RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGBT/W/12/Add.24/Corr.1*
22March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-1055)
Original: Spanish Negotiating Group onBasic
Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
Corrigendum
Thispageshould besubstituted forpage1ofdocument (S/NGBT/W/12/Add.24).
Theattached communication iscirculated attherequest oftheDominican Republic toMembers
oftheNegotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications.
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Pursuant tothedecision adopted bytheMembers oftheNegotiating Group onBasic
Telecommunications, theDominican Republic circulates theattached offer inorder tocontribute
tothesuccess ofthenegotiations onbasic telecommunications.
TheDominican Republic reserves theright tomodify orwithdraw thisoffer atanytime
before theculmination ofthenegotiating period aslaiddown intheDecision onNegotiations on
Basic Telecommunications. Italsoreserves theright tomake technical changes initsoffer and
tocorrect anyerror, omission orinaccuracy.
Regulatory issues
TheDominican Republic maintains itscommitment tothedevelopment ofauniversal service.
Nevertheless, itwillmaintain measures todealwithanti-competitive practices, including intheareas
relating totherightofinterconnection andfreedom tonegotiate accounting ordistribution rates.
Anyterminalorothertypeofequipmentproducedabroadthatinterfaceswiththepublicswitched
telephone network mustbeapproved inaccordance withthestandards established forWorld Numbering
Zone 1.Theregulatory body mayrequire evidence ofsuchtype-approval.
*Spanish andEnglish only.