RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/C/M/35/Corr.1∗
3 June 1999
(99-2241)
Council for Trade in Services
REPORT OF THE MEETING HELD ON 26 APRIL 1999
Corrigendum
In the report of the meeting held on 26 April 1999, the following statements by the delegation
of Hungary were accidentally omitted:
B. DEVELOPMENT OF DISCIPLINES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VI:4 OF THE GATS
With respect to the draft decision establishing the Working Party on Domestic Regulation, the
representative of Hungary said that it was the understanding of his delegation that it did not prejudge
or prejudice the outcome of the debate on the conditionality of Article VI:4 disciplines and that his
delegation was of the opinion that these discipli nes should apply only in sectors where specific
commitments had been undertaken.
D. PREPARATION OF NEGOTIATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XIX – NEGOTIATING
GUIDELINES AND PROCEDURES
The representative of Hungary agreed with the views expressed by Uruguay  on the
negotiating guidelines and procedures and said that paragraph 9 of the Geneva Ministerial Declaration
clearly stated that the General Council work programme shall encompass recommendations
concerning the negotiations already mandated at Marrakesh and that this did not conflict with the text
of Article XIX of the GATS.  Although he understood the points made by some delegations that the
Services Council could and perhaps should feed into this process, he stressed that the primary concern
of his delegation was to avoiding creating a parallel process, which would not lead to an optimal
allocation of scarce resources by delegations.  He argued that on this issue the General Council shouldhave all proposed elements on the table at the same time and that a uniform process should be created
for the elaboration of negotiating guidelines or plans for all mandated areas, so that the same process
would apply to agriculture and services.
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