WORLD TRADE S/C/N/34
2December 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-5070)
Original: English Council forTrade inServices
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE VBISOFTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES
Thefollowing notification hasbeenreceived from thedelegation ofDenmark.
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Inaccordance withArticle VbisoftheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices, Denmark
hereby notifies theCouncil forTrade inServices thatDenmark isparty totheAgreement concerning
acommon Nordic Labour Market andtheprotocol annexed toit.
1. Members notifying:
Denmark
2. Notification under:
Article VbisoftheGATS
3. Date ofentry intoforce:
Thecurrent Agreement entered intoforce on1August 1983, replacing aprevious Nordic
agreement of22May1954.
Duration:
indefinite
4. Agencies responsible forimplementation andenforcement ofthemeasures:
Ministry ofInterior Affairs
Christiansborg Slotsplads 1
1218 Copenhagen K
Denmark
Telephone: +(45) 33923380
Fax: +(45) 33111239
5. Description ofthemeasures:
TheAgreement concerning acommon Nordic Labour Market isapplied inDenmark inafashion
which iscompatible withtheECTreaty andtheEEA Agreement.
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According totheprovisions oftheAgreement, nationals ofthecontracting countries havea
rightoffreeentry totheemployment market ofanyother contracting country. They areexempted
from requirements concerning residency andwork permits.
Thelabour market regulations ofanycontracting country maynotplace thenationals ofthe
other contracting countries inalessfavourable position thanthatcountry 'sownnationals.
Furthermore, nationals ofonecontracting country whoareemployed inanother contracting
country shallbetreated inthesame wayasthatcountry 'sownnationals withrespect toremuneration
andother conditions ofwork.
6. Members specifically affected, ifany:
Iceland, Finland, Norway, Sweden
7. Thefulltextoftheagreement isavailable from:
WTO Secretariat