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Agreement name:	Japan - Philippines
Coverage:	Goods & Services	Type:	Free Trade Agreement & Economic Integration Agreement
Status:	In Force	Notification under:	GATT Art. XXIV & GATS Art. V
Date of signature:	09-Sep-2006	Date of notification:	11-Dec-2008
Date of entry into force:	11-Dec-2008	End of implementation period:	2023
Current signatories:	Japan; Philippines
Original signatories:	Japan; Philippines
RTA Composition:	Bilateral
Region:	East Asia
All Parties WTO members?	Yes	Cross-Regional:	No

Official Web Address

Japan, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Philippines, Department of Trade 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-Jun-2010

Date of Consideration (S):

14-Jun-2010

Early announcement

		Date of signature:	09-Sep-2006

Related documents

Document series: WT/REG257

Document type	Symbol	Language
Notification (G)	WT/REG257/N/1	E F S
Notification (S)	S/C/N/470	E F S
Factual Presentation (G&S)	WT/REG257/1	E F S
Questions and Replies / Revision	WT/REG257/2/Rev.1	E F S
Note on the Meeting of the CRTA	WT/REG257/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
	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)
		De minimis rules
		Outward-processing allowed
		Cumulation among Parties
	All Export restrictions, including quantitative restrictions, prohibited
	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
	Countervailing measures
		Specifically reaffirms or incorporates WTO Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing measures
	Denial of benefits
	Services
		Positive list (Services)
		Standstill provision (Services)
		MFN provision (Services)
	Investment Liberalization Provisions
		MFN provision (Investment)
		National Treatment with regard to the entry of investment (establishment)
		Investment liberalization
	Other Investment Provisions
	Rendez-Vous clause (Investment)
	Provisions on capital transfers
	Domestic Regulation


	Mutual Recognition
	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
		Copyrights and neighbouring rights
		Patent
		Trademarks
		Industrial Designs
		Enforcement
	Competition
		Adopts or maintains competition law
		Dispute Settlement not applicable (Competition)
	Provisions on designated monopolies or State Owned Enterprises (SOEs)
	Environment
		No relaxation of environmental laws
	Labour
		No relaxation of labour laws
	Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (SMEs)
		Cooperation
		Exceptions/exemptions
	E-Commerce
		Consumer protection provisions
		Paperless trading or e-signatures