WORLD TRADE GATS/SC/92/Suppl.2/Rev.11
29April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1925)
Trade inServices Original: Spanish
VENEZUELA
Schedule ofSpecific Commitments
Supplement 2
Revision
(This isauthentic inSpanish only)
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Thistextreplaces thesection onTelecommunication Services contained inpages 7and8of
document GATS/SC/92.
1English only.GATS/SC/92/Suppl.2/Rev.1
Page2VENEZUELA -SCHEDULE OFSPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
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.C. Telecommunications services1
Telecommunications services
supplied byapublic
telecommunications network
andbased ontheuseof
facilities (wire-based andradio
electric) through anyexisting
technological medium included
insubparagraphs (a),(b),(c),
(g)and(o).
1TheSchedule does notcover radio
andtelevision broadcasting services.Modes ofsupply 1,2,3and4:
Aconcession granted bythe
Venezuelan State isrequired inorder
tosetupandoperate any
telecommunications service.
Concessions willnotbegranted to
natural orlegal persons notdomiciled
intheRepublic ofVenezuela norto
foreign governments, inaccordance
withArticle 4ofthe
Telecommunications Lawenacted in
1940.
Long-distance traffic must berouted
through operators licensed tosupply
long-distance telephone services.
Deliberately reversing thereal
direction ofinternational traffic
(call-back) isnotallowed.Inaccordance withtheReference
Paper, Venezuela 'sundertakings are
restricted tothefollowing
commitments:
1. Competitive safeguards.
1.1 Prevention ofanti-competitive
practices intelecommunications
1.2 Safeguards.
Theanti-competitive practices
referred toabove shall include in
particular:
1.2.1 Using information obtained
from competitors withanti-
competitive results;
1.2.2 notmaking available toother
services suppliers onatimely
basis technical information
about essential facilities and
commercially relevant
information which are
necessary forthem toprovide
services.
2. Interconnection
Venezuela willensure that
interconnection withanoperator is
established atanytechnically feasible
point inthebasic telecommunications
network.GATS/SC/92/Suppl.2/Rev.1
Page3Modes 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
(a) Local DLD andILDtelephone
services (CPC 75211/75212)(1) None, except thefollowing:
Allinternational switched
telephone traffic must berouted
through theCANTV Basic
Telecommunications Network
until theendoftheperiod of
limited competition on
27November 2000.(1) Unbound 3. Universal service
4. Public availability ofconcession
granting criteria.
5. Autonomous regulatory body
6. Allocation anduseofscarce
resources.
(2) None, except asindicated inthe
second paragraph ofthegeneral
limitations onmarket access.
(3) Asfrom 27November 2000, at
theendoftheperiod oflimited
competition fortheCompañía
Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de
Venezuela (CANTV), there will
benolimitation.
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.GATS/SC/92/Suppl.2/Rev.1
Page4Modes 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
(a) Rural telephone services
(CPC 75212)
Mobile telephone services
(CPC 75213)(1) None, except thefollowing:
Allinternational switched
telephone traffic must berouted
through theCANTV Basic
Telecommunications Network
until theendoftheperiod of
limited competition on
27November 2000.
(2) None, except asindicated inthe
second paragraph ofthegeneral
limitations onmarket access.
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.
(b) Packet-switched data
transmission network services
(CPC 7523**)
(c) Circuit-switched data
transmission network services
(CPC 7523**)
(g) Owned orleased integrated
telecommunications services
(CPC 75260)
(o) Other
Paging services (CPC 75291)
Teleconferencing services
(CPC 75292)(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.