Agreements
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS)
- ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS) (Bangkok, 15 December 1995)
- Protocol to Amend AFAS (Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2 September 2003)
ASEAN has also concluded ten packages of commitments under the AFAS each operationalised through a Protocol to Implement signed by the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM). These packages provide for details of commitments of each ASEAN Member State in various services sectors and subsectors.
– Initial Package (1997)
– Second Package (1998)
– Third Package (2001)
– Fourth Package(2004)
– Fifth Package (2006)
– Sixth Package (2007)
– Seventh Package(2009)
– Eighth Package (2010)
– Ninth Package (2015)
– Tenth Package (2018)
In addition, there has also been seven additional packages of commitments in financial services under the AFAS signed by the AFMM (the second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and eighth Packages of Commitments of Financial Services under the AFAS) and eight additional packages of commitments in air transport under the AFAS signed by the ATM (the fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth, and eleventh Packages of Commitments on Air Transport Services under the AFAS). They are featured in the respective pages of these Ministerial bodies.
Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA)
• MRA on Accountancy Services (Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 13 November 2014)
MRA Framework on Accountancy Services (Cha-am, Thailand, 26 February 2009) (superseded)
• MRA on Medical Practitioners (Cha-am, Thailand, 26 February 2009)
Thailand PMRA Revision
• MRA on Dental Practitioners (Cha-am, Thailand, 26 February 2009)
– Philippines PDRA Revision
– Thailand PDRA Revision
• MRA on Engineering Services (Kuala Lumpur, 9 December 2005)
• MRA on Nursing Services (Cebu, Philippines, 8 December 2006)
– Cambodia PNRA Revision
– Malaysia PNRA Revision
• MRA on Architectural Services (Singapore, 19 November 2007)
• Framework MRA for Surveying Qualifications (Singapore, 19 November 2007)
ASEAN Agreement on the Movement of Natural Persons (MNP)
ASEAN Agreement on the Movement of Natural Persons (Phnom Penh, 19 November 2012)
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Brunei Darussalam
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Cambodia
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Indonesia
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Lao PDR
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Malaysia
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Myanmar
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Philippines
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Singapore
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Thailand
– ASEAN MNP Schedule – Vietnam
Another ASEAN initiative to facilitate mobility of people is the ASEAN Qualification Reference Framework (AQRF). AQRF is a common reference framework to compare qualifications throughout all education and training sectors across all AMS. With AQRF, countries could reference their national-level qualifications framework or system to this ASEAN-level framework. In this way, AQRF supports and enhances each country’s National Qualification Framework (NQF) as well as promotes transparency and higher quality qualifications systems. Further information is available on the AQRF page here.
ASEAN minus X Agreements
Trade in Services Agreement with Dialogue Partners
ASEAN-China, (Cebu, Philippines, 14 January 2007)
• Commitments (1st Package) 2007
– Protocol to Implement 2nd Package of ASEAN China TIS (Bali, Indonesia, 16 November 2011)
• Commitments (2nd Package) 2011
– Protocol to Implement 3rd Package of ASEAN China TIS (as part of the Protocol to Amend ASEAN China
Framework Agreement – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 21 November 2015)
• Commitments (3rd Package) 2015 – (page 82-540)
ASEAN-Korea (Singapore, 21 November 2007)
– Commitments
– Annex on Financial Services
– Letter of Understanding on AKTISA
– Protocol on the Accession of Thailand to the Trade in Services Agreement (2009) and its Annexes
ASEAN-Australia-New-Zealand (Cha-am, Thailand, 27 February 2009)
– Commitments
• ASEAN-India (Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 13 November 2014)
– Commitments
• ASEAN-Japan (Hanoi, Viet Nam, 24 April 2019)
– Services Commitments
– MFN Exemptions
– List of Parties in relation to paragraph 3 of Article 50.3 (MFN Treatment)
– MNP Commitments
• ASEAN-Hong Kong (Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 28 March 2018)
– Commitments
