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Pursuant to Article 8.2, “[t]his Protocol and its Annexes shall form an integral part of the [1998 ASEAN Framework] Agreement [on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit].”

Article 30 of the 1998 ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit refers to the consultation and dispute settlement rules and procedures in the 1996 Protocol on Dispute Settlement Mechanism.

Subsequently, the 1998 ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit was 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.

Annex A – Maximum Length of Vehicle: Rigid Motor Vehicle (http://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2013/economic/transport/Protocol%204%20Update/Annex%20A%20-%20Protocol%204%20-%20Technical%20Reqmts%20of%20Vehicles%201999.pdf)

Annex B – Maximum Length of Vehicle: Articulated Vehicle (http://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2013/economic/transport/Protocol%204%20Update/Annex%20B%20-%20Protocol%204%20-%20Technical%20Reqmts%20of%20Vehicles%201999-2.pdf)

Annex C – Maximum Width of Vehicle (http://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2013/economic/transport/Protocol%204%20Update/Annex%20C%20-%20Protocol%204%20-%20Technical%20Reqmts%20of%20Vehicles%201999-3.pdf)

Annex D – Maximum Height of Vehicle (http://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2013/economic/transport/Protocol%204%20Update/Annex%20D%20-%20Protocol%204%20-%20Technical%20Reqmts%20of%20Vehicles%201999-4.pdf)

Annex E – Rear Overhang (ROH) (http://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2013/economic/transport/Protocol%204%20Update/Annex%20E%20-%20Protocol%204%20-%20Technical%20Reqmts%20of%20Vehicles%201999-5.pdf)

Annex F – Maximum Permissible Gross Vehicle Weight (http://www.asean.org/wp-content/uploads/images/2013/economic/transport/Protocol%204%20Update/Annex%20F%20-%20Protocol%204%20-%20Technical%20Reqmts%20of%20Vehicles%201999-6.pdf)

Article 8.4 ‘Final Provisions’:

“This Protocol shall enter into force upon the deposit of Instruments of Ratification or Acceptance by all Contracting Parties with the Secretary-General of ASEAN.”

1998 ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit

1999 Protocol 3 Types and Quantity of Road Vehicles

2000 Protocol 8 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Implement the ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit

2001 Protocol 5 ASEAN Scheme of Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance

2002 Protocol 9 Dangerous Goods

2007 Protocol 1 Designation of Transit Transport Routes and Facilities

2009 ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Inter-State Transport

2011 Protocol 6 Railways Border and Interchange Stations

2015 Protocol 7 Customs Transit System

Protocol 2 Designation of Frontier Posts [pending negotiations as of update]

Dates of ratification and acceptance given above were obtained from the ASEAN Secretariat's Legal Instruments website and its electronic collection of instruments of ratification and acceptance. Some of the dates given appear to be the dates of execution of the instruments of ratification and acceptance, rather than their date of receipt by the depository.