2019 First Protocol to Amend the ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement

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Additional Annexes	2019-AJCEP-1st-Prot-App-1.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.0-Cover.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.1-Brunei.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.2-Cambodia.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.3-Indonesia.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.4-Laos.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.5-Malaysia.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.6-Myanmar.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.7-Philippines.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.8-Singapore.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.9-Thailand.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.10-Viet-Nam.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-2.11-Japan.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-3.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-4.pdf 2019-AJCEP-App-5.pdf
Full Title	2019 First Protocol to Amend the ASEAN-Japan Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
Short Title / Abbreviations	2019 AJCEP First Protocol, ASEAN-Japan FTA 1st Protocol
CIL Subject Classification	ASEAN Documents ASEAN External Relations Japan
Date of Adoption	24/04/2019
Date of Adoption Comment	The protocol was signed at various locations and dates.
Place of Adoption	Tokyo, Japan (27/02/2019); Siem Reap, Cambodia (02/03/2019); Hanoi, Vietnam (24/04/2019)
Issued/Adopted by	Trade Ministers of ASEAN and Japan
Dispute settlement provisions	See Chapter 9 (Settlement of Disputes) of the 2008 Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Partnership among Japan and Member States of ASEAN
Depository	Secretary-General of ASEAN
Annexes	Appendix 1: Table of Contents Appendix 2: Annex 6: Schedule of Specific Commitments Cover Page Schedule of Brunei Darussalam Schedule of the Kingdom of Cambodia Schedule of the Republic of Indonesia Schedule of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Schedule of Malaysia Schedule of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Schedule of the Republic of the Philippines Schedule of the Republic of Singapore Schedule of the Kingdom of Thailand Schedule of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Schedule of Japan Appendix 3: Annex 7: List of Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment Exemptions Appendix 4: Annex 8: List of Parties in relation to paragraph 3 of Article 50.3 Appendix 5: Annex 9: Specific Commitments for the Movement of Natural Persons Cover Page Schedule of Brunei Darussalam Schedule of the Kingdom of Cambodia Schedule of the Republic of Indonesia Schedule of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic Schedule of Malaysia Schedule of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Schedule of the Republic of the Philippines Schedule of the Republic of Singapore Schedule of the Kingdom of Thailand Schedule of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam Schedule of Japan
Entry Into Force Status	In Force
Source	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
Date of Entry into Force	01/08/2020
Entry into Force / Termination Provisions	“Article 8: Entry into Force The Government of each signatory State shall notify the Governments of other signatory States in writing that its legal procedures necessary for entry into force of this Protocol have been completed. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date by which such notifications have been made by the Governments of Japan and at least one (1) ASEAN Member State in relation to those signatory States that have made such notifications by that date. In relation to an ASEAN Member State making the notification referred to in paragraph 1 after the date by which the notifications have been made by the Governments of Japan and at least one (1) ASEAN Member State as referred to in paragraph 1, this Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the second month following the date on which that ASEAN Member State makes the notification. The ASEAN Member State referred to in paragraph 2 shall be bound by any amendment that may have been adopted by the Joint Committee and takes effect pursuant to paragraph 5 of Article 77 of the AJCEP Agreement by the time of entry into force of this Protocol for it. This paragraph shall not prevent the Parties of the AJCEP Agreement for which this Protocol has entered into force from applying such amendment to that ASEAN Member State before the date of entry into force of this Protocol for it. This Protocol shall remain in force as long as the AJCEP Agreement remains in force.”
Status
ASEAN States	(Source: Document Text, MOFA as of 09/01/2024)
Brunei Darussalam	Signature 24/04/2019
Cambodia	Signature 24/04/2019
Indonesia	Signature 24/04/2019
Lao PDR	Signature 24/04/2019 Notification 02/04/2020 Entry into Force 01/08/2020
Malaysia	Signature 24/04/2019
Myanmar	Signature 24/04/2019 Notification 10/04/2020 Entry into Force 01/08/2020
Philippines	Signature 24/04/2019
Singapore	Signature 24/04/2019 Notification 30/08/2019 Entry into Force 01/08/2020
Thailand	Signature 24/04/2019 Notification 05/07/2019 Entry into Force 01/08/2020
Vietnam	Signature 24/04/2019 Notification Entry into Force
Other Country	Japan Signature 27/02/2019 Notification 15/06/2020 Entry into Force 01/08/2020
Related Instruments
This instrument amends/supersedes	2008 Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Partnership among Japan and Member States of ASEAN
Related Instruments	2003 Framework for Comprehensive Economic Partnership between Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations
External Links	Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan accessed on 09/01/2024 ASEAN accessed on 09/01/2024
Additional Information	While the latest date of adoption has been added for all States under “Status”, it is unclear from the document text and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan website the date on which each particular State signed this instrument. The document has entered into force among Japan and 5 ASEAN Member States (the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam). No official sources are available to verify the dates of Notification and Entry into Force for Viet Nam. However, unofficial news sources (see Vietnam+, WTO Center VCCI) have reported these dates to be 26/06/2020 and 01/08/2022 respectively. The date of notification for Japan was accessed by the CIL team on the MOFA Japan website in 2022.