WORLD TRADE S/C/N/49
28January 1997
ORGANIZATION
(97-0297)
Original: English Council forTrade inServices
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE III:3OFTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES
Thefollowing notification hasbeenreceived fromthedelegation oftheEuropean Communities.
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1. Members notifying:
Federal Republic ofGermany
2. Notification under:
Article III,paragraph 3
3. Date ofentry intoforce:
Amendment tosection 10paragraph 2oftheLawregulating theprofession ofWirtschaftsprüfer
("Auditors") inGermany of5November 1975 which entered intoforce on1January 1995.
Duration:
Unlimited
4. Agencies responsible forimplementation andenforcement ofthemeasures:
Federal Ministry ofEconomics andtheLänder oftheFederal Republic ofGermany
5. Description ofthemeasures:
(i) Modes ofsupply covered bythemeasures:
(3) commercial presence
(4) presence ofnatural persons
(ii) Theeffect onTrade inServices andtheimpact ofthemeasures oncommitments in
theMember 'sschedule:
According totheabovementioned amendment therequirement ofreciprocity forthe
admission totheWirtschaftsprüfer examination offoreigners hasbeenabolished.
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6. Members specifically affected, ifany:
AllWTO Members.
7. Textavailable from:
-WTO Secretariat
-Federal Ministry ofEconomics
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