WORLD TRADE S/L/16
24November 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-3744)
Trade inServices
DECISION ONTHE TERMS OFREFERENCE FOR THE
COMMITTEE ONSPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
Adopted bytheCouncil forTrade inServices on22November 1995
TheCouncil forTrade inServices ,
Acting pursuant toArticle XXIV oftheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices withaview
tofurthering theobjectives ofthatAgreement,
Having regard totheDecision onInstitutional Arrangements fortheGeneral Agreement on
Trade inServices adopted on1March 1995,
Having regard toitsDecision atitsmeeting on4October 1995 toestablish theCommittee
onSpecific Commitments,
Decides asfollows:
1. TheCommitteeonSpecificCommitmentsshallcarryoutthefollowingresponsibilitiesinrelation
toallservices sectors other thanthose forwhich standing sectoral bodies havebeenestablished:
(a) Oversee theimplementation ofspecific commitments inallmodes ofsupply, including
specific commitments relating toMovement ofNatural Persons, contained inMembers '
Schedules.
(b) Examine, attherequest ofMembers, schedules ofspecific commitments andlistsof
Exemptions fromArticle IIoftheGATS, particularly withaviewtoimproving their
technical accuracy andcoherence inthefuture.
(c) Oversee theapplication oftheprocedures forthemodification ofschedules pursuant
toArticle XXIoftheGATS.
2. Nothing inparagraph 1shallpreclude theCommittee fromaddressing anyissues ofahorizontal
nature.
3. TheCommittee shallreport totheCouncil forTrade inServices andformulate proposals and
recommendations asnecessary.