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Agreement name:	Pakistan - Malaysia
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	Enabling Clause & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	08-Nov-2007	Date of notification:	19-Feb-2008
Date of entry into force:	01-Jan-2008	End of implementation period:	2015
Current signatories:	Malaysia; Pakistan
Original signatories:	Malaysia; Pakistan
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia; West Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	Yes

Official Web Address

Pakistan, Ministry of Commerce
Malaysia Trade & Industry Portal

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-Sep-2009	Date of Consideration (S):	15-Sep-2009

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG265

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/COMTD/N/24	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/440	E F S
Factual Presentation (S)	WT/REG265/1	E F S
Factual Presentation (G)	WT/COMTD/RTA/3/1	E F S
Questions and Replies (G)	WT/COMTD/RTA/3/2	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG265/2	E F S
Questions and Replies (S)	WT/REG265/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG265/M/1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CTD	WT/COMTD/RTA/M/3	E F S

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

RTA Provisions Glossary

For details on these provisions, please consult the Glossary.

Last modified on: 01/12/2017

Topics
	Tariff Rate Quotas (TRQ)
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		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)
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (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)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (Services)
		Ratchet provision (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Rendez-Vous/Review/Evolutionary clause (services)


	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
		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)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)