WT/REG 395/N/1  
S/C/N /920  
 
20 December 2018  
(18-8073) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements  
Council for Trade in Services  Original:  English   
 
NOTIFICATION OF REGI ONAL TRADE AGREEMENT  
 
COMPREHENSIVE AND PR OGRESSIVE AGREEMENT FOR TRANS -PACIFIC PA RTNERSHIP 
(CPTPP)  
1. Member(s) notifying:    
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, 
Singapore and Viet  Nam 
2. Date of notification:   
20 December 2018  
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 all signe d the Agreement on 8 March 2018.  
5. Date of signature:   
8 March 2018  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force:   
30 December 2018 for Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, Singapore and 
14 January 2019 for Viet Nam . 
For the rest of the Parties, entry into force would be in accordance with Article 3 (Entry 
into Force), paragraph 2,  of the C PTPP. 
7. Brief description of the Agreement:   
The CPTPP establishes a free trade area for trade in goods and services within the meaning 
of GATT 1994 Article XXIV and GAT S 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 m easures, 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 des ignated monopolies, intellectual property, labour, 
environment, cooperation and capacity building, competitiveness and business facilitation, 
development, small and medium sized enterprises, regulatory coherence, transparency 
and anti -corruption, administr ative and institutional provisions, and dispute settlement. 
The Agreement establishes a Commission to oversee its implementation.  WT/REG 395/N/1  • S/C/N /920 
 
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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: www.mfat.govt.nz/en/about -us/who -we-are/treaties/cptpp   
Australia: www.dfat.gov.au/ cptpp 
Brunei Darussalam: Not provided  
Canada: https://canada.ca/cptpp   
Chile: www.direcon.gob.cl/tpp/   
Japan: www.cas.go.jp/jp/tp p/naiyou/tpp_text_en.html  
Malaysia: http://fta.miti.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/71?mid=40  
Mexico:  www.gob.mx/tpp   
New Zealand: www.mfat.govt.nz/cptpp   
Peru: 
www.acuerdoscomerciales.gob.pe/index.php?option=com_con tent&view=category&layou
t=blog&id=212&Itemid=246   
Singapore: www.mti. gov.sg/ -/media/MTI/improving -trade/multilateral -and-regional -
forums/CPTPP/cptpp_legal_text_21022018.pdf?la=en&hash=00DE87E52DB3585549BC1
8386C855AEDB42867F0  
Viet Nam:  
http://cptpp.moit.gov.vn/App_File/TPP/en_cptpp/18.03.14%20CPTPP%20Certified%20sc
an%20 -%20corrected.pdf