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pursuant to paragraph 3 and shall commence within 30 days ANNEX 4A
following the date of the receipt of the request, unless the relevant
Parties determine otherwise. PERIOD OF TIME TO IMPLEMENT THE COMMITMENTS

2. In the event that such consultations fail to resolve the matter, the
requesting Party may refer the matter to the Committee on For the purposes of this Annex, the number of years, such as “five
Goods. years”, means that the full implementation of the respective provisions
of Articles shall commence within the stated number of years from the
3. Each Party shall, within 30 days of the date of entry into force of entry into force of this Agreement; and the definitive date, such as “28
this Agreement for that Party, designate one or more contact February 2022”, means the end of the time period during which the full
points for the purposes of this Chapter and notify the other Parties implementation of specified commitments shall commence.
of the contact details and other relevant information, if any. Each
Party shall promptly notify the other Parties of any change to Note: Where an Article is listed below without a specific paragraph
those contact details. reference, all the provisions of that Article shall be subject to the
implementation period specified.

Article 4.21: Implementation Arrangement
Brunei Darussalam
Recognising the different levels of readiness of Parties in implementing
some of the commitments under this Chapter, Parties shall be given a Article 4.13 Trade Facilitation Measures for 28 February
period of time as identified in Annex 4A (Period of Time to Implement the Authorised Operators 2022
Commitments) during which the full implementation of specified
commitments shall commence. Article 4.18 Review and Appeal 31 March 2023

Cambodia

Article 4.9 Pre-arrival Processing 5 years

Article 4.11 Release of Goods

2. Time period for the release of 5 years
goods (to the extent possible
within 48 hours of arrival of
goods and lodgement of
necessary information)

6. Release of perishable goods (to 5 years
the extent possible in less than
six hours)

8. Storage facilities and 5 years
procedures for perishable
goods

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