RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/GBT/W/1/Add.50
14February 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0687)
Original: Spanish Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM VENEZUELA
Draft Schedule inBasic Telecommunications
Revision
Thefollowing communication iscirculated attherequest ofVenezuela tomembers ofthe
Group onBasic Telecommunications.
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ThePermanent Mission ofVenezuela totheUnited Nations Office andOther International
Organizations based inGeneva presents itscompliments totheSecretariat oftheWorld Trade
Organization (WTO) andtransmits herewith Venezuela 'sdraft Schedule ofCommitments onBasic
Telecommunications Services, which replaces document S/NGBT/W/12/Add.14/Rev.2 ofApril 1996
andVenezuela 'sSchedule inthetelecommunications sector inforce since 1January 1995. Venezuela
reserves theright toamend orwithdraw anyorallofthecommitments conditionally undertaken in
thisSchedule depending onthefollowing factors:
(1) Anoutcome judged satisfactory byVenezuela intheongoing negotiations ontrade in
telecommunications services inwhich opportunities forsupplying basic
telecommunications services areoffered forVenezuelan suppliers ofsuchservices.
(2) Theenactment ofanydomestic legislative provisions following thepreparation ofthis
Schedule.
(3) Although ourSchedule doesnotcontain thewords "subject tospectrum availability",
inviewoftheChairman 'sNoteS/GBT/W/3 of3February 1997, Venezuela retains
fullpowers overthemanagement andadministration ofitsfrequencies inconformity
withitsdomestic legislation.
(4) Technical amendments totheSchedule andcorrection ofpossible errors oremissions.
TheSchedule doesnotcover radio andtelevision broadcasting services.S/GBT/W/1/Add.50
Page2VENEZUELA -DRAFT SCHEDULE ONBASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS
Modes ofsupply: (1)Cross-border supply (2)Consumption abroad (3)Commercial presence (4)Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
2.C Telecommunications services
Telecommunications services
supplied byapublic
telecommunications network
andbased ontheuseof
facilities (wire-based andradio
electric) through anyexisting
technological medium included
insubparagraphs (a),(b),(c),
(g)and(o).Modes ofsupply 1,2,3and4.A
licence granted bytheVenezuelan
State isrequired inorder tosetupand
operate anytelecommunications
service. Licences willnotbegranted
tonatural orlegal persons not
domiciled intheRepublic of
Venezuela nortoforeign governments,
inaccordance withArticle 4ofthe
Telecommunications Lawenacted in
1940.
Long-distance traffic must berouted
through operators licensed tosupply
long-distance telephone services.
Deliberately reversing thereal
direction ofinternational calls
(call-back) isnotallowed.Inaccordance withtheReference
Paper, Venezuela undertakes
specifically thefollowing
commitments:
1. Competitive safeguards.
1.1 Prevention ofanti-competitive
practices intelecommunications
1.2 Safeguards.
Theanti-competitive practices
referred toabove shall include in
particular:
1.2.1 Using information obtained
from competitors withanti-
competitive results;
1.2.2 notmaking available toother
services suppliers onatimely
basis technical information
about essential facilities and
commercially relevant
information which are
necessary forthem toprovide
services.
2. Interconnection
Venezuela willensure that
interconnection withasupplier is
established atanytechnically feasible
point inthebasic telecommunications
network.S/GBT/W/1/Add.50
Page3Modes ofsupply: (1)Cross-border supply (2)Consumption abroad (3)Commercial presence (4)Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
(a) Local DLD andILDtelephone
services (CPC 75211/75212)(1) None, except thefollowing:
Allinternational switched
telephone traffic must berouted
through theCANTV basic
telecommunications network
until theendoftheperiod of
limited competition.(1) Unbound 3. Universal service
4. Public availability oflicensing
criteria.
5. Independent regulatory body
6. Allocation anduseofscare
resources.
(2) None
(3) Asfrom 27November 2000, at
theendoftheperiod oflimited
competition fortheCompañía
Anónima Nacional Teléfonos de
Venezuela (CANTV), there will
benolimitation.
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.
(a) Mobile telephone services
(CPC 75213)(1) None, except thefollowing:
Allinternational switched
telephone traffic must berouted
through theCANTV basic
telecommunications network
until theendoftheperiod of
limited competition.
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.S/GBT/W/1/Add.50
Page4Modes ofsupply: (1)Cross-border supply (2)Consumption abroad (3)Commercial presence (4)Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orSub-sector Limitations onMarket Access Limitations onNational Treatment Additional Commitments
(a) Rural telephony services
(CPC 75212)(1) None, except thefollowing:
Allinternational switched
telephone traffic must berouted
through theCANTV basic
telecommunications network
until theendoftheperiod of
limited competition.
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.
(b) Packet-switched data
transmission network services
(CPC 7523**)
(c) Circuit-switched data
transmission network services
(CPC 7523**)
(g) Owned orleased integrated
telecommunications services
(CPC 75260)
(o) Other
Paging services (CPC 75291)
Teleconferencing services
(CPC 75292)(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.(1) Unbound
(2) None
(3) None
(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal section ofthe
WTO Schedule ofVenezuela.