2018 Protocol 2 Designation of Frontier Posts (ASEAN Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Goods in Transit)

AFAFGIT Protocol 2

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Pursuant to Article 4.2 of this instrument, “[t]his Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement [1998 ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit]. In the event of any inconsistency or conflict, the Agreement shall prevail over the Protocol.”

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.

The 1998 ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit 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. . It was previously 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.

The 2019 Protocol will only apply with respect to new requests for consultations made on or after its entry into force (20 June 2022). Likewise, the 2004 Protocol will only apply with respect to disputes that arose after its entry into force (29 November 2004). The 1996 Protocol applies to all other disputes. 

Secretary-General of ASEAN

Annex: List of Designated Frontier Posts

ASEAN Legal Instruments

06/10/2019

Article 4.4, ‘Final Provisions’: “This Protocol shall enter into force on the sixtieth day after the deposit of the sixth Instrument of Ratification or Acceptance, and shall become effective only among the Contracting Parties that have ratified or accepted it. For each Contracting Party ratifying or accepting the Protocol after the deposit of the sixth Instrument of Ratification or Acceptance, the Protocol shall enter into force on the sixtieth day after the deposit of such Contracting Party of its Instrument of Ratification or Acceptance.”

1998 ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit

2007 Protocol 1 Designation of Transit Transport Routes and Facilities (ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit)

1999 Protocol 3 Types and Quantity of Road Vehicles (ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit)

1999 Protocol 4 Technical Requirements of Vehicles (ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit)

2001 Protocol 5 ASEAN Scheme of Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance (ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit)

2011 Protocol 6 Railways Border and Interchange Stations (ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit)

2015 Protocol 7 Customs Transit System (ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit)

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

2002 Protocol 9 Dangerous Goods (ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit)

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

ASEAN Secretariat accessed on 30/08/2022

For further information please see the website of the ASEAN Customs Transit System.