RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.27/Suppl.1
19July1995
ORGANIZATION(95-2082)
Original: Spanish Negotiating Group onMaritime Transport Services
COMMUNICATION FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Additional Information Concerning theResponse oftheDominican Republic tothe
Questionnaire onMaritime Transport Services
Supplement
With reference todocument S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.27, thefollowing additional information
iscirculated tomembers oftheNegotiating Group onMaritime Transport Services attherequest of
theDominican Republic.
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1. Market structure
Organization ofcargo
8. TheDominican Republic willaccede totheConvention ontheCode ofConduct assoonas
negotiations withtherelevant United Nations bodyhavebeenconcluded. TheGovernment considers
thatitsaccession willconstitute animportant factor instrengthening therights oftransport users in
relation toshipping companies organized inconferences, which in1994 controlled 51percentof
thecargo shipped totheDominican Republic bysea.
Ports andauxiliary services
13. These percentages arecalculated onthebasis ofthenumber offoreign suppliers divided by
thetotalnumber ofsuppliers inaparticular sector.
TheDominican portauthority doesnothaveanyinformation ontransit services, therefore,
theGovernmentcannotprovideanydatashowingtheshareofforeigncompaniessupplyingsuchservices.
There arenorestrictions onthesupply ofservices forthemaintenance andrepair ofvessels.
However, noforeign ordomestic company provides suchservices intheDominican Republic.