INGENIEUR
Until 2015 the professional acts have not been fully amended to reflect Malaysia’s commitments and SDP
firms have not been offered in any agreements.
Table 3 – Committed Foreign Equity
Code 86729: Other engineering services.
Engineering services not elsewhere classified.
The WTO definition of “engineering services”
is embedded in the definition of “professional
engineering services” under the REA. This
definition is similar to other engineering Acts of
other countries.
At the sub-regional level, Malaysia is
committed to the ASEAN Framework Agreement
on Services (AFAS) in terms of opening-up access
in various sectors of the service industry following
a specific timeline. Malaysia subscribes to the
principle of progressive liberalisation with a
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timeline of commitments whilst at the same time
has also autonomously liberalised certain sectors
where necessary. This is in-line with its overall
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