WT/REG 395/ N/3 
S/C/N /920/Add. 2 
27 January 2023  
(23-0657) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council for Trade in Services  Original: English  
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
 
NOTIFICATION OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF CPTPP FOR MALAYSIA  
 
1. Member(s) notifying:  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, 
Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Viet Nam  
2. Date of notification:  25 January 2023  
3. Notification pursuant to  
[X] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994  
[X] Article V:7(a) of GATS  
[ ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause  
4. Parties to the Agreement:    
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, 
Singapore and Viet Nam . 
5. Date of signature:  8 March  2018 
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:    
30 December 2018 for Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, and Singapore 
14 January 2019 for Viet Nam 
19 September 2021 for Peru  
 
29 November 2022 for Malaysia  
For the remaining signatories,  entry into force will be in accordance with Article 3 (Entry 
into Force), paragra ph 2 of CPTPP. 
7. Brief description of the Agreement:  CPTPP establishes a free trade area for trade in 
goods and services  within the meaning of GATT 1994 Article XXIV and GATS Article V. The 
Agreement contains provisions on national treatment and market access for goods, rules 
of origin and origin procedures, textiles and apparel goods, customs administration and 
trade facilitation, trade remedies, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical barriers 
to trade, investment, cross-border trade in services,  financial services,  temporary entry 
for business persons, telecommunications, electronic commerce, government 
procurement, competition policy, state-owned enterprises and designated monopolies, 
intellectual property, labour, environment, cooperation and capac ity building, 
competitiveness and business facilitation, development, small and medium sized 
enterprises, r egulatory coherence, transparency and anti-corruption, adm inistrative and 
institutional provisions, and dispute settlement. The Agreement establishes a Commission 
to oversee its implementation. WT/REG 395/N/3  • S/C/N /920/Add.2  
 
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  8. Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are:  
[ ] submitted to the WTO Secretariat (electronic format)  
[X] available from the following official Internet link(s):       
Depositary:  
https://www.mfat.govt.nz/tr/about -us/who -we-are/treaties/comprehensive -and-
progressive -agreement -for-tpp/   
 
Australia:  
www.dfat.gov.au/cptpp  
 
Brunei Darussalam:  
https://www.mofe.gov. bn/Divisions/Comprehensive -and-Progressive -Agreement -for-
Trans -Pacific -Partnership -(CPTPP) -Texts.aspx  
 
Canada:  
https://canada.ca/cptpp  
 
Chile:  
https://www.subrei.gob.cl/acuerdos -comerciales/acuerdo -transpacifico -tpp11  
 
Japan:  
https://www.cas.go.jp/jp/tpp/tppinfo/kyotei/tpp_text_en/index.html#TPP  
 
Malaysia:  
http://fta.miti.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/71?mid=40  
 
Mexico:  
www.gob.mx/tpp  
 
New Zealand:  
https://www.mfat.govt.nz/en/trade/free -trade-agreements/free -trade-agreements -in-
force/cptpp/comprehensive -and-progressive -agreement -for-trans-pacific -partnership -
text-and-resources / 
 
Peru:  
http://www.acuerdoscomerciales.gob.pe/En_Vigencia/CPTPP/Textos_Acuerdo.html  
 
Singapore:  
https://www.enterprisesg.gov.sg/non -financial -assistance/for -singapore -companies/free -
trade-agreements/ftas/singapore -ftas/cptpp   
 
Viet Nam:  
https://fta.moit.gov.vn/index.php?r=site%2Fcontent&id=39