RESTRICTEDWORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
29 April 1998
(98-1735)
Working Party on the Accession
of the Kyrgyz RepublicOriginal:  English
ACCESSION OF THE KYRGYZ REPUBLIC
Draft Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services
Addendum
The following Draft Schedule of Specific Commitments on Services has been received from
the Government of the Kyrgyz Republic.
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I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS
Commitments include all sectors (4) Unbound except for measures concerning
temporary entry and stay of nationals ofanother member who fall into the categories
below:
Services salespersons - persons not based in
the territory of the Kyrgyz Republic andreceiving no remuneration from a sourcelocated within the Kyrgyz Republic, whoare engaged in activities related to
representing a services supplier for the
purpose of negotiating for the sale of theservices of that supplier where:(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 islimited to a ninety-day period.(4) Unbound except for the measures
affecting the presence of naturalpersons in the territory of Kyrgyz
Republic (KR) - for CIS citizens no
entry visa is required.  Citizens fromother countries are required to obtainentry visas (except countries withwhich the Kyrgyz Republic hasagreements on entrance without visas).
Intra-corporate transferees - managers,
executives and specialists, as defined below,who are employees of firms that provide
services within the Kyrgyz Republic
through a branch, subsidiary, or affiliateestablished in the Kyrgyz Republic and whohave been in the prior employ of their firmoutside the Kyrgyz Republic for the periodof not less than one year immediately
preceding the date of their application for
admission and who are one of the following:WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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(a) 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 othersupervisory, professional or managerialemployees, have the authority to hireand fire or recommend hiring, firing, orother personnel actions (such as
promotion or leave authorization), and
exercise discretionary authority overday-to-day operations. Does notinclude first-line supervisors, unless theemployees supervised areprofessionals, nor does it include
employees who primarily perform tasks
necessary for the provision of theservice.
(b) Executives - persons within the
organization who primarily direct themanagement of the  organization,
establish the goals and policies of the
organization, exercise wide latitude indecision-making, and receive onlygeneral supervision or direction fromhigher-level executives, the board ofdirectors, or stockholders of the
business.  Executives would not
directly perform tasks related to theactual provision of a service or servicesof the organization.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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(c) 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.)
(d) Persons responsible for setting up of a 
commercial presence.
(e) Persons as employees of an enterprise
 engaged in substantive business in the Kyrgyz Republic without having commercial presence in the Kyrgyz 
Republic who provide a service as a 
professional of a service sector.
Entry for persons named in this section is limited to athree-year period that may be extended for up to two
additional years for a total term not to exceed five
years.
II. COMMITMENTS IN SPECIFIC SECTORS
1. BUSINESS SERVICES
A. Professional Services
(a) Legal services (CPC 861)
(i) Legal services:  home country
law and public internationallaw  (excluding Kyrgyz Law)(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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(ii) Legal services: practice as or
though a qualified Kyrgyzlawyer(1) None
(2) None(3) Advocate services may be provided only by
KR citizens. Only an advocate has the right
to provide legal services in connection withcriminal matters
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(b) Accounting, auditing and
bookkeeping services
(CPC 862)
(c) Taxation services (CPC 863)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(d) Architectural services
(CPC 8671)
(e) Engineering services
(CPC 8672)
(g) Urban planning and landscape
architectural services(CPC 8674)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(h) Medical and dental services
(CPC 9312)
(i) Veterinary services (CPC 932)(j) Services provided by
midwives, nurses,physiotherapists and
para-medical personnel
(CPC 93191)(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(k) Services in the sphere of
industrial property(1) None
(2) None
(3) Unbound(4) Only a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic, who
is permanently residing in the KyrgyzRepublic, has the right to provide services(in the sphere of industrial property) as a
patent agent(1) None
(2) None
(3) Unbound(4) Only a citizen of the Kyrgyz Republic,
who is permanently residing in theKyrgyz Republic, has the right toprovide services (in the sphere of
industrial property) as a patent agentWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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B. Computer and Related
Services(CPC 841-845, 849)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
C. Research and Development
Services  (CPC 851-853)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
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) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
E. Rental/Leasing Services
Without Operators and WithOperators
(CPC 83101-83109, 832)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
F.  Other Business Services(a) Advertising services
(CPC 871)
(c) Management consulting
services (CPC 865, 866)
(e) Technical testing and analysis
services(CPC 8676)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(f) Services incidental to
agriculture, hunting andforestry (CPC 881)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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(g) Services incidental to fishing
(CPC 882)(1)  None
(2) None(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(h) Services incidental to mining
(CPC 883, 5115)
(i) Services incidental to
manufacturing (CPC 884, 885,
except for 88442)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(j) Services incidental to energy
distribution(CPC 887)(1) Unbound
(2) Unbound(3) None, except for services on distribution of
electric energy
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) Unbound
(2) Unbound(3) None, except for services on
distribution of electric energy
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(m) Scientific and technical
consulting services(CPC 8675)
(n) Maintenance and repair of
equipment (not includingmaritime vessels, aircraft orother transport equipment)(CPC 633, 8861-8866)
(r) Printing, publishing
(CPC 88442)
(s) Convention services
(CPC 87909*)
(t) Market research and public
opinion monitoring services(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
2. COMMUNICATION SERVICES
A. Postal Services
(CPC 7511)(1) Unbound
(2) None(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) Unbound
(2) None(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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B. Courier Services (CPC 7512) (1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
C. Telecommunication Services:
Basic and EnhancedTelecommunication Services
1The Kyrgyz Republicundertakes additionalcommitments as contained in
the attachment, all parts of
which are equally binding.
(a) Voice telephone services
(CPC 7521)
(d) Telex services (CPC 7523**)(1) None, except for international and long
distance communications, where none asfrom 1 January 2003
(2) None(1) None
(2) None
(e) Telegraph services
(CPC 7522)
(g) Private leased circuit services
(CPC 7522**, 7523**)(3) None, except for international and long
distance communication, where none asfrom 1 January 2003.
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(b) Packet-switched data
transmission services
(CPC 7523**)
(c) Circuit-switched data
transmission services(CPC 7523)(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(f) Facsimile services
(CPC 7521**, 7529**)
(h) Electronic mail (CPC 7523**)
(i) Voice mail
(CPC 7523**)
                                                     
1 Commitments undertaken in this section are in accordance with the Notes by the Chairman S/GBT/W/2/Rev.1 and S/GBT/W/3.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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(j) On-line information and data
base retrieval(CPC 7523**)
(k) Electronic data interchange
(EDI) (CPC 7523**)
(l) Enhanced/value-added
facsimile services, incl. storeand forward, store and retrieve
(CPC 7523**)
(m) Code and protocol conversion(n) On-line information and/or
data (CPC 843**)
(o) Other
D. Audiovisual Services(a) Motion picture and video tape
production and distribution
services(CPC 9611)
(b) Motion picture projection
service (CPC 9612)
(c) Radio and television services
(CPC 9613)
(d) Radio and television
transmission services(CPC 7524)
(e) Sound recording(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
3. CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES
(CPC 511-518) (1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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4. DISTRIBUTION SERVICES
A. Commission Agents’ Services
(CPC 621)
B. Wholesale Trade
(except wholesale trade of
alcoholic beverages, tobacco,firearms, pharmaceuticals)(CPC 622)
C. Retailing Services
(except for alcoholic
beverages and tobacco) (CPC
631, 632, 6111, 6113, 6121)
D. Franchising (CPC 8929)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
5. EDUCATION SERVICES
A. Primary Education Services
(CPC 921)(1) None, except for on primary education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None, except for on primary education
services funded from State sources
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None, except for on primary education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
B. Secondary Education Services
(CPC 922)(1) None, except for on secondary education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None, except for on secondary education
services funded from State sources
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None, except for on secondary
education services funded from Statesources
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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C. Higher education services
(CPC 923)(1) None, except for on higher education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None, except for on higher education
services funded from State sources
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None, except for on higher education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
D. Adult Education
(CPC 924)(1) None, except for on adult education services
funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None, except for on adult education services
funded from State sources
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None, except for on adult education
services funded from State sources
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
6. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
A. Sewage Services (CPC 9401)B. Refuse Disposal Services
(CPC 9402)
C. Sanitation and Similar
Services (CPC 9403)
D. Other(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
7. FINANCIAL SERVICES
A. All Insurance and Insurance
Related Services(CPC 812**)(1) Unbound, except for insurance of cargo
transportation, brokerage and reinsurance
(2) None(1) None
(2) NoneWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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(a) Life, accident and health
insurance services(CPC 8121)
(b) Non-life insurance services
(CPC 8129)
(c) Reinsurance and retrocession
(CPC 81299*)
(d) Services auxiliary to insurance
(including broking and agency
services)
(CPC 8140)(3) None, except for foreign ownership in
Kyrgyz legal entities providing insuranceservices must not exceed 49%.  This
restriction will be eliminated by
1 January 2002.
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
B. Banking and Other Financial
Services (excluding insurance)
(a) Acceptance of deposits and
other repayable funds from thepublic
(CPC 81115-81119)(1) None
(2) None(1) None
(2) None
(b) Lending of all types, incl.,
inter alia , consumer credit,
mortgage credit, factoring and
financing of commercialtransaction (CPC 8113)
(c) Financial leasing (CPC 8112)(3) None (3) None, except for:
The minimum capital requirement for
banks with less than 20% foreign
participation is half that required forbanks with more than 20%  foreignparticipation.  This distinction will beeliminated by 31 December 2002
(d) All payment and money
transmission services
(CPC 81339**)(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(e) Guarantees and commitments
(CPC 81199**)
(f) Trading for own account or for
account of customers, whetheron an exchange, in anover-the-counter market or
otherwise, the following:WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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- money market instruments
(cheques, bills, certificate ofdeposits, etc.) (CPC 81339**)
- foreign exchange (CPC 81333)
- derivative products incl., but not
limited to, futures and options(CPC 81339**)
- exchange rate and interest rate
instruments, incl. products such asswaps, forward rate agreements,
etc.
(CPC 81339**)
- transferable securities
(CPC 81321*)
- other negotiable instruments and
financial assets, incl. bullion (CPC
81339**)
(g) Participation in issues of all
kinds of securities, incl.under-writing and placementas agent (whether publicly orprivately) and provision of
service related to such issues
(CPC 8132)
(h) Money broking
(CPC 81339**)
(i) Asset management, such as
cash or portfolio management,
all forms of collective
investment management,pension fund management,custodial depositary and trustservices (CPC 8119**,
81323*)
(j) Settlement and clearing
services for financial assets,incl. securities, derivativeproducts, and other negotiableinstruments.
(CPC 81339** or 81319**)WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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(k) Advisory and other auxiliary
financial services on all theactivities listed in Article 1B
of MTN.TNC/W/50, incl.
credit reference and analysis,investment and portfolioresearch and advice, advice onacquisitions and on corporaterestructuring and strategy
(CPC 8131 or 8133).
(l) Provision and transfer of
financial information, andfinancial data processing andrelated software by providersof other financial services(CPC 8131).
8. HEALTH RELATED AND SOCIAL SERVICES
(other than those listed under IA(h-j.)(CPC 9311, 9319 other than 93191,933)(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
9. TOURISM AND TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES
A. Hotels and Restaurants (incl.
catering)(CPC 641-643)
B. Travel Agencies and Tour
Operators' Services(CPC 7471)
C. Tourist Guides Services (CPC
7472)
D. Other(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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10. RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING SERVICES
(Other than audiovisual services)
(CPC 9619, 962-964)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES
A. Maritime Transport Services
(CPC 7211-7214, 745**,8868**)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
C. Air Transport Services (except
maintenance and repair ofaircraft)(CPC 731, 732, 734, 746)(1) Foreign air transport companies are not
permitted to provide domestic airtransportation services
(2) Unbound
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) Unbound
(2) Unbound
(3) Unbound
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(d) Maintenance and repair of
aircraft (CPC 8868**)(1) None
(2) None(3) None except foreign ownership interest in
Kyrgyz legal entities providing such
services can not exceed 49%.  This
restriction will be removed before 2005
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
E. Rail Transport Services
(CPC 7111-7113, 8868**,743)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
F. Road Transport Services
(CPC 7121-7124, 6112, 8867,744)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitmentsWT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/9/Add.1
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G. Pipeline Transport (CPC 7131,
7139)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
H. Services Auxiliary to all
Modes of Transport(CPC 741, 742, 748)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
(d) Services on transport  tickets
reservation  by means ofcomputers (CPC 749)(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments(1) None
(2) None(3) None
(4) Unbound except as indicated under
horizontal commitments
The (*) indicates that the service specified is a component of a more aggregated CPC item specified elsewhere in this classific ation list.
The (**) indicates that the service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC conco rdance (e.g. voice mail is only a component of CPC
item 7523).WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/Add.1
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ANNEX 1
REFERENCE PAPER
Scope
The following are principals on the regulatory framework for basic telecommunications
services.
Definitions
"Users" means service consumers and service suppliers.
"Essential facilities" means facilities of a public telecommunications transport network or service that:
- are exclusively or predominantly provided by a single or limited number of suppliers;
and
- cannot feasibly be economically or technically 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:
- control over essential facilities; or
- 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:
- engaging in anti-competitive cross-subsidization;
- using information obtained from competitors with anti-competitive results; and
- not making available to other services suppliers on a timely basis technical
information about essential facilities and commercially relevant information which
are necessary for them to provide services.
2. Interconnection
2.1 This section applies to linking with suppliers 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 another supplier, where specific commitments are
undertaken.WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/Add.1
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2.2 Interconnection to be ensured
Interconnection with a major supplier will be ensured at any technically feasible point in the
network.  Such interconnection is provided:
- under non-discriminatory terms, conditions (including 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 itssubsidiaries or other affiliates;
- in a timely fashion, on terms, conditions (including 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
- upon request, at points in addition to the 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 procedures for interconnection for interconnection negotiations
The procedures applicable for interconnection 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:
- at any time or
- 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 appropriate terms, conditions and rates for
interconnection within a reasonable period of time, to the extent that these have not been establishedpreviously.
3. Universal service
Kyrgyz Republic 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-discriminatory and competitively neutral manner and are not moreburdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service defined by the Kyrgyz Republic.
4. Public availability of licensing criteria
Where a licence is required, the following will be made publicly available:WT/ACC/SPEC/KGZ/Add.1
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- all the licensing criteria and the period of time normally required to reach a decision
concerning an application for a licence;  and
- the terms and conditions of individual licences.
The reasons for the denial of a licence 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 decisions of and the procedure 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 objective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory
manner.  The current state of allocated frequency bands will be made publicly available, but detailed
identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses in not required.
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