Background: ASEAN Transport Facilitation Agreements
10 ASEAN Countries collaborate to integrate and harmonize transit transport system within the region and improve the system’s efficiency in order to facilitate seamless movement of people and goods and integrate with the global economy.
The members states have signed 4 important Framework Agreements on Transport Facilitation to promote ASEAN trade with aims to realize an efficient and integrated transport system. As well as to promote the use of information technology in seamless transportation.
ASEAN Transport Facilitation Agreements
ASEAN Transport Facilitation Agreements aim to facilitate the seamless movement of goods and passengers in the region. For simplification and harmonization of international transport procedures and information flows, in order to reduce the time and cost of logistics involved in moving cargo and passengers within a territory.
Signed on 16 Dec 1998
ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit: AFAFGIT
Signed on 17 Nov 2005
ASEAN Framework Agreement on Multimodal Transport: AFAMT
Signed on 10 Dec 2009
ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Inter-State Transport: AFAFIST
Signed on 13 October 2017
ASEAN Framework Agreement on The Facilitation of Cross Border Transport of Passenger by Road Vehicles: CBTP
AFAFGIT
The ASEAN Framework Agreement on Facilitation of Goods in Transit (AFAFGIT) signed in Ha Noi, Vietnam in 1998 by the Transport Minister is a core instrument for the realization of those objectives. It composed of nine Protocols that set out standards to be put into place for the implementation of an international transit system.
Protocol 1:
Designation of Transit Transport Routes and Facilities
Protocol 2:
Designation of Frontier Posts
Protocol 3:
Types and Quantity of Road Vehicles
Protocol 4:
Technical Requirements of Vehicles
Protocol 5:
ASEAN Scheme of Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance
Protocol 6:
Railway Border and Interchange Stations
Protocol 7:
Customs Transit System
Protocol 8:
Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures
Protocol 9:
Dangerous Goods
Protocol 5 ASEAN Scheme of Compulsory Motor Vehicle Insurance of the AFAFGIT Agreement, was signed in 2001 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by the Ministers of Finance of 10 member countries. It requires all ASEAN member countries to establish a National Bureau of Insurance, to perform functions necessary for the operation of the Protocol 5. Including implementing compulsory motor insurance for cross border vehicles, managing issuance of Blue Card and coordinating/facilitating road victims to receive compensation conveniently.
