2003 Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation between the Association of South East Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China

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Full Title	2003 Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation between the Association of South East Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China
Short Title / Abbreviations	2003 ACFTA Protocol 1/CAFTA Protocol 1/to amend the ASEAN-China Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation
CIL Subject Classification	ASEAN Documents ASEAN External Relations China
Date of Adoption	06/10/2003
Place of Adoption	Bali, Indonesia, 7th ASEAN-China Summit
Issued/Adopted by	Economic Ministers of ASEAN and the People's Republic of China
Dispute settlement provisions	This instrument is a covered agreement under the 2004 Agreement on Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China, which provides that the latter “shall apply to disputes arising under the [2002 Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation between ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China] which shall also include the Annexes and the contents therein”, as well as future legal instruments agreed pursuant to the Framework Agreement unless where the context otherwise provides (Article 2). Prior to the entry into force of the 2004 Agreement on Dispute Settlement Mechanism of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China, Article 11(2) (Dispute Settlement Mechanism) of the 2002 Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation between ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China applied to disputes arising under this instrument.
Depository	ASEAN Secretariat
Annexes	Appendix 1: Annex 5 – Rules of Origin for the ASEAN-China FTA Attachment A – Operational Certification Procedures for the Rules of Origin of the ASEAN-China Free Trade Area Attachment B – Product Specific Rules (To be negotiated commencing January 2004) Appendix 2: Annex 1 – Exclusion List of a Party for Products Excluded from the Early Harvest Programme under Article 6(3)(a)(i) Appendix 3: Annex 2 – Specific Products Covered by the Early Harvest Programme under Article 6(3)(a)(iii)
Entry Into Force Status	In Force
Source	Document Text
Date of Entry into Force	06/10/2003
Entry into Force / Termination Provisions	Article 8.1: Entry into Force “This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Framework Agreement and shall enter into force upon the date of signature.”
Status
ASEAN States
Brunei Darussalam	Signature 06/10/2003
Cambodia	Signature 06/10/2003
Indonesia	Signature 06/10/2003
Lao PDR	Signature 06/10/2003
Malaysia	Signature 06/10/2003
Myanmar	Signature 06/10/2003
Philippines	Signature 06/10/2003
Singapore	Signature 06/10/2003
Thailand	Signature 06/10/2003
Vietnam	Signature 06/10/2003
Other Country	People's Republic of China Signature 06/10/2003
Related Instruments
Protocols / Amendments to this instrument	2006 Second Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-Operation between ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China
This instrument amends/supersedes	2002 Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between ASEAN and the People’s Republic of China
Related Instruments	2004 Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China 2006 Protocol to Amend the Agreement on Trade in Goods of the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China 2012 Third Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China 2015 Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation and Certain Agreements thereunder between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China
External Links	ASEAN accessed on 31/01/2024
Additional Information	This instrument adds Rules of Origin for the Early Harvest Programme to the 2002 Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between ASEAN, and substitutes Annexes 1 and 2 of the same Framework Agreement with new annexes. Annex 2 as amended by this instrument was substituted by a new annex in the 2006 Second Protocol to Amend the Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Co-operation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the People’s Republic of China.