RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
12 June 1998
(98-2397)
Working Party on the Accession
of the Kyrgyz RepublicOriginal:  English
DRAFT REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY
ON THE ACCESSION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Schedule CXLII - Kyrgyz Republic
Part II - Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services
As indicated in paragraph 169 of the Draft Report of the Working Party on the Accession of
the Kyrgyz Republic, the Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Services resulting from the
negotiations between the Kyrgyz Republic and WTO Members is annexed to the Protocol of
Accession of the Kyrgyz Republic and is reproduced hereunder.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS
Commitments include all sectors (4) Unbound except for measures
concerning temporary entry and stay of
nationals of another member who fall
into the categories below:
Services salespersons - persons not
based in the territory of the Kyrgyz
Republic and receiving no remuneration
from a source located within the Kyrgyz
Republic, who are engaged in activities
related to representing a servicessupplier for the purpose of negotiating
for the sale of the services of that
supplier where:
(a) such sales are not directly
made to the general public;and
(b) the salesperson is not engaged
in supplying the service.
Entry for persons named in
this section is limited to aninety-day period.(4) Unbound except for the measures
affecting the presence of natural
persons in the territory of Kyrgyz
Republic (KR) - for CIS citizens
no entry visa is required.  Citizensfrom other countries are required
to obtain entry visas (except
countries with which the Kyrgyz
Republic has agreements on
entrance without visas).
Intra-corporate transferees - managers,
executives and specialists, as definedbelow, who are employees of firms thatprovide services within the Kyrgyz
Republic through a branch, subsidiary,
or affiliate established in the Kyrgyz
Republic and who have been in the prior
employ of their firm outside the KyrgyzRepublic for the period of not less than
one year immediately preceding the date
of their application for admission and
who are one of the following:WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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(a) Managers - persons within an organization
who primarily direct the organization, or a
department or sub-division of the
organization, supervise and control the
work of other supervisory,  professional or
managerial employees, have the authority tohire and fire or recommend hiring, firing, or
other personnel actions (such as promotion
or leave authorization), and exercise
discretionary authority over day-to-day
operations. Does not include first-linesupervisors, unless the employees
supervised are professionals, nor does it
include employees who primarily perform
tasks necessary for the provision of the
service.
(b) Executives - persons within the organization
who primarily direct the management of theorganization, establish the goals and
policies of the organization, exercise wide
latitude in decision-making, and receive
only general supervision or direction from
higher-level executives, the board ofdirectors, or stockholders of the business.
Executives would not directly perform tasks
related to the actual provision of a service
or services of the organization.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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(c)Specialists - persons within an
organization who possess knowledge at an
advanced level of continued expertise and who
possess proprietary knowledge of the
organization’s services, research, techniques, or
management. (Specialists may include, but arenot limited to, members of licensed professions.)
Persons responsible for the setting up of a
commercial presence.
Persons as employees of an enterprise
engaged in substantive business in the Kyrgyz
Republic without having commercial presence
in the Kyrgyz Republic who provide a serviceas a professional of a service sector.
Entry for persons named in this section islimited to a three-year period that may be
extended for up to two additional years for a
total term not to exceed five years.
II. COMMITMENTS IN SPECIFIC SECTORS
1. BUSINESS SERVICES
A. Professional Services(a) Legal services (CPC 861)
(i) Legal services:  home
country law and publicinternational law
(excluding Kyrgyz Law)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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(ii) Legal services: practice as or
though a qualified Kyrgyzlawyer (1) None
(2) None(3) Advocate services may be provided only by
KR citizens. Only an advocate has the rightto provide legal services in connection with
criminal matters
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(b) Accounting, auditing and
bookkeeping services(CPC 862)
(c) Taxation services (CPC 863)(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(d) Architectural services
(CPC 8671)
(e) Engineering services
(CPC 8672)
(g) Urban planning and landscape
architectural services
(CPC 8674)(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(h) Medical and dental services
(CPC 9312)
(i) Veterinary services (CPC 932)(j) Services provided by
midwives, nurses,
physiotherapists and
para-medical personnel(CPC 93191)(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(k) Services in the sphere of
industrial property(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound(4) Only a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic, who
is permanently residing in the Kyrgyz
Republic, has the right to provide services(in the sphere of industrial property) as apatent agent(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound(4) Only a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic,
who is permanently residing in the
Kyrgyz Republic, has the right toprovide services (in the sphere ofindustrial property) as a patent agentWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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B. Computer and Related
Services
(CPC 841-845, 849)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
C. Research and Development
Services  (CPC 851-853)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
D.  Real Estate Services
(a) Involving own or leased
property (CPC 821)
(b) On a fee or contract basis
(CPC 822)(1) None
(2) None
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
E. Rental/Leasing Services
Without Operators and
With Operators
(CPC 83101-83109, 832)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
F.  Other Business Services
(a) Advertising services
(CPC 871)
(c) Management consulting
services (CPC 865, 866)
(e) Technical testing and
analysis services
(CPC 8676)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(f) Services incidental to
agriculture, hunting and
forestry (CPC 881)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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(g) Services incidental to
fishing (CPC 882)(1) None
(2) None
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(h) Services incidental to
mining (CPC 883, 5115)
(i) Services incidental to
manufacturing (CPC 884,
885, except for 88442)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(j) Services incidental to
energy distribution
(CPC 887)(1) Unbound
(2) Unbound
(3) None, except for services on distribution
of electric energy
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) Unbound
(2) Unbound
(3) None, except for services on
distribution of electric energy
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(m) Scientific and technical
consulting services(CPC 8675)
(n) Maintenance and repair of
equipment (not including
maritime vessels, aircraft or
other transport equipment)(CPC 633, 8861-8866)
(r) Printing, publishing
(CPC 88442)
(s) Convention services
(CPC 87909*)
(t) Market research and public
opinion monitoring services(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
2. COMMUNICATION SERVICES
A. Postal Services
(CPC 7511)(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) Unbound
(2) NONE
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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B. Courier Services
(CPC 7512)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
C. Telecommunication
Services: Basic and
Enhanced
Telecommunication
Services1The Kyrgyz Republic
undertakes additional
commitments as contained
in the attachment, all parts
of which are equally
binding.
(a) Voice telephone services
(CPC 7521)
(d) Telex services
(CPC 7523**)(1) None, except for international and long
distance communications, where none
as from 1 January 2003
(2) None(1) None
(2) None
(e) Telegraph services
(CPC 7522)
(g) Private leased circuit
services:
(CPC 7522**, 7523**)
Mobile services;Analogue/digital cellular
services;
PCS (personal
communications services);
Paging services;Mobile data services.(3) None, except for international and long
distance communication, where none as
from 1 January 2003.
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(b) Packet-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523**)
(c) Circuit-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
                                                     
1 Commitments undertaken in this section are in accordance with the Notes by the Chairman S/GBT/W/2/Rev.1 and S/GBT/W/3.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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(f) Facsimile services
(CPC 7521**, 7529**)
(h) Electronic mail
(CPC 7523**)
(i) Voice mail
(CPC 7523**)
(j) On-line information and
data base retrieval
(CPC 7523**)
(k) Electronic data interchange
(EDI) (CPC 7523**)
(l) Enhanced/value-added
facsimile services, incl.
store and forward, store and
retrieve (CPC 7523**)
(m) Code and protocol
conversion
(n) On-line information and/or
data (CPC 843**)
(o) Other
D. Audiovisual Services(a) Motion picture and video
tape production and
distribution services
(CPC 9611)
(b) Motion picture projection
service (CPC 9612)
(c) Radio and television
services (CPC 9613)
(d) Radio and television
transmission services
(CPC 7524)
(e) Sound recording(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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3. CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES
(CPC 511-518) (1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
4. DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
A. Commission Agents’
Services (CPC 621)
B. Wholesale Trade
(except wholesale trade of
alcoholic beverages,
tobacco, firearms,pharmaceuticals)
(CPC 622)
C. Retailing Services
(except for alcoholic
beverages and tobacco)(CPC 631, 632, 6111, 6113,
6121)
D. Franchising (CPC 8929)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
5. EDUCATION SERVICES
A. Primary Education Services
(CPC 921)(1) None, except for on primary education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None, except for on primary education
services funded from State sources
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None, except for on primary
education services funded from
State sources
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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B. Secondary Education
Services  (CPC 922)(1) None, except for on secondary education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None, except for on secondary education
services funded from State sources
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None, except for on secondary
education services funded from State
sources
(2) None
(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
C. Higher education services
(CPC 923)(1) None, except for on higher education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None, except for on higher education
services funded from State sources
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None, except for on higher education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
D. Adult Education
(CPC 924)(1) None, except for on adult education
services funded from State sources
(2) None(3) None, except for on adult education
services funded from State sources
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None, except for on adult education
services funded from State sources
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
6. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
A. Sewage Services (CPC 9401)
B. Refuse Disposal Services
(CPC 9402)
C. Sanitation and Similar
Services (CPC 9403)
D. Other(1) None
(2) None
(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
7. FINANCIAL SERVICES
A. All Insurance and Insurance
Related Services
(CPC 812**)(1) Unbound, except for insurance of cargo
transportation, brokerage and reinsurance
(2) None(1) None
(2) NoneWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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(a) Life, accident and health
insurance services
(CPC 8121)
(b) Non-life insurance services
(CPC 8129)
(c) Reinsurance and retrocession
(CPC 81299*)
(d) Services auxiliary to
insurance (including brokingand agency services)
(CPC 8140)(3) None, except for foreign ownership in
Kyrgyz legal entities providing insurance
services must not exceed 49%.  This
restriction will be eliminated by1 January 2002.
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
B. Banking and Other Financial
Services (excluding
insurance)
(a) Acceptance of deposits and
other repayable funds from
the public
(CPC 81115-81119)(1) None
(2) None(1) None
(2) None
(b) Lending of all types, incl.,
inter alia , consumer credit,
mortgage credit, factoring
and financing of commercial
transaction (CPC 8113)
(c) Financial leasing
(CPC 8112)(3) None (3) None, except for:
The minimum capital requirement
for  banks with less than 20%
foreign participation is half that
required for banks with more than
20%  foreign participation.  Thisdistinction will be eliminated by
31 December 2002
(d) All payment and money
transmission services
(CPC 81339**)(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(e) Guarantees and
commitments
(CPC 81199**)
(f) Trading for own account or
for account of customers,whether on an exchange, in
an over-the-counter market
or otherwise, the following:WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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- money market instruments
(cheques, bills, certificate ofdeposits, etc.) (CPC 81339**)
- foreign exchange (CPC 81333)- derivative products incl., but not
limited to, futures and options (CPC81339**)
- exchange rate and interest rate
instruments, incl. products such asswaps, forward rate agreements, etc.
(CPC 81339**)
- transferable securities
(CPC 81321*)
- other negotiable instruments and
financial assets, incl. bullion (CPC81339**)
(g) Participation in issues of all
kinds of securities, incl.under-writing and placement asagent (whether publicly orprivately) and provision ofservice related to such issues(CPC 8132)
Money broking (CPC 81339**)
i) Asset management, such as cash
or portfolio management, allforms of collective investmentmanagement, pension fundmanagement, custodialdepositary and trust services(CPC 8119**, 81323*)
(j) Settlement and clearing services
for financial assets, incl.securities, derivative products,and other negotiable instruments
(CPC 81339** or 81319**)WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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(k) Advisory and other
auxiliary financial services
on all the activities listed in
Article 1B of
MTN.TNC/W/50, incl.
credit reference andanalysis, investment and
portfolio research and
advice, advice on
acquisitions and on
corporate restructuring andstrategy (CPC 8131 or
8133)
(l) Provision and transfer of
financial information, and
financial data processing
and related software  by
providers of other financialservices (CPC 8131)
8. HEALTH RELATED AND SOCIAL SERVICES
(other than those listed underIA(h-j.) (CPC 9311, 9319 other
than 93191, 933)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
9. TOURISM AND TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES
A. Hotels and Restaurants
(incl. catering)
(CPC 641-643)
B. Travel Agencies and Tour
Operators' Services
(CPC 7471)
C. Tourist Guides Services
(CPC 7472)
D. Other(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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10. RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING SERVICES
(Other than audiovisual services)
(CPC 9619, 962-964)(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES
A. Maritime Transport Services
(CPC 7211-7214, 745**,8868**)(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
C. Air Transport Services (except
maintenance and repair ofaircraft)(CPC 731, 732, 734, 746)(1) Foreign air transport companies are not
permitted to provide domestic airtransportation services
(2) Unbound(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) Unbound
(2) Unbound(3) Unbound(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(d) Maintenance and repair of
aircraft (CPC 8868**)(1) None
(2) None(3) None except foreign ownership interest in
Kyrgyz legal entities providing suchservices can not exceed 49%.  This
restriction will be removed before 2005
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
E. Rail Transport Services
(CPC 7111-7113, 8868**,743)(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
F. Road Transport Services
(CPC 7121-7124, 6112, 8867,744)(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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G. Pipeline Transport
(CPC 7131, 7139)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
H. Services Auxiliary to all
Modes of Transport
(CPC 741, 742, 748)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(d) Services on transport
tickets reservation  by
means of computers (CPC
749)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
The (*) indicates that the service specified is a component of a more aggregated CPC item specified elsewhere in this classific ation list.
The (**) indicates that the service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC conco rdance (e.g. voice mail is only a
component of CPC item 7523).WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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ANNEX 1
REFERENCE PAPER
Scope
The following are principals on the regulatory framework for basic telecommunications
services.
Definitions
"Users" means service consumers and service suppliers.
"Essential facilities" means facilities of a public telecommunications transport network or service that:
- are exclusively or predominantly provided by a single or limited number of suppliers;
and
- cannot feasibly be economically or technically substituted in order to provide a
service.
A "major supplier" is a supplier which has the ability to materially affect the terms of participation
(having regard to price and supply) in the relevant market for basic telecommunications services as a
result of:
- control over essential facilities; or
- use of its position in the market.
1. Competitive safeguards
1.1 Prevention of anti-competitive practices in telecommunications
Appropriate measures shall be maintained for the purpose of preventing suppliers who, alone
or together, are a major supplier from engaging in or continuing anti-competitive practices.
1.2 Safeguards
The anti-competitive practices referred to above shall include in particular:
- engaging in anti-competitive cross-subsidization;
- using information obtained from competitors with anti-competitive results; and
- not making available to other services suppliers on a timely basis technical
information about essential facilities and commercially relevant information which
are necessary for them to provide services.
2. Interconnection
2.1 This section applies to linking with suppliers providing public telecommunications transport
networks or services in order to allow the users of one supplier to communicate with users of another
supplier and to access services provided by another supplier, where specific commitments are
undertaken.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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2.2 Interconnection to be ensured
Interconnection with a major supplier will be ensured at any technically feasible point in the
network.  Such interconnection is provided:
- under non-discriminatory terms, conditions (including technical standards and
specifications) and rates and of a quality no less favourable than that provided for itsown like services or for like services of non-affiliated service suppliers or for its
subsidiaries or other affiliates;
- in a timely fashion, on terms, conditions (including technical standards and
specifications) and cost-oriented rates that are transparent, reasonable, having regard
to economic feasibility, and sufficiently unbundled so that the supplier need not pay
for network components or facilities that it does not require for the service to be
provided; and
- upon request, at points in addition to the network termination points offered to the
majority of users, subject to charges that reflect the cost of construction of necessaryadditional facilities.
2.3 Public availability of the procedures for interconnection for interconnection negotiations
The procedures applicable for interconnection to a major supplier will be made publicly
available.
2.4 Transparency of interconnection arrangements
It is ensured that a major supplier will make publicly available either its interconnection
agreements or a reference interconnection offer.
2.5 Interconnection:  dispute settlement
A service supplier requesting interconnection with a major supplier will have recourse, either:- at any time or- after a reasonable period of time which has been made publicly known.To an independent domestic body, which may be a regulatory body as referred to in
paragraph 5 below, to resolve disputes regarding appropriate terms, conditions and rates for
interconnection within a reasonable period of time, to the extent that these have not been established
previously.
3. Universal service
Kyrgyz Republic has the right to define the kind of universal service obligation it wishes to
maintain.  Such obligations will not be regarded as anti-competitive per se , provided they are
administered in a transparent, non-discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and are not moreburdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service defined by the Kyrgyz Republic.
4. Public availability of licensing criteria
Where a licence is required, the following will be made publicly available:WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/11
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- all the licensing criteria and the period of time normally required to reach a decision
concerning an application for a licence;  and
- the terms and conditions of individual licences.
The reasons for the denial of a licence will be made known to the applicant upon request.
5. Independent regulators
The regulatory body is separate from, and not accountable to, any supplier of basic
telecommunications services.  The decisions of and the procedure used by regulators shall be
impartial with respect to all market participants.
6. Allocation and use of scarce resources
Any procedures for the allocation and use of scarce resources, including frequencies, numbers
and rights of way, will be carried out in an objective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory
manner.  The current state of allocated frequency bands will be made publicly available, but detailed
identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses in not required.
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