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^{ANNEX II}

SINGAPORE’S RESERVATIONS TO CHAPTERS 9 (INVESTMENT) &

_{10 (CROSS-BORDER TRADE IN SERVICES)}

ANNEX II

A Party’s Schedule to this Annex sets out, pursuant to Articles 9.10.2

(Non-Conforming Measures) of Chapter 9 (Investment) and Article 10.7.2

(Non-Conforming Measures) of Chapter 10 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) the reservations taken by that Party for sectors, sub-sectors or activities for which it may maintain existing, or adopt new or more restrictive, measures that do not conform with obligations imposed by:

(a) Article 9.3 (National Treatment) of Chapter 9 (Investment) or Article 10.3 (National Treatment) of Chapter 10 (Cross-Border Trade in Services);

(b) Article 9.4 (Most-Favored-Nation Treatment) of Chapter 9

(Investment) or Article 10.4 (Most-Favored-Nation Treatment) of

Chapter 10 (Cross-Border Trade in Services);

in Services);

(d) Article 10.6 (Local Presence) of Chapter 10 (Cross-Border

Trade in Services);

(e) Article 9.6 (Performance Requirements) of Chapter 9

(Investment); or

(f) Article 9.9 (Senior Management and Boards of Directors) of

Chapter 9 (Investment).

The sectors, sub-sectors or activities to which a reservation applies shall be stated in the Description of Reservation element. In the interpretation

of a reservation, all elements of the reservation shall be considered in their totality.

A National Treatment reservation includes a reservation in respect of National Treatment under Chapters 9 (Investment) and 10 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) unless the context or circumstances require otherwise.
A Most-Favored-Nation Treatment reservation includes a reservation in respect of Most-Favored-Nation Treatment under Chapters 9 (Investment) and 10 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) unless the context or circumstances require otherwise.
The reservations and commitments relating to cross-border trade in services shall be read together with the relevant guidelines, stated in GATT documents MTN.GNS/W/164 dated 3 September 1993 and MTN.GNS/W/164

Add. 1 dated 30 November 1993.

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Each Schedule entry sets out the following elements:

(a) sector refers to the general sector for which the entry is made;

(b) sub-sector, for Singapore, refers to the specific sub-sector for which the entry is made;

the activity covered by the non-conforming measure, according to the provisional CPC codes as used in the Provisional Central Product Classification (Statistical Papers Series M No. 77, Department of International Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office of the United Nations, New York,

1991);

(d) type of reservation specifies the obligation(s) referred to in paragraph 1 that, pursuant to Article 10.7.2 (Non-Conforming Measures) of Chapter 10 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) and Article 9.10.2 (Non-Conforming Measures) of Chapter 9

(Investment), do not apply to the sectors, sub-sectors or activities listed in the entry for which a reservation is taken;

(e) description sets out the scope of the sector, sub-sector or activities to which the reservation applies. For greater certainty, the fact that Singapore has described a measure in the Description element of a Schedule entry does not necessarily mean that, in the absence of such a Schedule entry, the measure would be inconsistent with Singapore’s obligations under Chapters 9 (Investment), 10 (Cross-Border Trade in Services), or 11 (Financial Services); and

(f) existing measures identifies, for transparency purposes, existing measures that apply to the sector, sub-sector or activities covered by the entry. The measures stipulated therein are not exhaustive.

The carve-out for subsidies in Chapter 10 (Cross-Border Trade in Services) includes subsidies or grants provided by a Party to service consumers.

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Sector All

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Market Access (Article 10.5)
National Treatment (Article 10.3)
Most-Favoured Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Local Presence (Article 10.6)

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services:

Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the supply of a service by the presence of natural persons, or other movement of natural persons, including immigration, entry or temporary stay, subject to the provisions of the Annex 10A (Movement of Business Persons) of Chapter 10
(Cross-Border Trade in Services).

Existing -

Measures

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Sector All

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Market Access (Article 10.5)
National Treatment (Article 9.3 and Article 10.3)
Most-Favoured Nation Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.4) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Performance Requirements (Article 9.6)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.9)

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of health services by government-owned or controlled healthcare institutions, such as hospitals and polyclinics, including investments in these institutions, hospitals and polyclinics.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector All

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of social security, public training, public law enforcement, ambulance services, correctional services and fire- fighting services.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Urban and Land Planning and Development

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Market Access (Article 10.5)
National Treatment (Article 10.3)
Most-Favoured Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Local Presence (Article 10.6)

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the type of activities which may be conducted on land or the usage of land, including but not limited to, its land zoning, land use and urban planning policies.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector All

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Market Access (Article 10.5)
National Treatment (Article 9.3)
Most-Favoured Nation Treatment (Article 9.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.6)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.9)

Description of

Reservation

Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting, including but not limited to, the alienation and divestment
of real estate owned by the State.

Existing

Measures

State Lands Act, Cap. 314, 1996 Revised Edition

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Sector All

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting:

the full or partial devolvement to the private sector of services provided in the exercise of governmental authority;
the divestment of its equity interests in, and/or the assets of, an enterprise that is wholly owned by the Singapore government; and
the divestment of its equity interests in, and/or the assets of, an enterprise that is partially owned by the Singapore government.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Administration and operation of national electronic systems

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the administration and operation of any national electronic system which contains proprietary information of the government or information gathered pursuant to regulatory functions and powers. Such measures apply to existing national electronic systems like TradeNet and Marinet and any other national electronic systems that may be established in the future.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Arms and explosives

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the arms and explosives sector. The manufacture, use, sale, storage, transport, importation, exportation and possession of arms and explosives are regulated for protection
of vital security interests.

Existing

Measures

Arms and Explosives Act, Cap. 13, Revised Edition 1985

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Sector Broadcasting Services

Broadcasting services refers to the scheduling of a series of literary and artistic works by a content provider for aural and/or visual reception, and for which the content consumer has no choice over the scheduling of the series.

Sub-Sector -

Industry

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting broadcasting services receivable by Singapore’s domestic audience and to the allocation of spectrum in relation to broadcasting services.

This reservation does not apply to the sole activity of transmitting licensed broadcasting services to a final consumer.

Commitments in production, distribution and public display of sound recordings shall not include all the broadcasting and audiovisual services and materials that are broadcasting-related. Examples of services that are not included are: free-to-air broadcasting, cable and pay television, direct broadcasting by satellite and teletext.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Broadcasting, entertainment and cultural services

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure relating to:

- the creative arts, cultural heritage and other cultural industries, including entertainment services and other cultural services;

“Creative arts” include: the performing arts – including theatre,

dance and music – visual arts and craft, literature, film, television, video, radio, creative on-line, indigenous traditional practice and contemporary cultural expression, and digital interactive media and hybrid arts work which uses new technologies to transcend discrete artform divisions. “Cultural heritage” includes: ethnological, archaeological, historical, literary, artistic, scientific or technological moveable or built heritage, including the collections which are documented, preserved and exhibited by museums, galleries, libraries, archives and other heritage collecting institutions.

- broadcasting services, including measures relating to planning, licensing and spectrum management, and including services offered in Singapore and international services originating from Singapore.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Business Services

Sub-Sector Credit Reporting Services

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of credit reporting services.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Business Services

Sub-Sector Patent Agent Services

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the recognition of educational and professional qualifications for purposes such as admission, registration and qualification for patent agents.

Existing

Measures

Patents Act, Cap. 221, 1995 Revised Edition

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Sector Business Services

Sub-Sector Real Estate Services

(does not apply to real estate consultancy services, real estate agency services, real estate auction services and real estate valuation services)

Industry

Classification

CPC 82 Real Estate Services

(does not apply to real estate consultancy services, real estate agency services, real estate auction services and real estate valuation services)

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting real estate services. This includes, but is not limited to, measures affecting the ownership, sale, purchase, development and management of real estate.

This reservation does not apply to real estate consultancy services, real estate agency services, real estate auction services and real estate valuation services.

Existing

Measures

Residential Property Act, Cap. 274, 1985 Revised Edition
State Lands Act, Cap. 314, 1996 Revised Edition
Housing and Development Act, Cap. 129, 1997 Revised Edition Jurong Town Corporation Act, Cap. 150, 1998 Revised Edition Executive Condominium Housing Scheme Act, Cap. 99A, 1997
Revised Edition

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Sector Business Services

Sub-Sector Scientific and technical consulting services

Industry

Classification

CPC 8675 Related scientific and technical consulting services

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of scientific and technical consulting services.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Business services

Sub-Sector Armed Escort Services and armoured car services

Armed Guard Services

Industry

Classification

CPC 87305 Guard Services

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the provision of armed escort, armoured car and armed guard services.

Existing

Measures

Part IX of the Police Force ct, Cap. 235, 1985 Revised Edition.

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Sector Business services

Sub-Sector Betting and Gambling Services

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of betting and gambling services.

Existing

Measures

Betting Act, Cap. 21, 1985 Revised Edition
Common Gaming Houses Act, Cap. 49, 1985 Revised Edition

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Sector Business - Professional Services (Legal Services) Sub-Sector -

Industry

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of legal services in Singapore.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Community, Personal and Social Services

Sub-Sector Services furnished by co-operative societies

Services furnished by trade unions

Industry

Classification

CPC 952 Services furnished by trade unions

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting services provided by co-operative societies and trade unions.

Existing

Measures

Co-operative Societies Act, Cap. 62, 1985 Revised Edition
Trade Unions Act, Cap. 333, 1985 Revised Edition

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Sector Defence

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure in relation to the retention of a controlling interest by the Singapore Government in Singapore Technologies Engineering (the Company) and/or its successor body, including but not limited to controls over the appointment and termination of members of the Board of Directors, divestment of equity and dissolution of the Company for the purpose of safeguarding the security interest of Singapore.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Distribution, publishing and printing of newspapers

Newspapers means any physical publication containing news, intelligence, reports of occurrences, or any remarks, observations

or comments relating thereto or to any matter of public interest, printed in any language and published for sale or free distribution

at intervals not exceeding one week.

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the publishing or printing of newspapers, including but not limited to, shareholding limits and management control.

The distribution of any newspaper, whether published outside of Singapore or in Singapore, shall be subject to market access and national treatment restrictions if that newspaper is found to have contravened content standards and requirements.

Existing

Measures

Newspaper and Printing Presses Act, Cap 206. 1991 Revised
Edition

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Sector Trade Services

Sub-Sector Distribution Services Commission Agents’ Services Wholesale Trade Services Retailing Services

Franchising

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of any products subject to import prohibition or non-automatic import licensing.

Singapore reserves the right to modify and/or increase the list of products stipulated in the laws, regulations and other measures governing Singapore’s import prohibition or non-automatic import licensing regime.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Educational Services

Sub-Sector Primary Education Services

Secondary Education Services

Industry

Classification

CPC 921 Primary Education Services
CPC 92210 General Secondary Education Services
CPC 92220 Higher Secondary Education Services (only applies to Junior colleges and pre-university centres under the Singapore educational system)

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of primary, general secondary and higher secondary (only applies to junior colleges and pre-university centres under the Singapore educational system) education services for Singapore nationals.

Commitments on market access and national treatment through any mode of supply shall not be construed to apply to the recognition of university degrees for the purposes of admission, registration and qualification for professional practice in Singapore.

Existing

Measures

Education Act, Cap. 87, 1985 Revised Edition
Administrative Guidelines

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Sector Educational Services

Sub-Sector Sports Education Services

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of sports education services at the primary, secondary, post-secondary and higher education levels.

Existing

Measures

Education Act, Cap. 87, 1985 Revised Edition

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Sector Health and Social Services

Sub-Sector Medical Services

Services Provided by Nurses and Midwives

Pharmacy Services

Industry

Classification

CPC 9312 Medical Services
CPC 93191 Services provided by midwives, nurses, physiotherapists and para-medical personnel

Type of

Reservation

Market Access (Article 10.5)
National Treatment (Article 10.3)
Most-Favoured Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Local Presence (Article 10.6)

Description of

Reservation

Existing

Measures

Cross-border Services:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any limit on the number of doctors and pharmacists who can practise in
Singapore.

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any conditions with respect to the registration conditions of doctors, nurses, midwives, and pharmacists who can practise in Singapore.
-

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Sector Health and Social Services

Sub-Sector Services provided by health-related professionals

Industrial -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to adopt or to maintain any measure
in relation to the recognition of educational and professional qualifications for the purposes of admission, registration and qualification of health-related professionals, including but not limited to contact lens practitioners, dentists, doctors, pharmacists, nurses, midwives and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners.

Existing

Measures

Contact Lens Practitioner Act, Cap. 53A, 1996 Revised Edition
Dentists Act, Cap. 76, 2000 Revised Edition
Medical Registration Act, Cap. 174, 1998 Revised Edition
Nurses and Midwives Act, Cap. 209, 2000 Revised Edition Pharmacists Registration Act, Cap. 230, 1985 Revised Edition Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners Act, Cap. 333A, 2001 revised Edition

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Sector Manufacturing and Services incidental to Manufacturing

Sub-Sector -

Industry

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Market Access (Article 10.5)
National Treatment (Article 9.3 and Article 10.3)
Most-Favoured Nation Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.6)

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measures affecting the imposition of duty, restrictions on the manufacture of goods, and/or penalties for offences under the Control of Manufacture Act.

Singapore reserves the right and flexibility to modify and/or increase the list of goods as scheduled in the Control of Manufacture Act. The current list of scheduled goods is:-

(a) beer and stout,
(b) cigars,
(c) drawn steel products,

(d) chewing gum, bubble gum, dental chewing gum or any like substance (not being a medicinal product within the meaning

of the Medicines Act (Cap 176) or a substance in respect of which an order under section 54 of the Act has been made),
(e) cigarettes, and
(f) matches.

Existing

Measures

Control of Manufacture Act, Cap. 57, 2004 Revised Edition

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Sector Recreational, Cultural and Sporting Services

Sub-Sector Archive services for government records

Industry

Classification

CPC 96312 Archive services

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of archive services for government records specified under the National Heritage Board and/or its successor body.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Recreational, Cultural and Sporting Services

Sub-Sector Museum services

Preservation of historical sites, monuments and buildings

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of museum services and the preservation services of historical sites, monuments and buildings.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Nature reserve services (includes national parks, nature reserves and parklands)

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

National Parks Board and/or its successor body is the only agency authorised to control, administer, build and manage national parks, nature reserves and parklands as defined under the National Parks Act.

Existing

Measures

National Parks Act, Cap. 198A, 1997 Revised Edition
Parks and Trees Act, Cap. 216, 1996 Revised Edition

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Sector Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and other environmental

Protection services

Sub-Sector Waste Water Management, including but not limited to collection, disposal and treatment of solid waste and waste water.

Industry

Classification

CPC 9401 Sewerage Services

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting waste water management, including but not limited to the collection, treatment and disposal of waste water.

Existing

Measures

Code of Practice on Sewerage and Sanitary Works
Sewerage and Drainage Act, Cap. 294, 2001 Revised Edition

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Sector Health and Social Services

Sub-Sector Social Services

Industry

Classification

CPC 933 Social Services

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of social services.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Business Services

Post Services

Sub-Sector Mailing List compilation and mailing services

Postal Services & Courier Services

Industry

Classification

CPC 87906 Mailing List compilation and mailing services
Postal Services & Courier Services

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Only Singapore Post Pte. Ltd. is allowed to convey letters and postcards and perform all incident services of receiving, collecting, sending, dispatching, and delivering of letters and postcards.

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of postal and courier services.

Commitments in mailing list compilation and mailing services shall be subject to this reservation.

Existing Measures Postal Services Act, Cap. 237A

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Sector Telecommunications Services

Sub-Sector Telecommunications Services

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Market Access (Article 10.5)
National Treatment (Article 9.3 and Article 10.3)
Most-Favoured Nation Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.4)

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore restricts foreign ownership in telecommunications service suppliers to a cumulative total of 73.99% foreign shareholding, based on 49% direct and 24.99% indirect investment.

Existing Measures -

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Sector Trade services

Sub-Sector Supply of potable water for human consumption

Industry

Classification

CPC 18000 Natural Water

The sectors listed above apply only insofar as they relate to the supply of potable water.

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of potable water.

Existing

Measures

Public Utilities Act, Cap. 261, 1996 Revised Edition
Public Utilities Act 2001, Act 8 of 2001

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Sector Transport Services

Sub-Sector Air transport services

Industry -

Classificatio n

Type of

Reservation

Description

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the investment in, and/or the supply of, air navigation services; air traffic control services; licensing of air traffic controllers; airspace management; air traffic flow information; air traffic and flight information; navigation services; aeronautical information,
aerodrome rescue and fire fighting services; ground operations, terminal operations, flight information management, apron control services, security of aerodromes and commercial activities, and the real estate management of airports and heliports.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Transport Services

Sub-Sector Air transport services

Industry -

Classificatio n

Type of

Reservation

Description

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting, including but not limited to, the building, ownership, operation and management of airports and heliports in Singapore.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Transport Services

Sub-Sector Air Transport Services - Passengers Transportation by Air

Freight Transportation by Air

Industry

Classificatio n

CPC 731 Passenger Transportation by Air
CPC 732 Freight Transportation by Air

Type of

Reservation

Description

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure relating to requirements of Singapore’s bilateral and multilateral air services agreements.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Transport Services

Sub-Sector Land Transport Services – Public Transport Services, including but not limited to Passenger Transportation services by Railway, Urban and Suburban Regular Transportation Services, Taxi Services; Bus and Rail Station Services and Ticketing Services related to public transport services

Public Transport Services are services which are used by and accessible to members of the public for the purposes of transporting themselves within Singapore.

Industry

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of public transport services.

Public transport services are services which are used by and accessible to members of the public for the purposes of transporting themselves within Singapore.

Existing

Measures

Rapid Transit Systems Act, Cap. 263A
Land Transport Authority of Singapore Act, Cap. 158A, 1996
Revised Edition
Public Transport Council Act, Cap. 259B, 2000 Revised Edition

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Sector Transport Services

Sub-Sector Land Transport Services – Rail and Road Freight transportation. Supporting services for rail and road transport services.

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of land transport services as set out above.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Transport services

Sub-Sector Maritime Transport Services

Services Auxiliary to All Modes of Transport

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of storage and warehousing, freight forwarding, inland trucking, container station and depot services.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Transport Services

Sub-Sector Maritime Transport Services – Towing and tug assistance; provisioning, fuelling and watering; garbage collection and ballast waste disposal; port captain’s services; navigation aids; emergency repair facilities; anchorage; and other shore-based operational services essential to ship operations, including communications, water and electrical supplies.

Industry -

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of towing and tug assistance; provisioning, fuelling and watering; garbage collection and ballast waste disposal; port captain’s services; navigation aids; emergency repair facilities; anchorage; and other shore-based operational services essential to ship operations, including communications, water and electrical supplies.

Existing -

Measures

II - SG - 43

Sector Transport services

Sub-Sector Internal Waterways Transport Services

Industry

Classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of internal waterways transportation services.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector Trade Services

Sub-Sector Wholesale trade services and retail trade services of alcoholic beverages and tobacco

Industry -

classification

Type of

Reservation

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the supply of wholesale and retail trade services of tobacco products and alcoholic beverages.

Existing -

Measures

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Sector All

Sub-Sector -

Industry -

classification

Type of

Reservation

Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.4)

Description of

Reservation

Cross-border Services and Investment:

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measures that accords differential treatment to countries under any bilateral or multilateral international agreement in force or signed prior to
the date of entry into force of this Agreement.

Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measures that accords differential treatment to countries under any international agreement in force or signed after the date of entry into force of this Agreement involving:

(a) Air Services
(b) Environmental matters

(c) Maritime and services auxiliary to maritime, and Port matters
(d) Land Transport matters
(e) Telecommunications and Information Technology matters
(f) Postal and Courier matters
(g) Professional Services (Legal Service)

Existing -

Measures

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