World Trade
Organization S/DCS/W/BRB
24 January 2003 (03-0460) Trade in Services Original: English

BARBADOS

Draft consolidated Schedule of Specific Commitments

Attached is a draft consolidated version of the Schedule of Specific Commitments of Barbados in word format.
HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS ALL SECTORS INCLUDED IN THIS SCHEDULE

3) The Property Transfer Tax Act stipulates that a foreign investor interested in the purchase or sale of land or shares/stocks is subject to a specific tax on the value of settlement
4) The Immigration Act and regulations control the entry and residence of all foreign natural persons working in Barbados.
Professional Services
(a) Legal services
(CPC 86130 - legal documentation and certification services) 1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) Only a natural person can practice law
An attorney has to be admitted to the local Bar and registered as required under the Legal Profession Act
1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) Not applicable
4) None (h) Medical services
(CPC 93122 - specialized medical services)

1) Unbound
2) Unbound
3) Only a natural person can practice medicine
4) Under the Medical Registration Act,
 closed user groups, on a non-facilities basis):

(a) Voice telephone services
(CPC 7521)
(b) Packet-switched data transmission (CPC 7523**)
(c) Circuit-switched data transmission services
(CPC 7523**)
(d) Telex services
(CPC 7523**)
(e) Telegraph services
(CPC 7522)
(f) Facsimile services
(CPC 7521**, CPC 7529**)

1) Until 1 January 2012, only permitted over networks of the exclusive suppliers; two-ended break-out not permitted.
Entertainment Services (CPC 96191 – theatrical, producer, singer group, band and orchestra, entertainment services) 1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) None

Classifications are based on the Services Sectoral Classification List.
(a) under non-discriminatory terms, conditions (including technical standards and specifications) and rates and of a quality no less favourable than that provided for its own like services or for like services of non-affiliated service suppliers or for its subsidiaries or other affiliates;

(b) in a timely fashion, on terms, conditions (including technical standards and specifications) and cost-oriented rates that are transparent, reasonable, having regard to economic feasibility, and sufficiently unbundled so that the supplier need not pay for network components or facilities that it does not require for the service to be provided; and

(c) upon request,
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A service supplier requesting interconnection with a major supplier will have recourse, either:

(a) at any time or

(b) after a reasonable period of time which has been made publicly known

to an independent domestic body, which may be a regulatory body as referred to in paragraph 5 below, to resolve disputes regarding appropriate terms,
Public availability of licensing criteria

Where a licence is required, the following will be made publicly available:

(a) all the licensing criteria and the period of time normally required to reach a decision concerning an application for a licence and

(b) the terms and conditions of individual licences.

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Mode of Supply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments I.
HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS ALL SECTORS
INCLUDED IN THIS
SCHEDULE
4) Unbound except for measures
concerning senior managerial
personnel and technical experts not
available in the local labour market 4) None for measures concerning
categories of persons indicated in market
access.
For public use and non-
public use on leased lines
only:
(b) Packet-switched data
transmission services
(c) Circuit-switched data
transmission services
Other services: Internet
and Internet access services (except voice)

Teleconferencing services
1) Bypass of the network facilities of the
duopoly operators is not permitted.
4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal measures
1) None

2) None
3) None

4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal measures

For public use:

(o) Other services:
Mobile services(terrestrial
and satellite based)

- Cellular/mobile telephone
services
- Personal communications
services 1) Licenses are granted for a period of
five years ending on 1 January 2003.
Air Transport Services
(a) Aircraft repair and
maintenance services 1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in
horizontal section
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in
horizontal section
(b) Selling and marketing of air
transport services1
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in
horizontal section
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in
horizontal section
(c) Computer reservation
system (CRS) services1
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in
horizontal section
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound, except as indicated in
horizontal section

REFERENCE PAPER

Scope

The following are definitions and principles on the regulatory framework for the basic telecommunications services.
(a) under non-discriminatory terms, conditions (including technical standards and specifications) and rates and of a quality no less favourable than that provided for its own like services or for like services of non-affiliated service suppliers or for its subsidiaries or other facilities;

(b) in a timely fashion, on terms, conditions (including technical standards and specifications) and cost-oriented rates that are transparent, reasonable, having regard to economic feasibility , and sufficient unbundled so that the supplier need not pay for network components or facilities that it does not require for the service to be provided; and

(c) upon request,
5 Interconnection: dispute settlement

A service supplier requesting interconnection with a major supplier will have recourse, either:

(a) at any time or

(b) after a reasonable period of time has been made publicly known

to an independent domestic body, which may be a regulatory body as referred to in paragraph 5 below, to resolve disputes regarding appropriate terms, conditions and rates for interconnection within a reasonable period of time, to the extent that these have not been established previously.
Public availability of licensing criteria

Where a licence is required, the following will be made publicly available:

(a) all the licensing criteria and the period of time normally required to reach a decision concerning an application for a licence and

(b) the terms for the denial of a licence will be made known to the applicant upon request.
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Mode of Supply: (1) Cross-border supply (2) Consumption abroad (3) Commercial presence (4) Presence of natural persons Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments I.
Professional Services
General Medical Services
(CPC 93121)
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal measures
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal measures

Neuro-surgery
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal measures

Epidemiological services
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal measures
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal measures

CATSCAN series
1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal measures

1) None
2) None
3) None
4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal measures

2.
1) None (c) Circuit-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523**)
(d) Telex services
(CPC 7523**)
2) None
3) Reserved to existing exclusive
operator 2) None
3) Articles of Association of Belize
Telecommunications Limited limit share
holding to any one entity to 25%.
(o) Other
Internet and internet
services
(except voice)
(CPC 75260)
(j) On-line information and database retrieval
(CPC 7523**)
1) Reserved to existing exclusive
operator until December 30, 2007
and thereafter only through facilities
supplied by the existing exclusive
operator providing voice telephone
services (CPC 7521).
(a) under non-discriminatory terms, conditions (including technical standards and specifications) and rates and of a quality no less favourable than that provided for its own like services or for like services of non-affiliated service suppliers or for its subsidiaries or other affiliates;

(b) in a timely fashion, on terms, conditions (including technical standards and specifications) and cost-oriented rates that are transparent, reasonable, having regard to economic feasibility, and sufficiently unbundled so that the supplier need not pay for network components or facilities that it does not require for the service to be provided; and

(c) upon request,
5 Interconnection: dispute settlement

A service supplier requesting interconnection with a major supplier will have recourse, either:

(a) at any time or

(b) after a reasonable period of time which has been made publicly known

to an independent domestic body, which may be a regulatory body as referred to in paragraph 5 below, to resolve disputes regarding appropriate terms, conditions and rates for interconnection within a reasonable period of time, to the extent that these have not been established previously.
Allocation and use of scarce resources

Any procedures for the allocation and use of scarce resources, including frequencies, numbers and rights of way, will be carried out in an objective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory manner.
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World Trade
Organization RESTRICTED S/C/W/207
19 April 2002 (02-2201) Council for Trade in Services Original: English

CERTIFICATION

Schedule of Commitments in Basic Telecommunications

EGYPT

The attached draft Schedule of Commitments in Basic Telecommunications has been submitted to the WTO Secretariat by the Government of Egypt with a request to initiate its certification in accordance with the "Procedures for the Certification of Rectifications or Improvements to Schedules of Specific Commitments" adopted by the Council for Trade in Services (S/L/84).

Accordingly, if no objections are communicated to the Secretariat within 45 days from the date of this communication, this certification procedure shall be considered concluded and the attached draft Schedule of Commitments in Basic Telecommunications shall enter into force and will be deemed to constitute an integral part of the Schedule of Specific Commitments of Egypt under the GATS (GATS/SC/30).

EGYPT – SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS

Modes of supply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial Presence 4) Presence of natural persons Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 2.
Essential facilities mean facilities of a public telecommunications transport network or service that

(a) are exclusively or predominantly provided by a single or limited number of suppliers; and

(b) cannot feasibly be economically or technically substituted in order to provide a service.
Such interconnection is provided

(a) under nondiscriminatory terms, conditions (including technical standards and specifications) and rates and of a quality no less favourable than that provided for its own like services or for like services of nonaffiliated service suppliers or for its subsidiaries or other affiliates;

(b) in a timely fashion, on terms, conditions (including technical standards and specifications) and costoriented rates that are transparent, reasonable, having regard to economic feasibility, and sufficiently unbundled so that the supplier need not pay for network components or facilities that it does not require for the service to be provided; and

(c) upon request,
5 Interconnection: dispute settlement

A service supplier requesting interconnection with a major supplier will have recourse, either:

(a) at any time or

(b) after a reasonable period of time which has been made publicly known

to an independent domestic body, which may be a regulatory body as referred to in paragraph 5 below, to resolve disputes regarding appropriate terms, conditions and rates for interconnection within a reasonable period of time, to the extent that these have not been established previously.
Allocation and use of scarce resources

Any procedures for the allocation and use of scarce resources, including frequencies, numbers and rights of way, will be carried out in an objective, timely, transparent and nondiscriminatory manner.
The current state of allocated frequency bands will be made publicly available, but detailed identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses is not required.
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