Protocol 8 on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures to Implement the ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit.

Protocol 8, signed at Phnom Penh on 27 October 2000 by the Member States of the Association of Southeas Asian Nations adopts Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) to Implement the ASEAN Framework Agreement on the Facilitation of Goods in Transit. The provisions of this Protocol apply to the transit of goods in the territories of the Contracting Parties, particularly where transit among ASEAN Member States is involved. Pursuant to Article 19 of the Agreement, the Contracting Parties agree that legislation and procedures for the transit of goods in their respective territories shall be listed in the Annex to this Protocol. In the enforcement of their SPS measures, the Contracting Parties agree to be guided by relevant standards, guidelines and recommendations developed by international and regional organizations such as the Codex Alimentarius Commission, the International Office of Epizootics, the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and ASEAN. The list of national sanitary and phytosanitary legislation and procedures of Contracting Parties governing the transit of particular goods in their respective territories as established under Article 3(1) is annexed to this Protocol. Each Contracting Party shall notify the ASEAN Secretariat of any change to its national sanitary and phytosanitary laws, regulations and procedures in the Annex for dissemination by the ASEAN Secretariat to all other Contracting Parties.