WT/REG 395/N/5  
S/C/N /920/Add.4  
 
9 June 2023  
(23-3950) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council for Trade in Services  Original:  English   
 
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGIONAL TRADE AGREEMENT - COMPREHENSIVE AND PROGRESSIVE 
AGREEMENT FOR TRANS -PACIFIC PARTNERSHIP (CPTPP)  
 
NOTIFICATION OF ENTRY INTO FORCE OF CPTPP FOR BRUNEI DARUSSALAM  
1. Member(s) notifying:  Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, 
Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Viet Nam  
2. Date of notification:  7 June  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  
21 February 2023 for Chile  
 
12 July 2023 for Brunei Darussalam   
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/5  • S/C/N /920/Add.4  
 
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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.a spx 
 
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.gov t.nz/en/trade/free -trade-agreements/free -trade-agreements -in-
force/cptpp/  
 
Peru:  
http://www.acuerdoscomerciales.gob.pe/En_Vigencia/CPTPP/Textos_Acuerdo.html  
 
Singapore:  
https://www.mti.gov.sg/Trade/Free -Trade -Agreements/CPTPP  
 
Viet Nam:  
https://fta.moit.gov.vn/index.php?r=site%2Fcontent&id=39