The ASEAN Work Programme on Trade Facilitation referred to in Article 45 shall cover the areas of customs procedures, trade rules and procedures, standards and compliance, sanitary and phytosanitary measures, the ASEAN Single Window and other areas as defined by the ALETA Council. The ASEAN-India Merchandise Trade Agreement (the « Agreement ») is a trade agreement between the ten ASEAN member states and India. (c) endeavour to resolve sanitary and phytosanitary problems in order to facilitate trade between and between Member States. SpS-CA may establish an ad hoc working group to conduct scientific consultations to identify and address specific issues that may arise from the application of sanitary or phytosanitary measures; (e) `customs value of goods` means the value of the goods for the purposes of imposing ad valorem duties on imported goods; 4. Following the notification referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, the requesting Member State shall enter into consultations or negotiations with those Member States which have notified in accordance with paragraph 3 of this Article. In negotiations with Member States with a significant supply interest[3], the requesting Member State shall maintain a level of reciprocal and mutually beneficial concessions which are no less favourable to trade by all other Member States of significant supply interest than the level provided for in this Agreement prior to those negotiations, which may include compensatory adjustments for other products. Countervailing measures in the form of duties shall be extended to all Member States on a non-discriminatory basis. (a) facilitate trade between and between Member States while protecting human, animal or plant life or health in each Member State; (b) a product which has not been wholly obtained in the Member State of export, provided that those products qualify for aid in accordance with Article 28 or Article 30. 3. In order to facilitate the free movement of goods within ASEAN, Member States shall develop and implement, where appropriate, a labelling system for products covered by harmonised regulatory systems or ASEAN Directives. In addition to reducing tariffs, the agreement calls on all parties to establish predictable, consistent and transparent trade practices to reduce non-tariff barriers.
These include simplifying customs procedures, ensuring transparency of permitted non-tariff measures, and preventing the introduction or maintenance of non-tariff measures by countries that are not WTO compliant. (h) Member States shall facilitate, as far as possible, the movement of goods under temporary admission, in accordance with the criteria subject to the WTO and not rejected by the WTO, in compliance with the obligations arising from an intergovernmental agreement on goods. (ii) In the context of trade in arms, ammunition and military equipment, as well as trade in other goods and materials, exploited directly or indirectly for the purpose of providing a military facility; (h) all other goods which are not incorporated in the goods but the use of which can reasonably be demonstrated as forming part of the goods in the manufacture of the goods. (g) `goods declaration` means a declaration required by the customs authorities in which the persons concerned indicate the customs procedure to be applied to the goods and provide the information necessary for application by the customs authorities; Barriers to increased trade between ASEAN and India include significant non-tariff barriers in India and several ASEAN markets, as well as incongruities between ASEAN products and the Indian supply chain. India`s Minister of Trade and Industry Piyush Goyal said the removal of non-tariff and other barriers would boost trade between ASEAN and India from about $80 billion to $200 billion. For the purposes of this Chapter, the terms « goods » and « products » may be used interchangeably; This Chapter shall apply, in accordance with the respective laws, regulations and administrative provisions and policies of the Member States, to the customs procedures applied to goods traded between Member States. (g) `exchange restrictions` means measures taken by Member States in the form of exchange restrictions and other administrative procedures which have the effect of restricting trade; (g) `materials` means any substance or substance used or consumed in the manufacture of goods or physically processed into another product or subject to a manufacturing process of another product; Where an international agreement or a provision contained therein refers to or is incorporated into this Convention and that agreement or provision is amended, Member States shall consult whether it is necessary to amend this Convention, unless otherwise provided for in this Convention. .