WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/L/98
26 July 2001
(01-3731)
Council for Trade in Services Original:  English
COMMUNICATION FROM BRAZIL
Certification
The attached communication has been received from the delegation of Brazil with the request
that it be circulated to Members of the Council for Trade in Services.
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As stated by the delegation of Brazil at the regular meeting of the Council for Trade in
Services held on 9 July 2001, the Brazilian government decided to withdraw its schedule of specific
commitments in basic telecommunications submitted in document S/C/W/191 for certification
pursuant to the "Procedures for the Certification of Rectifications or Improvements to Schedules of
Specific Commitments" (S/L/84) in view of the objections notified by the United States (S/L/94),Hong Kong, China (S/L/95), the European Communities and their Member States (S/L/96) and Japan
(S/L/97).
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In accordance with paragraph 4 of the "Procedures for the Certification of Rectifications or
Improvements to Schedules of Specific Commitments" (S/L/84), this certification procedure ceases to
apply as of the date of this communication.
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