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Article 8.7: Schedules of Specific Commitments

1. A Party making commitments in accordance with this Article shall
set out in its Schedule in Annex II (Schedules of Specific
Commitments for Services), the specific commitments it
undertakes under Article 8.4 (National Treatment), Article 8.5
(Market Access), and Article 8.9 (Additional Commitments). With
respect to sectors where such commitments are undertaken,
each Schedule in Annex II (Schedules of Specific Commitments
for Services) shall specify:

(a) terms, limitations, and conditions on market access;

(b) conditions and qualifications on national treatment;

(c) undertakings relating to additional commitments; and

(d) where appropriate, the time frame for implementation of
such commitments.

2. Measures inconsistent with both Article 8.4 (National Treatment)
and Article 8.5 (Market Access) shall be inscribed in the column
relating to Article 8.5 (Market Access). In this case, the inscription
shall be considered to provide a condition or qualification to Article
8.4 (National Treatment) as well.

3. Each Party making commitments in accordance with this Article
shall identify in its Schedule in Annex II (Schedules of Specific
Commitments for Services) sectors or subsectors for future
liberalisation with “FL”. In these sectors and subsectors, any
applicable terms, limitations, conditions, and qualifications,
referred to in subparagraphs 1(a) and (b) shall be limited to
existing measures of that Party.

4. If a Party amends a measure referred to in paragraph 3 in a
manner that reduces or eliminates the inconsistency of that
measure with Article 8.4 (National Treatment) or Article 8.5
(Market Access), as it existed immediately before the
amendment, that Party shall not subsequently amend that
measure in a manner that increases the measure’s inconsistency
with Article 8.4 (National Treatment) or Article 8.5 (Market
Access).

5. Notwithstanding paragraph 3, Least Developed Country Parties
which are Member States of ASEAN are not obliged to identify

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