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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2 
3 March 2003 
 (03-1216) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Cambodia Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF CAMBODIA 
 
Offer on Specific Commitments in Services  
 
Revision  
   The Government of the Kingdom of Cambodia has submitted the attached revised Offer of 
Specific Commitments in Services and List of Article II (MFN) exemptions, with a request that it be 
circulated to members of the Working Party. 
 
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  WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2 
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Modes of supply:  1)  Cross-Border supply    2)  Consumption abroad    3)  Commercial presence    4)  Presence of natural perso ns 
Sector or sub-sector Limitations on market access Limitations on nati onal treatment Additional commitments 
A. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS APPLI CABLE TO SECTORS LISTED IN THE SECTORAL PART OF THE SCHEDULE 
Subsidies  (3), (4) Unbound for subsidies and for 
research and development.  
Land  (3) Non-Cambodian natural and juridical 
persons may lease but not own land.   
Commercial presence Authorization and meeting of established 
requirements are necessary for operation in 
sensitive areas1 of business activities. 
 Investors shall have the obligation to provide 
adequate and consistent training to Cambodian 
staff, including for promotion to senior positions. (3) Unbound  
Presence of natural persons (4) Unbo und except for measures concerning 
the entry and temporary stay of a natural 
person who falls in one of the following 
categories: 
 
Business visitors  
 
A natural person who: 
 - enters Cambodia for the purposes of 
participating in business meetings, 
establishing business contacts including negotiations for the sale of services and/or 
other similar activities; 
- stays in Cambodia without receiving 
income from within Cambodian sources;  
- does not engage in making direct sales to 
the general public or supplying services. 
 
Entry of business visitors shall be valid for  
initial period 30 days stay, which may be extended to 1 year. (4) Unbound, except for measures 
affecting the categories referred to 
under market access.  
                                                      
1 The list is established by the CDC and presently includes sectors which contribute to the development and preservation of Camb odian culture, namely publishing, 
including newspapers, journals, periodicals, recorded media; printing and related services; radio and television services.   WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2
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Sector or sub-sector Limitations on market access Limitations on nati onal treatment Additional commitments 
 Investors  
 
Persons working in a managerial position, as defined below, within a juridical person, who are 
responsible for the setting up, in Cambodia, of a 
commercial presence of a service provider of a Member when: the representatives are not 
engaged in making direct sale or supplying 
services; and the service provider has its 
principal place of business in the territory of a 
WTO Member other than the Cambodia and has no other representative, office, branch or 
subsidiary in Cambodia. 
Investors may stay for up to 1 year.  
Intra-Corporate Transferees  
Natural persons who have been employed by a juridical person of another member for a period 
of not less than 1 year and who seek temporary 
entry to provide services through an affiliate in Cambodia and who are: 
 
Management personnel
: without requiring 
compliance with labour market tests, natural 
persons employed by a juridical entity and who 
possess knowledge at an advanced level of expertise or proprietary knowledge of a 
juridical entity product, service, research, 
equipment, techniques, or management 
 
Specialists
:  Natural persons employed by a 
juridical entity and whose qualifications and 
expertise are not available in the Kingdom of 
Cambodia or those who are seeking work in fields in which Cambodians are in short supply. 
Temporary residency and work permit is 
required for the natural persons in the categories defined under intra-corporate 
transferees. Such permits are issued for one 
year and may be renewed annually.    WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2 
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Modes of supply:  1)  Cross-Border supply    2)  Consumption abroad    3)  Commercial presence    4)  Presence of natural perso ns 
Sector or sub-sector Limitations on market access Limitations on nati onal treatment Additional commitments 
B. SECTOR-SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
I. BUSINESS SERVICES 
1. Professional Services 
(a) Legal services  
 (CPC 861) (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) In the partnership with Cambodian 
lawyer; may not directly represent clients 
in courts. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
 
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
(b) Accounting, auditing, 
bookkeeping and taxation 
services  
(CPC 86211, 86212, 86220, 8630)  (1) None except must have commercial 
presence in Cambodia. 
(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.  
(d) Architectural services 
(consulting, planning or design services) 
(CPC 8671) (1) None, except must have commercial 
presence in Cambodia. 
(2) None 
(3) The documents and designs necessary to 
attach to the application for the construction shall be organized with 
Cambodian architect. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None 
 (2) None 
(3) None 
  
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
(e) Engineering services 
(CPC 8672) 
(f) Integrated engineering services 
(CPC 8673) 
(g) Urban planning and landscape 
architectural services (CPC 8674) (1) None, except must have commercial 
presence in Cambodia.  
(2) None (3) The documents and designs necessary to 
attach to the application for the 
construction shall be organized with Cambodian architect/engineer 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None 
 
(2) None (3) None 
 
  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.    WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2
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Sector or sub-sector Limitations on market access Limitations on nati onal treatment Additional commitments 
2. 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) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
6. Other Business Services 
(c) Management consulting services 
(CPC 865) 
(d) Services related to man. 
Consulting  
(CPC 866) 
(k) Placement and supply services 
of Personnel  
(CPC 872) 
(q) Packaging services  
(CPC 876) (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.   WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2 
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Sector or sub-sector Limitations on market access Limitations on nati onal treatment Additional commitments 
II. COMMUNICATION SERVICES 
3. Telecommunication Services 
 
Commitments are taken consistent with "Not es for Scheduling Basic Telecom Services Co mmitments" (S/GBT/W/2/Rev.1) and "Market A ccess Limitations on Spectrum 
Availability" (S/GBT/W/3). 
(a) Voice telephone services (b) Packet-switched data 
transmission services 
(c) Circuit-switched data 
transmission services 
(d) Telex services (e) Telegraph services 
(f) Facsimile services 
(g) Private leased circuit services (1) Services provided only over the circuits 
leased from Telecom Cambodia.  Starting 
no later than 1 January 2013: None 
 
(2) None 
(3) Unbound until 31 December 2012 as 
provided exclusively by Telecom 
Cambodia.  Starting no later than 1 
January 2013: None, except subject to requirement for minimum local share 
holding of up to 49%. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section (1) Services provided only over the 
circuits leased from Telecom 
Cambodia.  Starting no later than 
1 January 2013: None 
(2) None 
(3) Unbound until 31 December 2012 as 
provided exclusively by Telecom 
Cambodia.  Starting no later than 
1 January 2013: None 
 
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section  
(h) E-mail (CPC 7523**) 
(i) Voice-mail (CPC 7523**) 
(j) On-line information and data 
base-retrieval (CPC 7523**)  
(k) Electronic Data Interchange 
(CPC 7523**) 
(l) Enhanced/value added facsimile 
services, incl. store and forward, 
store and retrieve (7523**) 
(m) Code and protocol conversion 
(n) On-line information and/or data 
processing (including transaction processing)  
(CPC 843**) (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.  
  
5. Other 
Mobile services (1) None. 
(2) None 
(3) New licenses are subject to the economic 
needs test. None starting 1 January 2013. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.     WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2
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III. CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED  ENGINEERING SERVICES 
1. General Construction Work for 
Buildings  
(CPC 512) 
2. General Construction Work for 
Civil Engineering  
(CPC 513)  
3. Installation and Assembly Work 
(CPC 514; CPC 516) 
4. Building Completion and 
Finishing Work  
(CPC 517) 
5. Other  
(CPC 511, 515, 518) 1) Unbound ∗ 
2) None 
3) None   
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section 1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section  
IV. DISTRIBUTION SERVICES 
3. Retailing services  
- Wholesale and retail sales of 
motor vehicles  
(CPC 6111);  
- Sales of parts of motor vehicles 
(CPC 6113); 
- Sales of motorcycles and related 
parts ( 
CPC 6121). 
For supermarkets and large 
department stores only:  
- Food retailing services  
(CPC 631);  
- Non-food retailing services 
(CPC 632), excluding sales of pharmaceutical goods, medical 
and orthopedic goods  
(CPC 63211) 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  
                                                      
∗ Unbound due to lack of the technical feasibility.  WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2 
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V. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES 
3. Higher education services  
(CPC 923) 
4. Adult education  
(CPC 924) 
5. Other education services  
(CPC 929) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None, except subject to approval by the 
Ministry concerned, and accreditation 
aimed at ensuring standards and 
qualifications of institutions and individuals  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section 1) None 
2) None 
3) None  
 
  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section  
VI. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 
1. Sewage services  
(CPC 9401) 
2. Refuse disposal services  
(CPC 9402) 
3. Sanitation and similar services 
(CPC 9403) 
4. Other services  
- Cleaning of exhaust gases  
(CPC 9404) 
- Noise abatement services 
 (CPC 9405) 
- Nature and landscape protection 
services  (CPC 9406) 
- Other environmental services 
not included elsewhere  (CPC 9409) 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  
VII. FINANCIAL SERVICES 
1. All insurance and insurance-related services 
(b) Non-life insurance services 
(CPC 8128) (1), (2) Natural or juridical person can enter 
into contract only with the insurance 
companies licensed to carry out insurance 
business in the kingdom of Cambodia 
(3) None, but services must be provided by 
financial institutions licensed as insurance 
companies.  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None 
(2) None 
 
 (3) None, but services must be provided 
by financial institutions licensed as 
insurance companies.  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.    WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2
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(c) Reinsurance and retrocession 
CPC 81299 (1), (2) None, except companies must 
reinsurance 20% of their risk in Cambodia 
Re and insurance contracts of total sum insured of less than or equal to USD 
500,000 must be reinsured locally  
(3) None, except companies must reinsure 
20% of their risk in Cambodia Re; 
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None  
(2) None 
  
 
(3) None, except companies must 
reinsurance 20% of their risk in 
Cambodia Re; 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
(d) Services auxiliary to insurance 
(including broking and agency 
services)  (CPC 8140) 
 (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.  
2. Banking and oth er financial services  
 The following commitments refe r to commercial banking only. 
(a) Acceptance of deposits and 
other repayable funds from the 
public  
(CPC 81115 – 81119) 
(b) Lending for financing of 
commercial transaction and 
productive investment  (CPC 8113); 
(c) All payment and money 
transmission service (CPC 813392) (1) None, except deposits from the public 
must be reinvested in Cambodia 
(2) None 
(3) Only permitted through authorized 
financial institutions as banks 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None 
 
(2) None 
(3) None  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
IX. TOURISM AND TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES 
1. Hotel services  
(CPC 64110)  (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None for hotels of 3 stars or higher. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section  
                                                      
2 According to Services sectoral classification list, this refers  to only part of the total range of activities covered by the C PC concordance.  WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2 
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3. Tourist guides services  
(CPC 7472) (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None  (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. Cambodian nationality 
requirement for tourist guides (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section 
  
XI. TRANSPORT SERVICES 
3. Air Transport Services 
- Aircraft repair and maintenance 
services  (CPC 8868) 
- Selling and marketing of air 
transport services 
- Computer Reservation System 
Services (CRS) (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.  
6. Road Transport Services 
(a) Passenger transportation  
(CPC 7121 + 7122) 
(b) Freight transportation  
(CPC 7123) 
(c) Rental of commercial vehicles 
with operator  
(CPC 7124) (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) Joint venture/Foreign capital limited to 
49%. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None 
(2) None 
(3) None 
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
(d) Maintenance and repair of road 
transport equipment  
(CPC 6112+8867) 
(e) Supporting services for road 
transport services  
(CPC 744) (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.  
 
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REFERENCE PAPER  
 Scope
 
 The following are definitions and principles on the regulatory framework for the basic 
telecommunications services. 
 Definitions
 
 Users
 mean service consumers and service suppliers. 
 
Essential facilities  mean facilities of a public telecommunica tions transport network or service that: 
  (a) are exclusively or predominantly provide d by a single or limited number of suppliers; 
and 
 
 (b) cannot feasibly be economically or technically substituted in order to provide a service.  A major supplier
 is a supplier which has the ability to mate rially affect the terms of participation 
(having regard to price and supply) in relevant  market for basic telecommunications services as a 
result of: 
 
 (a) control over essential facilities; or  (b) use of its position in the market.  1.   Competitive safeguards
 
 
1.1.  Prevention of anti-competitive practices in telecommunications  
  Appropriate measures shall be maintained for the purpose of preventing suppliers who, alone 
or together, are a major supplier from engaging  in or continuing anti-competitive practices. 
 
1.2.   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 s uppliers on timely basis technical information 
about essential facilities and commercially rele vant information which are necessary for 
them to provide services. 
 2.   Interconnection
 
 
2.1.   This section applies to linking with supp liers, providing public telecommunications transport 
networks or services in order to allow the users of  one supplier to communicate with users of another 
supplier and to access services provided by anot her supplier, where specific commitments are 
undertaken. 
 WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2 
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2.2.   Interconnection to be ensured
 
  Interconnection with a major supplier will be en sured at any technically feasible point in the 
network.  Such interconnection is provided:  
 (a) under non-discriminatory terms, cond itions (incl. technical standards and 
specifications) and rates and of a quality no less favourable 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  (incl. technical standards and specifications) 
and cost-oriented rates that are transparent, reasonable, having regard to economic 
feasibility, and sufficiently unbundled 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 the 
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 interconnecti on 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 re garding appropriate terms, conditions and 
rates for interconnection within a reasonable period of time, to the extent that these 
have not been established previously. 
 
3.   Universal service
 
  Any Member has the right to define the ki nd 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-discriminator y 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 licencing criteria
 
  Where a licence 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 licence and 
 (b) the terms and conditio ns of individual licences. 
 
 The reasons for the denial of a licence will be  made known to the applicant upon request.  WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2 
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5. Independent regulators  
  The regulatory body is separate from, and not accountable to, any supplier of basic telecommunications services.  The decisions 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 the allocation and use of scarce resources, including frequencies, numbers 
and rights of way, will be carried out in an obj ective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory 
manner.  The current state of allocated frequency ba nds will be made publicly available, but detailed 
identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses is not required.   WT/ACC/SPEC/KHM/2/Rev.2 
Page 14 Final List of Article (MFN) Exemptions  
 
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 the exemption 
Legal services Temporary access for qualified foreign 
lawyers is allowed whose countries 
grant reciprocal treatment to lawyers of Cambodian nationality. All Indefinite Need to ensure equal access to 
foreign markets for Cambodian 
lawyers.  
Land transport Facilitation of transport and transit 
transport agreements. Existing and future bilateral 
agreements  Indefinite The need to promote tourism and 
trade in transport services especially among the neighbouring countries. 
Internal waterways Establishes procedures, charges, and 
specific regulations applicable for ships of countries concerned operating in Mekong river basin. Existing and future bilateral 
agreements Indefinite Ensure and facilitate navigation in 
the Mekong river. 
Maritime transport Establishes procedures, charges, and 
specific regulations for cabotage 
applicable for ships of countries 
concerned operating in Siam Gulf. Existing and future bilateral 
agreements Indefinite Ensure and facilitate navigation in 
the Siam Gulf. 
 
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