WORLD TRADE S/L/28
30July1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3159)
Council forTrade inServices
DECISION ONACCEPTANCE OFTHE SECOND AND
THIRD PROTOCOLS TOTHE GATS
Adopted bytheCouncil forTrade inServices on30July1996
TheCouncil forTrade inServices ,
HavingregardtotheSecondandThirdProtocolstotheGeneralAgreementonTradeinServices,
Having regard totheDecision Adopting theSecond Protocol totheGeneral Agreement on
Trade inServices adopted bytheCommittee onTrade inFinancial Services on21July1995(S/L/13)
andtheJointCommunication fromtheMembers which haveaccepted theSecond Protocol (S/L/25),
Having regard totheDecision onMovement ofNatural Persons adopted bytheCouncil for
Trade inServices on21July1995 (S/L/10) andthestatements made atthemeeting oftheCouncil
on30July1996 inrelation totheacceptance oftheThird Protocol,
Decides asfollows:
1. TheSecond andThird Protocols totheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices shallbeopen
foracceptance until30November 1996.
2. ForMembers whoaccept theProtocols after30June1996, theProtocols shallenterintoforce
onthethirtieth dayfollowing eachacceptance.