Trade in Services - Guidelines for the Scheduling of Specific Commitments under the GATS - Adopted by the Council for Trade in Services on 23 March 2001
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World Trade
Organization S/L/92
28 March 2001 (01-1542) Trade in Services
GUIDELINES FOR THE SCHEDULING OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
UNDER THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES (GATS)
Adopted by the Council for Trade in Services on 23 March 2001
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction 3
PART I : WHAT ITEMS SHOULD BE SCHEDULED? 3
A. Limitations on Market Access (Article XVI) 4
B. Limitations on National Treatment (Article XVII) 5
C. Additional Commitments (Article XVIII) 7
D. Exceptions 7
E. Specific Commitments and MFN Exemptions 7
PART II: HOW SHOULD ITEMS BE SCHEDULED? 7
A. How to describe committed sectors and sub sectors 8
B. How to treat the modes of supply 8
1. Cross border supply 9
2. Consumption abroad 9
3. Commercial Presence 10
4. Presence of natural persons 10
5. Relationship between modes of supply 10
C. How to record commitments 10
1. Horizontal commitments 10
2. Sector specific commitments 11
3. L