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Mainland and Hong Kong Closer Economic Partnership Arrangement (CEPA)
Maritime Transport Services Liberalization Measures under CEPA
| CEPA |
| Sectors or sub-sectors |
11. Transport services |
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A. Maritime transport services
H. Auxiliary services |
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International transport (freight and passengers)
( CPC7211, 7212, less cabotage transport services) |
| Container station and depot services |
| Others |
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Specific commitments |
1. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers1 to set up wholly-owned enterprises in the Mainland to operate international ship management services, storage and warehousing for international maritime freight, container station and depot services, and non-vessel operating common carrying services. |
| 2. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned shipping companies in the Mainland to provide regular business services for vessels that they own or operate, such as shipping undertaking, issuance of bills of lading, settlement of freight rates, signing of service contracts, etc. |
| 3. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to use liner vessels serving main routes to move, without any restrictions, empty containers that they own or rent, as long as customs procedures are observed. |
1 In this sector, the Hong Kong service suppliers must be enterprise juridical persons.
| CEPA Supplement |
| Sectors or sub-sectors |
11. Transport services |
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A. Maritime transport services
H. Auxiliary services |
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International transport (freight and passengers)
( CPC7211, 7212, less cabotage transport services) |
| Container station and depot services |
| Others |
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Specific commitments |
1. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned shipping companies in the Mainland to provide shipping agency services for vessels owned or operated by the Hong Kong service suppliers themselves, including customs declaration and inspection, and use of common commercial bills of lading or multimodal transport documents for conducting multimodal transport services. |
| 2. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned shipping companies in the Mainland to provide regular business services for feeders that they operate between Hong Kong and ports that are opened to foreign vessels in the Mainland, such as shipping undertaking, issuance of bills of lading, settlement of freight rates, signing of service contracts, etc2. |
| 3. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned companies in the Mainland to provide supplies services other than fuel and water to vessels owned or managed by the Hong Kong service suppliers themselves. |
| 4. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned companies in the Mainland to provide port cargo loading and unloading services. |
2 The requirement that '50% or more of the ships owned by it, calculated in terms of tonnage, should be registered in Hong Kong" as set out in Annex 5 of "CEPA" is not applicable to Hong Kong service suppliers which provide feeder transport services.
| CEPA Supplement II |
| Sectors or sub-sectors |
11. Transport services |
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A. Maritime transport services
H. Auxiliary services |
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International transport (freight and passengers transport
and towing services) (CPC7211, 7212, 7214,
less cabotage transport services) |
| Container station and depot services |
| Others |
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Specific commitments |
1. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned companies in the Mainland to provide, for tugs that they operate between Hong Kong and Mainland ports, regular services such as shipping undertaking, issuance of bills of lading, settlement of freight rates and signing of services contracts, etc3. |
| 2. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned companies in the Mainland to provide ship maintenance and repair services. |
| 3. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned companies in the Mainland to provide services of international ocean container leasing, buying and selling as well as trading of container parts. |
| 4. |
To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned companies in the Mainland to provide ship survey services for ships registered in Hong Kong. |
3 The requirement that "50% or more of the ships owned by it, calculated in terms of tonnage, should be registered in Hong Kong" as set out in Annex 5 of "CEPA" is not applicable to Hong Kong service suppliers which provide towing services.
| CEPA Supplement IV |
| Sectors or sub-sectors |
11. Transport services |
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A. Maritime transport services
H. Auxiliary services |
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International transport (freight and passengers)
( CPC7211, 7212, less cabotage transport services) |
| Container station and depot services |
| Others |
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Specific commitments |
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To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up joint venture enterprises in the Mainland to provide third party international shipping agency services, of which the Hong Kong service suppliers' shareholding should not exceed 51%. |
| CEPA Supplement V |
| Sectors or sub-sectors |
11. Transport services |
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A. Maritime transport services
H. Auxiliary services |
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International transport (freight and passengers)
( CPC7211, 7212, less cabotage transport services) |
| Container station and depot services |
| Others |
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Specific commitments |
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To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned enterprises and their branches in Guangdong Province, which is the location chosen for pilot implementation, to provide shipping agency services to vessel operators for routes between Guangdong Province and Hong Kong/Macao. |
| CEPA Supplement VI |
| Sectors or sub-sectors |
11. Transport services |
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A. Maritime transport services
H. Auxiliary services |
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International transport (freight and passengers)
(CPC7211, 7212, excluding cabotage transport services) |
| Container station and depot services |
| Others |
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Specific commitments |
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To allow Hong Kong service suppliers to set up wholly-owned shipping companies in the Mainland to provide regular business services such as shipping undertaking, issuance of bills of lading, settlement of freight rates, signing of service contracts, etc. for the shipping transport between Hong Kong and the Class B ports in Guangdong operated by the Hong Kong service suppliers using chartered Mainland vessels. |
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