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Existing Measures: -

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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:

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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.

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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)

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(2) In this Annex, ‘"**" indicates that the service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance.

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: -

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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.

  • Chapter   01 Objectives and General Definitions 1
  • Article   1 Objectives 1
  • Article   2 General Definitions 1
  • Chapter   02 Trade In Goods 1
  • Article   1 Definitions 1
  • Article   2 National Treatment on Internal Taxation and Regulation 1
  • Article   3 Customs Duties 1
  • Article   4 Customs Value 1
  • Article   5 Goods Re-entered after Repair and Alteration 1
  • Article   6 Duty-free Entry of Commercial Samples of Negligible Value and Printed Advertising Material 1
  • Article   7 Temporary Admission of Goods 1
  • Article   8 Import and Export Restrictions 1
  • Article   9 Remanufactured goods 2
  • Article   10 Import licensing 2
  • Article   11 Export duties 2
  • Article   12 Non-tariff measures 2
  • Article   13 Subsidies and countervailing measures 2
  • Article   14 Anti-dumping measures 2
  • Article   15 Safeguard measures 2
  • Article   16 Transparency 2
  • Article   17 Measures to safeguard the balance of payments 2
  • Article   18 General exceptions 2
  • Chapter   03 Rules of origin and origin procedures 2
  • Section   A Rules of origin 2
  • Article   1 Definitions 2
  • Article   2 Originating goods 2
  • Article   3 Wholly obtained or produced goods 2
  • Article   4 Treatment of recovered materials used in production of a remanufactured good 2
  • Article   5 Regional value content 2
  • Article   6 Materials used in production 2
  • Article   7 Value of materials used in production 2
  • Article   8 Further adjustments to the value of materials 3
  • Article   9 Accumulation 3
  • Article   10 De minimis 3
  • Article   11 Fungible goods or materials 3
  • Article   12 Accessories, spare parts, tools and instructional or other information materials 3
  • Article   13 Packaging materials and containers for retail sale 3
  • Article   14 Packing materials and containers for shipment 3
  • Article   15 Indirect materials 3
  • Article   16 Sets of goods 3
  • Article   17 Transit and transhipment 3
  • Section   B Origin procedures 3
  • Article   18 Claims for preferential treatment 3
  • Article   19 Basis of a certification of origin 3
  • Article   20 Discrepancies 3
  • Article   21 Waiver of certification of origin 3
  • Article   22 Obligations relating to importation 3
  • Article   23 Obligations relating to exportation 3
  • Article   24 Record keeping requirements 3
  • Article   25 Verification of origin 3
  • Article   26 Verification visit 3
  • Article   27 Determinations on claims for preferential tariff treatment 3
  • Article   28 Refunds and claims for preferential tariff treatment after importation 3
  • Article   29 Penalties 3
  • Article   30 Confidentiality 3
  • Section   C Other matters 3
  • Article   31 Consultation on rules of origin and origin procedures 3
  • ANNEX 3-A  Minimum data requirements 3
  • Chapter   04 Customs procedures 4
  • Article   1 Purpose and definitions 4
  • Article   2 Scope 4
  • Article   3 General provisions 4
  • Article   4 Paperless trading 4
  • Article   5 Risk management 4
  • Article   6 Sharing of best practices 4
  • Chapter   05 Technical regulations and sanitary and phytosanitary measures 4
  • Article   1 Purposes and definitions 4
  • Article   2 Scope and obligations 4
  • Article   3 Origin 4
  • Article   4 Harmonisation 4
  • Article   5 Equivalence of mandatory requirements 4
  • Article   6 Cooperative activities on sanitary and phytosanitary/quarantine matters 4
  • Article   7 Conformity assessment 4
  • Article   8 Exchange of information, and consultation 4
  • Article   9 Confidentiality 4
  • Article   10 Final provisions on sectoral annexes 4
  • Chapter   06 Government procurement 4
  • Article   1 Definitions 4
  • Article   2 Scope 4
  • Article   3 Exceptions 5
  • Article   4 General principles 5
  • Article   5 Publication of procurement information 5
  • Article   6 Notices of intended procurement 5
  • Article   7 Conditions for participation 5
  • Article   8 Qualification of suppliers 5
  • Article   9 Limited tendering 5
  • Article   10 Negotiations 5
  • Article   11 Technical specifications 6
  • Article   12 Tender documentation 6
  • Article   13 Time periods general 6
  • Article   14 Treatment of tenders and awarding of contracts 6
  • Article   15 Post-award information 6
  • Article   16 Disclosure of information 6
  • Article   17 Ensuring integrity in procurement practices 6
  • Article   18 Domestic review 6
  • Article   19 Modifications and rectifications of annex 6
  • Article   20 Facilitation of participation by smes 6
  • Article   21 Cooperation and further negotiations 6
  • Chapter   07 Cross-border trade in services 6
  • Article   1 Definitions 6
  • Article   2 Scope 7
  • Article   3 Market access 7
  • Article   4 National treatment (3) 7
  • Article   5 Most-favoured-nation treatment 7
  • Article   6 Local presence 7
  • Article   7 Reservations 7
  • Article   8 Additional commitments 7
  • Article   9 Transparency 7
  • Article   10 Disclosure of confidential information 7
  • Article   11 Domestic regulation 7
  • Article   12 Monopoly and exclusive service supplier 7
  • Article   13 Safeguard measures 7
  • Article   14 Payments and transfers 7
  • Article   15 Denial of benefits 7
  • Article   16 General exceptions 7
  • Article   17 Review of subsidies 7
  • Article   18 Air transport services 7
  • Article   19 Recognition 8
  • ANNEX 7-A  Professional services 8
  • Chapter   08 Investment 8
  • Section   A 8
  • Article   1 Definitions 8
  • Article   2 Scope 8
  • Article   3 Relation to other chapters 8
  • Article   4 National treatment (8) 8
  • Article   5 Most-favoured-nation treatment 8
  • Article   6 Minimum standard of treatment 8
  • Article   7 Prohibition of performance requirements 8
  • Article   8 Senior management and boards of directors 8
  • Article   9 Special formalities and information requirements 8
  • Article   10 Transparency 9
  • Article   11 Reservations 9
  • Article   12 Additional commitments 9
  • Article   13 Expropriation and nationalisation 9
  • Article   14 Treatment in cases of armed conflict or civil strife 9
  • Article   15 Transfers 9
  • Article   16 Subrogation 9
  • Article   17 Review of subsidies 9
  • Article   18 Denial of benefits 9
  • Article   19 General exceptions 9
  • Article   20 Investment and environmental, health and other regulatory objectives 9
  • Article   21 Disclosure of confidential information 9
  • Section   B Investor-state dispute settlement (18) 9
  • Article   22 Tobacco control measures 9
  • Article   23 Consultation and negotiation 9
  • Article   24 Submission of a claim to arbitration 9
  • Article   25 Consent of each party to arbitration 9
  • Article   26 Conditions and limitations on consent of each party 9
  • Article   27 Selection of arbitrators 9
  • Article   28 Conduct of the arbitration 10
  • Article   29 Transparency of arbitral proceedings 10
  • Article   30 Governing law 10
  • Article   31 Expert reports 10
  • Article   32 Consolidation 10
  • Article   33 Awards 10
  • Article   34 Service of documents 10
  • ANNEX 8-A  Expropriation 10
  • ANNEX 8-B  10
  • Chapter   09 Financial services 10
  • Article   1 Definitions 10
  • Article   2 Scope 11
  • Article   3 National treatment (5) 11
  • Article   4 Most-favoured-nation treatment 11
  • Article   5 Market access for financial institutions 11
  • Article   6 Cross-border trade 11
  • Article   7 New financial services (7) 11
  • Article   8 Treatment of certain information 11
  • Article   9 Senior management and boards of directors 11
  • Article   10 Non-conforming measures 11
  • Article   11 Exceptions 11
  • Article   12 Recognition 11
  • Article   13 Transparency and administration of certain measures 11
  • Article   14 Self-regulatory organisations 11
  • Article   15 Payment and clearing systems 11
  • Article   16 Expedited availability of insurance services 11
  • Article   17 Performance of back-office functions 11
  • Article   18 Specific commitments 11
  • Article   19 Committee on financial services 11
  • Article   20 Consultations 11
  • Article   21 Dispute settlement 11
  • Article   22 Investinent disputes in financial services 12
  • ANNEX 9-A  Cross-border trade 12
  • ANNEX 9-B  Specific commitments 12
  • Section   A Portfolio management 12
  • Section   B Transfer of information 12
  • Section   C Supply of insurance by postal insurance entities 12
  • Section   D Electronic payment card services 12
  • Section   E Transparency considerations 12
  • ANNEX 9-C  Authorities responsible for financial services 12
  • Chapter   10 Telecommunications services 12
  • Article   1 Definitions 12
  • Article   2 Scope 13
  • Article   3 Access to and use of public telecommunications networks or services (3) 13
  • Article   4 Transparency 13
  • Article   5 Independent regulatory bodies 13
  • Article   6 Dispute settlement and appeal 13
  • Article   7 General competitive safeguards 13
  • Article   8 Interconnection between suppliers of public telecommunications networks 13
  • Article   9 Additional obligations relating to major suppliers (7) 13
  • Article   10 Number portability 13
  • Article   11 International mobile roaming 13
  • Article   12 International submarine cable systems 14
  • Article   13 Universal service 14
  • Article   14 Allocation and use of scarce resources (14) 14
  • Article   15 Flexibility in the choice of technology 14
  • Article   16 Industry participation 14
  • Article   17 Enforcement 14
  • Article   18 Exceptions 14
  • Chapter   11 Movement of natural persons 14
  • Article   1 Scope and definitions 14
  • Section   1 Short-term temporary entry 14
  • Article   2 Business visitors 14
  • Article   3 Installers and servicers 14
  • Section   2 Long-term temporary entry 14
  • Article   4 Contractual service suppliers 14
  • Article   5 Independent executives 14
  • Article   6 Intra-corporate transferees 14
  • Article   7 Provision of information 14
  • Article   8 Dispute settlement 14
  • Article   9 Immigration measures 14
  • Article   10 Immigration requirements and procedures 14
  • Article   11 Licensing requirements 14
  • Article   12 Expeditious application procedures 14
  • Article   13 Notification of outcome of application 14
  • Article   14 Online lodgement and processing 14
  • Article   15 Resolution of problems 14
  • Article   16 Labour market testing 14
  • Article   17 Immigration formality requirements 14
  • Article   18 Employment of spouses and dependants 14
  • Article   19 Relation to other chapters 14
  • Chapter   12 Competition policy 14
  • Article   1 Purpose and definitions 14
  • Article   2 Promotion of competition 14
  • Article   3 Application of competition laws 14
  • Article   4 Competitive neutrality 14
  • Article   5 Exemptions 14
  • Article   6 Consultation and review 14
  • Article   7 Transparency 15
  • Article   8 General 15
  • Chapter   13 Intellectual property 15
  • Article   1 Purpose and definitions 15
  • Article   2 Adherence to international instruments 15
  • Article   3 Storage of intellectual property in electronic media 15
  • Article   4 Term of protection for copyright 15
  • Article   5 Effective technological measures 15
  • Article   6 Rights management information 15
  • Article   7 Protection of encrypted programme-carrying satellite signals 15
  • Article   8 Presumptions for copyright 15
  • Article   9 Civil enforcement of intellectual property rights 15
  • Article   10 Measures to prevent the export of goods that infringe copyright or trade marks 15
  • Article   11 Criminal procedures and remedies 15
  • Article   12 Limitation on liability of service providers 15
  • Article   13 Cooperation on enforcement 15
  • Article   14 Cooperation on education and exchange of information on protection, management and exploitation of intellectual property rights 15
  • Article   15 Settlement of disputes relating to domain names and trade marks 15
  • Chapter   14 Electronic commerce 15
  • Article   1 Definitions 15
  • Article   2 Scope 16
  • Article   3 Transparency 16
  • Article   4 Customs duties 16
  • Article   5 Non-discriminatory treatment of digital products 16
  • Article   6 Domestic electronic transactions framework 16
  • Article   7 Electronic authentication and electronic signatures 16
  • Article   8 Online consumer protection 16
  • Article   9 Personal information protection 16
  • Article   10 Paperless trading 16
  • Article   11 Exceptions 16
  • Article   12 Principles on access to and use of the internet for electronic commerce 16
  • Article   13 Cross-border transfer of information by electronic means 16
  • Article   14 Internet interconnection charge sharing 16
  • Article   15 Location of computing facilities 16
  • Article   16 Unsolicited commercial electronic messages 16
  • Article   17 Cooperation 16
  • Article   18 Cooperation on cybersecurity matters 16
  • Article   19 Source code 16
  • Chapter   15 Education cooperation 16
  • Article   1 Scope and purpose 16
  • Article   2 Fields of cooperation 16
  • Article   3 Facilitation of cooperation 16
  • Article   4 Student mobility and scholarship arrangements 16
  • Article   5 Costs 16
  • Chapter   16 Dispute settlement 16
  • Article   1 Scope and coverage 17
  • Article   2 Consultations 17
  • Article   3 Good offices, conciliation or mediation 17
  • Article   4 Appointment of arbitral tribunals 17
  • Article   5 Composition of arbitral tribunals 17
  • Article   6 Functions of arbitral tribunals 17
  • Article   7 Proceedings of arbitral tribunals 17
  • Article   8 Suspension and termination of proceedings 17
  • Article   9 Implementation 17
  • Article   10 Compensation and suspension of benefits 17
  • Article   11 Expenses 17
  • Chapter   17 Final provisions 17
  • Article   1 Regional and local government 17
  • Article   2 Security exceptions 17
  • Article   3 Taxation measures 17
  • Article   4 Temporary safeguard measures 17
  • Article   5 General exceptions 17
  • Article   6 Contact point 17
  • Article   7 Review 17
  • Article   8 Association with the agreement 17
  • Article   9 Relation to other agreements 17
  • Article   10 Annexes 17
  • Article   11 Amendments 17
  • Article   12 Entry into force, duration and termination 17
  • ANNEX 4-I  Reservations to chapter 7 (cross-border trade in services) and chapter 8 (investment) 17
  • ANNEX 4-I(A)  Australia's reservations to chapter 7 (cross-border trade in services) and chapter 8 (investment) 17
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  • ANNEX 4-I(B)  Singapore's reservations to chapter 7 (cross-border trade in services) and chapter 8 (investment) 19
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  • ANNEX 4-II  Reservations to chapter 7 (cross-border trade in services) and chapter 8 (investment) 21
  • ANNEX II-A  Australia's reservations to chapter 7 (cross-border trade in services) and chapter 8 (investment) 22
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  • APPENDIX A  22
  • ANNEX 4-II(B)  Singapore's reservations to chapter 7 (cross-border trade in services) and chapter 8 (investment) 23
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  • Annex 7  Code of conduct for arbitrators appointed under chapter 8 (investment) and chapter 16 (dispute settlement) 25
  • Singapore's note 25
  • APPENDIX I  Article xx* taxation measures as expropriation 25