal Instruments website and its electronic collection of instruments of ratification, accession and notification. Some of the dates given appear to be the dates of execution of the instruments of ratification/accession, rather than their date of receipt by the depository.