Ceca Agreement Consultants

Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA)  The India-Singapore Comprehensive Economic Cooperation Agreement (CECA) was successfully concluded and was signed on 29 June 2005, during Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong's State Visit to India. This landmark agreement is India's first ever CECA and Singapore's first comprehensive bilateral economic agreement with a South Asia economy. It also marks the first time that Singapore has included taxation agreement discussions in the process.           Benefits to exporters to India         The key chapters are: Chapter Title Annexes Chapter 1 Preamble Objectives and General Definitions    Chapter 2 Trade in Goods Schedule of the Republic of India (Annex 2A) Tariff list for Annex 2A - effective 15th January 2008 (Annex 2A) Tariff schedule of India (text) - effective 15th January 2008 (Annex 2A Bis) Tariff schedule of Singapore (Annex 2B) Chapter 3 Rules of Origin Product Specific Rule (Annex 3A) Operational Certification Procedures (Annex 3B) De Minimis and outward processing (Annex 1) Chapter 4 Customs   Chapter 5 Standards and Technical Regulations Sectoral Annex for Telecommunications (Annex 5A) Sectoral Annex on Food Products (Annex 5B) Sectoral Annex on Electrical and Electronic Equipment (Annex 5C) Letter of Exchange and Appendix A on Standards and Technical Regulations Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (Annex 2) Chapter 6 Investment India's Schedule of Specific Commitments (Annex 6A) Singapore schedule of reservations (Annex 6B) Expropriation (Annex 3) Security Exceptions (Annex 4) Non-justiciability of Security Exceptions (Annex 5) Compulsory Investor-To-State Dispute in relation to Pre-Establishment (Annex 6) Chapter 7 Trade in Services India's Schedule of Specific Commitments (Annex 7A) Singapore schedule of specific commitments (Annex 7B) Financial Services (Annex 7C) Telecommunications Services (Annex 7D) Security Exceptions for Services (Annex 8) Chapter 8 Air Services   Chapter 9 Movement of Natural Persons List of Professionals (Annex 9A) Chapter 10 E-Commerce   Chapter 11 Intellectual Property Co-Operation   Chapter 12 Science and Technology   Chapter 13 Education   Chapter 14 Media Framework for Media Co-operation (Annex 14A) Chapter 15 Dispute Settlement   Chapter 16 General and Final Provisions     Others Aggregation of Shares (Annex 7) Cooperation on Financial Services (Annex 9) Letter from India to Singapore  Letter from Singapore to India Protocol amending the CECA between Singapore and India (new) Side letter for the Special Registration Scheme for Generic Medicinal Products