Council for Trade in Services - Special Session - Communication from the European Communities and Their Member States - Postal/Courier: Proposal for a Reference Paper

World Trade Organization TN/S/W/26 17 January 2005 (05-0187) Council for Trade in Services Special Session Original: English COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITies AND THEIR MEMBER STATES Postal/Courier: Proposal for a Reference Paper The following communication, dated 13 January 2005, from the delegation of the European Communities and their Member States is being circulated to the Members of the Council for Trade in Services. _______________ INTRODUCTION This communication is a complement to the sectoral proposal S/CSS/W/61 of the European Communities and their Member States on the postal and courier sector, which notably contemplated the possibility of a reference paper for postal and courier services. The EC suggests that the following reference paper proposal on postal and courier services could be a model to be further discussed with Members with a view to insert a final version of the paper in the additional commitments of Members