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JAPAN-VIET NAM
Japan-Viet Nam FTA&EIA
 Interactive trade indicators

Technical notes for performance indicators
Performance Indicators :
Member Countries

Japan Viet Nam

Agreement between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for an Economic Partnership
Status : Signed in 2008 .  In force since 2009
Scope : Bilateral
Type : FTA & EIA
WTO Notification : GATT Art XXIV, GATS Art V 2009
Agreement text : 
http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/vietnam/epa0812/agreement.pdf
Other links : 
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/fta/vietnam.html
WTO consideration process : 
http://docsonline.wto.org/imrd/gen_redirectsearchdirect.asp?RN=0&searchtype=browse&query=@meta_Symbol%22WT/REG275/1/Rev.1/Corr.1%22&language=1&ct=DDFEnglish
GOODS
Tariffs
Positive list (See Annex 1)
Rules of Origin
See Ch 3
Contingency Measures
   Anti - Dumping : Follows GATT, WTO guidelines, see Art 3. Sec 2
   Countervailing Duties : Follows GATT, WTO guidelines, see Art 3. Sec 2
   Safeguards : Follows GATT, WTO guidelines, see Art 20, 21

Standards : 
Notes:
SERVICES
WTO Notification (GATS Art. V) : Notified
       Date of notification 01/10/2009
       Consideration Process : Factual Presentation issued
Liberalization Approach : Positive Lists

Modes Covered
Cross-border supply (Mode1)
 Consumption abroad (Mode2)
 Commercial presence (Mode3)
 Presence of natural persons (Mode4)
Specific Chapters on
Financial services
Movement of natural persons

Specific Sectors Excluded
Air transport
Other
              cabotage in maritime transport services;
Public Sectors carve-out : GATS-like (Article I:3(b))

Most Favoured Nation : Binding

National Treatment : Binding

Market Access : Binding

Domestic Regulation : Non-binding (NAFTA-like)

Subsidies covered by services disciplines : Covered

Denial of benefits for commercial presence :
          Article 70 Denial of Benefits Subject to prior notification and consultation, a Party may deny the benefits of this Chapter to a service supplier that is a juridical person, if the denying Party establishes that the juridical person is not a service supplier of the other Party.

Notes :
          Notification http://docsonline.wto.org/GEN_viewerwindow.asp?http://docsonline.wto.org:80/DDFDocuments/t/S/C/N513.doc

Link to schedules :http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/vietnam/epa0812/annex5.pdf
INVESTMENT
Scheduling Approach : 

Definition of investment : 

Most Favoured Nation :
                           
National Treatment :
                           
Fair and Equitable Treatment :
                           
Expropriation :
                           
Board of Directors and executive personnel :

Invester - State arbitration :

Denial of Benefits :
          

Additional BIT exists between the parties :
          BIT list I :
                    Status:
          BIT list II :
                    Status:

Notes :
          Investment governed by the Japan-Vietnam BIT of 2003.

Link to schedules :
TRADE FACILITATION
Customs procedures : Yes Chapter 4
Customs valuation : Yes Article 17
Trade regulations publication and administration (transparency) : No
E-Commerce / Paperless trade : No
Cooperation in trade facilitation : No
OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : Yes Art 106
Investment : Yes incorporates provisions of Japa-Viet Nam BIT
Competition Policy : Yes Chapter 10
Intellectual Property : Yes Chapter 9
Dispute Settlement : Yes Chapter 13
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : No
Technical cooperation : Yes Art 102
Institutional mechanism : No
Notes:
RULES OF ORIGIN
Cumulation
Bilateral; see Art 29
Specific Process
Heading Change
De Minimis
See Art 28
Minimum Content
See Art 27
Drawback
Http Link
Notes
JAPAN-VIET NAM
Japan-Viet Nam FTA&EIA

Member Countries
Japan
Viet Nam
Total: 2 countries

Agreement between Japan and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam for an Economic Partnership

Status : Signed in 2008 .  In force since 2009
Scope : Bilateral
Type : FTA & EIA
WTO Notification : GATT Art XXIV, GATS Art V 2009
Agreement text : 
http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/vietnam/epa0812/agreement.pdf

Other links : 
http://www.mofa.go.jp/policy/economy/fta/vietnam.html

WTO consideration process : 
http://docsonline.wto.org/imrd/gen_redirectsearchdirect.asp?RN=0&searchtype=browse&query=@meta_Symbol%22WT/REG275/1/Rev.1/Corr.1%22&language=1&ct=DDFEnglish
GOODS
Tariffs
Positive list (See Annex 1)


Rules of Origin
See Ch 3


Contingency Measures
Anti - Dumping : Follows GATT, WTO guidelines, see Art 3. Sec 2
Countervailing Duties : Follows GATT, WTO guidelines, see Art 3. Sec 2
Safeguards : Follows GATT, WTO guidelines, see Art 20, 21

Standards : 

Notes:


SERVICES
WTO Notification (GATS Art. V) : Notified
Date of notification : 01/10/2009
Consideration Process : Factual Presentation issued

Liberalization Approach : Positive Lists

Modes Covered
Cross - Border Supply : Yes
 Consumption Abroad : Yes
 Commercial Presence Abroad : Yes
 Movement of Natural Persons : Yes

Specific Chapters on
Financial services : Yes
 Movement of natural persons : Yes
Specific Sectors Excluded
Air transport : Yes
Other : Yes
cabotage in maritime transport services;
Public Sectors carve-out : GATS-like (Article I:3(b))

Most Favoured Nation : Binding

National Treatment : Binding

Market Access : Binding

Domestic Regulation : Non-binding (NAFTA-like)

Subsidies covered by services disciplines : Covered

Denial of benefits for commercial presence :
Article 70 Denial of Benefits Subject to prior notification and consultation, a Party may deny the benefits of this Chapter to a service supplier that is a juridical person, if the denying Party establishes that the juridical person is not a service supplier of the other Party.

Notes:
Notification http://docsonline.wto.org/GEN_viewerwindow.asp?http://docsonline.wto.org:80/DDFDocuments/t/S/C/N513.doc
Link to schedules :http://www.mofa.go.jp/region/asia-paci/vietnam/epa0812/annex5.pdf


INVESTMENT
Scheduling Approach : 

Definition of investment : 

Most Favoured Nation :

National Treatment :


Fair and Equitable Treatment :


Expropriation :


Board of Directors and executive personnel :

Invester - State arbitration : No

Denial of Benefits :


Additional BIT exists between the parties :Yes

BIT list I :
Status:
BIT list II :
Status:

Notes :
Investment governed by the Japan-Vietnam BIT of 2003.

Link to schedules :

TRADE FACILITATION
Customs procedures : Yes Chapter 4
Customs valuation : Yes Article 17
Trade regulations publication and administration : No
Use of ICT : No
Mobility of business people : No
Freedom of transit : No
Transport and logistics : No
Trade finance : No

OTHER AREAS
Government Procurement : Yes Art 106
Investment : Yes incorporates provisions of Japa-Viet Nam BIT
Competition Policy : Yes Chapter 10
Intellectual Property : Yes Chapter 9
Dispute Settlement : Yes Chapter 13
Labor Mobility : No
Labor and Environmental Standards : No
Technical cooperation : Yes Art 102
Institutional mechanism : No

Notes:


RULES OF ORIGIN
Cumulation
Bilateral; see Art 29
Specific Process

Heading Change

De Minimis
See Art 28
Minimum Content
See Art 27
Drawback

Http Link

Notes
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