제18826호                               관             보                2016. 8. 18.(목요일)
                                    (Korea’s Note in Reply)

KEM-2016 / 8-92 / MFA
     The Embassy of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of Singapore presents its compliments
to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore and has the honour to refer to
the Ministry’s Note No. MFA/NEA/00017/2016 of 1 August 2016, which reads as follows:
     “The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore presents its compliments to the
Embassy of the Republic of Korea and has the honour to refer to the Free Trade Agreement
between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the Republic of
Singapore (hereinafter referred to as the “Agreement”) signed in Seoul on 4 August 2005.
     The Ministry has the further honour to confirm on behalf of the Government of the Republic
of Singapore the understanding reached by the Republic of Singapore and the Republic of Korea
to amend Annex 4A (Specific Rules of Origin), Annex 4B (Originating Goods Referred to in
Article 4.3) and Annex 4C (The Goods Referred to in Article 4.4) of the Agreement, and to
replace them with the new Annexes 4A, 4B and 4C attached to this Note, pursuant to Article
22.4 of the Agreement. This amendment is a technical adjustment to the Agreement in order to
reflect the transposition of the 2007 Harmonized System (HS) Code to the 2012 HS Code.
     The Ministry proposes that this Note and its Attachment, and the Embassy’s Note in reply
and its Attachment, shall constitute an agreement between the Government of the Republic of
Singapore and the Government of the Republic of Korea on the amendments to the Agreement.
The Ministry has the further honour to propose that this agreement and the amendments to the
Agreement shall enter into force seven (7) days following the date of the Republic of Korea’s
reply to this Note, by which time both Parties will have completed their necessary internal legal
procedures.
     The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore avails itself of this opportunity
to renew to the Embassy of the Republic of Korea the assurances of its highest consideration.”
     The Embassy of the Republic of Korea has the honour to notify the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs of the Republic of Singapore that the foregoing proposal is acceptable to the Government
of the Republic of Korea, and that the Ministry’s aforementioned Note together with its
Attachment, and this Note in reply together with its Attachment, shall constitute an agreement
between the Government of the Republic of Korea and the Government of the Republic of
Singapore, which shall enter into force seven (7) days following the date of this Note.
     The Embassy of the Republic of Korea avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Singapore the assurances of its highest
consideration.
Attachment : New Annexes 4A, 4B and 4C (English and Korean versions)
                                                             Embassy of the Republic of Korea to
                                                                         the Republic of Singapore
                                                                                    3 August 2016
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the Republic of Singapore
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