The ASEAN Protocol on Enhancing Dispute Settlement Mechanism (hereinafter referred to as EDSM) was signed by ASEAN countries on November 29, 2004 and took effect from the date of signing. The EDSM consists of 21 Articles and 2 Annexes
ASEAN recognises the need to link SMEs, vertically and horizontally, with enterprises, traders, suppliers, manufacturers and consumers within ASEAN member states (AMS) and trade partners so that, by enhancing their market access and paving the way for their internationalisation, SMEs are able to take advantage of the trade and investment opportunities and benefits from regional economic integration.
On 15 December 1995 in Bangkok, Thailand, the governments of Brunei Darussalam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam, signed the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Intellectual Property Cooperation.
Vietnam signed the agreement for the avoidance of double taxation with almost ASEAN members (exept Campuchia)
Implementing agency: ASEAN Centre for Energy Time: 2015
ASEAN Protocol on Enhanced Dispute Settlement Mechanism The Governments of Brunei Darussalam, the Kingdom of Cambodia, the Republic of Indonesia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Malaysia, the Union of Myanmar, the Republic of the Philippines, the Republic of Singapore, the Kingdom of Thailand and the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam, Member States of the Association of South East Asian Nations (hereinafter collectively referred to as “ASEAN” or “Member States” or singularly as “Member State”);
