 ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  S/DCS/W/SUR 
24 de enero de 2003  
 (03-0503) 
Comercio de Servicios Original:   inglés 
 
 
 
SURINAME 
 
Proyecto de Lista refundida de Compromisos Específicos1 
 
 
 El documento adjunto contiene un proyect o de la Lista refundida de Compromisos 
Específicos de Suriname, en formato Word.  Este documento no sustituye los compromisos 
jurídicamente vinculantes contraídos por Suriname en su Lista de Compromisos Específicos 
(GATS/SC/80;  GATS/SC/80/Suppl.1).   El proyecto de Lista refundida fue preparado por la Secretaría, a petición de los Miembros, 
para facilitar el proceso de las negociaciones, incluida la presentación de ofertas iniciales. 
 
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1 Este documento se ha preparado, en inglés solament e, bajo la responsabilidad de la Secretaría y sin 
perjuicio de las posiciones de los Miembros ni de sus derechos y obligaciones en el marco de la OMC.  
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Página 2 SURINAME – SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
Mode of Supply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
 ALL SECTORS  
 INCLUDED IN THIS  
 SCHEDULE    
 
 4) Unbound except for measures  
 concerning senior managerial  
 personnel and technical experts not  
 available in the local labour market 4) None for measures concerning  
 categories of persons indicated in market  
 access. Unbound for a ll other categories  
 of persons  
II. SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
2. COMMUNICATION  
 SERVICES 
 
C. Telecommunication  
 Services  
 
 
     
 
 
See attachment additional 
commitments on regulatory disciplines. 
 
A regulatory body will be established in 1998. 
 
The Government will submit to Parliament a new 
draft law on 
Telecommunication.  This law will provide the 
legislative framework for 
the provision of telecommunication 
services reflecting 
technological advances and pro-competitive 
practices in the sector.
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 Página 3Mode of Supply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
For public use  
 - Fixed network  
  insfrastructure  - Local, 
  domestic, long  
distance and international 
 
(a) Voice telephone services  
 (including public pay 
 telephone services, operator 
 and emergency services) 
(d) Telex services 
(f) facsimile services 1) Bypass of the duopoly operators is  
 not permitted.  Long distance and 
 international traffic must be routed  through the operators that are  licensed to 
 supply long-distance services.  Deliberately 
 reversing the real direction of this  international traffic is not allowed. 
2) Long distance and international  
 traffic must be routed through the  operators that are licensed to supply long-
 distance services.  Deliberately reversing the 
 real direction of this international traffic is not 
 allowed. 1) None 
 
  
 
  
 
2) None   
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Página 4 Mode of Supply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
(g) Private leased circuit  
 services 
 3) The duopoly oper ators are granted  
 exclusivity for a period of five years  
 ending on 1 January 2003.  Before   the expiration of this period, the  
 Government will determine the  
 circumstances under which additional   operators can be licensed.  Foreign  
 equity participation which is  
 applicable as of 1 January 1998 is   limited to 40%. 3) None  Duopoly was 
 established to provide 
 services in  competition.  Duopoly 
 operators have the 
 obligation to provide  services to the 
 undeserved population 
 centers.
 
(o) Other services  Fixed satellite services 4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures.  4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures. 
 
For public use and non-  
public use on leased lines  
only: 
    
(b) Packet-switched data  
 transmission services 
(c) Circuit-switched data  
 transmission services (o) Other services:  Internet  
 and Internet access services 
 (except voice)   
 Teleconferencing services 
 1) Bypass of the network facilities of the  
 duopoly operators is not permitted.   
 Long distance and international  
 traffic must be routed through the   operators that are licensed to supply  
 long distance and international  
 transmission facilities. 2) None 
3) None, except that bypass of the  
 network facilities of the duopoly   operators is not permitted. 
4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures 
 1) None 
 
 
  
 
 2) None 
3) None 
  
4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures 
  
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 Página 5Mode of Supply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
For non-public use : 
 
(a) Voice telephone services  1) Only on network facilities supplied  
 by the exclusive duopoly operators.   
 Bypass and resale of excess capacity   are not permitted. 
2) None 
3) Only on network facilities supplied   by the exclusive duopoly operators.   
 Bypass and resale of excess capacity  
 are not permitted. 4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures 
 1) None 
 
  
2) None 
3) None  
 
 4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures 
  
 
For public use : 
 
(o) Other services:  Mobile services(terrestrial  
 and satellite based) 
 - Cellular/mobile telephone  
 services 
- Personal communications   services 1) Licenses are granted for a period of  
 five years ending on 1 January 2003.   
 Before the expiration of this period,   the Government will determine the  
 circumstances under which additional  
 operators can be licensed.  Bypass of   the network facilities of the duopoly  
 operators is not permitted. 
2) None 1) None 
 
  
 
  
 
2) None  
 
 3) Licenses are granted for a period of  
 five years ending on 1 January 2003.   Before the expiration of this period the 
Government will determine the circumstances 
under which additional operators can be licensed.  Foreign  equity participation which is applicable as 
of 1 January 1998 is limited to 40%. 
 
4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures. 3) None 
  
 
  
 
 
 
4) Unbound except as indicated under   horizontal measures   
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
For public use  
 
(o) Other services: - Mobile data services 
- Paging services 
- Trunked radio systems   services (excluding phone  
 patching) 
- Telecommunications   equipment sales 
- Telecommunications  
 equipment, rental  
 maintenance, connection,  
 repair and consulting   services 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures 
  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures 
   
 
9. TOURISM AND TRAVEL  
 RELATED SERVICES     
A. Hotels and Restaurants  
 (CPC 641 – CPC 643)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section   
 
B. Travel agencies and tour  
 operators  
 (CPC 7471) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in   
 horizontal section 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in   
 horizontal section 
  
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES 
    
C. Air Transport Services  
    
(a) Aircraft  repair and 
 maintenance services1 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound, except as indicated in  
 horizontal section 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound, except as indicated in  
 horizontal section 
  
(b) Selling and marketing of air  
 transport services1 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in  
 horizontal section  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in  
 horizontal section   
(c) Computer reservation   system (CRS) services
1 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in  
 horizontal section  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in  
 horizontal section   
                                                           
 1 As defined in paragraph 6 of the Annex on Air Transport Services. 
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REFERENCE PAPER  
 Scope
 
 
The following are definitions and principl es on the regulatory framework for the basic 
telecommunications services.  Definitions
 
 
Users  mean service consumers and service suppliers. 
 
Essential facilities  mean facilities of a public telecommunications transport network or service 
that   (a) are exclusively or predominantly provided by a single or limited number of  
  suppliers; and 
  (b) cannot feasibly be economically or tec hnically 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 :   (a) control over essential facilities; or  
 (b) 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 th e 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: 
  (a) engaging in anti-competitive cross-subsidization;   (b) using information obtained from comp etitors with anti-competitive results; and 
 
 (c) not making available to other services suppliers on a timely basis technical 
 information about essential facilities and co mmercially relevant information which 
 are necessary for them to provide services. 
 2. Interconnection
 
 
2.1 This section applies to linking with supplie rs providing public telecommunications transport 
networks or services in order to allow the users of  one supplier to communicate with users of another  S/DCS/W/SUR 
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supplier and to access services provided by anot her supplier, where specific commitments are 
undertaken. 
 2.2 Interconnection to be ensured
 
 
Interconnection with a major supplier will be ensu red at any technically feasible point in the 
network.  Such interconnection is provided. 
  (a) under non-discriminatory terms, cond itions (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 its  subsidiaries or other facilities; 
 
 (b) 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 sufficient unbundl ed so that the supplier need not pay for 
 network components or facilities that it does not require for the service to be 
 provided; and 
  (c) upon request, at points in addition to th e network termination points offered to the 
 majority of users, subject to charges that reflect the cost of construction of necessary  additional qualities. 
 
2.3 Public availability of the procedures 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: 
 
 (a) at any time or   (b) after a reasonable period of time 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 te rms, conditions and rates for interconnection within 
a reasonable period of time, to the extent th at these have not been established previously. 
 3. Universal service
 
 
Any member has the right to define the kind  of universal service obligation it wishes to 
maintain.  Such obligations will not be regard ed as anti-competitive per se, provided they are 
administered in a transparent, non-discriminator y and competitively neutral manner and are not more 
burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service defined by the member. 4. Public availability of licensing criteria
 
 
Where a licence is required, the following will be made publicly available: 
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  (a) all the licensing criteria and the period of  time normally required to reach a decision 
 concerning an application for a licence and  
  (b) the terms 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 procedures 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 s carce resources, including frequencies, numbers 
and rights of way, will be carried out in an obj ective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory 
manner.  The current state of allocated frequenc y bands will be made available, but detailed 
identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses is not required.  
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