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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/5/Rev.2 
22 November 2000 
 (00-4977) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Moldova Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA  
 
Draft Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services  
 
Revision  
 
  For the purposes of the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the WTO, the Ministry of Economy and Reforms of the Republic of Moldova has presented the following revised draft schedule 
of specific commitments on services, with the request that it be circulated to members of the Working 
Party.     
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Modes of supply:  (1) Cross-border;  (2) Consumption abroad ;  (3) Commercial presence;  (4 ) Presence of natural persons.  
Sector or sub-sector Limitations on market ac cess Limitations on national treatment Additional 
commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
Commitments include all sectors 3) None.  
 4) Movement of natural persons  
Unbound, except for measures concerning temporary entry 
and stay of nationals of another member who fall into the categories listed below: Services salespersons – persons not based in the territory of Republic of Moldova and rece iving no remuneration from a 
source located within Republic of Moldova, who are engaged 
in activities related to representing a services supplier for the 
purpose of negotiating for sale of the services of that supplier: (a) such sales are not directly made to the general public and (b) the salesperson is  not engaged in supplying the 
service. Entry for persons named in  this section is limited to a 
90 days period. Prolongation is allowed only once a year 
after two months from the date of expiration of this period.  Persons responsible for the setting up of a commercial presence: Persons who are employees of an enterprise not having presence in Republic of Moldova and who have been 
beforehand employees of that enterprise outside Republic of 
Moldova for a time period not less than one year immediately preceding their application for admission, and who are entering Republic of Moldova for the purpose of setting up a commercial presence of that enterprise in Republic of Moldova. Persons responsible for the setting-up of a 
commercial presence may not engage in market direct sales 
to the general public or supply services them. Entry for persons named in this section is  limited to a 90 days period. 
Prolongation is allowed only once a year after two months from the date of expiration of this period. 
Persons who are employees of an enterprise outside Moldova 
not having commercial presence in Moldova, which has 3)  Land 
 
Land lease not exceeding 99 years permitted.  
Foreign supplier may purchase 
land except for agriculture land and forestry land.      
   
 
     
 
    
 
    
 
    
 
     
 
  
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concluded a services contract with an enterprise engaged in substantive business in Moldova, and who have been beforehand employees of the enterprise outside Moldova for a time-period of not less than one year immediately preceding their application for admission. Per contract, temporary entry for a limited number of services suppliers 
will be granted for a single period of three months, the 
number of service suppliers depending on the size of the task to be performed under the contract. Individual service providers not employed by such enterprise outside Moldova are considered as persons seeking access to the Moldovan 
employment market. Entry for persons named in this section 
is limited to a 90 days period.  Prolongation is allowed only 
once a year after two months from the date of expiration of this period.   
- Intra-corporate transferees – managers, executives and 
specialists, as defined below, who are employees of firms that provide services within Moldova through a branch, subsidiary, or affiliate establis hed in Moldova and who have 
been prior employees of their firm outside Moldova for a period of not less than one year, immediately preceding the 
date of their application for admission:   
managers – persons within an  organization who primarily 
direct the organization, or a department or sub-division of the organization, supervise and control the work of other 
supervisory, professional or ma nagerial employees, have the 
authority to hire and fire or remand the decision on hiring, 
firing, or other personal action (such as promotion or leave authorization), and exercise discretionary authority over day-to-day operations. Do not include first line supervisors, unless the employees supervised are professional, not does it 
include employees who primarily perform tasks necessary for 
the provision of the service.  Executives – persons within the organization who primarily direct the management of the organization, exercise wide  
    
 
     
  
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latitude in decision-making, and receive only general supervision on direction from higher-lever executives, board of directors, or stockholders of the business. Executives would not directly perform tasks related to the actual provision of a service or services of the organization.  Specialists – persons within  an organization who possess 
knowledge at an advanced leve l of continued expertise and 
who possess priority knowle dge of the organization’s 
services, research equipment, techniques, or management.        Entry for persons named in this section is limited to a three 
years period that may be extended for up two additional years 
for a total term not to exceed five years.  
I. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
1. BUSINESS SERVICES 
A.  PROFESSIONAL SERVICES  (a)  Legal Services:  
-  Except consultancy on home 
country and international law; 
 (CPC 861)   
 
    
 
      
   
1) Unbound, except for drafting of legal documents, were 
 none. 2)  None. 3), 4) Services can only be s upplied through legal persons 
 incorporated in Moldova.   
 Licensed lawyer can provide all legal services, except 
 representation in criminal proceedings. Representation  in criminal proceedings permitted only to sworn  solicitors.   Nationality requirement for sworn solicitors and sworn 
 notaries.  
 Sworn solicitors have to pass examination in accordance  with rules set up by Counc il of Sworn Solicitors. Sworn 
 notaries have to pass examination in accordance with  order set up by the Minister of Justice in cooperation  with the Council of Sworn Notaries.   
   
1)  None. 
 2)  None. 3)  None.  
 
    
 
       
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   - Consultancy on home and 
third country and international 
law; (Part of CPC 861) 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
  1)  None 2)  None. 
3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section 4)  None. 
  1)  None. 2)  None. 
3)  None. 
4)  None. 
b)  Accounting, auditing and 
bookkeeping services  
(CPC 862); 
 (c)  Taxation services (CPC 863);  
(d)  Architectural services;  
(CPC 8671) 
 (e) Engineering services;  
(CPC 8672) 
 
(f)  Integrated engineering services 
(CPC 8673) 
 (g)  Urban planning and landscape 
architectural services  
(CPC 8674)  1)  None. 
2)  None. 
3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.   1)  None. 
2)  None. 
3)  None. 4)  None.  
(h)  Private medical and dental 
services (CPC 9312) 
 (CPC 9312 excluding services 
provided by the public sector) 
   
 
 (i)  Veterinary services.  (CPC 932) 1)  None.  
2)  Public medical insurance programmes do not cover the 
 cost of medicare supplied abroad. 
3)  Nationality requirement. Practice of medical profession by foreigners requires the  permission from local health authorities, based on  economic needs for medical doctors and dentists in a  given region.  
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1)  None. 2)  None. 1)  None. 
2) None. 
 
3)  None.    
4)  None. 
 1)  None. 2)  None.   
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   (j)  Other human health services 
(CPC 9319, excluding services 
provided within the public 
sector) 
    
 
(k) Other (CPC 93191)  3)  None.  
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  1)  None. 2) Public insurance programs do not cover the cost of 
 foreign medical services consumed abroad.  
3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  Nationality requirements. Economic needs determined  by the total number of nurses and midwives in the given  region authorized by local health authorities.   
 
1) None. 2) None. 3) None.  4) Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 3)  None. 
4)  None.  1)  None. 2) None. 
 
3)  None. 4)  None.    
 
1) None. 2) None. 3) None. 4) None. 
B.  COMPUTER AND   
RELATED SERVICES 
(a)  Consultancy services related to 
the installation of computer 
hardware; (CPC 841) 
(b) Software implementation 
services;  (CPC 842) 
(c)  Data processing services;  
 (CPC 843) 
(d)  Data base services; (CPC 844) (e)  Other (CPC 845+849)   
 1)  None. 
2)  None. 
3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.     
 1)  None. 
2)  None. 
3)  None. 4)  None.   
C.  RESEARCH AND 
DEVELOPMENT SERVICES  
 a) Research and development 
services on natural sciences 
(CPC 851) 
b) Research and development 
services on social sciences and humanities (CPC 852)   
  1)  None. 2)  None. 
3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.   
  1)  None. 2)  None. 
3)  None. 
4)  None.    
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c)  Interdisciplinary research and 
development services (CPC 853);  
D.  REAL ESTATE SERVICES  a)  Involving own or leased 
property (CPC 821); 
b)  On a fee or contract basis 
(CPC 822).  
 1)  None. 2)  None. 3) Services can only be supp lied through legal persons 
 incorporated in Moldova. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  
 1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 
 
4)  None.  
 
E.  RENTAL/LEASING 
SERVICES WITHOUT 
OPERATORS 
 a)  Relating to ships   (CPC 83103); 
b)  Relating to aircraft  
 (CPC 83104); c)  Relating to other  transport 
equipment (CPC 83101+83102+ 83105); 
d)  Relating to other machinery 
and equipment (CPC 83106-83109); 
e)  Other (CPC 832), including 
pre-recorded video cassettes and similar for use in home 
entertainment equipment (CPC 
83202)  
 
  1)  None. 2)  None. 
3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.   
 
  1)  None. 2)  None. 
3)  None. 
4)  None.    
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F.  OTHER BUSINESS 
SERVICES   
 a)  Advertising services   (CPC 871); 
b)  Market research and public  
 opinion polling services   (CPC 864);  c)  Management consulting 
service (CPC 865); 
d)  Services related to 
management consulting  
(CPC 866); 
e)  Technical testing and analysis 
services (CPC 8676); 
f)  Services incidental to 
agriculture, hunting and 
forestry (CPC 881); 
g)  Services incidental to fishing  
(CPC 882); 
h)  Services incidental to mining 
(CPC 883+5115); 
i)  Services incidental to 
manufacturing (CPC 884+885); (except for 88442); 
j)  Services incidental to energy 
distribution (CPC 887);  
 1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  
 1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  None.  
k)  Placement and supply services 
of personnel (CPC 872); 
 
 
  l)  Investigation and security 
(CPC 873); 
 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  Services can only be su pplied through legal persons 
 incorporated in Moldova. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  1)  None. 2)  None. 
3)  Services can only be su pplied through legal persons 1) None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 
 
4)  None.  1)  None. 2)  None. 
3)  None.   
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   incorporated in Moldova. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  
4)  None. 
m)  Related scientific and technical 
consulting services (CPC 
8675); 
n)  Maintenance and repair of 
equipment (not including maritime vessels, aircraft or 
other transport equipment) 
(CPC 633+8861-8866);o)  Building-clearing services (CPC 874); 
p)  Photographic services  
(CPC 875); 
q)  Packaging services (CPC 876); r) Printing, publishing  
(CPC 88442); 
s)  Convention services  
(CPC 87909*); 
t)  Other (CPC 8790). 1)  None.  
2)  None. 
3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 1)  None. 
2)  None. 
3)  None. 4)  None.    
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I. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
2.  COMMUNICATION SERVICES 
   Moldova will 
participate actively in ongoing and 
future rounds of 
WTO services negotiations with a view towards improving its 
commitments on 
Communications Services as defined under W/120.  
A.  POSTAL SERVICES  a)  International postal services, 
as well as internal postal 
services related to letters up to 350 grams; (CPC 7511) 
 b)  Postal services related to 
parcels (CPC 75112);  
   c) Post office counter services 
(CPC 75113); 
 
  B.  COURIER SERVICES  (CPC 7512)  
 1), 3) Monopoly of the “Posta Moldova” State Company.  
2)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.   1)  None.  
2)  None. 
3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  1), 3) None, as of 31 December 2004. Monopoly of the  “Posta Moldova” State Company.  
2) None. 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  1)  None.  2)  None.  
 1), 3)  None. 
 
2)  None. 4)  None.  1)  None. 
2)  None. 
3)  None. 4)  None.  1)  None. 2)  None. 
3)  None. 
4) None.  1)  None. 2)  None.  
 The attached 
reference paper 
on regulatory principles in incorporated as additional 
commitments by 
the Republic of Moldova.  
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 3)  None 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 3)  None. 
4)  None. 
C.  TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 
 
The commitments taken by Moldova are based on the scheduling pr inciples provided by the following documents: “Notes for Schedul ing Basic Telecom 
Services Commitments” (S/GBT/W/2/Rev.1) and “Market Acc ess Limitations on Spectrum Availability” (S/GBT/W/3). 
a)   Public telephone services; 
 (CPC 7521)    
 
 b)  Analogue cellular services 
(CPC 75213.1)  
 
 
 c)  Digital cellular services  
(CPC 75213.2) 
 
 
  d)  Mobile services (CPC 75213): -  paging services (CPC 75291); -  mobile data services. 
 
 e)  Satellite communication;   
 
 1), 3) None, as of 31 December 2003. Monopoly of the 
 “Moldtelecom” State Company.  2)  None. 3) Services can be supplie d through legal persons 
 incorporated in Moldova. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1) None. 2) None. 3) None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1)  None. 2)  None.  3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
  1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1), 3) None, as of 31 January  2003. Supplies of services on 
 international personal comm unication are permitted  only 
through international network of the  “Moldtelecom”.    
2)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 1)  None. 
2) None.  3)  None.  
4)  None. 
 1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 
4) None. 
 1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  None. 
  1) None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 
4) None. 
 1), 3) None.   
2)  None. 
4)  None.  
    
 
    
 
    
 
     
 
    
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f)  Business network services 
(CPC 7522)g) Packet-switched data transmission services (CPC 75232) 
 
 
h)  Circuit-switched data 
transmission services (CPC 7523*); 
  
i)  Telegraph and telex services; 
(CPC 7522 and  7523) 
   
 
 j)   Facsimile services;  (CPC 7521*+7529*)  
 
 k)  Private leased circuit services;  (CPC 7522*+7523*)   
 
l)  Electronic mail (CPC 7523*);    
 
m)   Voice mail (CPC 7523*); 1), 3) None, as of 31 December 2003. Monopoly of the 
 “Moldtelecom” State Company. 1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 
1)  None.  2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  
1), 3) None, as of 31 December 2003. Monopoly of the 
 “Moldtelecom” State Company.  2)  None. 3)  Services can be suppl ied through legal persons 
 incorporated in Moldova. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1)  None.  2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1)  None.  2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 
1)  None.  2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 
1)  None.  2)  None. 3)  None. 1), 3) None. 
2)  None. 4)  None.   
 
1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  None.  
1)  None. 
2)  None.  3)  None.  
4)  None. 
 1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  None. 
 1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  None. 
 
1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  None. 
 
1)  None. 2)  None. 3)  None.   
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4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 4)  None.  
n) On-line information and 
database retrieval (CPC 
7523*); 
o) Electronic data interchange 
(EDI) (CPC 7523*); 
p)  Enhance/value-added facsimile 
services incl. Store and 
forward, store and retrieve 
(CPC 7529*) 
q)  Code and protocol conversion 
(CPC is not available); 
 
r)  On-line information and/ or 
data processing (incl. Transaction processing) (CPC 843); 
s) Other telecommunications 
services (CPC 7529). 
d.  Other (CPC 7549) 1)  None. 
2)  None. 
3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  1)  None. 
2)  None. 
3)  None. 
4)  None.    
I. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
3. CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES 
a.  General construction work for 
buildings; (CPC 512) 
b.  General construction work for 
civil engineering; (CPC 513) 
c.  Installation and assembly 
work; (CPC 514 + 516) 
d.  Building completion and 
finishing work; (CPC 517) 
e.  Other  (CPC 511+515+518) 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  None.   
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4.  DISTRIBUTION SERVICES 
a)  Commission agents’ services  (CPC 621); b)  Wholesale trade services  
 (CPC 611, 622); 
c) Retailing services (CPC1 
631+632+633+6111+6113+61221+633; 6111+ 6113 +6121), including audio and video records and tapes and similar 
carriers (CPC 63234); 
d)  Franchising (CPC 8929); e)  Other distribution services. 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  None.  
I. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
5.  EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 
a)  Primary education services 
 (CPC 921)  b)  Secondary education services; 
 (CPC 922) 
c)  Higher education services  (Part of CPC 923); d)   Adult Education ( CPC 924) e)  Other educational services 
(CPC 929)  1) None. 
2) None. 3) None. 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 1) None. 
2) None. 3) None. 
4) None.  
I. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
6. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 
a)  Sewage Services; (CPC 9401) 
b)  Refuse Disposal Services;  (CPC 9402) c)  Sanitation and Similar 
Services (CPC 9403)  
d)  Other environmental services 
(CPC 9404, CPC 9405, CPC 
9406, CPC 9409)   1)  None 
2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  None.   
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7.  FINANCIAL SERVICES 
A.  Insurance  and insurance-
related services 
 
a) Life, accident and health 
insurance services (CPC 8121) 
b) Non-life insurance services 
(CPC 8129, except marine, aviation and transport insurance) 
c)  Marine, aviation and transport 
insurance (CPC 8129) 
d)   Reinsurance and retrocession  (CPC 81299) e)  Services auxiliary to insurance 
(incl. Broking and agency 
services) (CPC 8140)  
  
1)  Unbound. 
2)  None.  3)  None.  4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  
  
1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  None.   
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BANKING SECTOR AND OTHER FINANCIAL SERVICES (excluding insurance) Foreign banks can perform financial activit y on the territory of the Republic of Moldova only through a branch office or subsid iary for which a license has 
been issued by the National Bank of Moldova. One of condition for issuing the license is the pa yment of the initial capital tha t shall not be less than the 
minimum capital required on a non-discriminatory manner. Banks, including those with par ticipation of foreign capital, shall be organised  as joint stock companies. The Representative o ffices of foreign banks have the 
right to be opened in the Republic of Moldova without receiving the license of the NBM and do not have the right to be engaged in financial activity. 
Loans and guarantees from residents to non-residents, as well as other transfers to non-residents referring to capital transact ions require the approval of the 
National Bank of Moldova. 
a) Acceptance of deposits and 
other repayable funds from the 
public; (CPC 81115-81119) 
b)  Lending of all types, including 
consumer credit, mortgage credit, factoring and financing of commercial transactions; 
 (CPC 8113) 
c)  Financial leasing; (8112) d) All payment and money 
transmission services (CPC 81339*) 
e)  Guarantees and commitments; 
 (CPC 81199*) 
f)  Trading for own account or for 
account of customers, whether on an exchange, in an over-the-counter market or 
otherwise, the following:  
 Money market instruments 
(cheques, bills, certificates of deposits, etc.) (81339*); 
 foreign exchange (81333); 
 derivative products including, 
but not limited to, futures and options (81339*); 
 exchange rate and interest rate 1)  None, except as indicated in the horizontal section 
 "Banking and other financial services"  
2)  None, except as indicated in the horizontal section 
 "Banking and other financial services" 3)  None, except as indicated in the horizontal section  "Banking and other financial services" 4) Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 1)  None. 
 
2)  None. 
 3)  None.  4)  None. 
 
     
 
     
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instruments, including products such as swaps, forward rate agreements, etc. (81339*); 
 transferable securities; (CPC 
81321*) 
 other negotiable instruments 
and financial assets, including bullion (81339*). 
g)  Money broking (81339*); h)  Asset management, such as 
cash or portfolio management, 
all forms of collective investment management, pension fund management, custodial, depository and trust 
services (8119**, 81323*); 
i)  Settlement and clearing 
services for financial assets, including securities, derivative products, and other negotiable instruments (81339* or 
81319*); 
j)  Advisory and other auxiliary 
financial services on all the activities listed in Article 1B of MNT.TNC/W/50, including 
credit reference and analysis, 
investment and portfolio research and advice, and advice on acquisitions and on corporate restructuring and 
strategy (8131 or 8133).  
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Sector or sub-sector Limitations on market ac cess Limitations on national treatment Additional 
commitments 
k) Provisions and transfer of 
financial information, financial data processing and related software by providers of other financial services (8131); 1)  None, except as indicated in the horizontal section 
 "Banking and other financial services"  2)  None, except as indicated in the horizontal section  "Banking and other financial services" 3)  None, except as indicated in the horizontal section 
 "Banking and other financial services" 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 1)  None. 
 2) None.  3)  None. 
 
4) None.  
l)  Participation in issues of all 
kinds of securities, including 
underwriting and placement as agent (whether publicly or privately) and provision of service related to such issues (8132); 1)  None, except as indicated in the horizontal section 
 "Banking and other financial services". 
2) None, except as indicated in the horizontal section  "Banking and other financial services"  3) None, except as indicated in the horizontal section  "Banking and other financial services" and as except the  National Bank of Moldova is a fiscal agency of the 
 Government on the T-bills market. 
4) Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 1)  None. 
 
2) None.  3)  None.   
 
4)  None.  
I. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
8.  HOSPITAL AND OTHER HEALTH AND CARE FACILITIES 
a)   Hospital services 
 Private hospital and 
sanatorium services (CPC 9311 excluding services 
provided by the public sector) 
b)  Social services  
(Part of CPC 933); 
c)  Other hospital services  
(CPC 933). 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  None. 
   
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Sector or sub-sector Limitations on market ac cess Limitations on national treatment Additional 
commitments 
I. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
9.  TOURISM AND TRAVEL-RELATED SERVICES 
a) Hotels and Restaurants 
(Including Catering)  (CPC 641-643); 
b)  Travel Agencies and Tour 
Operators’ Services  
 (CPC 7471); c) Tourist guides services  
(CPC 7472); 
d)  Other tourism and travel 
related services. 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  None. 
  
I. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
10.  RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING SERVICES  
a) Cinema theatre operation 
services operation (CPC 96199
**); 
 1)  Unbound. 
2)  None. 3)  None  4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 1)  Unbound 
2)  Unbound 3)  None, except for access to  subsidies: unbound 4)  None  
b)  Other entertainment services 
(CPC 96191+96194); 
c)  News Agency Services  
(CPC 962); 
d)  Library, archive, museum 
and other cultural services (CPC 963); 
e)  Sporting and other 
recreational services  
(CPC 964) 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  None. 
  
                                                      
** Indicates that the service specified constitutes only part of  the total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance.  
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commitments 
I. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES 
a) Maritime transport services 
(CPC 7211, 7212, 7213, 8868**, 7214, 745**) 
b)  Internal waterways transport 
(CPC 7221, 7222, 7223, 8868**, 7224, 745**) 
c)  Air transport services defined 
in the air transport annex 
 a) and b) Passenger and freight 
transportation (CPC 731, 
732); 
 c)  Rental of vessels with crew 
(CPC 734); 
 d)  Maintenance and repair of 
aircraft (CPC 8868**); 
 e)  Selling and marketing of 
air transport services; (CPC 746*); 
 f)  Computer reservation 
systems; (CPC 746*); 
d)  Space transport (CPC 733); e)  Rail transport services (CPC 
7111, 7112, 7113, 8868**, 743); 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
    1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 
4)  None. 
      
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commitments 
f)   Road transport services  a)   and b) Passenger 
and freight  transportation (CPC 7121+ 7122, 7123, 7124, 6112+8867, 744, for 7123 except cabotage 
services);  
    
    6112 + 8867);  g)   Pipeline transport 
 (CPC 7131, 7139) 
h)  Services auxiliary to all modes 
of transport 
 a)  Cargo handling, storage 
and warehousing services 
(CPC 741, 742) 
 b)  freight transport agency 
and other supporting and auxiliary transport services (CPC 748, 749) 
 
I.  OTHER TRANSPORT  SERVICES 1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the horizontal section.  
 
  1)  None. 
2)  None. 3)  None. 4)  None.  
 
   
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  WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/5/Rev.2
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Sector or sub-sector Description of measure indicating its 
inconsistency with Article II Countries to which the 
measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need 
for exemption 
Audiovisual services   
- Production and distribution 
of audiovisual works through 
broadcasting or other forms of transmission to the public  Measures, which define works of European 
origin, in such a way as to extend national 
treatment to audiovisual works which meet 
certain linguistic and origin criteria regarding access to broadcasting or similar forms of 
transmission.   Parties to the Council of 
Europe Convention on 
Transfrontier Television or 
other European countries with whom an agreement 
may be concluded  Indefinite. 
Exemption needed, for 
certain countries, only 
until an economic integration agreement is 
concluded or completed The measures aim, within the 
sector, to promote cultural 
values both within EC 
Member States, and with other countries in Europe, as well as 
achieving linguistic policy 
objectives.  
Road Transport 
Passenger and Freight 
 
  
 
  
 
 
Selling and marketing of air 
transport services  Measures applied under existing or future 
agreements and which reserve or limit the 
provision of transport services and specify 
operating conditions, including transit permits and/or preferential road  taxes of transport 
services into, in, across and out of the 
Republic of Moldova to the parties concerned. Road cabotage is reserved to domestic 
registered vehicles. 
 
Preferential market accesses resulting from 
bilateral air transport agreements. All countries with which 
agreements are or will be in 
force. 
  
 
  
 
 
All countries Indefinite. 
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
Five years To protect the integrity of road 
transport infrastructure and the 
environment and to regulate 
traffic rights in the territory of the Republic of Moldova and 
between the countries 
concerned.  
 
Reciprocity provisions 
concerning supply of air 
transport services embodied in bilateral air transport 
agreements.  
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 FINAL LIST ON BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
 
 
REFERENCE PAPER  
 Scope
 
 
The following are definitions and principl es on the regulatory framework for the basic 
telecommunications services.  Definitions
 
 
Users mean service consumers and service suppliers. 
 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 tec hnically substituted in order to provide a 
service. 
 
A major supplier  is a supplier, which has the ability to materially affect the terms of 
participation (having regard to price and supply) in the relevant market for basic 
telecommunications services as a result of:  (a) control over essential facilities: or 
(b) use position in the market. 
 1. Competitive safeguards 
 
 1.1.  Prevention of anti-competitive practices in telecommunications
 
 
Appropriate measures shall be maintained for th e purpose of preventing suppliers who, alone 
or together, are a major supplier from engaging  in or continuing anti-competitive practices. 
 l.2 Safeguards 
 
 
The anti-competitive practices referred to above shall include in particular: 
 (a) engaging in anti-competitive cross-subsidization,  (b) using information obtained from comp etitors with anti-competitive results: and 
(c) not making available to other services suppliers on a timely basis technical 
information about essential facilities and co mmercially relevant information which 
are necessary for them to provide services. 
 2. Interconnection
 
 2.1  This section applies to linking with supplie rs providing public telecommunications transport 
networks or services in order to allow the user s of one supplier to communicate with users of 
another supplier and to access services provi ded by another supplier, where specific 
commitments are undertaken. 
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 2.2 Interconnection to be ensured  
 
Interconnection with a major supplier will be ensu red at any technically feasible point in the 
network. Such interconnection is provided. 
 
(a) under non-discriminatory terms, conditi ons (including technical standards and 
specifications) and rates and of a quality no less favorable 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 ar e transparent, reasonable, having regard 
to economic feasibility, and sufficiently unbundl ed 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, at points in addition to th e network termination points offered to me 
majority of users, subject to charges that reflect the cost of construction of necessary 
additional facilities. 
 
2.3  Public availability of the pr ocedures for interconnection negotiations
 
 
The procedures applicable for interc onnection to a major supplier will be  made publicly 
available. 
 2.4  Transparency of interconnection arrangements
 
 
It is ensured that a major supplier will make  publicly available either its interconnection 
agreements or a reference interconnection offer 
 2.5   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 a ppropriate terms, conditions and rates for 
interconnection within a reasonable period of tim e, to the extent that these have not been 
established previously. 
 3.  Universal service
 
 
Any Member has the right to define the kind of universal service obligation it wishes to 
maintain. Such obligations will not  be regarded as anti-competitive per se,  provided they are 
administered in a transparent, non-discrimin atory and competitively neutral manner and are 
not more burdensome than necessary for the kind  of universal service defined by the Member. 
 4.  Public availability of licensing criteria
 
 
Where a license 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 license and WT/ACC/SPEC/MOL/5/Rev.2 
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 (b) the terms and conditions  of individual licenses. 
 
The reasons for the denial of license will be made known to the applicant upon request.  
 5.  Independent regulators
 
 
 The regulatory body is separate from, and not accountable to, any supplier of basic 
telecommunications services. The decision of and the procedures used by regulators shall be impartial with respect to all market participants.   
 
6.  Allocation and use of scarce resources
 
 
Any procedures for all 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. The current state of a llocated frequency bands will be made publicly 
available, but detailed identification of freque ncies allocated for specific government uses is 
not required.  
 
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