Full Text of ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services (AFAS)
14/12/2010 3407Free flow of trade in services is one of the important elements in realising ASEAN Economic Community, where there will be substantially no restriction to ASEAN services suppliers in providing services and in establishing companies across national borders within the region, subject to domestic regulations. Liberalisation of services has been carried out through rounds of negotiation mainly under the Coordinating Committee on Services. Negotiation of some specific services sectors such as financial services and air transport are carried out by their respective Ministerial bodies. In liberalising services, there should be no back-loading of commitments, and pre-agreed flexibility shall be accorded to all ASEAN Member Countries.
In facilitating the free flow of services by 2015, ASEAN is also working towards recognition of professional qualifications with a view to facilitate their movement within the region.
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services, Bangkok, 15 December 1995 (Vietnamese) (English)
Protocol to Amend the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 2 September 2003
10 packages of commitments under the AFAS
Protocol to Implement the Initial Package (1997) and Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Second Package (1998) and Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Third Package (2001) and Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Fourth Package (2004) and Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Fifth Package (2006) and Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Sixth Package (2007) and Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Seventh Package (2009) and Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Eighth Package (2010) and Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Ninth Package (2015) and Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Tenth Package (2019) and Annexes
Packages of commitments on Financial Services
Protocol to Implement the Second Package và Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Third Package và Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Fourth Packagevà Annxes
Protocol to Implement the Fifth Packagevà Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Sixth Package và Annexes
Protocol to Implement the Seventh Package và Annexes
Packages of commitments on Air Transport Services
Protocol to Implement the Fourth Package
Protocol to Implement the Fifth Package
Protocol to Implement the Sixth Package
Protocol to Implement the Seventh Package
Protocol to Implement the Eighth Package
Protocol to Implement the Ninth Package
Protocol to Implement the Tenth Package
Protocol to Implement the Eleventh Package
Priority Integration Sectors
Appendix 1 – Roadmap for the Integration of Logistics Services
Others