RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/C/W/194
21 May 2001
(01-2576)
Council for Trade in Services
SERVICES SCHEDULES OF COMMITMENTS IN AN ELECTRONIC FORM
USER'S MANUALS
Note by the Secretariat
The services schedules of commitments are now available in two different electronic formats:
on CD-ROM and on the Internet.  This Note is aimed at pointing out the main differences between the
paper/treaty versions and the electronic versions, including their legal status, and at providing a user
manual both for the CD-ROM and for the Internet versions.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
I. MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ELECTRONIC VERSIONS AND
THE TREATY COPIES ..........................................................................................................5
A. TECHNICAL DIFFERENCES ............................................................................................................5
1. Consolidation................................................................................................................ .............5
2. Typographical differences.................................................................................................... ....5
3. Language availability:  only English.......................................................................................6
B. LEGAL DIFFERENCE :  ABSENCE OF LEGAL STATUS ......................................................................6
II. USER MANUAL FO R THE CD- ROM ..................................................................................7
A. CONFIGURATION REQUIRED FOR PC AND SOFTWARE ..................................................................7
B. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE ........................................................................................................7
C. G ENERAL INSTRUCTIONS ............................................................................................................7
1. Starting the Application ..................................................................................................... ......7
2. Leaving the Application ...................................................................................................... .....8
3. The Application Environment .................................................................................................8
3.1 Multiple Document In terface Application..............................................................................8
3.2 Common Types of Screens ..................................................................................................... ..9
3.2.1 Free Form Screens ......................................................................................................... ...........9
3.2.1.1 Moving to the Next Record ............................................................................................... .......9
3.2.1.2 Moving to the Previous Record ........................................................................................... ....9
3.2.1.3 Moving to th e First Record .............................................................................................. ......10
3.2.1.4 Moving to the Last Record............................................................................................... ......10
3.2.1.5 Closing th e Screen...................................................................................................... .............10
3.2.2 Report Screens ............................................................................................................ ............10
3.2.2.1 Printing the Report..................................................................................................... ............11
3.2.2.2 Exporting the Data...................................................................................................... ............11
3.2.2.3 Closing th e Screen...................................................................................................... .............11
D. H ORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS ...................................................................................................11
1. The Horizontal Commitments Main Screen.........................................................................11
1.1 Specifying a Se t of Criteria ................................................................................................ ....12
1.2 Generating a Report ......................................................................................................... ......15
1.3 Closing th e Screen.......................................................................................................... .........16
2. The Horizontal Commitments Heading Screens..................................................................16
E. S ECTOR -SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS ............................................................................................17
1. The Sector-specific Comm itments Main  Screen ..................................................................17S/C/W/194
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1.1 Specifying a Se t of Criteria ................................................................................................ ....17
1.2 Generating a Report ......................................................................................................... ......21
1.3 Closing th e Screen.......................................................................................................... .........22
2. The Sector-specific Commitme nts Sector Note Screens......................................................22
F. MFN E XEMPTION LIST.............................................................................................................23
1. The MFN Exemption Lists Main Screen ..............................................................................23
1.1 Specifying a Se t of Criteria ................................................................................................ ....24
1.2 Generating a Report ......................................................................................................... ......26
1.3 Closing th e Screen.......................................................................................................... .........27
G. CROSS -TABULATION OF COUNTRIES AND SECTORS REPORT .....................................................28
III. USER MANUAL FOR THE IN TERNET APPLI CATION ...............................................32
A. CONFIGURATION REQUIRED FOR PC AND SOFTWARE ................................................................32
B. HOW TO ACCESS THE SERVICES DATABASE ONLINE ON THE INTERNET ....................................32
C. USING THE SERVICES DATABASE ONLINE ..................................................................................33
1. About this site.............................................................................................................. ............33
2. What you can get............................................................................................................. ........34
3. Pre-defined reports .......................................................................................................... .......34
3.1 How to navigate on the Pre-defined report page .................................................................34
4. Full Text Search in Pre-defined Reports ..............................................................................37
4.1 How to perf orm a search..................................................................................................... ...37
5. Specific Queri es............................................................................................................. ..........38
5.1 How to perform searches on Horizontal Commitments, Sector Specific
Commitments and MFN Exemptions using criteria............................................................39
5.1.1 Continents/Regions/Members Criterion...............................................................................39
5.1.2 Sector or Sub-sector Criterion............................................................................................ ...40
5.1.3 Level of Develo pment Criterion ............................................................................................ 41
5.1.4 Country Groups Criterion .................................................................................................. ...42
5.1.5 Modes of Supply Criterion................................................................................................. ....42
5.2 Member/Sect or Matrix........................................................................................................ ...43
5.3 Exporting Horizontal Commitments, Sector Specific Commitments, MFN
Exemptions and Member/Sector Matrix ..............................................................................43
6. Full Text Search on  Specific Qu eries ....................................................................................44
6.1 How to perf orm a search..................................................................................................... ...45
7. How to retrieve results of query ............................................................................................4 5
8. How to downl oad a report..................................................................................................... .46
9. Assistance................................................................................................................... ..............47S/C/W/194
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ANNEX 1 ........................................................................................................................ ......................48
ANNEX 2 ........................................................................................................................ ......................50S/C/W/194
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I. MAIN DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE ELECTRONIC VERSIONS AND THE
TREATY COPIES
1. There are four main differences between the treaty copies of national schedules and the
electronic versions, three technical and one legal.
A. TECHNICAL DIFFERENCES
1. Consolidation
2. The electronic versions are consolidated in th e sense that they gather the totality of the
commitments undertaken and of the MFN exemptions listed by Members since the creation of the
WTO in two documents per Member (one for commitments and one for MFN exemptions, if any).
3. In the paper/treaty copies, the commitments and MFN exemptions can be found in numerous
different documents (Uruguay Round commitments  and MFN exemptions, commitments and MFN
exemptions resulting from the subsequent negotiations on basic telecommunications, financialservices and maritime transport services, commi tments resulting from the negotiations on the
movement of natural persons, commitments and MFN exemptions of acceding countries, and
commitments made outside a specific negotiation, rectifications).
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2. Typographical differences
4. In order to allow structured searches to be performed, the electronic versions of the schedules
have been elaborated on the basis of a database software (Sybase).  The word-processing capabilities
of the software are limited and have required the following adjustments to the presentation of the
original schedules:
- footnotes are presented in a fifth column;
- footnote numbers could not be inserted next to mode numbers, but had to be moved
to the beginning of the following text;
- footnote numbers after headings such as "Horizontal Commitments" and "Sector
Specific Commitments" had to be moved to the end of the following heading (forexample, "All sectors included in this schedule#1");
- some characters (for example, Ş), italics and underlines could not be reproduced and
had to be dropped;
- headings are indicated through capitalized first letters of the relevant text;
- the alignment of text had to be modified in some cases;- full brackets around mode numbers – for example, (1) – had to replaced by one
bracket;  and
                                                     
1 A list of those documents is contained in document S/CSC/W/5, Annex 1, page 6, dated
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- headnotes which were inserted at the end of the Horizontal Section in the original
documents (for example, the definition of the coverage of mode 4 commitments) had
to be moved to the beginning of the Horizontal Section.
5. These differences are illustrated in Annex 1 and 2 which contain an imaginary Member
schedule in the format of a treaty copy, produ ced in WordPerfect/Word, (Annex 1) and in Sybase
format (Annex 2).
3. Language availability:  only English
6. Structured and aggregated data in a database form allowing searches to be performed only
pre-existed in English.  That is why the electronic versions are only available in the English language
whereas the treaty/paper copies are available in the three official languages of the WTO.
7. The electronic availability of the two other languages would have implied complete retyping
of these schedules in a database format.  This would have been time-consuming and costly.  That iswhy it was decided by the Committee on Specific Commitments not to proceed in this way.
8. However, for the schedules resulting from the negotiations underway, it is envisaged that a
template would be created, allowing delegations to present their commitments in a database format
and ensuring the availability of the electronic versions in the three official languages in the future.
The Secretariat will report to the relevant bodies on these projects in due course.
B. 
LEGAL DIFFERENCE :  ABSENCE OF LEGAL STATUS
9. The Committee on Specific Commitments, in its third meeting held on 7 July 1997, decided
that the electronic version of the schedules would have no legal validity (S/CSC/M/3, dated 7 July
1997, paragraphs 33-35).  This was confirmed in its annual report to the Council for Trade in Services
(S/CSC/2, dated 26 November 1997, paragraph 3) and then endorsed by the Council for Trade in
Services (S/C/M/21, dated 12 January 1998, paragraphs 4-6).
10. This implies in particular that the aggregation done by the Secretariat under its own
responsibility, although verified by Members, has no legal value.
11. Only the treaty copies are authentic and in case of dispute settlement they would be the basis
on which a panel would assess the scope, the extent and the dates of the commitments.
12. In addition, the assignment of Members to different groups (i.e. Developed, Transition,
Developing and Least-Developed) must not be understood to have any legal or formal consequences
for the status of the Members concerned.S/C/W/194
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II. USER MANUAL FOR THE CD-ROM
A. CONFIGURATION REQUIRED FOR PC AND SOFTWARE
• A Pentium or higher version personal computer
• At least 32MB of memory (64MB is recommended)
• Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me or Windows NT 4/2000
• A CD-ROM drive for installation
• A minimum of 60 MB hard disk space for the WTO Services files.
B. INSTALLATION PROCEDURE
1. Close any programs that are running.
2. Insert the WTO Services CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
3. Start the WTO Services Setup program, using any of these methods:
- Use the Run command and type D:\Setup. Replace "D" if the assigned letter for the CD-
ROM drive is different.
- Run Windows Explorer and click your Drive D or the CD-ROM Drive, then double click
SETUP.EXE in the file list.
4. Click the Next button on the Welcome dialog box, which will display the Setup dialog box.
5. Click the Next button on Setup Program Folder. It will install the programme automatically on
Drive C under the directory Program Files\WTO Services Database – CD-ROM.
C. GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS
1. Starting the Application
13. To start the application, do the following:
Open the WTO Services Database program group and double-click the WTO Services
Database icon.  An application frame similar to the following one should appear on the screen:
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2. Leaving the Application
14. If you want to leave the application, choose Exit from the File menu.  The application will
confirm your desire to exit by showing the following dialog box:
15. To confirm, click the Yes button;  otherwise, click the No button.
3. The Application Environment
3.1 Multiple Document Interface Application
16. Multiple Document Interface (MDI) is an application style that enables users to open multiple
windows (called Sheets) in a single window (calle d the Application Frame) and move among the
Sheets.  The WTO Services Database application uses this style.
17. The Application Frame is a window with several parts: a Menu Bar, a Frame, a Frame Bar, a
Client Area, Sheets, a Sheet Bar, and a Status Area.  The parts are shown below:
  
18. The Sheets are the windows opened in the Client Area. Sheet Bars are displayed, usually on
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consist of icons which when clicked are equivalent to choosing a Menu Item.  An icon is assigned for
each Menu Item that is significant or is perceived to be chosen frequently.
3.2 Common Types of Screens
3.2.1 Free Form Screens
19. A Free Form type screen is a screen in which only a particular record is shown.  This type is
typically used when a certain record has many fields  or information associated with it.  The Sector-
specific Market Access Limitations screen is one example.
20. The following sections discuss the procedures on how to work with this type of screen.
3.2.1.1 Moving to the Next Record
21. To move to the next record, click the icon from the Sheet Bar or choose Next
from the Record  menu.
3.2.1.2 Moving to the Previous Record
22. To move to the previous record, click the icon from the Sheet Bar or choose
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3.2.1.3 Moving to the First Record
23. To move to the first record, click the icon from the Sheet Bar or choose First
from the Record  menu.
3.2.1.4 Moving to the Last Record
24. To move to the last record, click the icon from the Sheet Bar or choose Last
from the Record  menu.
3.2.1.5 Closing the Screen
25. To close the screen, click the icon from the Sheet Bar or choose Close  from
the Record  menu.
3.2.2 Report Screens
26. Generated reports are shown in this type of screen. The following sections discuss how to use
this type of screens. The following is an example of a report screen:
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3.2.2.1 Printing the Report
27. If you want to print the report displayed on the screen, simply click on the Print  button.
3.2.2.2 Exporting the Data
28. To export the data to one of the seve ral file formats, follow the steps below:
1. Click on the Export  button.  The following dialog box will be displayed:
2. Indicate the file name at the File Name  field.
3. Select the type of file from the Save as Type  field.
4. Click the OK button to export the contents of the report.  Clicking the Cancel  button
will abort the process.
3.2.2.3 Closing the Screen
29. To close the screen, click on the Close  button.
D. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS
30. This section explains the screens you will use to see information regarding the horizontal
commitments of WTO Members.  This set of scre ens resembles the horizontal commitments section
of the Schedules of Specific Commitments document.
1. The Horizontal Commitments Main Screen
31. To open the Horizontal Commitments main screen, click the Horizontal  icon from the Frame
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32. This window lists the domains2 which have entries in the Horizontal Commitments Section.
The following sections discuss the operations that can be performed in this screen.
1.1 Specifying a Set of Criteria
33. A set of criteria can be specified to obtain answers to several questions, such as "How many
countries have horizontal limitations on the movement of natural persons?"  The criteria that can be
specified are domain, level of development, country group and mode of supply.
34. To specify a set of criteria, simply click the Criteria  button. The following window will be
displayed:
                                                     
2 The term 'domain' was used instead of 'country' b ecause some schedules pertain not to the countries
themselves but to a group, like the case of the European Union.S/C/W/194
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35. To specify the domain criteria, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Domain  button. The following window will be displayed:
      The excluded domains are on the right, the included ones are on the left.
2. Double-click on any excluded domain that you want to include in your list.  If
you double-click on a domain with further subdivisions, every division willfollow. Do the same for an included domain in order to exclude it.
3. You may use the Find  field to quickly search for countries or regions by typing
the first letters.
4. When you have included every domain you want to include, click the OK button.
Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any inclusion you have selected.
36. To specify the level of development criteria, follow the steps below:S/C/W/194
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1. Click the Level of Development  button. The following window will be displayed:
The excluded levels of development are on the right, the included ones are on the
left.
2. Double-click on any level of development category you want to include in your
list.  Do the same for an included level of development in order to exclude it.
3. When you have included every level of development category you want to
include, click the OK button.  Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any
inclusion you have selected.
37. To specify the country group criteria, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Country Group  button. The following window will be displayed:
      The excluded country groups are on the right, the included ones are on the left.
2. Double-click on any country group you want to include in your list.  Do the same
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3. When you have included every country group you want to include, click the OK
button. Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any inclusion you have selected.
38. You may opt to evaluate the limitations on market access alone and not include the national
treatment limitations, or vice-versa. If you wish, for example, not to include the national treatmentlimitations, exclude them by deselecting National Treatment  from the Column  box.
39. If you wish to include/exclude limitations on certain modes of supply in the evaluation of the
criteria, select/deselect them from the Modes of Supply  box.
40. After specifying the set of desired criteria, click the OK button to start the evaluation. The
window closes and the application starts evaluating your criteria. When the application has finished
the evaluation, the domains that satisfy your criteria are listed.
41. If you wish to cancel the operation, click the Cancel  button. The window will close without
any response from the application.  Clicking the Reset  button will remove any criteria that you have
specified.
1.2 Generating a Report
42. The application can generate a report based on your criteria. To generate the report, follow the
steps below:
1. Specify a set of criteria.  Refer to section D.1.1 Specifying a Set of Criteria .
2. Choose Horizontal Commitments  from Reports  menu. The application will start
generating the report, which may take some time.  The following window will be
displayed eventually:
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43. Please refer to section C.3.2.2 Report Screens  which discusses the operations that can be
performed with report screens.
1.3 Closing the Screen
44. To close the screen, click the Close  button or the Close 
  icon from the Sheet Bar.
2. The Horizontal Commitments Heading Screens
45. Horizontal Commitments can contain header notes.  These notes are indicated in the
Horizontal Commitments Heading Screen and printed at the beginning of every country's Horizontal
Commitments section. To open the Horizontal Comm itments Heading Screen, follow the steps below:
1. Select a domain from the Horizontal Commitments Main Screen. Refer to
section D.1 The Horizontal Commitments Main Screen .
2. Click the Header Note  button. The following window will be displayed:
Heading Contains the Horizontal Commitments head note.
Footnote Contains any footnote(s) to the heading.S/C/W/194
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E. SECTOR -SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
46. This section explains the screens you will use to see information regarding the sector-specific
commitments of WTO Members.  This set of sc reens resembles the sector-specific commitments
section of the Schedules of Specific Commitments document.
1. The Sector-specific Commitments Main Screen
47. To open the Sector-specific Commitments main screen, click the Specific  icon from the
Frame Bar or choose Sector-specific  from the File menu. The following window will be displayed:
48. This window lists the domains which have entries in the Sector-specific Commitments
Section. The following sections discuss the opera tions that can be performed in this screen.
1.1 Specifying a Set of Criteria
49. A set of criteria can be specified to obtain answers to several questions, such as "How many
countries have commitments on telecommunication services?" or "What countries have commitmentson cross-border supply of financial services?".  The criteria that can be specified are domain, level of
development, country group, service sector and mode of supply.S/C/W/194
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50. To specify a set of criteria, simply click the Criteria  button. The following window will be
displayed:
51. To specify the domain criteria, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Domain  button. The following window will be displayed:
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2. Double-click on any excluded domain that you want to include in your list. If you
double-click on a domain with further subdivis ions, every division will follow. Do the
same for an included domain in order to exclude it.
3. You may use the Find field to quickly search for countries or regions by typing the
first letters.
4. When you have included every domain you want to include, click the OK button.
Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any inclusion you have selected.
52. To specify the level of development criteria, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Level of Development  button. The following window will be displayed:
The excluded levels of development are on the right, the included ones are on the left.
2. Double-click on any level of development category you want to include in your list.
Do the same for an included level of development in order to exclude it.
3. When you have included every level of development category you want to include,
click the OK button. Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any inclusion you have
selected.
53. To specify the country group criteria, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Country Group  button. The following window will be displayed:S/C/W/194
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The excluded country groups are on the right, the included ones are on the left.
2. Double-click on any country group you want to include in your list. Do the same for
an included country group in order to exclude it.
3. When you have included every country group you want to include, click the OK
button. Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any inclusion you have selected.
54. To specify the service sector criteria, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Sector  button. The following window will be displayed:
The excluded service sectors are on the right, the included ones are on the left.
2. Double-click on any sector you want to include in your list.  Do the same for an
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3. You may use the Find  field to quickly search for sectors by typing the first letters.
4. When you have included every service sector you want to include, click the OK
button. Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any inclusion you have selected.
55. You may opt to evaluate the limitations on market access alone and not include the national
treatment limitations, or vice-versa. If you wish, for example, not to include the national treatment
limitations, exclude them by deselecting National Treatment  from the Column  box.
56. If you wish to include/exclude limitations on certain modes of supply in the evaluation of the
criteria, select/deselect them from the Modes of Supply  box.
57. Since every limitation in the Horizontal Comm itments section applies to every commitment
in the Sector-specific Commitments section, you may choose to have every corresponding horizontallimitation also evaluated.  In this case, even if the sector-specific part does not satisfy the criteria, but
the corresponding horizontal limitation does, the horizontal limitation will be considered as part of the
sector-specific one, thus satisfying the criteria.  Find the Evaluate Horizontals  checkbox when
specifying the types of measure or the types of natural person and select it to specify.  This checkbox
is selected by default.
58. After specifying the set of desired criteria, click the OK button to start the evaluation. The
window closes and the application starts evaluating your criteria. When the application has finished
the evaluation, the domains that satisfy your criteria are listed.
59. If you wish to cancel the operation, click the Cancel  button. The window will close without
any response from the application. Clicking the Reset  button will remove any criteria that you have
specified.
1.2 Generating a Report
60. The application can generate a report based on your criteria.  To generate the report, follow
the steps below:
1. Specify a set of criteria.  Refer to section E.1.1 Specifying a Set of Criteria .
2. Choose Sector-specific Commitments  from Reports  menu. The application will start
generating the report, which may take some time.  The following window will
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61. Please refer to section C.3.2.2 Report Screens  which discusses the operations that can be
performed with report screens.
1.3 Closing the Screen
62. To close the screen, click the Close  button or the 
  icon from the Sheet Bar.
2. The Sector-specific Commitments Sector Note Screens
63. Sector-specific Commitments can contain sector notes.  These notes are indicated in the
Sector-specific Commitments Sector Note Screen and printed at the beginning of the specified sector
in the Heading for Sector  field in every country's Sector-specific Commitments section.  To open the
Sector-specific Commitments Sector Note Screen, follow the steps below:
1. Select a domain from the Sector-specific Commitments Main Screen.  Refer to section
E.1 The Sector-specific Commitments Main Screen .
2. Click the Sector Note  button.  The following window will be displayed:S/C/W/194
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Heading for Sector Indicates the sector to which the heading applies.
Heading Contains the sector note.
Footnote Contains any footnote(s) to the heading.
F. MFN E XEMPTION LIST
64. This section explains the screens you will  use to see information regarding the MFN
exemption lists of WTO Members.  This set of screens resembles the Final List of Article II (MFN)Exemptions document.
1. The MFN Exemption Lists Main Screen
65. To open the MFN Exemption Lists main screen, click the Exempt  icon from the Frame Bar or
choose MFN Exemption  from the File menu.  The following window will be displayed:S/C/W/194
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66. This window lists the domains which have entries in the Final List of Article II (MFN)
Exemptions Section.  The following sections discuss the operations that can be performed in this
screen.
1.1 Specifying a Set of Criteria
67. A set of criteria can be specified to obtain answers to several questions, such as "How many
countries have MFN Exemptions for a given level of development?".  The criteria that can be
specified are:  domain, level of development and country group.
68. To specify a set of criteria, simply click the Criteria  button. The following window will be
displayed:
69. To specify the domain criteria, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Domain  button. The following window will be displayed:S/C/W/194
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      The excluded domains are on the right, the included ones are on the left.
2. Double-click on any excluded domain that you want to include in your list.  If
you double-click on a domain with further subdivisions, every division will
follow.  Do the same for an included domain in order to exclude it.
3. You may use the Find  field to quickly search for countries or regions by typing
the first letters.
4. When you have included every domain you want to include, click the OK button.
Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any inclusion you have selected.
70. To specify the level of development criteria, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Level of Development  button. The following window will be displayed:
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      The excluded levels of development are on the right, the included ones are on the
       left.
2. Double-click on any level of development category you want to include in your
list.  Do the same for an included level of development in order to exclude it.
3. When you have included every level of development category you want to
include, click the OK button. Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any
inclusion you have selected.
71. To specify the country group criteria, follow the steps below:
1. Click the Country Group  button.  The following window will be displayed:
     The excluded country groups are on the right, the included ones are on the left.
2. Double-click on any country group you want to include in your list. Do the same
for an included country group in order to exclude it.
3. When you have included every country group you want to include, click the OK
button. Clicking the Cancel  button will discard any inclusion you have selected.
72. After specifying the desired set of criteria, click the OK button to start the evaluation. The
window closes and the application starts evaluating your criteria. When the application has finished
the evaluation, the domains that satisfy your criteria are listed.
73. If you wish to cancel the operation, click the Cancel  button. The window will close without
any response from the application. Clicking the Reset  button will remove any criteria that you have
specified.
1.2 Generating a Report
74. The application can generate a report based on your criteria. To generate the report, follow the
steps below:
1. Specify a set of criteria. Refer to section F.1.1 Specifying a Set of Criteria .S/C/W/194
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2. Choose MFN Exemption List  from Reports  menu. The application will start
generating the report, which may take some time.  The following window will
eventually be displayed:
75. Please refer to section C.3.2.2 Report Screens  which discusses the operations that can be
performed with report screens.
1.3 Closing the Screen
76. To close the screen, click the Close  button or the 
  icon from the Sheet Bar.S/C/W/194
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G. CROSS -TABULATION OF COUNTRIES AND SECTORS REPORT
77. Please refer to section C.3.2.2 Report Screens  which discusses the operations that can be
performed on report screens.  As has been mentioned in the Introduction , the information presented
are sample data only.
78. The Cross-tabulation of Countries and Sectors Report marks intersections, i.e. it identifies
instances in which a given country has made a commitment in a given sector.  The report alsoprovides the number of countries that have committed in a certain sector, and the number of sectors in
which a country has undertaken commitments.  Since the sectors are listed in a hierarchical manner,
the application allows the user to drill-down, i.e. to  select sectors further sub-divided into subsectors.
Below is a sample report.
79. To generate a Cross-tabulation of Countries and Sectors, follow the steps below:
1. Select Cross-tabulation of Countries and Sectors  from the Reports  menu.  The dialog
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2. Select either the sector that you want the application to report on or All Sectors . You
can either click a sector or use the arrow keys to move the highlight.
3. Select the domain that you want the application to report on by clicking the Domain
button.  The following window will be displayed:
No domain is selected initially. Double-click any domain from the selection list that
you want to include.  The selected domains are shown on the left.  Every division, if
any, will also be included automatically. To deselect, double-click the includeddomain. You may use the Find  field to quickly search for countries or regions by
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4. Click the Group  button to restrict the report to a given country group.  The following
window will be displayed:
The selection process is similar to the one used to select domains.
5. In the Economic Status  field, select Developed  to limit the report to developed
countries, Transition  to limit the report to economies in transition, Developing  to limit
the report to developing countries, and Least Developed  to limit the report to least
developed countries.  You may also change the title in the Title field.
6. Click the OK button to start the report.  The following window will be displayed.S/C/W/194
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The application typically decides whether it is best that the report be presented in
portrait or landscape format.  The user may modify the application's setting.  The
Report  button allows users to specify different criteria.S/C/W/194
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III. USER MANUAL FOR THE INTERNET APPLICATION
A. CONFIGURATION REQUIRED FOR PC AND SOFTWARE
- A Pentium or higher version personal computer
- At least 32MB of memory (64MB is recommended)
- Microsoft Windows 95/98/Me or Windows NT 4/2000
- Internet Connection
- Internet Browser:  any of the following
- Microsoft Internet Explorer version 4 or higher
- Netscape Navigator 4.6 or higher
- Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4 or higher (for PDF report format)
- Microsoft Excel 97 or higher (for XLS report format)
- Lotus 123 version 9 or above (for WKS report format)
B. HOW TO ACCESS THE SERVICES DATABASE ONLINE ON THE INTERNET
80. The site can be accessed from the WTO Member Homepage (http://www.wto.org/members).
Just type www.wto.org/members on the address bar of the Internet Browser and press the enter key. It
will lead to the WTO Member Homepage.
81. Click on the Services Electronic Schedules  link to enter the application.
82. Username and password are needed to access the site. Use the Document Dissemination
Facility (DDF)  or Documents Online (docsonline)  username and password account. After typing
username and password, click the Login  button to enter Services Database Online .S/C/W/194
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C. USING THE SERVICES DATABASE ONLINE
83. The site is divided into 5 major categories, namely:  About this site , What you can get, Pre-
defined reports , Full-text search  on pre-defined reports and Specific Queries . Click on the text to
access each category.
1. About this site
84. This contains information on the site updates, the list of WTO Members and the internet
browser specifications, such as the version number.S/C/W/194
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2. What you can get
85. This contains additional information:  the General Agreements on Trade in Services,
documents relevant for scheduling purposes, services sectoral classification and various documents
explaining how to read GATS Schedules of Specific Commitments and MFN Exemptions.
3. Pre-defined reports
86. Pre-defined reports contain information which is already grouped by commonly used criteria.
They are already available for downloads in different file formats, such as Microsoft Excel, Adobe
Acrobat and Lotus 123.  They include Horizontal Commitments, Sector-specific Commitments, MFN
Exemptions and the Member/Sector Matrix.
3.1 How to navigate on the Pre-defined report page
87. Select a category of report from the list on the left-hand side of the window.  There are seven
major categories to choose from.  To select a category, point the mouse pointer on top of the text (aleft orange arrow will appear) and click it.  After clicking a category, a list will appear on the right
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88. Click the blue arrow (
 ) icon to expand or collapse the available sub-categories. Use the up
arrow and down arrow keyboard keys or click the horizontal scroll bar to navigate the list of sub-
categories.
89. Use the mouse to select an item and double click the left mouse button to view the specific
details of the item;  a new page will appear. The report can be downloaded into 3 different file
formats:  Microsoft Excel, Adobe Acrobat or Lotus 123.S/C/W/194
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90. To download the report, use the mouse pointer to select the type of report, right-click the icon
or file name to view the pop-up menu and select Save Target As ….
91. Use the Back to List  icon to go back to the previous page. Use the Home  button to go directly
to the home page.
   
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4. Full Text Search in Pre-defined Reports
92. The Full-Text Search  is used for searching words or phrases in the text. Specify a keyword or
a set of keywords, and the application will search its entire pre-defined reports to find listings that
match the keywords.
4.1 How to perform a search
93. Specify a query by entering keywords on the blank field provided. Keywords can be only one
word or a complete phrase. Boolean expressions such as OR, AND, & AND NOT can be used with
2 or more keywords to create a relationship among the words. To use the Boolean expression, use the
mouse and click on the radio button. A maximum of 3 logical conditions can be entered. The search is
not case-sensitive: all letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. Forexample, searches for "domestic credit", "Domestic Credit", and "DoMesTiC CrEdit" will return the
same results.
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94. The symbols and functions of the Boolean expressions are listed below:
(a) AND - Finds documents containing all of the specified words or phrases. "Philippines
AND banks" find documents with both the word "Philippines" and the word "bank".
(b) OR - Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases.
"Philippines OR banks" finds documents containing either "Philippines" or "banks".
The found documents could contain both items, but not necessarily.
(c) AND NOT - Excludes documents containing the specified words or phrases.
"Philippines AND NOT banks" finds documents with "Philippines" but not
containing "banks". NOT must be used with another operator and not alone.
95. The AND  operator has a higher precedence than OR.
96. Additional options in performing a search:
/g167 Using wildcards expression on keywords
Wildcard operators such as * (asterisk) and ? (question mark) can be added on
keywords for finding documents containing words similar to a given word. The
wildcard character * (asterisk) can match words with a given prefix for example,"comput*", retrieves documents with words that have the prefix “comput,” such as
“computer,” “computing,” and so on. The wildcard character ? (question mark) can
match any one character or represent a single letter for example, "?one", retrieves
documents with words such as "bone", "cone", "done" and so on.
/g167 Limiting the number of results
Results of the query can be limited for easy displaying and reading of records.
Available options are: 'no limit', '10', '50', '100' and '200' records to be displayed.
/g167 Sorting of results
Results can be sorted in two different ways:  by relevance and by date (oldest or
newest). "Sort by relevance" will sort the results by number of matches. The more
matches a result has, the higher on the list it is displayed. For example, if you searchfor documents containing the word 'financial', a document containing ten instances of
'financial' will be displayed higher in the results list than a document containing one.
"Sort by date" will sort results by oldest or newest document.
5. Specific Queries
97. Use Specific Queries  for searching specific records, such as retrieving records only in
Horizontal Commitments, Sector Specific Commitments  or MFN Exemptions . Criteria can be broken
down by country groups, by level of development, by sector/sub sector, mode of supply and
continent/region/Member.S/C/W/194
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5.1 How to perform searches on Horizontal Commitments, Sector Specific Commitments
and MFN Exemptions using criteria
98. To do a search, first specify the criteria and then execute the search criteria by clicking the
Search  button.  Click the Clear  button to reset the criteria.
99. Following are the criteria that can be used to build a query:
/g167 Continents/Regions/Members
/g167 Sector or Sub-sector
/g167 Level of Development
/g167 Country Groups
/g167 Modes of Supply
5.1.1 Continents/Regions/Members Criterion
100. Use this criterion to select continents, regions and Members to be included in the report.
Selecting the All Members  checkbox means that the search will not be restricted by the Member
criterion. Selecting one or more continents, regions or Members means restricting the search to those
Members only. Use the vertical scroll bar to navigate the list. The list is categorized by continents, byregions and then the name of the Member itself. Click on the blue arrow icon (
) to expand or
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101. To select the list, use the selection margin to the left side and click next to the specific entry.
A green check mark will be displayed if the item is selected. All Members  checkbox must  be
deselected to restrict the query to specific Members, regions or continents.
102. On the right side of the list, four buttons are available to expand and collapse the list.
Expands only the current item (highlighted) in the list.
Collapses only the current item (highlighted) in the list.
Expands all the items in the list.
Collapses all the items in the list.
5.1.2 Sector or Sub-sector Criterion
103. Use this criterion to select sectors or sub-sectors which are to be included in the report.
Selecting the All Sectors  checkbox means that the search will not be restricted by the sector criterion.
Selecting one or more sectors means restricting the search to those sectors only.  Use the vertical
scroll bar to navigate the list of sectors. Click the blue arrow icon (
 )to expand or collapse an item.
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104. To select the list, use the selection margin to the left side and click next to the specific entry.
A green check mark will be displayed if the item is selected.  The All Sectors  checkbox must  be
deselected to restrict the search to a specific sector.
105. On the right side of the list, four buttons are available to expand and collapse the list.
Expands only the current item (highlighted) in the list.
Collapses only the current item (highlighted) in the list.
Expands all the items in the list.
Collapses all the items in the list.
5.1.3 Level of Development Criterion
106. Use this criterion to restrict the search on the basis of Members' level of development.
Members are categorized into four types: Developed, Developing, Transition and Least Developed.
Selecting  the All Levels  checkbox means that the search will not be restricted by the level of
development criterion. Selecting one or more levels of development means restricting the search to
those levels only.
107. To select, click on the check box beside the level. All Levels  checkbox must  be deselected to
restrict the query to a specific level.
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5.1.4 Country Groups Criterion
108. Use this criterion to restrict the Members' search on the basis of the country groups the
Member belongs to.  Selecting the All Country Groups  checkbox means that the search will not be
restricted by the grouping criterion.  Selecting one or more groups means restricting the search to
those groupings only.  Use the vertical scroll bar to navigate the list of groups.
109. To select the list, use the selection margin to the left side by clicking in front of the specific
entry. A green check mark will be displayed if the item is selected. All Country Groups  checkbox
must  be deselected to restrict the query to a specific sector.
5.1.5 Modes of Supply Criterion
110. Use this criterion to select the modes of supply to be included in the report. Specific
commitments are categorized by the four modes of supply, namely Cross-Border supply,
Consumption Abroad, Commercial Presence and Presence of Natural Persons .  Selecting the All
Modes  checkbox means that the search will not be restricted by the modes of supply criterion.
111. To select, click on the check box beside the mode. The All Modes  checkbox must  be
deselected to restrict the query to a specific mode.
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5.2 Member/Sector Matrix
112. The Member/Sector Matrix marks intersections, i. e. it identifies instances in which a given
Member has made a commitment in a given sector.  The report also provides the number of countries
that have committed in a certain sector, and the number of sectors in which a country has undertaken
commitments.  Since the sectors are listed in a hierarchical manner, the application allows the user todrill-down, i.e. to select sectors further sub-divided into subsectors.  Below is a sample report:
5.3 Exporting Horizontal Commitments, Sector Specific Commitments, MFN Exemptions
and Member/Sector Matrix
113. Retrieved records can be saved and downloaded for future reference. The available file
formats are: Microsoft Excel 97 (XLS), Lotus 123 (WKS) and Adobe Acrobat 4 (PDF).S/C/W/194
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114. To export a query, select the type of report by clicking the check box besides the report type.
Type in a report title or description of the query required. Click the Generate  button, and a message
will appear indicating that the reports will be available within one hour. All the reports generated will
be displayed in Retrieve results of query  category.
6. Full Text Search on Specific Queries
115. The Full-Text Search on Specific Queries is used for searching words or phrases in the text.
Select where to search, either in Horizontal Commitments, Specific Commitments or MFN
Exemptions , and specify a keyword or a set of keywords.  The programme will search the electronic
schedules to find listings that match the keywords.S/C/W/194
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6.1 How to perform a search
116. First select the type of report to search into. Specify a query by entering keywords on the
blank field provided. Keywords can be only one word  or a complete phrase. Boolean expressions such
as OR, AND, & AND NOT  can be used with 2 or more keywords to create a relationship among thewords. To use the Boolean expression, use the mouse and click on the radio button. A maximum of 3
logical conditions can be entered. The search is not case-sensitive:  all letters regardless of how you
type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for "domestic credit", "Domestic
Credit", and "DoMesTiC CrEdit" will return the same results.
117. The symbols and functions of Boolean expressions are as follows:
(a) AND - Finds documents containing all of the specified words or phrases. "Philippines
AND banks" find documents with both the word "Philippines" and the word "bank".
(b) OR - Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases.
"Philippines OR banks" finds documents containing either "Philippines" or "banks".
The found documents could contain both items, but not necessarily.
(c) AND NOT - Excludes documents containing the specified words or phrases.
Philippines AND NOT bank finds documents with Philippines but not containingbank. NOT must be used with another operator and not alone.
118. The AND operator has a higher precedence than OR.
7. How to retrieve results of query
119. Use Retrieve results of query  to retrieve previously requested reports in one of the
downloadable formats, i.e. Microsoft Excel (XLS),  Adobe Acrobat (PDF) or Lotus 123 (WKS).  The
reports are grouped by date of request. Click on the blue arrow icon (
)to expand or collapse an item
and see the reports requested on that date.S/C/W/194
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8. How to download a report
120. Double-click the type of report and its details will be displayed on the following page.
121. To download the report, use the mouse pointer to select the type of report and right click the
icon or file name to view the pop-up menu. Then select Save Target As… , and a Save As  dialog box
will appear.S/C/W/194
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122. In the Save As  dialog box, the report can be saved on the hard disk or on a diskette. The file
name of the report can also be changed into a descriptive name instead of "P_DYNAM".
9. Assistance
123. Further assistance can be obtained from the Secretariat by sending an e-mail to the following
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RURITANIA - SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS (WordPerfect/Word format)
Modes of supply:             1)    Cross-border supply         2)    Consumption abroad           3)    Commercial presence          4)    Presence of natural persons
Sector or subsector Limitations on market access Limitations on national treatment Additional
commitments
HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS3
ALL SECTORS LISTED INTHIS SCHEDULE(3)  Investments subject to authorization
4 by the
Ministry of Trade and Commerce (MTC)
(4)  Unbound except for intra corporate transferees
and managers(3)  Purchases of real estate by non resident subject
authorization
(4)  Subsidies to natural persons reserved by
nationals
Definitions:
"Intra-corporate transferee":  A natural person working within a juridical person, other than a non-profit making organization, established in the territory o f a WTO
Member, and being temporarily transferred in the context of the provision of a service through commercial presence in the natio nal territory.
"Manager":  Senior employee of a service supplier who primarily directs the management of the organization, receiving general supervision o r direction principally from
the board of directors of the business, including directing the services supplier or a department or sub-division thereof, supe rvising or controlling the work of other
supervisory, professional or managerial employee or having the authority to hire of fire or recommend such or other personnel a ctions.
                                                     
3 A non-discriminatory system of foreign exchange allocation applies to direct investment abroad.
4 The relevant criteria include: creation of new jobs, introduction of new technology, and organization of training programmes f or nationals.S/C/W/194
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Modes of supply:             1)    Cross-border supply         2)    Consumption abroad           3)    Commercial presence          4)    Presence of natural persons
Sector or subsector Limitations on market access Limitations on national treatment Additional
commitments
II SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
1. Business Services:
A. Professional Services :
a.  Legal services(1)5  None
(2)  Unbound
(3)  None(4)  Unbound except as provided in the horizontal
commitments(1)  None
(2)  Unbound
(3)  None(4)  Unbound except as provided in the horizontal
commitments
                                                     
5Trade under this mode is understood to include the delivery of a service following active solicitation.S/C/W/194
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RURITANIA - SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS (Database format)
HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS
RURITANIA
Modes of Supply:WTO Services Database Output
Page 1 of 1
1) Cross-border supply  2) Consumption abroad  3) Commercial presence  4) Presence of natural persons
Horizontal Measure Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments Notes
HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS#1
"Intra-corporate transferee":   A natural person working within a juridical person, other than a non-profit making organization, established in the territory o f a WTO Member, and being temporarily transferred in the context of
the provision of a service through commercial presence in the national territory.
"Manager":   Senior employee of a service supplier who primarily directs the management of the organization, receiving general supervision o r direction principally from the board of directors of the business, including
directing the services supplier or a department or sub-division thereof, supervising or controlling the work of other superviso ry, professional or managerial employee or having the authority to hire of fire or recommend such
or other personnel actions.
ALL SECTORS LISTED IN
THIS SCHEDULE3) Investments subject to authorization by
the Ministry of Trade and Commerce
(MTC)3) Purchases of real estate by non resident
subject authorization
4) Unbound except for intra corporate
transferees and managers4) Subsidies to natural persons reserved by
nationals#1 A non-discriminatory system of
foreign exchange allocation applies to
direct investment abroad.
#2 The relevant criteria include:
creation of new jobs, introduction ofnew technology, and organization of
training programmes for nationalsS/C/W/194
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RURITANIA
Modes of Supply:WTO Services Database Output
Page 1 of 1
1) Cross-border supply  2) Consumption abroad  3) Commercial presence  4) Presence of natural persons
Sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments Notes
1. BUSINESS SERVICES
A. Professional Services
a) Legal Services 1)
2)3)
4)None#3
UnboundNone
Unbound except as provided in the
horizontal commitments1)
2)3)
4)None
UnboundNone
Unbound except as provided in the horizontal
commitments#3 Trade under this mode is
understood to include the delivery of a
service following active solicitation.
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