AJCEP - Thailand entry into force on June 1, 2009

According to press release on May 18, 2009 on Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan, on April 30 (Thu) , 2009, Thailand made the notification on the completion of its legal procedures necessary for the entry into force of the Agreement on Comprehensive Economic Partnership among Japan and Member States of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (AJCEP - Japan-ASEAN Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement).

With this notification, the Agreement will enter into force on June 1 (Mon), 2009 in relation to Thailand.

This Agreement has already entered into force among Japan, Singapore, Laos, Viet Nam, Myanmar, Brunei and Malaysia.

(Source: MOFA web site http://www.mofa.go.jp/announce/announce/2009/5/1191758_1134.html )