RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/CPV/4 
13 January 2004 
 (04-0093) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Cape Verde Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF CAPE VERDE 
 
Information to be Provided on Policy Measures Affecting Trade in Services  
 
 
 . The following submissions dated 22 December 2003,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Cape Verde.   
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Modes of Supply Measures Relevant Laws and Regulations 
A.  HORIZONTAL MEASURES 
(1) Cross Border Supply 
(2) Consumption Abroad 
(3) Commercial Presence (4) Presence of Natural Persons (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except for measures  concerning the entry and 
stay of foreign natural persons who fall into the 
categories listed  below: 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
Services  Salespersons – persons not based in the Republic of Cape Verde and receiving no remuneration 
from a source located within the Republic of Cape 
Verde, who are engaged in activities relating to representing a services supplier for the purpose of 
negotiating for the sale of the services of that supplier 
where:  
- such sales are not made to the general public; 
- the sales person is not engaged in supplying the 
service. 
 
Entry for persons named in this section is limited to a  
 
 (4)  Legislative  Decree 6/97 , Official Bulletin 17, First 
Series of 5 May; Regulatory Decree No. 11/99 and 
Regulatory Decree No. 12/99 both of 9 August, Official Bulletin 28/99, Orders in Council No. 
47/99, 48/99, 49/99, 50/99 and 51/99 of 4 October, 
Official Bulletin No. 36/99, all of 4 October 1999. Constitution – Articles 7 and 24 including 
exception of paragraph 3 of same Article 24; Civil 
Code – Articles 14 to 24; Constitution – Articles 1, 2, 7, 12,-22, 24-25, 60-64, 66, 69; ILO Convention 
No. 17, 19, 29, 81, 98, 100, 105, 111, 118;   
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and International Covenant on Economic, 
Social and Cultural Rights both approved by Law 
No. 75/IV/92 published in Official Bulletin No. 8, I 
Series Supplement of 15 March 1993; Law 
No. 12/III/86 of 31 D ecember 1986 approving the 
accession of Cape Verde to the African Chart of 
People and Human Rights; Law No. 36/V/97 of 
25 August 1997; Law No. 90/IV/93 of 6 December 1993; regulatory Decree No. 1/94 of 
3 January 1994.  
  
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90 day period. 
 
Intra-Corporate transferee s – temporary presence of 
managers, executives, a nd specialists, who are 
employees of firms that provide services within the 
Republic of Cape Verde through a branch, subsidiary, or 
affiliate established in the Republic of Cape Verde and who are one of the following: 
 
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 
managerial employees, have the authority to hire and 
fire or recommend hiring and firing, or other personnel actions (such as promotion or leave authorization), and 
exercise discretionary authority over day-to-day 
operations.  Does not include first line supervisors, unless the employees supervis ed are professionals, nor 
does it include employees who primarily perform tasks 
necessary for the provis ion of the service. 
 
Executives – persons within the organization who 
primarily direct the management of the organization, establish the goals and policies of the organization, 
exercise wide latitude in decision-making, and receive 
only general supervision or direction from higher-level executives, the 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 level of continued 
expertise and who possess proprietary knowledge of of the organization's services, research, techniques, or 
management.  (Specialists may include, but are not 
limited to, members of licensed professions.)  
Persons responsible for the setting up of a commercial 
presence.  
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Persons as employees of an enterprise engaged in 
substantive business in the Republic of Cape Verde 
without having a co mmercial presence in the Republic 
of  Cape Verde who provide a service as a professional 
of a service sector. 
 Foreigners desiring a residence permit must demonstrate 
a source of income for thei r sustenance while in Cape 
Verde and be of good character in order to obtain a 
residence permit.  Foreigners recruited  by Cape Verde 
domestic enterprises must submit their contracts for review concerning their validity by the Director General 
of Labour in order to obtain a residence permit.   
 Entry for persons named in this sector is limited to a one 
year period (residence permit) that may be extended one 
year at a time.  After being resident for five years, the residence permit may be extended for three years at a 
time. 
I. BUSINESS SERVICES 
1. Professional Services 
(a) Legal Services  
 - home country law and public international 
 law (excluding Republic of Cape Verde 
 Law) 
  
 
 - practice as or through a qualified Republic  of 
Cape Verde lawyer  
 
(1)  None (2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures 
 
(1) None  (2) None 
(3) These services may be performed only by members 
of the Bar Association (the Order) of the Republic of Cape Verde.  Membership in the Order is 
restricted to citizens of th e Republic of Cape Verde 
and residents of the Republic of Cape Verde who are citizens of countries wh erein Portuguese is the Law 36/V/97 of 25 August  
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official language (Community of Countries with 
Portuguese as the Official Language – CPLP)1 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures 
(b) Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services (c) Taxation Services (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(d) Architectural services 
(e) Engineering services 
(f) Integrated engineering services (g) Urban Planning and landscape architectural 
services (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(h) Medical and dental services 
 (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) Restricted to Citizens of Cape Verde with the 
exception of the following: 
 
- Foreign doctors who have served for three 
years in the Republic of Cape Verde's public 
health service; and 
- Foreign countries with which the 
Republic of Cape Verde has a 
cooperation agreement2 
 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures Law 95/III/90 of 27 October 1990, in Article 3, item 2, 
requires a person to read and understand Portuguese and 
possess expertise relevant to the health of the population or to the national economy 
 
Decree Law 12/92 of 25 January 1992, Article 3 
 
(i) Veterinary services 
(j) Services provided by midwives, nurses, 
physiotherapists and paramedical personnel (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
                                                      
1 In fact the Law cited here applies to all professionals from CPLP 
2 See also section VIII, points 1 and 2, No. 4  
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2. Computer and Related Services 
(a)   Consultancy services related to the installation of 
computer hardware 
(b)   Software implementation services 
(c)   Data processing services (d)   Data base services (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
3. Research and Development Services 
(a)   R& D services on natural services 
(b)  R&D ser\vices on social sciences and humanities 
(c)   Interdisciplinary R&D services      (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
4. Real Estate Services 
(a) Involving own or leased property 
(b) On a fee or contract basis (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
5. Rental/Leasing Serv ices without Operators 
(a)   Relating to ships 
(b)   Relating to aircraft 
(c)   Relating to other transport equipment (d)   Relating to other machinery and equipment (1) None if ships registered used in intra-island 
shipping can be registered abroad 
(2) None (3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
6. Other Business Services 
(a)   Advertising services 
(b)  Market research and public opinion polling 
services  
(c)   Management consulting services 
(d)   Services related to management consulting (e)  Technical testing and analysis services 
(f)   Services incidental to agriculture, hunting and 
forestry 
(g)  Services incidental to fishing 
(h)  Services incidental to mining 
(i)   Services incidental to manufacturing (1)  None 
(2)  None (3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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(j)  Services incidental to energy distribution (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) The government of  Cape Verde has executed a 
concession contract which confers monopoly rights to Electra.  This concession contract is due to 
expire in 2036. 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(k)  Placement and supply services of Personnel (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(l) Investigation and Security (1)  None 
(2)  None (3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(m) Related scientific and technical consulting services (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(n) Maintenance and repair of equipment (not including 
maritime vessels, aircraft or other transport 
equipment) (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(o) Building-cleaning services (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(p)  Photographic services (1)  None 
(2)  None (3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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(q)  Packaging services (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(r)   Printing, publishing (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(s)   Convention services (1)  None 
(2)  None (3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(t) Other 
  - Customs brokerage services (1),(2),(3),(4) Must have a commercial presence in Cape 
Verde, be licensed by the Customs Authority and be a citizen of Cape Verde.  
II. COMMUNICATION SERVICES 
1. Postal Services (1),(3),(4) Universal postal services are provided 
exclusively by the state-owned enterprise Postal 
Services  
2. Courier Services  (1)  None 
(2)  None (3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
3. Telecommunication Services 
(a) Voice telephone services 
(b) Packet-switched data transmission services 
(c) Circuit-switched data transmission services 
(d) Telex services (e) Telegraph services 
(f) Facsimile service 
(g) Private leased circuit services (h) Electronic mail 
(i) Voice mail 
(j) On-line information and data base retrieval (k) Electronic data interchange (EDI) 
(l) Enhanced/value-added facsimile services, 
including store and forward, store and retrieve (2)  None 
(3)  Cape Verde Telecom has a monopoly on these 
services using land lines under its concession 
agreement with the government of the Republic of Cape Verde which is due to expire on 
27 November 2021.  Mobile voice telephone 
services are not covered under this concession agreement  and at present  one mobile telephone 
service provider, CV Mobile, a subsidiary of  Cape 
Verde Telecom has been licensed 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
commitments   
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(m) Code and protocol conversion 
(n) On-line information and/or data processing 
(including transaction processing  
(o) Other 
 - Mobile and personal communications 
 services (1),(3) None except that inter-island and international 
interconnection of a mobile telephone network with another mobile or  fixed network has to be 
switched over the Cape Verde Telecom network in 
accordance with its concessi on agreement which is 
due to expire on 27 November 2021   
4. Audiovisual Services 
(a) Motion picture and video tape production and 
distribution services 
(b) Motion picture projection service 
(c) Radio and television services (d) Radio and television transmission services 
(e) Sound recording            (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
III. CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED  ENGINEERING SERVICES 
1. General construction work for buildings 
2. General construction work for civil engineering 
3. Installation and assembly work 
4. Building completion and finishing work (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
IV. DISTRIBUTION SERVICES 
1. Commission agents' services 
2. Wholesale trade services 3. Retailing services 
4. Franchising (1)  None 
(2)  None (3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
V. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 
1. Primary education services (1) None ex cept for primary education services funded 
by the government of the Republic of Cape Verde 
(2) None 
(3) None except for primary education services funded 
by the government of the Republic of Cape Verde 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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2. Secondary education services (1) None except for secondary education services 
funded by the government of the Republic of Cape 
Verde 
(2) None (3) None except for secondary education services 
funded by the government of Cape Verde 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
3. Higher education services (1) None ex cept for higher education services funded 
by the government of the Republic of Cape Verde 
(2) None (3) None except for higher education services funded 
by the government of Cape Verde 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
4. Adult education (1) None except for adult education services funded by 
the government of the Republic of Cape Verde 
(2) None (3) None except for higher education services funded 
by the government of Cape Verde 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
VI. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 
1. Sewage services 
2. Refuse disposal services 
3. Sanitation and similar services (1) (3) (4) The supply of these services is presently 
regulated by the municipalities  
VII. FINANCIAL SERVICES 
1. All insurance and insurance-related services  
(a) Life, accident and health insurance services 
(b) Non-life insurance services 
(c) Reinsurance and retrocession (1)  These services may only be provided by an entity 
with a commercial pres ence in Cape Verde 
approved by the Bank of Cape Verde 
(2)  None 
(3)  Insurance companies must register and be 
approved by the Minister of Finance or the Prime Minister upon recommendation of the Bank of 
Cape Verde 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
commitments Decree-Law No. 52-F/90 of 4 July  
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(d) Services auxiliary to insurance (including broking 
and agency  services) (1)  These services may only be provided by an entity 
with a commercial pres ence in Cape Verde 
approved by the Bank of Cape Verde 
(2)  None (3)  Insurance brokers and ag ents must be approved by 
Bank of Cape Verde 
(4) Brokers must meet legal qualification requirements 
of the Bank of Cape Verde and be registered as 
agents for a minimum of th ree years; agents must 
meet legal qualification requirements and have 
resided in Cape Verde for more than two years Decree-Law 101-P/90 of 23 November 
2. Banking and other financial s ervices (excluding insurance) 
(a)  Acceptance of deposits  and other repayable funds 
from the public  
(b)  Lending of all types, including inter alia, consumer 
credit, mortgage credit, factoring and financing of 
commercial transactions 
(c)    Financial leasing  (d) All payment and money transmission services 
(e) Guarantees and commitments 
(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.) 
 -   foreign exchange 
 -   derivative products including but not 
 limited to, futures and options 
 -   exchange rate and interest rate instruments, 
 including products such as swaps, forward 
 rate agreements, etc. 
 -   transferable securities  -   other negotiable instruments and financial 
 assets, including bullion 
(g)   Participation in issues of all kinds of securities, 
including under-writing and placement as agent 
(whether publicly or privately) and provision of 
service related to such issues 
(h)  Money broking 
(i)   Asset management, such as cash or portfolio 
management, all forms of collective investment (1)  Must establish a commercial presence in Cape 
Verde 
(2)   None (3)  Foreign banks and para-banking institutions must 
apply to the Bank of Cape Verde to establish a 
commercial presence.  Authorization to establish a commercial presence for banks is issued by the 
Minister of Finance upon recommendation of the 
Bank of Cape Verde.  Authorization to establish a para-banking commercial presence is issued by the 
Bank of Cape Verde.  Authorization is dependent 
on a determination that the institution to be established is "able to contribute to the efficiency 
of the national financial system and be adapted to 
the objectives of the coun try's economic, financial, 
monetary and exchange policies." The minimum 
capital requirement  for a bank is CVE 300 million. 
At least 50% of the employees of branches of 
foreign banks must be citizens of Cape Verde. 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures.    Law No. 3/V/96 of 3 November governs establishment 
of banking representative offices, branches, and banks 
incorporated as limited liability companies or joint stock companies. 
 
Law No. 43/III/88 of 27 December (rewritten in Law No. 3/V/96 of 03 November)) 
 
Decree-Law No. 66/97 dated 3 November elaborates on requirements for a foreign bank to establish itself in the 
Republic of Cape Verde.  
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management, custodial depository and trust 
services 
(j)   Settlement and clearing services for financial 
assets, including securities, derivative products and other negotiable instruments 
(k)   Advisory and other aux iliary financial services on 
all the activities listed in Article 1B of MTN.TNC/W/50, including credit reference and 
analysis, investment and portfolio research and 
advice, advice on acquisitions and on corporate 
restructuring and strategy 
(l)   Provision and transfer of financial information, and 
financial data processing and related  software by 
providers of other financial services 
VIII. HEALTH RELATED AND SOCIAL SERVICES  
1. Hospital Services 
2. Other Human Health Services (1)  None except for hospital services funded by the 
government of Cape Verde 
(2)  None (3)  Must obtain license issued by General Directorate 
of Health.  
(4)  Only foreign doctors from countries with which 
Cape Verde has cooperation agreements or foreign 
doctors who have worked for three years in Cape 
Verde may practice in Cape Verde.  The Ministry of Health may admit foreign specialists to practice 
in Cape Verde if it determines there is a need for 
that specialty
3.  
 
  
 
  
 
 
3. Social Services (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
                                                      
3 See also section I, (g) No. 3 (b)  
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IX. TOURISM AND TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES 
1. Hotels and restaurants (including catering) 
2. Travel agencies and tour operators services 
3. Tourist guides services (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) Special incentives "Tourism Utility Status" (duty 
free import of materials, tax exemptions, profit remittance abroad, etc.) exist in this sector. Foreign 
entities must first obtain "Foreign Investor Status" 
in order to obtain access to these incentives.  PROMEX issues the "Foreign Investor Status" 
based on an evaluation of the business plan for the 
project considering the size of the investment, its economic impact and whether it is in harmony with 
the economic development goals of Cape Verde. 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   Law No. 89/IV/83 of 13 December 1993 – Foreign 
Investment Law 
 
Law No. 42/IV/92 of 6 April 2002 – Tourism Utility Law 
X. RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING SERVICES 
1. Entertainment services  (including theatre, live 
bands, and circus services) 
2. News agency services 
3. Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural 
services (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
XI. TRANSPORT SERVICES 
1. Maritime Transport Services 
(a)  Passenger transportation 
(b)   Freight transportation 
(d)   Rental of vessels with crew 
(d)   Maintenance and repair of vessels (e)   Pushing and towing services (1)  None 
(2)  None 
(3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(f)   Supporting services for maritime transport (1 ) (3) These services are the exclusive province of  
ENAPOR, a Republic of Cape Verde government 
enterprise in the pro cess of privatization  
(2)  None 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures   
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2. Internal Waterways Transport 
(a) Passenger transportation 
(b) Freight transportation 
(c) Rental of vessels with crew 
(d) Maintenance and repair of vessels (e) Pushing and towing services (1)  Ships used in inter island traffic need to be 
registered in Cape Verde  
(2)  None 
(3)  Need to check on limitations on commercial 
presence 
(4)  Need to check on limitations such as employment 
of foreigners  
(f) Supporting services for internal waterway transport 
(inter island transport) 
             (1) (3) These services are the exclusive province of  
ENAPOR, a Republic of Cape Verde government 
enterprise in the pro cess of privatization  
(2)  None (4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
3. Air Transport Services 
(a) Passenger transportation 
(b) Freight transportation 
(c) Rental of aircraft with crew (d) Maintenance and repair of aircraft 
 (1)  Foreign air transport companies are not permitted 
to provide domestic air transportation services. 
(2)  None (3)  TACV, the domestic airline, is a state owned 
enterprise in the process of privatization (expected 
in 2004) which has a monopoly until it is privatized on domestic air transportation, 
maintenance and repair, and cargo handling.  
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
(e)  Supporting services for air transport  
 (CPC 746) (1) (3) These services are the exclusive province of the 
Airport Security Administration, a Republic of 
Cape Verde government agency  
(2)  None 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
6. Road Transport Services 
(a)  Passenger transportation 
(b)  Freight transportation (c)  Rental of commercial  vehicles with operators 
(d)  Maintenance and repair of road transport 
equipment 
(e)  Supporting services for road transport services (1)  None 
(2)  None (3)  None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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8. Services auxiliary to all modes of transport 
(a)  Cargo-handling services 
(b)  Storage and warehouse  services 
(c)   Freight transport agency services (1) Port cargo handling and storage is a monopoly of 
ENAPOR, a state owned ente rprise in the process 
of privatization.  After privatization this sector will 
be opened to competition.  Air cargo handling services are a monopoly of TACV, the state owned 
inter island airline.  After  privatization this sector 
will be opened to competition. 
(2) None 
(3) Port cargo handling and storage is a monopoly of 
ENAPOR, a state owned ente rprise in the process 
of privatization.  After privatization this sector will 
be opened to competition.  Air cargo handling 
services are a monopoly of TACV, the state owned inter island airline.  After privatization this sector 
will be opened to competition 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
 
 
  
  
 
   
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Modes of Supply Measures Relevant Laws and Regulations 
A. HORIZONTAL MEASURES 
(1) Cross Border Supply 
(2) Consumption Abroad 
(3) Commercial Presence (4) Presence of Natural Persons (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except for measures  concerning the entry and 
stay of foreign natural persons who fall into the 
categories listed  below: 
 
Services  Salespersons – persons not based in the 
Republic of Cape Verde and receiving no remuneration from  a source located within the Republic of Cape 
Verde, who are engaged in activities relating to 
representing a services supplier for the purpose of negotiating for the sale of the services of that supplier 
where: 
 - such sales are not made to the general public; 
- the sales person is not engaged in supplying the 
service. 
 
Entry for persons named in this section is Limited to a 90 day period. 
 
Intra-Corporate transferee s – temporary presence of 
managers, executives, a nd specialists, who are 
employees of firms that provide services within the 
Republic of Cape Verde through a branch, subsidiary, or affiliate established in the Republic of Cape Verde and 
who are one of the following: 
 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 
managerial employees, have the authority to hire and 
fire or recommend hiring and firing, or other personnel actions (such as promotion or leave authorization), and 
exercise discretionary authority over day-to-day 
operations.  Does not include first line supervisors,  
 
 (4)  Decree-law  6/97, Boletin Oficial 17-I, First Series 
5 May; Regulatory Decree No. 11/99  dated 9 
August, Boletin Oficial 28/99, Boletin Oficial 36/99 dated 4 October 1999  
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unless the employees supervis ed are professionals, nor 
does it include employees who primarily perform tasks 
necessary for the provis ion of  the service. 
 Executives – persons within the organization who 
primarily direct the management of the organization, 
establish the goals and policies of the organization, exercise wide latitude in decision-making, and receive 
only general supervision or direction from higher-level 
executives, the 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 level of continued 
expertise and who possess proprietary knowledge of the 
organization's services, research, techniques, or management.  (Specialists may include, but are not 
limited to, members of licensed professions.) 
 Persons responsible for the setting up of a commercial 
presence. 
 Persons as employees of  an enterprise engaged in 
substantive business in the Republic of Cape Verde 
without having a co mmercial presence in the Republic 
of Cape Verde who provide a service as a professional 
of a service sector. 
 
Foreigners desiring a residence permit must demonstrate 
a source of income for thei r sustenance while in Cape 
Verde and be of good character in order to obtain a 
residence permit.  Foreigners recruited by Cape Verde 
domestic enterprises must submit their contracts for review concerning their validity by the Director General 
of Labour in order to obtain a residence permit.   
 Entry for persons named in this sector is limited to a 
one-year period (residence permit) that may be extended 
one year at a time.  After being resident for five years,  
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the residence permit may be extended for three years at 
a time. 
I. BUSINESS SERVICES 
1. Professional Services 
(a) Legal Services  
 - home country law and public international 
 law  (excluding Republic of Cape Verde  Law) 
 
  
 - practice as or through a qualified Republic  of 
Cape Verde lawyer 
  
 
(1)  None 
(2)  None (3)  None 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures 
 
(1) None  
(2) None (3) These services may be performed only by members 
of the Bar Association (the Order) of the Republic 
of Cape Verde.  Membership in the Order is restricted to citizens of th e Republic of Cape Verde 
and residents of the Republic of Cape Verde who 
are citizens of countries wh erein Portuguese is the 
official language (Community of Countries with 
Portuguese as the Official Language – CPLP) 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(b) Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services 
(c)   Taxation Services (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(d)   Architectural services 
(e) Engineering services (f) Integrated engineering services 
(g) Urban Planning and landscape architectural 
services (1) None 
(2) None (3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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(h) Medical and dental services 
 (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) Restricted to Citizens of Cape Verde with the 
exception of the following: 
 
 (a) Foreign doctors who have served for three 
 years in the Republic of Cape Verde's  public health service 
 (b)  Foreign countries with which the Republic of 
 Cape Verde has a cooperation agreement 
 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(i) Veterinary services 
(j) Services provided by midwives, nurses, 
physiotherapists and paramedical personnel (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
2. Computer and Related Services 
(a)  Consultancy services related to the installation of 
computer hardware 
(b)   Software implementation services (c)   Data processing services 
(d)  Data base services (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
3. Research and Development Services 
(a)   R& D services on natural services 
(b)  R&D ser\vices on social sciences and humanities 
(c)   Interdisciplinary R&D services      (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
4. Real Estate Services 
(a) Involving own or leased property 
(b)  On a fee or contract basis (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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5. Rental/Leasing Serv ices without Operators 
(a) Relating to ships 
(b)   Relating to aircraft 
(c)   Relating to other transport equipment      
(d)   Relating to other machinery and equipment (1) None if ships registered used in intra-island 
shipping can be registered abroad  
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
6. Other Business Services 
(a)   Advertising services 
(b) Market research and public opinion polling 
services  
(c)   Management consulting services 
(d)   Services related to management consulting 
(e)  Technical testing and analysis services (f)   Services incidental to agriculture, hunting and 
forestry 
(g)  Services incidental to fishing (h)  Services incidental to mining 
(i)   Services incidental to manufacturing (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(j)  Services incidental to energy distribution (1) None 
(2) None (3) The government of  Cape Verde has executed a 
concession contract which confers monopoly rights 
to Electra.  This concession contract is due to expire in 2036 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(k)  Placement and supply serv ices of Personnel (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(l)  Investigation and Security (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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(m)  Related scientific and technical consulting services (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(n)  Maintenance and repair of equipment (not 
including maritime vessels, aircraft or other 
transport equipment) (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(o)  Building-cleaning services (1) None 
(2) None (3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(p)  Photographic services (1) None 
(2) None (3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(q) Packaging services (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(r)   Printing services (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(s) Convention services (1) None 
(2) None (3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(t)   Other 
        - Customs brokerage services (1) (2) (3) (4) Must have a commercial presence in Cape 
Verde, be licensed by the Customs Authority and be a citizen of Cape Verde.   
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II. COMMUNICATION SERVICES 
1. Postal Services (1)(3)(4) Univer sal postal services are provided 
exclusively by the state-owned enterprise Postal 
Services  
2. Courier Services (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
3. Telecommunication Services 
(a) Voice telephone services 
(b) Packet-switched data transmission service (c) Circuit-switched data transmission services 
(d) Telex services 
(e) Telegraph services (f) Facsimile service 
(g) Private leased circuit services 
(h) Electronic mail (i) Voice mail 
(j) On-line information and data base retrieval 
(k) Electronic data interchange (EDI) (l) Enhanced/value-added facsimile services, 
including store and forward, store and retrieve 
(m) Code and protocol conversion (n) On-line information and/or data processing 
(including transaction processing  (2)  None 
(3)  Cape Verde Telecom has a monopoly on these 
services using land lines under its concession 
agreement with the government of the Republic of 
Cape Verde which is due to expire on 27 November 2021.  Mobile voice telephone 
services are not covered under this concession 
agreement  and at present  one mobile telephone service provider, CV Mobile, a subsidiary of  Cape 
Verde Telecom has been licensed 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
commitments  
(o) Other services: 
 - Mobile and personal communications 
 services (1),(3) None except that inter-island and international 
interconnection of a mobile telephone network with another mobile or  fixed network has to be 
switched over the Cape Verde Telecom network in 
accordance with its concessi on agreement which is 
due to expire on 27 November 2021   
4. Audiovisual Services 
(a) Motion picture and video tape  
(b) Motion picture projection 
(c) Radio and television services 
(d) Radio and television transmission services (e) Sound recording            (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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III. CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED  ENGINEERING SERVICES 
1. General construction work for buildings 
2. General construction work for civil engineering 
3. Installation and assembly work 
4. Building completion and finishing work (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
IV. DISTRIBUTION SERVICES 
1. Commission agents services 
2. Wholesale trade services 
3. Retailing services 
4. Franchising (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
V. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 
1. Primary education services (1) None except for primary education Services 
funded by the government of the Republic of Cape 
Verde 
(2) None (3) None except for primary education services funded 
by the government of the Republic of Cape Verde 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
2. Secondary education services (1) None except for secondary education services 
funded by the government of the Republic of Cape 
Verde 
(2) None 
(3) None except for secondary education services 
funded by the government of the Republic of Cape Verde 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
3. Higher education services (1) None ex cept for higher education services funded 
by the government of Republic of Cape Verde 
(2) None 
(3) None except for higher education services funded 
by the government of the Republic of Cape Verde 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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4. Adult education (1) None except for adult education services funded by 
the government of the Republic of Cape Verde 
(2) None 
(3) None except for higher education services funded 
by the government of the Republic of Cape Verde 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
VI. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 
1. Sewage services 
2. Refuse disposal services 
3. Sanitation and similar services (1) (3) (4) The supply of these services is presently 
regulated by the municipalities  
VII. FINANCIAL SERVICES 
1. All insurance and insurance-related services 
(a) Life, accident and health insurance  services 
(b) Non-life insurance services 
(c) Reinsurance and retrocession (1)  These services may only be provided by an entity 
with a commercial pres ence in Cape Verde 
approved by the Bank of Cape Verde 
(2)  None (3)  Insurance companies must register and be 
approved by the Minister of Finance or the Prime 
Minister upon recommendation of the Bank of 
Cape Verde 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
commitments Decree-Law No. 52-F/90 of 4 July 
 
 
(d) Services auxiliary to insurance (including broking 
and agency  services) (1)  These services may only be provided by an entity 
with a commercial pres ence in Cape Verde 
approved by the Bank of Cape Verde 
(2)  None (3)  Insurance brokers and ag ents must be approved by 
Bank of Cape Verde 
(4)  Brokers must meet legal qualification requirements 
of the Bank of Cape Verde and be registered as 
agents for a minimum of th ree years; agents must 
meet legal qualification requirements and have 
resided in Cape Verde for more than two years Decree-Law 101-P/90 of 23 November 
2. Banking and other financial s ervices (excluding insurance) 
(a)  Acceptance of deposits  and other repayable funds 
from the public  
(b) Lending of all types, including inter alia, consumer 
credit, mortgage credit, factoring and financing of 
commercial transactions 
(c)  Financial leasing (1)  Must establish a commercial presence in Cape 
Verde 
(2)   None (3) Foreign banks and para-banking institutions must 
apply to the Bank of Cape Verde to establish a 
commercial presence.  Authorization to establish a Law No. 3/V/96 of 3 November governs establishment 
of banking representative offices, branches, and banks 
incorporated as limited liability companies or joint stock companies. 
 
Law No. 43/III/88 of 27 December (rewritten in Law  
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(d) All payment and money transmission services 
(e) Guarantees and commitments 
(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 deposit, etc.) 
 -   foreign exchange 
 -   derivative products including but not 
 limited to, futures and options 
 -   exchange rate and interest rate instruments, 
 including products such as swaps, forward  rate agreements, etc. 
 -   transferable securities 
 -   other negotiable instruments and financial 
 assets, including bullion 
(g)   Participation in issues of all kinds of securities, 
including under-writing and placement as agent (whether publicly or privately) and provision of 
service related to such issues 
(h)   Money broking (i)   Asset management, such as cash or portfolio 
management, all forms of collective investment 
management, custodial depository and trust services 
(j)   Settlement and clearing services for financial 
assets, including securities, derivative products and other negotiable instruments 
(k)   Advisory and other auxiliary financial  services on 
all the activities listed in Article 1B of 
MTN.TNC/W/50, including credit reference and 
analysis, investment and portfolio research and 
advice, advice on acquisitions and on corporate 
restructuring and strategy 
(l)   Provision and transfer of financial information, and 
financial data processing and related  software by 
providers of other financial services commercial presence for banks is issued by the 
Minister of Finance upon recommendation of the 
Bank of Cape Verde.  Authorization to establish a 
para-banking commercial presence is issued by the Bank of Cape Verde.  Authorization is dependent 
on a determination that the institution to be 
established is "able to contribute to the efficiency of the national financial system and be adapted to 
the objectives of the coun try's economic, financial, 
monetary and exchange policies." The minimum 
capital CVE 300 million. At least 50% of the 
employees of branches of foreign banks must be citizens of Cape Verde. 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures.    No. 3/V/96 of 03 November)) 
 
 
Decree-Law No. 66/97 dated 3 November elaborates on requirements for a foreign bank to establish itself in the 
Republic of Cape Verde.  
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VIII. HEALTH RELATED AND SOCIAL SERVICES 
1.   Hospital Services 
2.  Other Human Health Services (1)  None except for hospital services funded by the 
government of Cape Verde 
(2)  None 
(3)  Must obtain license issued by General Directorate 
of Health.  
(4)  Only foreign doctors from countries with which 
Cape Verde has cooperation agreements or foreign doctors who have worked for three years in Cape 
Verde may practice in Cape Verde.  The Ministry 
of Health may admit foreign specialists to practice in Cape Verde if it determines there is a need for 
that specialty.  Law No. 95/III/90 of 27 October 
 
Ministerial Decree No. 8/92 of 21 January 
  
3. Social Services (1) None 
(2) None (3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
IX. TOURISM AND TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES 
1. Hotels and restaurants (including catering) 
2. Travel agencies and tour operators services 3. Tourist guides services (1) None 
(2) None (3) Special incentives "Tourism Utility Status" (duty 
free import of materials, tax exemptions, profit 
remittance abroad, etc.) exist in this sector. Foreign entities must first obtain "Foreign Investor Status" 
in order to obtain access to these incentives.  
PROMEX issues the "Foreign Investor Status" based on an evaluation of the business plan for the 
project considering the size of the investment, its 
economic impact and whether it is in harmony with 
the economic development goals of Cape Verde. 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   Law No. 89/IV/83 of 13 December 1993 – Foreign 
Investment Law  
Law No. 42/IV/92 of 6 April 2002 – Tourism Utility 
Law 
X. RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING SERVICES 
1. Entertainment services  (including theatre, live 
bands, and circus services) 
2.  News agency services 
3.  Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural 
services (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures   
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XII. TRANSPORT SERVICES 
1. Maritime Transport Services 
(a)  Passenger transportation 
(b)   Freight transportation (c)   Rental of vessels with crew  
(d)   Maintenance and repair of vessels 
(e)   Pushing and towing services (1) None 
(2) None (3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
(f)   Supporting services for maritime transport (1 ) (3) These services are the exclusive province of  
ENAPOR, a Republic of Cape Verde government 
enterprise in the pro cess of privatization  
(2)  None (4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
2. Internal Waterways Transport 
(a) Passenger transportation 
(b) Freight transportation 
(c) Rental of vessels with crew (d) Maintenance and repair of vessels 
(e) Pushing and towing services (1)  Ships used in inter island traffic need to be 
registered in Cape Verde  
(2)  None (3)  Need to check on limitations on commercial 
presence 
(4)  Need to check on limitations such as employment 
of foreigners  
(f) Supporting services for internal waterway transport 
(inter island transport) 
             (1) (3) These services are the exclusive province of  
ENAPOR, a Republic of Cape Verde government 
enterprise in the pro cess of privatization  
(2)  None 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
3. Air Transport Services 
(a) Passenger transportation 
(b) Freight transportation 
(c) Rental of aircraft with crew 
(d) Maintenance and repair of aircraft  (1)  Foreign air transport companies are not permitted 
to provide domestic air transportation services. 
(2)  None 
(3)  TACV, the domestic airline, is a state owned 
enterprise in the process of privatization (expected 
in 2004) which has a monopoly until it is 
privatized on domestic air transportation, maintenance and repair, and cargo handling.  
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures   
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(e)  Supporting services for air transport  
 (CPC 746) (1) (3) These services are the exclusive province of the 
Airport Security Administration, a Republic of 
Cape Verde government agency  
(2)  None (4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
6. Road Transport Services 
(a)  Passenger transportation  
(b)  Freight transportation 
(c)  Rental of commercial  vehicles with operators 
(d)  Maintenance and repair of road transport 
equipment 
(e)  Supporting services for road transport services (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) None except as indi cated under horizontal 
measures  
8. Services auxiliary to all modes of transport 
(a)  Cargo-handling services 
(b)  Storage and warehouse services 
(c)   Freight transport agency services (1) Port cargo handling and storage is a monopoly of 
ENAPOR, a state owned ente rprise in the process 
of privatization.  After privatization this sector will 
be opened to competition.  Air cargo handling services are a monopoly of TACV, the state owned 
inter island airline.  After privatization this sector 
will be opened to competition. 
(2) None 
(3) Port cargo handling and storage is a monopoly of 
ENAPOR, a state owned ente rprise in the process 
of privatization.  After privatization this sector will 
be opened to competition.  Air cargo handling 
services are a monopoly of TACV, the state owned inter island airline.  After privatization this sector 
will be opened to competition 
(4)  None except as i ndicated under horizontal 
measures  
 
 
  
  
  
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Modes of Supply Measures Relevant Laws and Regulations 
A. HORIZONTAL MEASURES 
(1) Cross Border Supply 
(2)  Consumption Abroad 
(3) Commercial Presence (4)  Presence of Natural Persons (1)  None 
(2) None 
(3)  None (4)  None except for measur es concerning the entry and 
stay of foreign natural persons who fall into the 
categories listed  below: 
 
Services Salespersons – persons not based in the 
Republic of Cape Verde and receiving no remuneration from  a source located within the Republic of Cape 
Verde, who are engaged in activities relating to 
representing a services supplier for the purpose of negotiating for the sale of the services of that supplier 
where: 
 - such sales are not made to the general public; 
- the sales person is not engaged in supplying the 
service. 
 
Entry for persons named in this section is Limited to a 90 day  period. 
 
Intra-Corporate transferee s – temporary presence of 
managers, executives, a nd specialists, who are 
employees of firms that provide services within the 
Republic of Cape Verde through a branch, subsidiary, or affiliate established in the Republic of Cape Verde and 
who are one of the following: 
 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 
managerial employees, have the authority to hire and 
fire or recommend hiring and firing, or other personnel actions (such as promotion or leave authorization), and 
exercise discretionary authority over day-to-day 
operations.  Does not include first line supervisors,  
 
 (4)  Decree-law  6/97, Boletin Oficial 17-I, First Series 
5 May; Regulatory Decree No. 11/99 dated 
9 August, Boletin Oficial 28/99, Boletin Oficial 36/99 dated 4 October 1999 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
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unless the employees supervis ed are professionals, nor 
does it include employees who primarily perform tasks 
necessary for the provis ion of the service. 
 Executives – persons within the organization who 
primarily direct the management of the organization, 
establish the goals and policies of the organization, exercise wide latitude in decision-making, and receive 
only general supervision or direction from higher-level 
executives, the 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 level of continued 
expertise and who possess proprietary knowledge of the 
organization's services, research, techniques, or management. (Specialists may include, but are not 
limited to, members of licensed professions.) 
 Persons responsible for the setting up of a commercial 
presence. 
 Persons as employees of  an enterprise engaged in 
substantive business in the Republic of Cape Verde 
without having a co mmercial presence in the Republic 
of Cape Verde who provide a service as a professional 
of a service sector. 
 
Foreigners desiring a residence permit must demonstrate 
a source of income for thei r sustenance while in Cape 
Verde and be of good character in order to obtain a 
residence permit.  Foreigners recruited  by Cape Verde 
domestic enterprises must submit their contracts for review concerning their validity by the Director General 
of  Labour in order to obtain a residence permit.  
 Foreigners in the above categories who are citizens of 
the Community of Portuguese Speaking Countries may 
receive a one-year multiple entry visa good for one 90  
 
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
   
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day stay every six months.  Citizens of countries which 
are members of ECOWAS (of which Cape Verde is a 
member) do not require a visa to come to Cape Verde.  
Entry for persons named in this section is limited to a one-year period (residence permit) that may be extended 
one year at a time.  After being resident for five years, 
the residence permit may be extended for three years at a time. 
 
 
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