Working Party on Domestic Regulation - Communication from Canada - Disciplines on Domestic Regulation for Professional Services - Results of Consultations with Professional Sectors

World Trade Organization S/WPDR/W/22 10 February 2003 (03-0862) Working Party on Domestic Regulation Original: English COMMUNICATION FROM CANADA Disciplines on Domestic Regulation for Professional Services Results of Consultations with Professional Sectors The following communication has been received from the Delegation of Canada with the request that it be circulated to the Members of the Working Party on Domestic Regulation. _______________ Introduction This paper reports on results received from the Canadian Council of Land Surveyors (CCLS)* regarding the relevance and applicability of the Disciplines on Domestic Regulation in the Accountancy Sector (S/L/64, 17 December 1998). This report supplements the results tabled by Canada to the WPDR on 16 March 2001 (S/WPDR/W/13). Methodology Consultations with the CCLS were conducted on the basis of a questionnaire that took into account the elements of the accountancy disciplines (transparen