RESTRICTED
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE PC/SCS/M/5
FOR THE 9December 1994
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
(94-2737)
SUB-COMMITTEE ONSERVICES
REPORT OFTHE MEETING HELD ON29NOVEMBER 1994
Note bytheSecretariat
1. TheSub-Committee onServices helditsfifthmeeting on29November 1994. Theagenda
forthemeeting iscontained inAirgram PC/AIR/41. Inaddition, theChairman raised thequestion
ofholding anadditional meeting oftheSub-Committee inDecember.
ItemA:Issues relating tothescope oftheGATS
2. TheChairman recalled thatattheprevious meeting hehadpresented aprogress report, on
hisownresponsibility, ontheconsultations hehadbeenholding ontheoutstanding issues relating to
thescope oftheGATS. Informal discussion ofthereport hadrevealed persisting divergences among
delegations. However, there waswidespread willingness tocontinue consultations withaview to
reaching acommon understanding ontheoutstanding issues. TheChairman saidthatsubsequently
anumber ofdelegates, intheirpersonal capacity, hadbeenworking among themselves inaneffort
topavethewaytopossible solutions ontheissue ofsocial security. Asaresult, theyhadproduced
anon-paper which hadbeensubject toinformal discussions. Those discussions hadrevealed that,while
thenon-paper represented arespectable effort, itdidnotseem, from thepoint ofview ofsome
delegations, tobeabasisforfurther work. Onissues otherthansocial security, thatisdispute settlement
under bilateral investment treaties andmovement andtemporary stayofcertain categories ofnatural
persons under bilateral agreements, informal consultations hadledtofurther clarification ofconcerns
thatsome delegations have, butitwasnotpossible yettodraw finalconclusions onanyofthem. He
indicated thatitwasclear thatmore timewasneeded fordelegations toreflect further andthathe
intended tocontinue hisconsultations withaviewtoarriving atsolutions acceptable toallMembers
oftheSub-Committee before thedeadline forthese consultations, i.e.15December 1994.
3. TheSub-Committee tooknote.
ItemB:Guidelines fornotifications
4. TheChairman drew theattention oftheSub-Committee totherevised version ofthedraft
Guidelines forNotifications dated 21November 1994. Therevised draftreflected comments thatwere
made bydelegations attheprevious meeting oftheSub-Committee. Following abriefdiscussion,
theChairman suggested thatthedraftbetransformed intoaformal document oftheSub-Committee
andbetransmitted totheCouncil forTrade inServices foritsconsideration andaction asappropriate.
5. TheSub-Committee soagreed.
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ItemC:Progress report onthework oftheNegotiating Groups
6. TheChairman indicated thatsincetheprevious meeting oftheSub-Committee, theonlymeeting
ofaNegotiating Group thathadtaken place wasthatoftheNegotiating Group onMovement ofNatural
Persons. Atthatmeeting, delegations reported onprogress made inbilateral discussions andexchanged
information ontheirplans inthisregard. Ithadbeenagreed thatitwould behelpful todesignate a
period ofbilateral contacts towards theendofJanuary 1995, tobefollowed byafurther meeting of
theNegotiating Group inearly February. TheGroup hadalsoagreed togrant observer status tothe
government ofSaudi Arabia.
7. TheSub-Committee tooknote.
ItemD:Verification ofschedules
8. TheChairman drewtheattention oftheSub-Committee todocument PC/SCS/W/6 concerning
theverification oftheSchedules ofSaint Kitts andNevis, United Arab Emirates andMali andto
document PC/SCS/W/7 concerning theverification oftheSchedule ofAngola. Heindicated that
delegations wereinvited tosubmit totheSecretariat, by25November, anyquestions theymight have
concerning thetechnical aspects oftheSchedules referred toindocument PC/SCS/W/6. However,
theSecretariat hadnotreceived anysuchquestions. Hesought clarification astowhether thismeant
thatthere werenoquestions, orwhether delegations needed more time. Some delegations indicated
thattheyhadnotyetconcluded bilateral negotiations ontheseschedules and,therefore, werenotready
toproceed withthetechnical verification. TheChairman suggested that,while more timeisobviously
needed toconclude bilateral negotiations, theSecretariat would follow upanytechnical questions it
might haveinrelation tothose schedules, aswellasanyother schedules thatmaybesubmitted inthe
meantime, withthedelegations concerned andprovide them withanytechnical assistance thatmight
benecessary. TheChairman alsosuggested thataninformal meeting would beconvened on15
December 1994 fortheverification ofallschedules onwhich negotiations havebeenconcluded.
9. TheSub-Committee soagreed.
ItemE:Other business
10. TheChairman suggested that,inthelightoftheoutstanding work, theSub-Committee needed
toholdanadditional meeting inDecember toconsider itsreport onissues relating tothescope ofthe
GATS andfinalize theverification ofschedules ofcommitments onwhich bilateral negotiations have
beenconcluded. Hesuggested Friday, 16December asadateforthatmeeting.
11. TheSub-Committee soagreed.
12. Therepresentative oftheEuropean Communities asked when thedelegation oftheUnited States
would beinaposition toprovide other Members withadditional information concerning itssubmission
onmeasures relating totaxes andsubsidies atthesub-federal level. Therepresentative oftheUnited
States indicated thatitisexpected thatsuchinformation willbeavailable soon.
13. TheSub-Committee sotooknote.