REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP
AGREEMENT
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Preamble
Chapter 1 Initial Provisions and General Definitions
Chapter 2 Trade in Goods
Chapter 3 Rules of Origin
Annex 3A (Product-Specific Rules)
Annex 3B (Minimum Information Requirements)
Chapter 4 Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation
Annex 4A (Period of Time to Implement the
Commitments)
Chapter 5 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Chapter 6 Standards, Technical Regulations, and Conformity
Assessment Procedures
Chapter 7 Trade Remedies
Annex 7A (Practices Relating to Anti-Dumping
and Countervailing Duty Proceedings)
Chapter 8 Trade in Services
Annex 8A (Financial Services)
Annex 8B (Telecommunications Services)
Annex 8C (Professional Services)
Chapter 9 Temporary Movement of Natural Persons
Chapter 10 Investment
Annex 10A (Customary International Law)
Annex 10B (Expropriation)
Chapter 11 Intellectual Property
Annex 11A (Party-Specific Transition Periods)
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Annex 11B (List of Technical Assistance
Requests)
Chapter 12 Electronic Commerce
Chapter 13 Competition
Annex 13A (Application of Article 13.3
(Appropriate Measures against Anti-Competitive
Activities) and Article 13.4 (Cooperation) to
Brunei Darussalam)
Annex 13B (Application of Article 13.3
(Appropriate Measures against Anti-Competitive
Activities) and Article 13.4 (Cooperation) to
Cambodia)
Annex 13C (Application of Article 13.3
(Appropriate Measures against Anti-Competitive
Activities) and Article 13.4 (Cooperation) to Lao
PDR)
Annex 13D (Application of Article 13.3
(Appropriate Measures against Anti-Competitive
Activities) and Article 13.4 (Cooperation) to
Myanmar)
Chapter 14 Small and Medium Enterprises
Chapter 15 Economic and Technical Cooperation
Chapter 16 Government Procurement
Annex 16A (Paper or Electronic Means Utilised
by Parties for the Publication of Transparency
Information)
Chapter 17 General Provisions and Exceptions
Chapter 18 Institutional Provisions
Annex 18A (Functions of the Subsidiary Bodies
of the RCEP Joint Committee)
Chapter 19 Dispute Settlement
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Chapter 20 Final Provisions
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Annex I Schedules of Tariff Commitments
Annex II Schedules of Specific Commitments for Services
Annex III Schedules of Reservations and Non-Conforming
Measures for Services and Investment
Annex IV Schedules of Specific Commitments on
Temporary Movement of Natural Persons
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PREAMBLE
The Parties to this Agreement,
RECALLING the Joint Declaration on the Launch of Negotiations for the
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership adopted by the Heads
of State or Government of the Member States of the Association of
Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as “ASEAN” in this
Agreement) and Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand
at Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 20 November 2012 which endorsed the
Guiding Principles and Objectives for Negotiating the Regional
Comprehensive Economic Partnership;
DESIRING to broaden and deepen economic integration in the region,
strengthen economic growth and equitable economic development, and
advance economic cooperation, through this Agreement, which will build
upon existing economic linkages among the Parties;
ASPIRING to strengthen their economic partnership to create new
employment opportunities, raise living standards, and improve the
general welfare of their peoples;
SEEKING to establish clear and mutually advantageous rules to
facilitate trade and investment, including participation in regional and
global supply chains;
BUILDING upon their respective rights and obligations under the
Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization done
at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, and the existing free trade agreements
between the Member States of ASEAN and their free trade partners,
namely Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand;
TAKING ACCOUNT OF the different levels of development among the
Parties, the need for appropriate forms of flexibility, including provision
for special and differential treatment, especially for Cambodia, Lao PDR,
Myanmar, and Viet Nam as appropriate, and additional flexibility for
Least Developed Country Parties;
CONSIDERING the need to facilitate the increasing participation of
Least Developed Country Parties in this Agreement so that they can
more effectively implement their obligations under this Agreement and
take advantage of the benefits from this Agreement, including expansion
of their trade and investment opportunities and participation in regional
and global supply chains;
