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Korea, Republic of - Singapore

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Agreement name:	Korea, Republic of - Singapore
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	04-Aug-2005	Date of notification:	21-Feb-2006
Date of entry into force:	02-Mar-2006	End of implementation period:	2016
Current signatories:	Korea, Republic of; Singapore
Original signatories:	Korea, Republic of; Singapore
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

Republic of Korea, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Enterprise Singapore

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

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG210

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG210/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/363	E F S
Agreement	WT/REG210/1	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG210/3/Rev.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG210/4	E F S
Questions and Replies / Corrigendum	WT/REG210/4/Corr.1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG210/5	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG210/M/1	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
	All tariffs eliminated at end of implementation by at least one Party
	All quantitative import restrictions prohibited
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Outward-processing allowed
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export Duties and Charges prohibited
	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)
		Mandatory recognition of conformity assessment results
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Anti-Dumping measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Anti-Dumping
		Stricter rules on imposition of intra-RTA Anti-Dumping measures
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Anti-Dumping measures)
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Countervailing measures)
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Hybrid structure (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		Ratchet provision (Services)
		MFN provision (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
		Investor to State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) included
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)


	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation
	Mutual Recognition
	Balance-of-payments measures (Services)
	Subsidies (Services)
	Movement of Natural Persons
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Political Settlement / Consultations only
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	All Parties are party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) at entry into force
	Intellectual property rights
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO TRIPS Agreement
		Patent
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Environment
	E-Commerce
		Customs duty exemption for Digital Products Transmitted Electronically
		Internal taxes permitted for digital products

Document title
Republic of Korea
Singapore
Rep. of Korea-Singapore (Services)

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