List of Instruments

No.	Name of Instrument	Signature	Ratification/Acceptance/ Notification	Status
ASEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
20.29.	Protocol to Implement the Ninth Package of Commitments on Financial Services under the ASEAN Framework Agreement on Services	Jakarta, Indonesia 09 April 2026	This Protocol and its Annexes shall enter into force one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date of its signing. Subsequent commitments made in accordance with paragraph 5 shall enter into force one hundred and eighty (180) days after the date such commitments are notified in writing to the ASEAN Finance Ministers’ Meeting (AFMM) by the Secretary-General of ASEAN in coordination with the participating Member States. Each Member State undertakes to complete its internal procedures of ratification or acceptance for the entry into force of this Protocol and its Annexes. Each Member State shall, upon the completion of its internal procedures of ratification or acceptance for the entry into force of this Protocol and its Annexes, deposit its Instrument of Ratification or Acceptance with the Secretary-General of ASEAN, who shall notify other Member States of such deposit.	Not In Force (NIF)
37.5.	Second Protocol to Amend the ASEAN Trade in Goods Agreement	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 01 December 2025	This Protocol shall enter into force 18 months after the date of its signature. A Member State shall, within 18 months after the date of signature of this Protocol, notify in writing or, where necessary, deposit its instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval with the Secretary-General of ASEAN upon completion of its internal procedures. In exceptional circumstances, where a Member State is unable to notify in writing the completion of its internal procedures or, where necessary, deposit its instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval within 18 months after the date of signing of this Protocol in accordance with paragraph 2, the rights and obligations of that Member State under this Protocol shall commence on the date specified in the Member State's notification in writing of the completion of its internal procedures or deposit of its instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval (as the case may be) to the Secretary-General of ASEAN, which shall be no later than 45 days from the date of receipt of such notification or deposit of instrument of ratification, acceptance, or approval.	Not In Force (NIF)
16.	ASEAN Framework Agreement on Petroleum Security	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 16 October 2025	This Agreement shall enter into force on the 90th day after the date of deposit of the 10th instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance with the Secretary-General of ASEAN.	Not In Force (NIF)
31.5.	Protocol 5 on Own Stopover Rights between Points within the Territory of Any Other ASEAN Member State	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 21 February 2025	This Protocol shall enter into force on the date of the deposit of the third Instrument of Ratification or Acceptance with the Secretary-General of ASEAN and shall become effective only among the Contracting Parties that have ratified or accepted it.	In Force (IF) 29 October 2025
17.	ASEAN Framework Agreement on Mutual Recognition Arrangements	Vientiane, Lao PDR 13 February 2025	The Framework Agreement shall enter into force upon the deposit of the Instrument of Ratification, Approval, or Acceptance by the Member States with the Secretary-General of ASEAN.	Not In Force (NIF)