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WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/5/Rev.2
23January 1998
ORGANIZATION(98-0257)
Working Party ontheAccession Original: English
oftheKyrgyz Republic
ACCESSION OFTHE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Communication from theKyrgyz Republic
Revision
Thefollowing updated version oftheSchedule ofSpecific Commitments onServices hasbeen
received from theGovernment oftheKyrgyz Republic.
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I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS
Commitments include allsectors (4)Unbound except formeasures concerning
temporary entry andstayofnationals ofanother
member whofallintothecategories below:
Services Salespersons -persons notbased inthe
territory oftheKyrgyz Republic andreceiving
noremuneration from asource located within
theKyrgyz Republic, whoareengaged in
activities related torepresenting aservices
supplier forthepurpose ofnegotiating forthe
saleoftheservices ofthatsupplier where: a)
suchsalesarenotdirectly made tothegeneral
public and
b)thesalesperson isnotengaged insupplying
theservice. Entry forpersons named inthis
section islimited toaninety-day period.(4)Unbound except forthemeasures
affecting thepresence ofnatural
persons intheterritory ofKyrgyz
Republic (KR) -forCIScitizens no
entry visaisrequired. Citizens from
other countries arerequired toobtain
entry visas (except thecountries with
which theKyrgyz Republic has
agreements onentrance without visas).
Intra-corporate Transferees -managers,
executives andspecialists, asdefined below,
whoareemployees offirms thatprovide
services within theKyrgyz Republic through a
branch, subsidiary, oraffiliate established inthe
Kyrgyz Republic andwhohavebeenintheprior
employ oftheirfirmoutside theKyrgyz
Republic fortheperiod ofnotlessthanoneyear
immediately preceding thedateoftheir
application foradmission andwhoareoneofthe
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a)Managers -persons within anorganization
whoprimarily direct theorganization, ora
department orsub-division oftheorganization,
supervise andcontrol thework ofother
supervisory, professional ormanagerial
employees, havetheauthority tohireandfireor
recommend hiring, firing, orother personnel
actions (such aspromotion orleave
authorisation), andexercise discretionary
authority overday-to-day operations. Does not
include first-line supervisors, unless the
employees supervised areprofessionals, nor
doesitinclude employees whoprimarily
perform tasks necessary fortheprovision ofthe
service.
b)Executives -persons within theorganization
whoprimarily direct themanagement ofthe
organization, establish thegoals andpolicies of
theorganization, exercise widelatitude in
decision-making, andreceive onlygeneral
supervision ordirection from higher-level
executives, theboard ofdirectors, or
stockholders ofthebusiness. Executives would
notdirectly perform tasks related totheactual
provision ofaservice orservices ofthe
organization.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/5/Rev.2
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c)Specialists -persons within anorganization
whopossess knowledge atanadvanced levelof
continued expertise andwhopossess proprietary
knowledge oftheorganization ’sservices,
research, techniques, ormanagement.
(Specialists mayinclude, butarenot
limited to,members oflicensed
professions.)
Entry forpersons named inthissection is
limited toathree-year period thatmaybe
extended foruptotwoadditional years fora
totaltermnottoexceed fiveyears.
II. COMMITMENTS INSPECIFIC SECTORS
I. BUSINESS SERVICES
A. Professional services
(a) Legal services (CPC 861)
1.Legal service: home
country lawandpublic
international law(excluding
Kyrgyz Law)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
2.Legal services: practice asor
though aqualified Kyrgyz
lawyer(1)None
(2)None
(3)Advocate services maybeprovided onlyby
theKRcitizens. Only anadvocate hastheright
toprovide legalservices inconnection with
criminal matters.
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated
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(b)Accounting, Auditing and
Bookkeeping services
(CPC 862)
(c)Taxation services
(CPC 863)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
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 asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
(h)Medical anddental 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)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
(k)Services inthesphere of
industrial property(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Only acitizen oftheKyrgyz Republic, who
ispermanently residing intheKyrgyz Republic,
hastherighttoprovide services (inthesphere
ofindustrial property) asapatent agent.(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Only acitizen oftheKyrgyz
Republic, whoispermanently residing
intheKyrgyz Republic, hastheright
toprovide services (inthesphere of
industrial property) asapatent agent.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/5/Rev.2
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B.Computer andRelated
Services
(CPC 841-845, 849)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
C.Research andDevelopment
Services (CPC 851-853)(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
D. RealEstate Services
(a)involving ownorleased
property (CPC 821)(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
E.Rental/leasing Services
without Operators andwith
Operators (CPC 83101-83109,
832)(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated
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 asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
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(f)Services incidental to
agriculture, hunting andforestry
(CPC 881)
(g)Services incidental to
fishing (CPC 882)(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
(h)Services incidental to
mining (CPC 883,5115)
(i)Services incidental to
manufacturing (CPC 884,885,
except for88442)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
(j)Services incidental toenergy
distribution (CPC 887)(1)Unbound
(2)Unbound
(3)None, except forservices ondistribution of
electric energy
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)Unbound
(2)Unbound
(3)None, except forservices on
distribution ofelectric energy
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
(m)Scientific andtechnical
consulting services (CPC 8675)
(n)Maintenance andrepair of
equipment (notincluding
maritime vessels, aircraft or
other transport equipment)
(CPC 633,8861-8866)
(r)Printing, publishing
(CPC 88442)
(s)Convention services
(CPC 87909*)
(t)Market research andpublic
opinion monitoring services(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
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2. COMMUNICATION SERVICES
A.Postal services (CPC 7511) (1)Unbound
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)Unbound
(2)None
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
B.Courier services
(CPC 7512)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
C. Telecommunication services: Basic andEnhanced Telecommunication Services References paper,
Notes byChairman
(documents
S/GBT/W/2/Rev.1
andS/GBT/W/3 )
developed byGroup
onBasid
Telecommunication
areprovided in
annexes 1,2and3
tothisdocument.
(a)Voice telephone services
(CPC 7521)
(d)Telex services
(CPC 7523**)
(e)Telegraph services
(CPC 7522)
(g)Private leased circuit
services (CPC 7522**, 7523**)(1)None
(2)None
(3)International andlongdistance
communication services areunder thestate
monopoly andcarried outthrough the
KyrgyzTelecom network. Demonopolisation of
theKyrgyzTelecom network willbein2003.
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
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(b)Packet-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523**)
(c)Circuit-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523)
(f)Facsimile services
(CPC 7521**, 7529**)
(h)Electronic mail
(CPC 7523**)
(i)Voice mail(CPC 7523**)
(j)On-line information anddata
baseretrieval (CPC 7523**)
(k)electronic datainterchange
(EDI) (CPC 7523**)
(l)enhanced/value added
facsimile services, include. store
andforward, store andretrieve
(CPC 7523**)
(m)codeandprotocol
conversion
(n)on-line information and/or
data(CPC 843**)
(o)other(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
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D. Audiovisual services
(a)Motion picture andvideo
tapeproduction anddistribution
services (CPC 9611)
(b)Motion picture projection
service (CPC 9612)
(c)Radio andtelevision
services (CPC 9613)
(e)Sound recording
(d)Radio andtelevision
transmission services
(CPC 7524)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
3.Construction andrelated
engineering services
(CPC 511-518)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
4. DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
A.Commission agents ’services
(CPC 621)
B.Wholesale trade (except
wholesale trade ofalcoholic
beverages, tobacco, firearms,
pharmaceuticals) (CPC 622)
C.Retailing services (except
foralcoholic beverages and
tobacco) (CPC 631,632,6111,
6113, 6121)
D.Franchising (CPC 8929)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/5/Rev.2
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5. EDUCATION SERVICES
A.Primary education services
(CPC 921)(1)None, except foronprimary education
services funded from State sources.
(2)None
(3)None, except foronprimary education
services funded from State sources.
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None, except foronprimary
education services funded from State
sources.
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
B.Secondary education
services (CPC 922)(1)None, except foronsecondary education
services funded from State sources.
(2)None
(3)None, except foronsecondary education
services funded from State sources.
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None, except foronsecondary
education services funded from State
sources.
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
C.Higher education services
(CPC 923)(1)None, except foronhigher education
services funded from State sources.
(2)None
(3)None, except foronhigher education
services funded from State sources.
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None, except foronhigher
education services funded from State
sources.
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
D.Adult education (CPC 924) (1)None, except foronadult education services
funded from State sources.
(2)None
(3)None, except foronadult education services
funded from State sources.
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None, except foronadult
education services funded from State
sources.
(2)None
(3)None.
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/5/Rev.2
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6. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
A.Sewage services
(CPC 9401)
BRefuse disposal services
(CPC 9402)
CSanitation andsimilar
services (CPC 9403)
DOther(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
7. FINANCIAL SERVICES
A. Allinsurance andinsurance related services (CPC 812**)
(a)Life, accident andhealth
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)(1)Unbound, except forinsurance ofcargo
transportation, brokerage andreinsurance.
(2)None
(3)None, except for
Foreign ownership inKyrgyz legalentities
providing insurance services must notexceed
49%. Thisrestriction willbeeliminated before
2002
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
B. Banking andother financial services (excluding insurance)
(a)Acceptance ofdeposits and
other repayable funds from the
public (CPC 81115-81119)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None, except for:(1)None
(2)None
(3)None, except for:
(b)Lending ofalltypes,
include, interalia,consumer
credit, mortgage credit,
factoring andfinancing of
commercial transaction
(CPC 8113)There arespecial procedures valid forallentities
(residents andnon-residents) andrelated to
peculiarities ofthese institutions ’activity:
-Banks shallbeestablished andoperate onlyin
theform ofjointstock companies (ofopenand
closed type);Theminimum equity forbanks with
lessthan20%foreign participation is
twice lower thanforbanks withmore
than20% foreign participation This
restriction willbeeliminated before
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(c)Financial leasing
(CPC 8112)
(d)Allpayment andmoney
transmission services
(CPC 81339**)
(e)Guarantees andcommitments
(CPC 81199**)
(f)Trading forownaccount or
foraccount ofcustomers,
whether onanexchange, inan-Branches maybeopened byforeign banks
which havefirmfinance standing;
-Ifabankisestablished byanon-banking
institution, thenshare ofownership islimited
to15%ofstocks;
-Banking capital maybeformed onlyatthe
expense ofmonetary means;
-Banks mayissue onlyregistered stocks,
banking stocks shallhavethesame nominal
value;
over-the-counter market or
otherwise, thefollowing:
-money market instruments
(cheques, bills, certificate of
deposits, etc.)
(CPC 81339**)
-foreign exchange
(CPC 81333)
-derivative products include.,
butnotlimited to,futures
andoptions (CPC 81339**)
-exchange rateandinterest-Pawnshops shallbeestablished onlyinthe
form ofacompany withadditional liability
orfullpartnership;
-Investment funds maybeorganized onlyin
theform ofopened jointstock companies.
-Ifabankisestablished byoneshareholder,
there must beformed Board ofDirectors of
thebankconsisting ofatleastfivepeople;
-Ifabankisestablished byoneshareholder,
thelatter maynotbeChairman ofBoard of
thebank.
rateinstruments, incl.
products suchasswaps,
forward rateetc.agreements,
(CPC 81339**)
-transferable securities
(CPC 81321*)
-other negotiable instruments
andfinancial assets, include.
Bullion (CPC 81339**)(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments(4)Unbound except asindicated
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(g)Participation inissues ofall
kinds ofsecurities, include.
Under-writing andplacement as
agent (whether publicly or
privately) andprovision of
service related tosuchissues
(CPC 8132)
(h)Money broking
(CPC 81339**)
(i)Asset management, suchas
cashorportfolio management ,
allforms ofcollective
investment management,
custodial depositary andtrust
services
(CPC 8119**, 81323*)
(j)Settlement andclearing
services forfinancial assets,
include. securities, derivative
products, andother negotiable
instruments (CPC 81339** or
81319**)
(k)Advisory andother
auxiliary financial services on
alltheactivities listed inArticle
1BofMTN.TNC/W/50, incl.
credit reference andanalysis,
investment andportfolio
research andadvice, advice on
acquisitions andoncorporate
restructuring andstrategy
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(l)Provision andtransfer of
financial information, and
financial dataprocessing and
related software byproviders of
other financial services
(CPC 8131)
8.HEALTH RELATED AND
SOCIAL SERVICES (other than
those listed under I.A.h-j.)
(CPC 9311, 9319 other than
93191, 933)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
9. TOURISM AND TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES
A.Hotels andrestaurants
(incl-catering) (CPC 641-643)
B.Travel agencies andtour
operators services (CPC 7471)
C.Tourist guides services
(CPC 7472)
D.Other(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
10.RECREATIONAL,
CULTURAL AND SPORTING
SERVICES (Other than
audiovisual services)
(CPC 9619, 962-964)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES
A.Maritime Transport Services
(CPC 7211-7214, 745**,
8868**)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
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C.AirTransport Services
(except maintenance andrepair
ofaircraft)
(CPC 731,732,734,746)(1)Foreign airtransport companies arenot
permitted toprovide domestic airtransportation
services
(2)Unbound
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)Unbound
(2)Unbound
(3)Unbound
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.
(d)Maintenance andrepair of
aircraft (CPC 8868**)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None except
Foreign ownership interest inKyrgyz legal
entities providing suchservices cannotexceed
49% Thisrestriction willberemove before
2005
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
E.RailTransport Services
(CPC 7111-7113, 8868**, 743)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
F.Road Transport Services
(CPC 7121-7124, 6112, 8867,
744)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
G.Pipeline Transport
(CPC 7131, 7139)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
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H.Services Auxiliary toall
Modes ofTransport
(CPC 741,742,748)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
(d)Services ontransport
tickets reservation bymeans of
computers (CPC 749)(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated under
horizontal commitments.(1)None
(2)None
(3)None
(4)Unbound except asindicated
under horizontal commitments.
The(*)indicates thattheservice specified isacomponent ofamore aggregated CPC itemspecified elsewhere inthisclassification list.
The(**)indicates thattheservice specified constitutes onlyapartofthetotalrange ofactivities covered bytheCPCconcordance (e.g.voice mailisonly
acomponent ofCPC item7523).
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