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\nChapter 2 Trade in Goods  \nChapter 3 Rules of Origin  \nAnnex 3A (Product-Specific Rules)  \nAnnex 3B (Minimum Information Requirements)  \nChapter 4 Customs Procedures and Trade Facilitation  \nAnnex 4A (Period of Time to Implement the Commitments)  \nChapter 5 Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures  \nChapter 6 Standards, Technical Regulations, and Conformity  \nAssessment Procedures  \nChapter 7 Trade Remedies  \nAnnex 7A (Practices Relating to Anti-Dumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings)  \nChapter 8 Trade in Services  \nAnnex 8A (Financial Services)  \nAnnex 8B (Telecommunications Services)  \nAnnex 8C (Professional Services)  \nChapter 9 Temporary Movement of Natural Persons  \nChapter 10 Investment  \nAnnex 10A (Customary International Law) Annex 10B (Expropriation)  \nChapter 11 Intellectual Property  \nAnnex 11A (Party-Specific Transition Periods)  \nAnnex 11B (List of Technical Assistance Requests)  \nChapter 12  \nChapter 13  \nElectronic Commerce  \nCompetition  \nAnnex 13A (Application of Article 13.3 (Appropriate Measures against Anti-Competitive Activities) and Article 13.4 (Cooperation) to Brunei Darussalam)  \nAnnex 13B (Application of Article 13.3 (Appropriate Measures against Anti-Competitive Activities) and Article 13.4 (Cooperation) to Cambodia)  \nAnnex 13C (Application of Article 13.3 (Appropriate Measures against Anti-Competitive Activities) and Article 13.4 (Cooperation) to Lao PDR)  \nAnnex 13D (Application of Article 13.3 (Appropriate Measures against Anti-Competitive Activities) and Article 13.4 (Cooperation) to Myanmar)  \nChapter 14  \nChapter 15  \nChapter 16  \nChapter 17  \nChapter 18  \nChapter 19  \nSmall and Medium Enterprises Economic and Technical Cooperation Government Procurement  \nAnnex 16A (Paper or Electronic Means Utilised by Parties for the Publication of Transparency Information)  \nGeneral Provisions and Exceptions Institutional Provisions  \nAnnex 18A (Functions of the Subsidiary Bodies of the RCEP Joint Committee)  \nDispute Settlement  \nChapter 20  \nAnnex I  \nAnnex II  \nAnnex III  \nAnnex IV  \nFinal Provisions  \nSchedules of Tariff Commitments  \nSchedules of Specific Commitments for Services  \nSchedules of Reservations and Non-Conforming Measures for Services and Investment  \nSchedules of Specific Commitments on Temporary Movement of Natural Persons  \nPREAMBLE  \nThe Parties to this Agreement,  \nRECALLING the Joint Declaration on the Launch of Negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership adopted by the Heads of State or Government of the Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (hereinafter referred to as “ASEAN” in this Agreement) and Australia, China, India, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand at Phnom Penh, Cambodia on 20 November 2012 which endorsed the Guiding Principles and Objectives for Negotiating the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership;  \nDESIRING to broaden and deepen economic integration in the region, strengthen economic growth and equitable economic development, and advance economic cooperation, through this Agreement, which will build upon existing economic linkages among the Parties;  \nASPIRING to strengthen their economic partnership to create new employment opportunities, raise living standards, and improve the general welfare of their peoples;  \nSEEKING to establish clear and mutually advantageous rules to facilitate trade and investment, including participation in regional and global supply chains;  \nBUILDING upon their respective rights and obligations under the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization done at Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, and the existing free trade agreements between the Member States of ASEAN and their free trade partners, namely Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and New Zealand;  \nTAKING ACCOUNT OF the different levels of development among the Parties, the need for 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