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ORGANIZATION  S/WPGR/W/13/Add.2 
30 August 2004 
 (04-3590) 
Working Party on GATS Rules  
  
 
LIMITATIONS IN MEMBERS' SCHE DULES RELATING TO SUBSIDIES 
 
Note by the Secretariat
1 
 
Addendum  
  
I. INTRODUCTION 
1. At its meeting of 23 June 2004, the Working Party on GATS Rules requested the Secretariat 
to bring documents S/WPGR/W/13 and S/WPGR/W /13/Add.1 up to date by listing the subsidy-
related limitations contained in schedules of speci fic commitments submitted since the last update in 
June 2000.  The following section presents these s ubsidy-related limitations.  The list was compiled 
by reviewing the commitments of acceding Memb ers, as well as other new commitments, such as 
those resulting from acceptance of the Fourth or Fifth Protocol.   
2. As in S/WPGR/W/13 and S/WPGR/W/13/Add.1, it is worth recalling that the information 
contained in this Note is limited in at least two r espects.  First, only those entries that make explicit 
reference to subsidies and other forms of financial contributions or transfers of funds by the public 
authorities of a Member have been taken into account.  Nevertheless, given the limited amount of information available, the entries listed do not n ecessarily constitute subsidies as the term might be 
understood by Members.  Secondly, it has to be kept  in mind that discriminatory subsidies may also 
be granted in situations where no commitments  have been undertaken.  For obvious reasons, 
Members' schedules are silent on any such programmes. 
3. At its meeting of 23 June 2004, the Working Party also requested the Secretariat to indicate 
whether Members' schedules of specific commitment s contained definitions of subsidies.  The 
Secretariat could find no such definitions in schedules.   
 
                                                     
 
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO.   
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II. COMPILATION OF SUBSIDY-RELATED LIMITATIONS IN SCHEDULES OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS  
(a) Armenia (GATS/SC/137, p. 3) 
Modes of supply: 1)  Cross-border supply  2)  Consumption abroad  3)  Commercial presence  4)  Presence of natural persons 
Sector or subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
ALL SECTORS INCLUDED IN THIS 
SCHEDULE 
  
[...]  
[...] 
 Subsidies
 
1), 2), 3), 4) Unbound with respect to 
subsidies. Only legal entities constituted under Armenian 
legislation are eligible for 
subsidization, irrespective of their capital ownership. 
  
 
 
  
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 Page 3(b) China (GATS/SC/135, p. 2) 
Modes of supply:        1)    Cross-border supply     2)    Consumption abroad       3)    Commercial presence      4)    Prese nce of natural persons 
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS  
 
 ALL SECTORS INCLUDED 
IN THIS SCHEDULE 
  
[... ]  
[...]  (3) Unbound for all the existing 
subsidies to domestic services suppliers in the sectors of audio-visual, aviation and medical services. 
  
 
  
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(c) Croatia (GATS/SC/130, p. 2) 
Modes of supply:      1)    Cross-border supply        2)    Cons umption abroad           3)    Commercial presence          4)     Presence of natural persons   
Sector or sub-sector Limitation s on market access Limitations on  national treatment Additional 
commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
ALL SECTORS INCLUDED IN THIS SCHEDULE [...] 
  
[...]  
  Subsidies  
 1,2,3)  Eligibility for subsidies from the Republic 
of Croatia may be limited to legal persons 
established within the territory of Croatia 
or a particular geographical sub-division 
thereof. Research and development subsidies are limited to legal persons 
established in Croatia. 
 4)            To the extent that any subsidies are made 
               avai lable to natural persons, their  
               availability may be limited to the nationals                of the Republic of Croatia.      
  
 
  
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 Page 5(d) Former Yugoslav Republic of Mace donia (GATS/SC/138, p. 5 and 17) 
Modes of supply:       1)    Cross-border supply      2)    Consumption abroad      3)    Commercial presence     4)    Presenc e of natural persons   
Sector or subsector Limitations on market access Limi tations on national treatm ent Additional commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS  
All sectors  
[...]    
 [...] [...] 
Subsidies 
1) 2) 3) 4) Eligibility for subsidies reserved for 
national services and service suppliers.    
II. COMMITMENTS IN SPECIFIC SECTORS 
[...] 
5. EDUCATION 
SERVICES 
 
All education services included 
in this section:  
Subsectors listed below only cover privately funded 
education services. 
Educational services in 
investigation, security and 
defense areas and in history 
and culture of people and nationalities in FYROM are 
excluded. [...] 1) 2) 3) 4) Unbound for grants and scholarships   
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(e) Georgia (GATS/SC/129, p. 2) 
Modes of supply:       (1) Cross-border supply (2)     Consump tion abroad  (3)   Commercial pr esence  (4)  Presence of Natural Persons 
 
Sector or subsector 
  
Limitations on Market Access 
  
Limitations on National Treatment  
Additional Commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
Commitments include all 
sectors [...] 1) Unbound for subsidies 
2) Unbound for subsidies 3) [...] 
 
 Eligibility for subsidies may be 
limited to persons established in a 
particular geographical sub-division 
of Georgia. 
 
    
 
  
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 Page 7(f) Lithuania (GATS/SC/133, p. 2 and 19) 
Modes of supply:          1)    Cross-border supply      2)    Consumption abroad       3)    Commercial presence       4)    P resence of natural persons   
Sector or sub-sector Limitations on market access Limitations on national treatment Additional 
commitments 
I.  HORIZONTAL  COMMITMENTS 
 [...] (3) [...] 
  
   Eligibility of subsidies may be limited to 
legal persons established within the territory of Lithuania or a particular 
geographical subdiv ision thereof. 
  
  (4) [...] 
 
 Subsidies available only to natural persons 
may be limited to Lithuanian citizens 
  
II. SECTOR-SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS  
8.  HEALTH RELATED 
AND SOCIAL 
SERVICES 
    
A. Hospital services  
 (CPC 9311) 
 [...] [...] 
 
(3) None, except foreig n private establishment 
and their consumers may not be entitled to receive financial support from public 
resources,  including usage of public 
medical insurance funds. 
 
[...]   
  
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(g) Nepal (GATS/SC/139, p. 3) 
Modes of supply:        1)    Cross-border supply      2)    Consumption abroad        3)    Commercial presence       4)    Pr esence of natural persons   
Sector or subsector Limitations on market access Limi tations on national treat ment Additional commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
All Sectors included in this 
Schedule [...]  [...]  
  (3) None, except 
  [...] 
- Incentives and subsidies are available only 
to enterprises wholly owned by Nepalese nationals. 
 
  
 
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