Existing Measures: -
16.
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 (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Prohibition of Performance Requirements Senior Management and Boards of Directors Market Access Local Presence
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
17.
Sector: Trade Services
Sub-Sector: Distribution services Commission agents' services Wholesale trade services Retailing services Franchising
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Market Access Local Presence
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:
18.
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 (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Market Access Local Presence
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.
For greater certainty, this reservation does not apply to the supply of education services to non-Singapore citizens.
Existing Measures: Education Act, Cap. 87, 1985 Rev Ed Administrative Guidelines Private Education Act, Cap. 247A, 2011 Rev Ed
19.
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 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) Market Access
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
20.
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 (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Prohibition of Performance Requirements Senior Management and Boards of Directors Market Access Local Presence
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
21.
Sector: Postal Services
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Prohibition of Performance Requirements Senior Management and Boards of Directors Market Access Local Presence
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:
22.
Sector: Telecommunications Services
Sub-Sector: Telecommunications services
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that accords treatment to persons of the other 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:
23.
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 (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Prohibition of Performance Requirements Senior Management and Boards of Directors Market Access Local Presence
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
24.
Sector: Transport Services
Sub-Sector: Air transport services
Industry Classification: -
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Senior Management and Boards of Directors Market Access Local Presence Prohibition of Performance Requirements
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the investment in, and/or the supply of, air navigation services; air traffic control services; licensing of air traffic controllers; airspace management; air traffic flow information; air traffic and flight information; navigation services; aeronautical information, aerodrome rescue and fire fighting services; ground operations, terminal operations, flight information management, apron control services, security of aerodromes and commercial activities, and the real estate management of airports and heliports.
Existing Measures:
25.
Sector: Transport Services
Sub-Sector: Air Transport Services
Industry Classification: -
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Market Access Prohibition of Performance Requirements
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting, including but not limited to, the building, ownership, operation and management of airports and heliports in Singapore.
Existing Measures: -
26.
Sector : Transport Services
Sub-Sector: Land transport services — Passenger transport services, including but not limited to passenger transportation services by railway, urban and suburban regular transportation services, taxi services; bus and rail station services and ticketing services related to passenger transport services
Passenger Transport Services are services which are used by and accessible to members of the public for the purposes of transporting themselves within Singapore or between Singapore and Malaysia.
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Market Access
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of passenger transport services.
Existing Measures: Rapid Transit Systems Act, Cap. 263A Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act, Cap. 158A, 1996 Rev Ed Public Transport Council Act, Cap. 259B, 2012 Rev Ed Road Traffic Act, Cap. 276, 2004 Rev Ed
27.
Sector: Transport Services
Sub-Sector: Land transport services — railway and road freight transportation Supporting services for railway and road transport services
Industry Classification: -
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Market Access Local Presence
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of land transport services as set out above.
This reservation does not apply to:
(a) maintenance and repair services of motor vehicles (CPC 61120);
(b) maintenance and repair services of parts of motor vehicles (CPC 88**)(2); and
(c) parking services (CPC 74430). This reservation does not apply to the supply of a service: (a) in the territory of the other Party to a person of Singapore; and (b) in the territory of Singapore by a covered investment, in the following sectors: (i) freight transportation of refrigerated goods (CPC 71231) (ii) freight transportation of liquids or gases (CPC 71232) (iii) freight transportation of containerised freight (CPC 71233) (iv) freight transportation of furniture (CPC 71234)
Existing Measures: -
28.
Sector: Transport Services
Sub-Sector: Maritime transport services — Towing and tug assistance; provisioning, fuelling and watering; garbage collection and ballast waste disposal; port captain's services; navigation aids; emergency repair facilities; anchorage; and other shore-based operational services essential to ship operations, including communications, water and electrical supplies.
Industry Classification: CPC 74510 Port and Waterway Operation Services CPC 74520 Pilotage and Berthing Services CPC 74530 Navigation Aid Services CPC 74590 Other Supporting Services for Water Transport
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Prohibition of Performance Requirements Senior Management and Boards of Directors Market Access Local Presence
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of towing and tug assistance; provisioning, fuelling and watering; garbage collection and ballast waste disposal; port captain's services; navigation aids; emergency repair facilities; anchorage; and other shore-based operational services essential to ship operations, including communications, water and electrical supplies.
For greater certainty, no measures shall be applied which deny international maritime transport operators reasonable and non- discriminatory access to the above port services.
This entry does not apply to:
(a) international transport (freight and passengers) excluding cabotage transport (CPC 7211**, 7212**);
(b) international towage (CPC 7214**); (c) rental of vessels with crew (CPC 7213); and
(d) other supporting and auxiliary services (including catering) (CPC 749**),
Existing Measures: Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore Act, Cap. 170A, Section 41 (Part VIID)
29.
Sector: Transport Services
Sub-Sector: Transportation services via pipeline Transportation of goods via pipeline of goods such as chemical and petroleum products and petroleum, and other related products
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services) Market Access Local Presence
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services
Only service suppliers with a local presence shall be allowed to provide transportation services via pipeline of goods such as chemical and petroleum products and petroleum, and other related products.
Singapore reserves the right and flexibility to modify or increase the list of the chemical and petroleum products, and other related products that are subject to this entry.
Existing Measures: Administrative
30.
Sector: Trade Services
Sub-Sector: Wholesale trade services and retail trade services of alcoholic beverages and tobacco
Industry Classification: -
Obligations Concerned: Market Access Local Presence
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of wholesale and retail trade services of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages.
Existing Measures: -
31.
Sector: Energy
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment) Prohibition of Performance Requirements Senior Management and Boards of Directors Market Access Local Presence
Description: Investment and Cross Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure in order to prohibit, manage or control the generation, use, distribution and retail of nuclear energy, including setting conditions for natural persons or juridical persons to do so.