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The COE may prepare rules which shall not contradict nor

modify any of the provisions in the MRA, for the purposes of
maintaining high standards of professional conduct and ethical
practice in engineering. The COE will notify the ACPECC

Secretariat promptly in writing when an RFPE has contravened
the MRA or the host country’s laws and regulations.
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3.3. A Comparative Analysis

From the comparison between medical and engineering
services under the ASEAN MRAs, it is obvious that there is no

single model for MRAs and ASEAN is attempting to establish
its own approaches to MRAs. The current approaches reflect

an attempt to strike a delicate balance between establishing
“regional qualifications” and “maintaining authority in
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member states” ; especially when ASEAN has to deal with
highly regulated professionals such as the medical practitioners.
From the foregoing discussion, it is obvious that the different

ASEAN’s policy approaches to MRAs result in a divert
implementation outcome at the country level.

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