Termination of the procedures under article
xxi of
the General agreement on trade in services (gats)
Communication from the secretariat
On 24 May 2024, the delegation
of Canada circulated a communication, contained in document _S/SECRET/14/Add.1,
concerning Canada's withdrawal of its notification pursuant to the Procedures for the Implementation
of Article XXI of the GATS (_S/L/80[1]), as set out in document _S/SECRET/14.
In accordance with paragraph 19
of _S/L/80,
upon receipt of the above-mentioned withdrawal, Article XXI and the procedures
for the implementation of Article XXI cease to apply to the process initiated in
_S/SECRET/14.
Consequently, and in accordance
with _WT/L/452[2], documents relating
to this process are derestricted for transparency purposes.
[1] Procedures for the Implementation of Article XXI of the General
Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), dated 29 October 1999.
[2] Procedures for the Circulation and Derestriction of WTO Documents,
dated 16 May 2002.