RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/KGZ/26/Add.2
31 July 1998
(98-3037)
Working Party on the Accession
of the Kyrgyz RepublicOriginal:  English
REPORT OF THE WORKING PARTY ON THE
ACCESSION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Addendum
Schedule CXLII - Kyrgyz Republic
Part II - Schedule of Specific Commitments on Service
As indicated in paragraph 173 of the Report of the Working Party on the Accession of the
Kyrgyz Republic (WT/ACC/KGZ/26), the Schedule of Concessions and Commitments on Servicesresulting 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.
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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 noremuneration from a source located within the
Kyrgyz Republic, who are engaged in activities
related to representing a services supplier for thepurpose of negotiating for the sale of the servicesof 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 a ninety-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.Citizens from other countries are requiredto obtain entry visas (except countries with
which the Kyrgyz Republic has
agreements on entrance without visas).
Intra-corporate transferees - managers,
executives and specialists, as defined below, who
are employees of firms that provide services
within the Kyrgyz Republic through a branch,subsidiary, or affiliate established in the KyrgyzRepublic and who have been in the prior employ
of their firm outside the Kyrgyz Republic for the
period of not less than one year immediatelypreceding the date of their application foradmission and who are one of the following:WT/ACC/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 andcontrol the work of other supervisory, 
professional or managerial employees, have the 
authority to hire 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-line supervisors, 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 the organization, 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 of directors, 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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 are not limited to, members of licensed professions.)
Persons responsible for the setting up of a commercialpresence.
Persons as employees of an enterprise engaged in substantive business in th e Kyrgyz Republic without 
having commercial presence in the Kyrgyz Republic 
who provide a service as a professional of a service 
sector.
Entry for persons named in th is section is limited 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 public international 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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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(ii) Legal services: practice as or
though a qualified Kyrgyz lawyer (1) None
(2) None(3) Advocate services may be provided only by KR
citizens. Only an advocate has the right to
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 ofindustrial property) as a patent 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 to provide services(in the sphere of industrial property) as apatent agentWT/ACC/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 commitments
(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 commitmentsWT/ACC/KGZ/26/Add.2
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(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 includingmaritime vessels, aircraft or othertransport 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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 EnhancedTelecommunication Services
1The Kyrgyz Republicundertakes additionalcommitments as contained inthe 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 from1 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 communicationsservices);Paging services;
Mobile data services.(3) None, except for international and long distance
communication, where none as from 1 January2003.
(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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 distributionservices(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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 commitments
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 commitmentsWT/ACC/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 broking and agency
services)(CPC 8140)(3) None, except for foreign ownership in Kyrgyz
legal entities providing insurance services mustnot exceed 49%.  This restriction will beeliminated by 1 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, mortgagecredit, factoring and financing ofcommercial transaction
(CPC 8113)
(c) Financial leasing (CPC 8112)(3) None (3) None, except for:
The minimum capital requirement forbanks with less than 20% foreignparticipation is half that required for banks
with more than 20%  foreign participation.
This distinction will be eliminated by31 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 onan exchange, in anover-the-counter market or
otherwise, the following:WT/ACC/KGZ/26/Add.2
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- money market instruments (cheques,
bills, certificate of  deposits, 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-writingand placement as agent (whetherpublicly or privately) and
provision of service related to such
issues (CPC 8132)
Money broking (CPC 81339**)
i) Asset management, such as cash
or portfolio management, all formsof collective investmentmanagement, pension fund
management, custodial depositary
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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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(k) Advisory and other auxiliary
financial services on all theactivities listed in Article 1B ofMTN.TNC/W/50, incl. credit
reference and analysis, investment
and portfolio research and advice,advice on acquisitions and oncorporate restructuring and
strategy (CPC 8131 or 8133)
(l) Provision and transfer of financial
information, and financial dataprocessing and related softwareby providers of other financial
services (CPC 8131)
8. HEALTH RELATED AND SOCIAL SERVICES
(other than those listed under IA(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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 air transportation 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 such services 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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 ofcomputers (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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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/KGZ/26/Add.2
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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 its
own like services or for like services of non-affiliated service suppliers or for itssubsidiaries 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 necessary
additional 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 establishedpreviously.
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.WT/ACC/KGZ/26/Add.2
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4. Public availability of licensing criteria
Where a licence is required, the following will be made publicly available:
- 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-discriminatorymanner.  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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