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Agreement name:	ASEAN - India
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause & GATS Art. V
Date of signature (G):	13-Aug-2009	Date of notification (G):	19-Aug-2010
Date of signature (S):	13-Nov-2014	Date of notification (S):	20-Aug-2015
Date of entry into force (G):	01-Jan-2010	End of implementation period (G):	2024
Date of entry into force (S):	01-Jul-2015	End of implementation period (S):	2015
Remarks:	Dates of entry into force: Framework Agreement: 01-Jul-2004; TIG Agreement: India, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand: 01-Jan-2010; Brunei Darussalam, Myanmar and Viet Nam: 01-Jun-2010; Indonesia: 01-Oct-2010; Lao PDR: 01-Jan-2011; The Philippines: 17-May-2011; Cambodia: 15-Jul-2011.
Current signatories:	Brunei Darussalam; Myanmar; Cambodia; Indonesia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Philippines; Singapore; Viet Nam; Thailand; India
Original signatories:	Brunei Darussalam; Myanmar; Cambodia; Indonesia; Lao People's Democratic Republic; Malaysia; Philippines; Singapore; Viet Nam; Thailand; India
RTA Composition:	Bilateral; One Party is an RTA
Region:	East Asia; West Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Related agreements

ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA)

Official Web Address

Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
India, Ministry of Commerce and Industry

Text of the agreement

Text of the agreement	E

Annexes & related documents

Annexes	E

Consideration status (G):	Factual Presentation issued	Consideration status (S):	Factual Presentation issued
Date of Consideration (G):	14-Mar-2017	Date of Consideration (S):	07-Nov-2016

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG372

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/COMTD/N/35	E F S
Notification (G) / Addendum	WT/COMTD/N/35/Add.1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/822	E F S
Factual Presentation (G)	WT/COMTD/RTA/8/1	E F S
Factual Presentation (S)	WT/REG372/1	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG372/2	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG372/3	E F S
Questions and Replies (G)	WT/COMTD/RTA/8/2	E F S
Questions and Replies (G)	WT/COMTD/RTA/8/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG372/M/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CTD	WT/COMTD/RTA/M/8	E F S

Document type	Language
Factual Presentation (G)	E F S
Factual Presentation (S)	E F S

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 14/05/2019

Topics
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures (SPS)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO SPS Agreement
		Transparency obligations (SPS)
	Technical regulations, standards, technical barriers to trade (TBT)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TBT Agreement
		Transparency obligations (TBT)
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures permitted in the transition period or shortly thereafter
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization


	Other Investment Provisions
		Investment Protection
		Investment Promotion
		Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included
	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Services)
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Subsidies (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation