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October 08, 2003
FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT ON COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC COOPERATION BETWEEN THE ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS AND THE REPUBLIC OF INDIA
WE, the Heads of State/Government of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia (Cambodia), the Republic of Indonesia (Indonesia), the Lao People's Democratic Republic (Lao PDR), Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar (Myanmar), the Republic of the Philippines (the Philippines), the Republic of Singapore (Singapore), the Kingdom of Thailand (Thailand) and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam (Viet Nam), Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (collectively, "ASEAN" or "ASEAN Member States", or individually, "ASEAN Member State"), and the Republic of India (India);
RECALLING that in 2002, we had agreed on the importance of enhancing our close economic cooperation and to work towards an ASEAN-India Regional Trade and Investment Area (RTIA) as a long-term objective;
DESIRING to adopt a Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation (this Agreement) between ASEAN and India (collectively, "the Parties", or individually referring to an ASEAN Member State or to India as a "Party") that is forward-looking in order to forge a closer economic partnership in the 21st century;
DESIRING to minimise barriers and deepen economic linkages between the Parties; lower costs; increase mtra-regional trade and investment increase economic efficiency; create a larger market with greater opportunities and larger economies of scale for the businesses of the Parties; and enhance the attractiveness of the Parties to capital and talent;
RECOGNISING the important role and contribution of the business sector in enhancing trade and investment between the Parties and the need to further promote and facilitate their cooperation and utilisation of greater business opportunities provided by the ASEAN-India RTIA;
RECOGNISING the different stages of economic development among ASEAN Member States and the need for flexibility, including the need to facilitate the increasing participation of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar and Viet Nam (the New ASEAN Member States) in the ASEAN-India economic co-operation and the expansion of their exports, inter alia, through the strengthening of their domestic capacity, efficiency and competitiveness;
REAFFIRMING the rights, obligations and undertakings of the respective parties under the World Trade Organisation (WTO), and other multilateral, regional and bilateral agreements and arrangements; and
RECOGNISING that regional trade arrangements can contribute towards accelerating regional and global liberalisation and as building blocks in the framework of the multilateral trading system.
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
ARTICLE 1
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of this Agreement are to:
(a) Strengthen and enhance economic, trade and investment co-operation between the Parties;
(b) Progressively liberalise and promote trade in goods and services as well as create a transparent, liberal and facilitative investment regime;
(c) Explore new areas and develop appropriate measures for closer economic co-operation between the Parties; and
(d) Facilitate the more effective economic integration of the new ASEAN Member States and bridge the development gap among the Parties.
ARTICLE 2
MEASURES FOR ECONOMIC COOPERATION
The Parties agree to enter into negotiations in order to establish an ASEAN-India Regional Trade and Investment Area (RTIA), which includes a Free Trade Area (FTA) in goods, services and investment, and to strengthen and enhance economic cooperation through the following:
(a) Progressive elimination of tariffs and non-tariff barriers in substantially all trade in goods;
(b) Progressive liberalisation of trade in services with substantial sectoral coverage;
(c) Establishment of a liberal and competitive investment regime that facilitates and promotes investment within the ASEAN- India RTIA;
(d) Provision of special and differential treatment to the New ASEAN Member States;
(e) Provision of flexibility to the Parties in the ASEAN-India RTIA negotiations to address their sensitive areas in the goods, services and investment sectors with such flexibilities to be negotiated and mutually agreed based on the principle of reciprocity and mutual benefits;
(f) Establishment of effective trade and investment facilitation measures, including, but not limited to, simplification of customs procedures and development of mutual recognition arrangements;
(g) Expansion of economic cooperation in areas as may be mutually agreed between the Parties that will complement the deepening of trade and investment links between the Parties and formulation of action plans and programmes in order to implement the agreed sectors/areas of co-operation; and
(h) Establishment of appropriate mechanisms for the purposes of effective implementation of this Agreement
ARTICLE 3
TRADE IN GOODS
(1) With a view to expediting the expansion of trade in goods, the Parties agree to enter into negotiations in which duties and other restrictive regulations of commerce (except, where necessary, those permitted underArticle XXIV (8)(b) of the WTO General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)) shall be eliminated on substantially all trade in goods between the Parties.
(2) For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context otherwise requires:
(a) "applied Most Favoured Nation (MFN) tariff rates" shall refer to the respective applied rates of the Parties as of 1 July 2004; and
(b) "non-tariff measures" shall include non-tariff barriers.
(3) Upon signing of this Agreement, the Parties shall commence consultations on each other's trade regime, including, but not limited to the following:
(a) trade and tariff data;
(b) customs procedures, rules and regulations;
(c) non tariff measures including, but not limited to import licensing requirement and procedure, quantitative restrictions, technical barriers to trade, sanitary and phytosanitary;
(d) intellectual property rights rules and regulations; and
(e) trade policy.
(4) The tariff reduction or elimination programme of the Parties shall require tariffs on listed products to be gradually reduced and, where applicable, eliminated in accordance with this Article.
(5) The products which are subject to the tariff reduction or elimination programme under this Article shall include all products not covered by the Early Harvest Programme (EHP) under Article 7 of this Agreement, and such products shall be categorised into two tracks as follows:
(a) Normal Track: Products listed in the Normal Track by a Party on its own accord shall have their respective applied MFN tariff rates gradually reduced or eliminated in accordance with specified schedules and rates (to be mutually agreed by the Parties) over a period from:
(i) 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2011 for Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore and India;
(ii) 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2016 for the Philippines and India; and
(iii) 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2011 for India and 1 January 2006 to 31 December 2016 for the New ASEAN Member States.
In respect of those tariffs which have been reduced but have not been eliminated, they shall be progressively eliminated within timeframes to be mutually agreed between the Parties.
(b) Sensitive Track:
(i) The number of products listed in the Sensitive Track shall be subject to a maximum ceiling to be mutually agreed among the Parties.
(ii) Products listed in the Sensitive Track by a Party on its own accord shall, where applicable, have their respective applied MFN tariff rates progressively reduced/eliminated within timeframes to be mutually agreed between the Parties.
(6) The commitments undertaken by the Parties under this Article and Article 7 of this Agreement shall fulfil the WTO requirements to eliminate tariffs on substantially all the trade between the Parties.
(7) The specified tariff rates/tariff preferences to be mutually agreed between the Parties pursuant to this Article shall set out only the limits of the applicable tariff rates/preferences or range for the specified year of implementation by the Parties.
(8) The negotiations between the Parties to establish the ASEAN-India RTIA covering trade in goods shall also include, but not be limited to the following:
(a) modalities, including detailed rules governing the tariff reduction and/or elimination;
(b) Rules of Origin;
(c) treatment of out-of-quota rates;
(d) modification of a Party's commitments under the agreement on trade in goods based on WTO agreements;
(e) non-tariff measures/barriers, including, but not limited to, quantitative restrictions or prohibition on the importation of any product or on the export or sale for export of any product, as well as sanitary and phytosamtary measures and technical barriers to trade;
(f) safeguards based on the WTO agreements;
(g) disciplines on subsidies and countervailing measures and anti- dumping measures based on the existing WTO agreements; and
(h) facilitation and promotion of effective and adequate protection of trade-related aspects of intellectual property ' rights based on existing WTO, World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) and other relevant agreements.
ARTICLE 4
TRADE IN SERVICES
With a view to expediting the expansion of trade in services, the Parties agree to enter into negotiations to progressively liberalise trade in services on a preferential basis with substantial sectoral coverage. Such negotiations shall be directed to:
(a) progressive elimination of substantially all discrimination between or among the Parties and/or prohibition of new or more discriminatory measures with respect to trade in services between the Parties, except for measures permitted under Article V(l)(b) of the WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
(b) expansion in the depth and scope of liberalisation of trade in services beyond those undertaken by ASEAN Member States and India under the GATS; and
(c) enhanced cooperation in services between the Parties in order to improve efficiency and competitiveness, as well as to diversify the supply and distribution of services of the respective service suppliers of the Parties.
ARTICLE 5
INVESTMENT
To promote investments and to create a liberal, facilitative, transparent and competitive investment regime, the Parties agree to:
(a) enter into negotiations in order to progressively liberalise their investment regimes;
(b) strengthen cooperation in investment, facilitate investment and improve transparency of investment rules and regulations; and
(c) provide for the protection of investments.
ARTICLE 6
AREAS OF ECONOMIC COOPERATION
(1) Where appropriate, the Parties agree to strengthen their cooperation in the following areas, including, but not limited to:
(a) Trade Facilitation:
(i) Mutual Recognition Arrangements, conformity assessment, accreditation procedures, and standards and technical regulations;
(ii) non-tariff measures;.
(iii) customs cooperation;
(iv) trade financing; and
(v) business visa and travel facilitation.
(b) Sectors of Cooperation:
(i) agriculture, fisheries and forestry:
(ii) services: media and entertainment, health, financial, tourism, construction, business process outsourcing, environmental;
(iii) mining and energy: oil and natural gas, power generation and supply;
(iv) science and technology: information and communications technology, electronic-commerce, biotechnology;
(v) transport and infrastructure: transport and comm
(vi) manufacturing, automotive, drugs and Pharmaceuticals, textiles, petrochemicals, garments, food processing, leather goods, light engineering goods, gems and jewellery processing;
(vii) human resource development: capacity building, education, technology transfer; and
(viii) others: handicrafts, small and medium enterprises, competition policy, Mekong Basin Development, intellectual property rights, government procurement.
(c) Trade and Investment Promotion:
(i)fairs and exhibitions;
(ii) ASEAN-India weblinks; and
(iii) business sector dialogues.
(2) The Parties agree to implement capacity building programmes and technical assistance, particularly for the New ASEAN Member States, in order to adjust their economic structure and expand their trade and investment with India.
(3) Parties may establish other bodies as may be necessary to coordinate and implement any economic cooperation activities undertaken pursuant to this Agreement.
ARTICLE 7
EARLY HARVEST PROGRAMME
(1) With a view to accelerating the implementation of this Agreement, the Parties agree to implement an EHP, which is an integral part of the ASEAN-India RTIA, for products covered under paragraph 3(a) below. The progressive tariff reduction under the EHP shall commence from 1 November 2004, and tariff elimination shall be completed by 31 October 2007 for ASEAN-6 and India, and 31 October 2010 for the New ASEAN Member States.
(2) For the purposes of this Article, the following definitions shall apply unless the context otherwise requires;
(a) "ASEAN 6" refers to Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand; and
(b) "applied MFN tariff rates" shall refer to the respective applied rates of the Parties as of 1 July 2004.
(3) The product coverage, tariff reduction and elimination, removal of non-tariff barriers, rules of origin, trade remedies and emergency measures applicable to the EHP shall be as follows:
(a) Product Coverage
(i) Common products on which the Parties agree to exchange tariff concessions are listed in Annex A.
(ii) Products on which India accords concessions to the New ASEAN Member States are listed in Annex B.
(b) Modality for Tariff Reduction and Elimination
The modality for tariff reduction and elimination for the products covered by the EHP shall be finalised under Article 8(2) of this Agreement. '
(c) Removal of non-tariff measures
In order to fully realise the potential benefits of the EHP, the parties shall promote and facilitate trade in all products listed in the EHP. The parties shall also endeavour to refrain from using non-tariff measures adversely affecting trade in Early Harvest products.
(d) Rules of Origin
Products covered by the EHP shall qualify for tariff preferences in accordance with the Rules of Origin to be agreed under Article 8(2) of this Agreement.
(e) Application of WTO provisions
The WTO provisions governing modification of commitments, safeguard actions, emergency measures and other trade remedies, including anti-dumping and subsidies and countervailing measures, shall, in the interim, be applicable to the products covered under the EHP and shall be superseded and replaced by the relevant disciplines negotiated and agreed to by the Parties under Article 3(8) of this Agreement once these disciplines are implemented.
(4) The Parties shall also explore the feasibility of cooperation in the areas listed in Annex C.
ARTICLE 8
TIMEFRAMES
(1) For trade in goods, negotiations on the agreement for tariff reduction/elimination and other matters as set out in Article 3 of this Agreement shall commence in January 2004 and be concluded by 30 June 2005 in order to establish the ASEAN-India FTA.
(2) The negotiations on Rules of Origin for trade in goods under Articles 3 and 7 and modality for tariff reduction and elimination under Article 7 shall be concluded no later than 31 July 2004.
(3) For trade in services and investments, the negotiations on the respective agreements shall commence in 2005 and be concluded by 2007. The identification, liberalisation, etc., of the sectors of services and investment shall be finalised for implementation subsequently in accordance with the timeframes to be mutually agreed: (a) taking into account the sensitive sectors of the Parties; and (b) with special and differential treatment and flexibility for the New ASEAN Member States.
(4) For other areas of economic cooperation, the Parties shall continue to build upon existing or agreed programmes set out in Article 6 of this Agreement^ develop new economic cooperation programmes and conclude agreements on the various areas of economic cooperation. The Parties shall do so expeditiously for early implementation in a manner and at a pace acceptable to all the Parties concerned. The agreements shall include timeframes for the-implementation of the commitments therein.
ARTICLE 9
MOST-FAVOURED NATION TREATMENT
India shall continue to accord Most-Favoured Nation (MFN) Treatment consistent with WTO rules and disciplines to all the non-WTO ASEAN Member States upon the date of signature of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 10
GENERAL EXCEPTIONS
Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner which would constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between or among the Parties where the same conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on trade within the ASEAN-India FTA, nothing in this Agreement shall prevent any Party from taking action and adopting measures for the protection of its national security or the protection of articles of artistic, historic and archaeological value, or such other measures which it deems necessary for the protection of public morals, or for the protection of human, animal or plant life, health and conservation of exhaustible natural resources.
ARTICLE 11
DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM
(1) The Parties shall within one (1) year after the date of entry into force of this Agreement, establish appropriate formal dispute settlement procedures and mechanism for the purposes of this Agreement.
(2) Pending the establishment of the formal dispute settlement procedures and mechanism under paragraph 1 above, any disputes concerning the interpretation, implementation or application of this Agreement shall be settled amicably by mutual consultations.
ARTICLE 12
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE NEGOTIATIONS
(1) There shall be established an ASEAN-India Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) to carry out the programme of negotiations set out in this Agreement.
(2) The ASEAN-India TNC may invite experts or establish any Working Group as may be necessary to assist in the negotiations of all sectors in the ASEAN-India RTIA.
(3) The ASEAN-India TNC shall regularly report to the Minister of Commerce and Industry of India and the ASEAN Economic Ministers (AEM-India Consultations), through the meetings of the ASEAN Senior Economic Officials and India (SEOM-India Consultations), on the progress and outcome of its negotiations.
(4) The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India, and the ASEAN Secretariat shall jointly provide the necessary secretariat support to the ASEAN-India Trade Negotiating Committee (TNC) whenever and wherever negotiations are held.
ARTICLE 13
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
(1) This Agreement shall include the Annexes and the contents therein, and all future legal instalments agreed pursuant to this Agreement.
(2) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, this Agreement or any action taken under it shall not affect or nullify the rights and obligations of a Party under existing agreements to which it is a party.
(3) The Parties shall endeavour to refrain from increasing restrictions or limitations that would affect the application of this Agreement.
(4) Any ASEAN Member State may defer its participation in the implementation of this Agreement provided that a notification is given to the other parties within twelve (12) months from the date of signing of this Agreement. Any extension of the negotiated concessions to such ASEAN Member State shall be voluntary on the part of the parties participating in such implementation. The ASEAN Member State concerned shall participate in the implementation of this Agreement at a later date on the same terms and conditions, including any further commitments that may have been undertaken by the other parties by the time of such participation.
ARTICLE 14
AMENDMENTS
The provisions of this Agreement may be modified through amendments mutually agreed upon in writing by the Parties.
ARTICLE 15
DEPOSITORY
For the ASEAN Member States, this Agreement shall be deposited with the Secretary-General of ASEAN, who shall promptly furnish a certified copy thereof to India and each ASEAN Member State.
ARTICLE 16
ENTRY INTO FORCE
(1) This Agreement shall enter into force on 1 July 2004.
(2) The Parties undertake to complete their internal procedures for the entry into force of this Agreement prior to 1 July 2004.
(3) Where a Party is unable to complete its internal procedures for the entry into force of this Agreement by 1 July 2004, the Agreement shall come into force for that Party upon the date of notification of the completion of its internal procedures. The Party concerned, however, shall be bound by the same terms and conditions, including any farther commitments that may have been undertaken by the other Parties under this Agreement by the time of such notification.
(4) A Party shall upon the completion of its internal procedures for the entry into force of this Agreement notify all the other parties in writing.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, we have signed this Framework Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Cooperation between the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and the Republic of India.
DONE at Bali, this 8th day of October, 2003 in duplicate copies in the English Language.
For Brunei Darussalam For the Republic of India
ANNEX A
CodeSardines, sardinella and brisling or sprats, whole or in pieces Tunas, skipjack and atlantic bonito, prepared or preserved Cocoa butter, fat and oil Cocoa powder, not containing added sugar or other sweetenine matter Pineapples, prepared or preserved Other pineapple juice Chromium ores and concentrates Tungsten ores and concentrates Anthracite Petroleum coke - Not calcined Bitumen and asphalt, natural; asphaltites and asphaltic rocks Other Earth colours Iodides and iodide oxides Nitrites Disodium carbonate Calcium carbonate Of sodium Sodium metasihcates Other Other Benzene p-Xylene D-glucitol (sorbitol) Hydroquinone (quinol) and its salts 4,4' Isopropylidenedipheno (bisphenol A, diphenylolpropane) and its salts Derivatives containing only sulpho groups, their salts and esters Monomethyl ethers of ethyl ene glycol or of diethylene glycol Cyclic polymers of aldehydes Esters of methacrylic acid Other Benzoic acid, its salts and esters Phthalic anhydride Other Other Other Amino-alcohol-phenols, amino-acid-phenols and other ammo-compounds with oxygen function Acyclic amides (including acyclic carbamates) and their derivatives; salts thereof Other Other Other Other Other organic compounds Acid dyes and mordant dyes and preparation based Reactive dyes and preparations based thereon Activated natural mineral products; animal black, including spent animal black Anti-oxidismg preparations and other compound Products, preparations and residual products of the chemical Conveyor belts or belting; reinforced only with metal Conveyor belts or belting; reinforced only with textile material Conveyor belts or belting; reinforced only with plastics Other conveyor belts or belting Transmission belts or belting of vulcanised rubber Sheath contraceptives Gloves, other than surgical Full grains, unsplit, grain splits Other fiberboard of a density exceeding 0.5 g/cm3 but not exceeding 0.8 g/cm3 Cases, boxes, crates, drums and similar packings; cable-drums Statuettes and other ornaments, of wood Other Mechanical wood pulp Other Other paper, paperboard, cellulose wadding and webs of cellulose fibers Other Carbon or similar copying papers Cartons, boxes and cases, of corrugated paper or paperboard Registers, account books, note books, order-books, receipt books, letter pads, memorandum pads, diaries and similar articles Manifold business forms and interleaved carbon sets Other Other In single sheets, whether or not folded Trade advertising material, commercial catalogues and the like Pictures, designs and photographs Other Float glass: colored throughout the mass (body tinted) specified, flashed or merely surface ground Other of cans which are to be closed by soldenng or crimping with capacity less than 501 Copper matte Cathode and sections of cathodes Nickel mattes Unvrought nickel - nickel, not alloyed Refined lead Containing by weight antimony as the principle other element Unwrought tin, not alloyed Parts, including regulators Other Hand pumps, other than those of subheading No. 8413.11 or 8413.19 Continuous-action elevators/conveyors for goods/material Other machinery Disc harrows Parts and accessories of machines of heading No. 84.44 or of their auxiliary machinery Of machines for preparing textile fibers, other than card clothing Spindles, spindle flyers, spinning rings and ring travelers Other Rolls for rolling mills Other parts For machines of headings Nos. 84.56 to 84.61 Other Other typewriters, non-electnc Other Injection or compression types Other Other appliances Tapered roller bearings, including cone and tapered roller assemblies Other Clutches and shaft couplings (including universal joints) Gaskets and similar joints'of metal sheeting combined with other material or of two or more layers of metal
ANNEX B
CodeAlmonds fresh or dried in shell Lac Gum Arabic Others Bamboos Rattans Other Other Limestone flux; limestone and other calcareous stone, of a kind used for the manufacture of lime or cement Asbestos Other Lead ores and concentrates Zinc ores and concentrates Tin ores and concentrates Zirconium ores and concentrates Bituminous coal Coke and semi-coke of coal, of lignite or of peat, whether or not agglomerated; retort carbon Pitch coke Other Phosphoric acid and polyphosphonc acids Of barium Phospides, whether or not chemically defined, excluding ferrophosphorus Lysine and its esters; salts thereof Other Other ayurvedic homeopathic and allopathic medicine for therapeutic prophylactic uses, not put up for retail sale Other articles of apparel & clothing accessories - Whole hides and skins of bovine animals, of a weight per skin not exceeding 8 kg when simply dried, 10 kg when dry-salted, or 14 kg when fresh, wet-salted or otherwise preserved - - Whole - - Butts and bends - - Other - Other hides and skins of bovine animals otherwise preserved - Hides and skins of equine animals Raw hides & skins of goats or kids - Of reptiles - Other Sheep/lamb skin leather otherwise pre-tanned w/n split Fuel wood in logs billets etc/in similar forms Sawdust and wood waste/scrap whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes, pellets or similar forms Wood in rough, coniferous Other tropical wood Beech wood in rough Other wood in rough Hoopwood; non-coniferous Coniferous Other Of beech (Fagus spp.) Hardwood conversion, pyinkado four side, seedlac grade and other Coniferous Other of tropical wood Veneer sheets plysheets etc of other wood Non-coniferous Waferboard, including oriented strand board of wood Other particle and similar board of wood With at least one outer ply of tropical wood specified in Subheading Note 1 to this Chapter Hardwood plywood Other plywood with at least one outer ply of non-coniferous wood (excluding one layer of particle board) Other plywood, veneered panels and laminated wood panel and laminated wood Casks, barrels, vats, tubs and other coopers' products and parts thereof, of wood, including staves Doors and their frames and thresholds Parquet panels (teak) Other articles excluding cloth hangers Other paper and paperboard, weighing more than 150 g/m2 but less than 225 g/m2 Other packing containers, including record sleeves Self-adhesive Twine, cordage, robes and cables of jute Sacks and bags, of a kind used for the packing of goods made up of jute textile bast fibres: -new - - Ski-boots, cross-country ski footwear and snowboard boots - - Other - Footwear with outer soles of leather, and uppers which consist of leather straps across the instep and around the big toe - Footwear made on a base or platform of wood, not having an inner sole or a protective metal toe-cap - Other footwear, incorporating a protective metal toe-cap - - Covering the ankle - - Other - - Covering the ankle - - Other Unworked or simply sawn or roughly shaped Rubies, sapphires and emeralds Other Flat-rolled products, not in coils of a thickness <3 mm, not further worked than hot-rolled, pickled Cold-rolled products of stainless steel of width less than 600 mm Other made up articles including parts Of turbo-jets or turbo-propellers Other Combined refrigerator-freezers, fitted with separate external doors Agricultural or horticultural On tyres Track laying Tamping machines and road rollers Of lifts, skip hoists or escalators Other Other Automatic units Other Sewing machine needles Machinery for making or repairing footwear Other Other Input or output units, whether or not containing storage units in the same housing Other units of automatic data processing machines Machinery for the extraction or preparation of animal or fixed vegetable fats or oils Industrial robots, not elsewhere specified or included Parts Other transistors, other than photosensitive transistors Other equipment Other parts and accessories of vehicles of heading 8701-870 Other apparatus including parts and accessories of heading 9022 Other Wooden furniture of a kind used in offices Other wooden furniture Broom and brushes Other buttons
ANNEX C
POSSIBLE AREAS OF COOPERATION BETWEEN ASEAN AND
INDIA UNDER THE EARLY HARVEST PROGRAMME
No. Areas of Economic Cooperation A. Trade and investment promotion and facilitation activities Enhancement of ASEAN-India web linkages to enable better exchange of information on:
• customs procedures, rules and regulations;
• non-tariff measures (NTMs), including sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) and technical barriers to trade (TBT);
• intellectual property rights (IPR) rules and regulations;
• investment rules and regulations; and
• biotechnology.Identification of focal points in ASEAN and India for the areas highlighted above.
Trade and investment promotion activities in ASEAN and India via seminars, workshops and trade and investment missions. Facilitation of travel for business people through measures such as simplification of documentation, including visas and fees. Cooperation in the marketing and trading of agro-products. B. Human Resource Development (HRD), Technical Cooperation & Research and Development (R&D) Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and family-owned businesses, including training in entrepreneurship and information and communications technology (ICT). ICT and e-commerce. Cooperation among intellectual property rights (IPR) agencies in ASEAN and India, including patents and enforcement of IPR rules and regulations. Technical cooperation in areas such as:
• Standards and quality control in agriculture products and agro-processing;
• Production of pulp and paper from non-wood materials; and
• Production of pulses, cotton and sugar cane.Exchange of publications and information on cotton, jute, kenaf and other textile products. Training in lapidary and mine management and safety. Establishment of twinning programnies between educational and research institutes. C. Other Areas of Cooperation Cooperation between tourism agencies of ASEAN and India to boost travel between the two regions. Business process outsourcing. Media and entertainment services. Environmental services.