WORLD TRADE S/C/4
14July1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2942)
Council forTrade inServices
NOTIFICATIONS UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES
Note bytheSecretariat
Allnotifications received under theGATS asof10July1997 arelisted below. With two
exceptions, notifications havetobemade totheCouncil forTrade inServices: under Article XII.4,
restrictions tosafeguard thebalance ofpayments havetobenotified totheGeneral Council; the
notification oftreatment ofpermanent residents asnationals forGATS purposes under Article XXVIII
hastobenotified totheWTO Secretariat. Notifications under these twoprovisions havehowever
beenincluded inthislistforthesakeofcompleteness.
1. Notifications received todate
Article III:3 1996 Canada, Norway, Peru, Poland, Slovenia,
(Transparency -Modification of Peru, Switzerland, UAE, Czech Rep.,
existing regulations) Liechtenstein
1997 Germany, Uruguay, Poland, Japan, Norway
Article III:4(Enquiry points) 1995 Hong Kong
1996 NewZealand, South Africa, Brazil, Slovenia,
Mexico, Dominican Republic, Morocco,
Japan,Norway,Hungary,Iceland,
Switzerland, Colombia, France, Australia,
Chile, Pakistan, SriLanka, Uganda, Peru,
Turkey, Ecuador, ElSalvador, Singapore,
Liechtenstein, Honduras, United States,
Thailand, Israel, European Union andits
Member States, Czech Republic, Venezuela
1997 Korea, Slovak Republic, Madagascar, Canada,
Philippines,BruneiDarussalam,Poland,Cuba,
Kenya, Uruguay, EgyptS/C/4
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Article IV.2 (Contact points) 1995 Hong Kong
1996 New Zealand, South Africa, Brazil, Slovenia,
Mexico, Japan, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland,
Colombia, France, Australia, Chile, SriLanka,
Uganda, Peru, Turkey, Ecuador, ElSalvador,
Singapore, Liechtenstein, United States,
Thailand, Israel, European Union and its
Member States, Czech Republic, Venezuela
1997 Korea, Slovak Republic, Canada, Brunei
Darussalam, Poland, Cuba, Kenya, Uruguay
Article V:7 1995 EU(15)1,NAFTA (Canada, Mexico, US),
(Economic integration agreements) EU(12),ANZCERTA (Australia,
New Zealand)
1996 EU-Slovakia, EU-Hungary, EU-Poland, EU-
Czech Rep., EU-Romania, EEA (EU, Iceland,
Norway, Liechtenstein)
1997 EU-Bulgaria
Article Vbis 1996 Denmark, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Finland
(Labour markets integration agreements)
Article VII:4 1995 Chile
(Recognition agreements)
1996 Argentina, Norway, Macau, ElSalvador,
Brazil,Colombia,Cuba,Singapore,
Switzerland
1997 EU,Venezuela, USA
Article VIII:4 none
(Monopoly rights)
Article VIII:5 none
(Exclusive service suppliers)
Article X:2 none
(Emergency safeguard measures)
Article XII:4 none
(Restrictions tosafeguard thebalance ofpayments)
1Theenlargement oftheEUfrom 12to15Members hasbeen notified ingeneral terms. Adraft
consolidated schedule ofspecific commitments andadraft MFN exemption listwere submitted forreview in
1997.S/C/4
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Article XIVbis:2 none
(Security exceptions)
Article XXI:1 none
(Modification ofschedules)
Article XXVIII:k 1995 Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Switzerland
(Treatment ofpermanent residents)
Annex onArticle II(MFN) Exemptions none
(Termination ofMFN exemptions)
Annex onTelecommunications none
(Modification ofrules affecting theuseofpublic telecom transport networks andservices)
2. Notifications tobeexpected soon
Thefollowing notifications have been received, buthave notyetbeen issued pending thereceipt
ofcertain additional information. They willbeissued inthenear future.
Mali: Recognition agreement forlawyers andaccountants (Art. VII.4)
EU: Liberalisation ofsecurities transactions (Art. III.3)
Uganda: Sectoral enquiry points (Art. III.4)