Housing and Development Act, Cap. 129, 2004 Rev Ed
Jurong Town Corporation Act, Cap. 150, 1998 Rev Ed
Executive Condominium Housing Scheme Act, Cap. 99A, 1997 Rev Ed
Planning Act, Cap 232
Sector: Business Services
Sub-Sector: Scientific and technical consulting services
Industry Classification: CPC 8675 Engineering related scientific and technical consulting services
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3)
Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article10.4)
Performance Requirements (Article 9.10)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11)
Market Access (Article 10.5)
Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of the following services:
(a) geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services (CPC 86751);
(b) subsurface surveying services (CPC 86752);
(c) surface surveying services (CPC 86753); and
(d) map making services (CPC 86754).
Existing Measures:
Sector: Business Services
Sub-Sector: Armed escort services and armoured car services, Armed guard services
Industry Classification: CPC 87305 Guard Services
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the provision of armed escort, armoured car and armed guard services.
Existing Measures: Part IX of the Police Force Act, Cap. 235, 2006 Rev Ed
Sector: Business Services
Sub-Sector: Betting and gambling services
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of betting and gambling services.
Existing Measures: Betting Act, Cap. 21, 2011 Rev Ed
Common Gaming Houses Act, Cap. 49, 1985 Rev Ed
Private Lotteries Act, Cap. 250
Sector: Business Services
Sub-Sector:
Legal services
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of legal services in the practice of Singapore law.
Existing Measures:
Legal Profession Act, Cap. 161
Sector: Community, Personal and Social Services
Sub-Sector: Services furnished by trade unions
Industry Classification: CPC 952 Services furnished by trade unions
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting services provided by trade unions.
Existing Measures: Trade Unions Act, Cap. 333, 2004 Rev Ed
Sector: All
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11)
Description: Investment
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure in relation to the retention of a controlling interest by the Singapore Government in Singapore Technologies Engineering (the Company) or its successor body, including but not limited to controls over the appointment and termination of members of the Board of Directors, divestment of equity and dissolution of the Company.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Distribution, Publishing and Printing of Newspapers
“Newspaper” means any publication containing news, intelligence, reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations or comments, in relation to such news, intelligence, reports of occurrences, or to any other matter of public interest, printed in any language and published for sale or free distribution at regular intervals or otherwise, but does not include any publication published by or for the Government.
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the distribution, publishing and printing of newspapers, including but not limited to, shareholding limits and management control.
Existing Measures: Newspaper and Printing Presses Act, Cap. 206, 2002 Rev Ed
Sector: Trade Services
Sub-Sector: Distribution services, Commission agents’ services, Wholesale trade services, Retailing services, Franchising
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of any products subject to import or export prohibition or non-automatic import or export licensing.
Singapore reserves the right to modify or increase the list of products stipulated in the laws, regulations and other measures governing Singapore’s import or export prohibition or non-automatic import or export licensing regime.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Educational Services
Sub-Sector: Primary education services, Secondary education services
Industry Classification: CPC 921 Primary Education Services CPC 92210 General Secondary Education Services CPC 92220 Higher Secondary Education Services (only applies to Junior colleges and pre-university centres under the Singapore educational system)
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of primary, general secondary and higher secondary (only applies to junior colleges and pre-university centres under the Singapore educational system) education services for Singapore citizens, including Sports Education Services.
Existing Measures: Education Act, Cap. 87, 1985 Rev Ed
Administrative Guidelines
Private Education Act, Cap. 247A, 2011 Rev Ed
Sector: Health and Social Services
Sub-Sector: Medical services, Pharmacy services, Deliveries and related services, nursing services, physiotherapeutic and para-medical services, and allied health services, Optometrists and opticians
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 10.3) Market Access (Article 10.5)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any limit on the number of service suppliers providing, including but not limited to, the following services: medical services, pharmacy services, deliveries and related services, nursing services, physiotherapeutic and para-medical services, allied health services, and optometry and opticianry services.
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the regulation of service suppliers providing, including but not limited to, the following services: medical services, pharmacy services, deliveries and related services, nursing services, physiotherapeutic and para-medical services, allied health services, and optometry and opticianry services.
Existing Measures: Allied Health Professions Act 2011
Sector: Sewage and Refuse Disposal, Sanitation and other Environmental Protection Services
Sub-Sector: Waste water management, including but not limited to collection, disposal and treatment of solid waste and waste water
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting waste water management, including but not limited to the collection, treatment and disposal of waste water.
Existing Measures: Code of Practice on Sewerage and Sanitary Works
Sewerage and Drainage Act, Cap. 294, 2001 Rev Ed
Sector: Postal Services
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description:
Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services: Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to a Public Postal Licensee.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Telecommunications Services
Sub-Sector: Telecommunications services
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Market Access (Article 10.5)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords treatment to persons of another Party equivalent to any measure adopted or maintained by that other Party limiting ownership by persons of Singapore enterprises engaged in the provision of public mobile and wireless communications in the territory of that other Party, including:
(a) Public Radiocommunication Services (Public Radiocommunication Services refer to Maritime and Aeronautical radiocommunication services);
(b) Public Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (PCMTS);
(c) Public Radio Paging Services (PRPS);
(d) Public Trunked Radio Services (PTRS);
(e) Public Mobile Data Services (PMDS);
(f) Public Mobile Broadband Multimedia Services; and
(g) Public Fixed-Wireless Broadband Multimedia Services.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Trade Services
Sub-Sector: Supply of potable water for human consumption
Industry Classification: CPC 18000 Natural Water
The sectors listed above apply only insofar as they relate to the supply of potable water
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of potable water.
For greater certainty, this entry does not affect the supply of bottled water.
Existing Measures: Public Utilities Act, Cap. 261, 2002 Rev Ed
Sector: Transport Services
Sub-Sector: Air transport services
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
