Reference:
WLI/100 11
February 2025
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING
THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON 15 APRIL 1994
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
CERTIFICATION OF modification
of SCHEDULES OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
Australia
TRANSMISSION OF CERTIFIED TRUE COPY
WHEREAS,
the Council for Trade in Services, on 19 July 1999, adopted Procedures for the
Implementation of Article XXI of the General Agreement on Trade in Services
(GATS) - Modification of Schedules (document S/L/80);
WHEREAS, in accordance with the
provisions of the above-mentioned Procedures, on 20 December 2024,
Australia notified the Secretariat of the WTO of the initiation of the
certification procedure for the proposed modification to its Schedule of
Specific Commitments (document S/SECRET/13/ARB/3). This notification was
circulated to WTO Members and no objections to the proposed modifications were
received within 45 days from the date of issue of Australia's notification;
WHEREAS on 4 February 2025, the WTO
Secretariat issued a communication to all Members to the effect that the
certification procedure concerning the above‑mentioned modifications has been
concluded (document S/L/554);
IT
IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the annexed modifications constitute an integral part
of Australia's Schedule of Specific Commitments as of 4 February 2025.
I
hereby furnish a certified true copy of the above-mentioned modifications to
each Member of the World Trade Organization.[1]
This certification shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of
Article 102 of the Charter of the United Nations.
Done
at Geneva this sixth day of February, two thousand and twenty-five.
Ngozi
Okonjo-Iweala
Director-General
25-0970 WT/Let/1726
p. 3 offset (pdf file
attached)
[1] For ease of
reference, the resulting modifications will also be issued as document GATS/SC/6/Suppl.5.