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Agreement name:	Brunei Darussalam - Japan
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	18-Jun-2007	Date of notification:	31-Jul-2008
Date of entry into force:	31-Jul-2008	End of implementation period:	2023
Current signatories:	Brunei Darussalam; Japan
Original signatories:	Brunei Darussalam; Japan
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Brunei Darussalam, Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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

Early announcement

		Date of signature:	18-Jun-2007

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG244

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG244/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/466	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG244/1	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG244/2	E F S
Questions and Replies	WT/REG244/3	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG244/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: 14/05/2019

Topics
	Rules of Origin (RoO)
		Change of Tariff Classification Criteria (CTC)
		Regional Value Content Criteria (RVC)
		Other Criteria(s)
		De minimis rules
		Cumulation among Parties
		Cumulation with non-Parties permitted
	All Export Duties and Charges prohibited
	Safeguard Mechanisms (Goods)
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Safeguard Agreement
		RTA-specific safeguard measures always permitted
	Balance-of-payments measures (Goods)
	Subsidies (Goods)
		Prohibition of agricultural export subsidies
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (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
		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
	Sector-specific chapter/section or other legal instrument (Services)
	General Exceptions
	Security Exceptions
	Dispute Settlement (DS)
		Ad hoc Adjudicative Process
		Choice of forum
		Exclusive use of forum chosen
	Government procurement
	Intellectual property rights
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation