RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/SPEC/UKR/2/Rev.1
9April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1478)
Original: English
ACCESSION OFUKRAINE
Communication from Ukraine
Revision
TheMinistry forForeign Economic Relations andTrade ofUkraine hassubmitted thefollowing
changes tothedraft schedule ofspecific commitments intheservices sector (Page 7,Section 2
Communication Services, Telecommunication Services).
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Page2UKRAINE -SCHEDULE OFCOMMITMENTS FOR SERVICES
Modes ofsupply: 1)Cross-border supply; 2)Consumption abroad; 3)Commercial presence; 4)Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSubsector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
3.Telecommunication Services
Indischarge ofcommitments setforth bythisproposal, thefollowing general conditions should beobserved:
I.Therighttorender anytelecommunication service isgiven byalicense, which isissued ontheprinciples oftransparency, objectivity and
non-discrimination.
II.Thelicense confirming therighttorender anytelecommunication service isissued incompliance withthelawofUkraine inforce, tothose
enterprises, where theshare offoreign investment inthestatutory funddoesnotexceed 49percent.
III.Equipment connected tocommon usenetworks, orhaving access tothese networks, must becertified incompliance withthelawofUkraine in
force.
IV.Thelicense confirming therighttorender anytelecommunication service, which requires frequency resources, isissued upon availability offree
frequency bands, aswellaselectromagnetic compatibility ofequipment used.
(a)Voice telephony
services 75211)Only through anetwork ofstateoperators
2)Unbound
3)Unbound
4)Unbound1)Unbound
2)Unbound
3)Unbound
4)Unbound except asindicated in
thehorizontal section
(g)Private leased circuit
services1)Bypass ofthepublic network notallowed
2)None
3)Operators in100-per centstateownership
4)Unbound1)None
2)None
3)Unbound
4)Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section