GENERAL AGREEMENT GATS/SC/64
15April 1994
ONTRADE INSERVICES (94-1061)
NIGER
Schedule ofSpecific Commitments
(This isauthentic inFrench only)
____________________NIGER -SCHEDULE OFSPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
9. TOURISM AND
TRAVEL RELATED
SERVICES
A. Hotel andrestaurant
services
(CPC 641-643)
Leading establishments
-Hotels
-Inns
-Camps
-Boarding houses
(pensions)
-Camping sites1) Unbound*
2) None
3) Prior approval ofministries concerned.
Theprocedure isdiscretionary1) Unbound*
2) None
3) Obligation toprovide training programme
* Unbound duetolackoftechnical feasibility.
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Restaurants4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
entry andtemporary stayofnatural persons
-whoareemployees ofacompany and
transferred toacompany incorporated in
theNiger belonging to,controlled byora
subsidiary oftheformer -inthefollowing
categories:
-managers
-senior executives
-specialists whopossess knowledge that
isessential totheprovision ofthe
service
1) Unbound*
2) None
3) Prior approval ofministries concerned.
Theprocedure isdiscretionary4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
categories ofnatural persons indicated in
themarket access column
1) Unbound*
2) None
3) Obligation toprovide training programme
* Unbound duetolackoftechnical feasibility.NIGER (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
B. Travel agencies andtour
operators services
(CPC 7471)
Travel agencies4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
entry andtemporary stayofnatural persons
-whoareemployees ofacompany and
transferred toacompany incorporated in
theNiger belonging to,controlled byora
subsidiary oftheformer -inthefollowing
categories:
-managers
-senior executives
-specialists whopossess knowledge that
isessential totheprovision ofthe
service
1) Agencies outside theNiger must work
through aNiger orforeign agency
established onNiger territory
2) None
3) Prior approval ofministries concerned.
Theprocedure isdiscretionary4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
categories ofnatural persons indicated in
themarket access column
1) None
2) None
3) None
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
entry andtemporary stayofnatural persons
-whoareemployees ofacompany and
transferred toacompany incorporated in
theNiger belonging to,controlled byora
subsidiary oftheformer -inthefollowing
categories:
-managers
-senior executives
-specialists whopossess knowledge that
isessential totheprovision ofthe
service4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
categories ofnatural persons indicated in
themarket access column
C. Tourist guides services
(CPC 7472)1) Obligation toattach atleast onelocal guide
2) None
3) Niger nationality required1) Unbound
2) None
3) NoneNIGER (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
entry andtemporary stayofnatural persons
-whoareemployees ofacompany and
transferred toacompany incorporated in
theNiger belonging to,controlled byora
subsidiary oftheformer -inthefollowing
categories:
-managers
-senior executives
-specialists whopossess knowledge that
isessential totheprovision ofthe
service
Inaddition, obligation tohave attached at
least oneguide ofNiger nationality4) Unbound
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
11. TRANSPORT
SERVICES
F. Road transport services
International road
transport offreight
(CPC 7123)1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
entry andtemporary stayofnatural persons
-whoareemployees ofacompany and
transferred toacompany incorporated in
theNiger belonging to,controlled byora
subsidiary oftheformer -inthefollowing
categories:
-managers
-senior executives
-specialists whopossess knowledge that
isessential totheprovision ofthe
service1) Unbound
2) None
3) Prior approval ofministries concerned.
Theprocedure isdiscretionary
4) UnboundNIGER (continued)
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
I. Other transport services
Professionalization and
training ofsmall carriers,
anddiesel mechanics1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) Subject toauthorization. Theprocedure is
discretionary
4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
entry andtemporary stayofnatural persons
-whoareemployees ofacompany and
transferred toacompany incorporated in
theNiger belonging to,controlled byora
subsidiary oftheformer -inthefollowing
categories:
-managers
-senior executives
-specialists whopossess knowledge that
isessential totheprovision ofthe
service1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) None
4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
categories ofnatural persons indicated in
themarket access column
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Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Freight andpassenger
transport atnational
level, including river
transport1) Unbound
2) None
3) Subject toauthorization. Theprocedure is
discretionary1) Unbound
2) None
3) None (incentives forregrouping)
4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
entry andtemporary stayofnatural persons
-whoareemployees ofacompany and
transferred toacompany incorporated in
theNiger belonging to,controlled byora
subsidiary oftheformer -inthefollowing
categories:
-managers
-senior executives
-specialists whopossess knowledge that
isessential totheprovision ofthe
service4) Unbound, except formeasures affecting the
categories ofnatural persons indicated in
themarket access column