The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Republic of Indonesia, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Malaysia, Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as "ASEAN");
RECALLING the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services signed on 15 December 1995 in Bangkok, Thailand;
HAVING carried out negotiations pursuant to Article IV of the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services;
HAVING reached an initial package of commitments;
HAVING achieved commitments which are beyond those inscribed in each Member State's schedule of specific commitments under the General Agreement on Trade in Services or which are at least as favourable as existing service regimes, for which Member States shall accord preferential treatment to one another on a Most-Favoured Nation basis;
DESIRING to set out in a schedule, the specific commitments that each Member State shall undertake;
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being duly authorised thereto by their respective Governments, have signed the Protocol to Implement the Initial Package of Commitments under the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services.
DONE at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on the Fifteenth day of December in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Ninety-Seven, in a single copy in the English language.
For the Government of Brunei Darussalam
For the Government of the Republic of Indonesia
For the Government of the Lao People's Democratic Republic
For the Government of Malaysia
For the Government of the Union of Myanmar
For the Government of the Republic of the Philippines
For the Government of the Republic of Singapore
For the Government of the Kingdom of Thailand
For the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam