RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/C/W/34
30December 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-5606)
Council forTrade inServices Original: English
CYPRUS
CERTIFICATION
Schedule ofCommitments inBasic Telecommunications
Theattached draft Schedule ofCommitments inBasic Telecommunications hasbeen
communicated totheWTO bytheGovernment ofCyprus witharequest toinitiate theappropriate
procedures forittobeadded to,andconstitute anintegral partof,Cyprus 'sSchedule ofSpecific
Commitments under theGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices (GATS/SC/25).
Accordingly, ifnoobjections arecommunicated totheSecretariat within thirty daysfromthe
dateofthiscommunication theattached Schedule ofCommitments inBasic Telecommunications will
bedeemed toconstitute anintegral partoftheSchedule ofSpecific Commitments oftheRepublic
ofCyprus under theGATS.
ThisdraftSchedule willbesubmitted totheCouncil forTrade inServices foritsconsideration
atitsnextmeeting.
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1. TheRepublic ofCyprus hereby submits itsoffer onbasic telecommunications.
2. Cyprus reserves theright tomake technical changes tothisoffer andtocorrect anyerrors,
omissions orinaccuracies thatmayhavebeencommitted duetooversight orother reasons.
3. Itisunderstood thatthisoffershould bereadinconjunction withthehorizontal commitments
applicable toallsectors/subsectors submitted byCyprus initsschedule ofSpecific Commitments to
GATS (document GATS/SC/25, April 1994) andontheListofArticle II(MFN) Exemptions.
4. Thefollowing general conditions andqualifications would apply evenwhere nolimitations
orconditions arestated intheconditional offer:
(i) Consideration ofnational security andpublic policy objectives.
(ii) Thisofferdoesnotinanyway pertain toservices supplied intheexercise ofgovernment
functions. Also, itdoesnotaffect measures pertaining totrade ingoods which may
constitute inputs toascheduled service orother services. Inaddition, limitations on
market access ornational treatment inrespect ofservices which mayconstitute inputs
toorbeusedtosupply ascheduled service, shallcontinue toapply.S/C/W/34
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5. Thelawsandregulations mentioned onthisoffer should notbeconstrued asanexhausting
reference toalllaws, andregulations governing thetelecommunications sector. Therefore, non-
discriminatory qualitative measures pertaining totechnical standards, public health andenvironment
considerations, licensing, prudential consideration, professional qualifications andcompetency
requirements havenotbeenlisted asconditions orlimitations tomarket access andnational treatment.
6. Thetelecommunications policy iscurrently under review aiming atthegradual liberalization
ofthesector. TheRepublic ofCyprus hereby undertakes tonotify theWorld Trade Organization (WTO)
ofanyfuture development.S/C/W/34
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WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATION(97-0000)
Council forTrade inServices Original: English
CYPRUS
Schedule ofSpecific Commitments
Supplement 1
(This isauthentic inEnglish only)
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Page4CYPRUS -SCHEDULE OFSPECIFIC COMMITMENTS INBASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional
Commitments
2.CTelecommunication ServicesNOTE 1ATelecommunications Policy Review
Study wascommissioned bytheGovernment
which covered theregulatory framework in
which CYTA operates andthechanges which
have totakeplace forthegradual liberalization
ofthemarket. TheCouncil ofMinisters is
expected todecide onthespecific measures to
betaken within 1998.
Domestic andinternational
services provided using any
network technology, inafacilities
based orresale basis, inthe
following market segments:
(a) Voice telephony (CPC 7521)
(b) Packet switched data
transmission services (CPC
7523**)(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) Unbound (seenote1above)
(4) Unbound (seenote1above)(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound
(c) Circuit switched data
transmission (CPC 7523**)
(d) Telex services
(CPC 7523**)
(e) Telegraph services
(CPC 7522)
(f) Facsimile services
(CPC 7521** +7529)
(g) Private leased circuit
services (CPC 7522,
CPC 7523)
NOTE:The National legislation established Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) astheonlyauthorized entity forthisinstallation, operation andmaintenance oftelecommunications networks in
Cyprus aswellasfortheprocession ofalltelecommunications services.S/C/W/34
Page5Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional
Commitments
(o) Other
Mobile services
Satellite services
Paging services(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) Unbound (seenote1above)
(4) Unbound (seenote1above)(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound