Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP)

Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) (2018)

Treaties with Investment Provisions

In force

08/03/2018

30/12/2018

en

en

Not mapped

Mapped

Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand and Singapore ratified the agreement triggering its entry into force from 30 December 2018.

Entry into force for other members:

- Brunei Darussalam: 12 July 2023

- Chile: 21 February 2023

- Malaysia: 29 November 2022

- Peru: 19 September 2021

- Viet Nam: 14 January 2019

The United Kingdom and CPTPP members signed the Protocol for the Accession of the United Kingdom to CPTPP at the 7th Commission Meeting hosted by New Zealand on16 July 2023. On 15 December 2024, the United Kingdom formally joined CPTPP as a Member.

More information on the status of the agreement for the signatories and the text of all chapters is available at New Zealand’s depository page for the CPTPP.

Amendment protocols

Date of signature Date of entry into force Files
16/07/2023 en

Side instruments

Date of signature Date of entry into force Files
08/03/2018 en
08/03/2018 en
08/03/2018 en
08/03/2018 en
08/03/2018 en
17/02/2023 en
16/07/2023 en
16/07/2023 en
16/07/2023 en
16/07/2023 en
16/07/2023 en

Relationships with other agreements


Mapped facilitation elements


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Electronic publication of investment measures
Single window/dedicated portal
Electronic application/documents for authorizations
No
Electronic payment for authorizations
No
Investors or key personnel entry procedure: online information or application
Yes information
Local supplier databases/development programmes
No
Investment facilitation IIA, chapters or provisions
IIA chapter(s)/section(s)
Chapter or individual provisions
IIA chapter/section
Scope of publication commitment
All measures under IIA
Electronic publication
Single window/dedicated portal
Publication of proposed measures
Yes
Opportunity to comment on proposed measures
Yes with detailed procedure
Inquiry mechanisms
Yes for the other Contracting Party(ies)
Exceptions from publication commitments
Yes other/broader
Subject to ADR/consultations
Yes
Subject to dispute settlement
Yes State-State
Independent competent authority
No
Objective and impartial administration
Yes
Appeal and review
Yes
Chapter or individual provisions
No
Type of commitment
Not applicable
Procedures covered
Not applicable
Avoiding multiple applications
Not applicable
Reasonable processing time and fees
Not applicable
Application processing requirements
Not applicable
Electronic application/documents
Not applicable
Electronic payment
Not applicable
Subject to ADR/consultations
Not applicable
Subject to dispute settlement
Not applicable
Chapter or individual provisions
IIA chapter/section
Type of commitment
Detailed
Measures covered
Self-defined by each Contracting Party
Domestic inter-agency coordination
Yes specifies mechanisms or procedures
Regulatory impact assessment
Yes defines specific considerations
Periodic review of regulatory measures
Yes general
Transparency of the regulatory process
Yes
Regulatory cooperation
Yes
Subject to ADR/consultations
No
Subject to dispute settlement
No
Chapter or individual provisions
IIA chapter/section
Type of commitment
Binding commitment
Persons covered
Express reference to investors/investment activities
Transparency for entry/stay procedures
Yes
Streamlining of entry/stay procedures
Yes includes processing requirements
Online information or application
Yes information
Commitment to grant entry (liberalization)
Yes based on schedule (positive list)
Subject to ADR/consultations
Yes
Subject to dispute settlement
Yes State-State
Promotion/facilitation of sustainable investment: activities
Yes general
Promotion/facilitation of sustainable investment: types of investment
“environmental” / “sustainable” investment
Focal point: information services
No
Focal point: advisory/grievance services
No
Local supplier databases/development programmes
No
Institutional framework (investment-specific committee)
Yes
Implementation or monitoring programme
No
Cooperation between investment agencies (e.g. IPAs)
No
Special and differential treatment
Yes
Technical assistance / capacity building
Yes commitment

10-2024

Geneva Graduate Institute (Switzerland); Monash University (Australia); University of Amsterdam (Kingdom of the Netherlands); UNCTAD

The IIA Facilitation Mapping provides information on the investment facilitation-related content of IIAs. It is a tool to support countries in the negotiation and implementation of their IIA-based investment facilitation commitments ‐ it offers an overview of different policy approaches, each country's commitments, and easy access to treaty language for peer-to-peer learning.


For more information, please read the IIA Facilitation Mapping Description & Methodology


Financial implementation partner: Kingdom of the Netherlands