ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  S/DCS/W/BLZ 
24 de enero de 2003 
 (03-0469) 
Comercio de Servicios Original:   inglés 
  
 
BELICE 
 
Proyecto de Lista refundida de Compromisos Específicos
1 
 
 El documento adjunto contiene un proyect o de la Lista refundida de Compromisos 
Específicos de Belice, en formato Word.  Este doc umento no sustituye los compromisos jurídicamente 
vinculantes contraídos por Belice en su Lista de Compromisos Específicos (GATS/SC/10; GATS/SC/10/Suppl.1).   El proyecto de la Lista refundida fue prepara do por la Secretaría, a petición de los Miembros, 
para facilitar el proceso de las negociaciones, incluida la presentación de ofertas iniciales. 
  
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1 Este documento se ha preparado, en inglés solamente, ba jo la responsabilidad de la Secretaría y sin perjuicio de 
las posiciones de los Miembros ni de sus dere chos y obligaciones en el marco de la OMC.  
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Mode of Supply:  (1) Cross-border supply (2) Consumption abroad (3) Commercial presence (4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
 ALL SECTORS 
INCLUDED IN THIS 
SCHEDULE    
 4)  Unbound, except for senior managerial 
 personnel and technical experts not available 
 in the local labour market. 4)  None, with respect to categories of persons 
 indicated in market access.  Unbound for all 
 other categories of persons.  
II. SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS  
1. BUSINESS SERVICES    
A. Professional Services  
    
 General Medical Services 
 (CPC 93121)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures  
  
 Neuro-surgery 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures 
   
 
 Epidemiological services 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures 
  
  
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
 CATSCAN series 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures  
 1)  None 
2)  None 3)  None 
4) Unbound except as indicated under  
 horizontal measures  
  
 
2. COMMUNICATION   SERVICES     
C. Telecommunication  
 Services  
    
 All sub-sectors 
 1),3) Subject to the availability of the  
 desired frequency.   
  See attached 
 additional  commitments on 
 regulatory disciplines. 
 
(a) Voice telephone services  
 excluding trunked radio  
 service (CPC 7521) 
 
(f) Facsimile services  (CPC 7521**, CPC  
 7529**) 
 1) Reserved to existing exclusive  
 operator .Callback and refile not  
 permitted. Bypass of the network  
 of existing exclusive operator not  
 permitted. 2) None 
3) Reserved to existing exclusive operator. 
  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal  
 section.  1) None 
 
 
 
 2) None 
3) Articles of Association of Belize  
 Telecommunications Limited limit share   holding to any one entity to 25%. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal  
 section.   
 
(b) Packet-switched data  
 transmission services  (CPC 7523**) 1) Reserved to existing exclusive  
 operator.   Bypass of the network of existing  
 exclusive operator not permitted. 1) None   
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
(c) Circuit-switched data  
 transmission services  (CPC 7523**) 
(d) Telex services  
 (CPC 7523**)  2) None 
3) Reserved to existing exclusive   operator 2) None 
3) Articles of Association of Belize   Telecommunications Limited limit share  
 holding to any one entity to 25%.  
(e) Telegraph services  
 (CPC 7522) 
(g) Private leased circuit   services  
 (CPC 7522**, CPC  
 7523**) (h) Electronic mail  
 (CPC 7523**) 
(l) Voice mail (CPC 7523**) (j) Enhanced/Value added  
 facsimile services including  
 store and forward, store and   retrieve 
 (CPC 7523**) 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section. 
  4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section. 
   
 
(o) Other 
 Internet and internet   services  
 (except voice) 
 (CPC 75260)    
 
(j) On-line information and 
 database retrieval   (CPC 7523**)  
1) Reserved to existing exclusive  
 operator until December 30, 2007   and thereafter only through facilities  
 supplied by the existing exclusive  
 operator providing voice telephone   services (CPC 7521).  
1) None  
(k) Electronic data interchange  
 (CPC 7523**) 2) None 2) None   
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
(m) Code and protocol 
conversion 3) Reserved to existing exclusive  
 operator until December 30, 2007   and thereafter only through facilities  
 supplied by the existing exclusive  
 operator providing voice telephone   services (CPC 7521). 3) Unbound 
 
(n) On-line information and/or  
 data processing (including  
 transaction processing)  (CPC 843**) 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section. 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section. 
   
 
(o) Other 
 
 Trunked radio service 
 (CPC 75213*)  1) Reserved to existing exclusive  
 operator until December 30, 2002. 
2) None 
3) Reserved to existing exclusive   operator until December 30, 2002,  
 and thereafter, only through joint  
 venture arrangement with Belizean   national. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
 
2) None 
3) Unbound  
 
  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section. 
  
 
 Paging (CPC 75291) 
 1) Reserved to existing exclusive  
 operator providing voice telephone  
 services CPC (7521) until December  
 30, 2007. 2) None 
3) Reserved to existing exclusive  
 operator providing voice telephone   services CPC (7521) until December  
 30, 2007, and thereafter, only  
 through joint venture arrangement   with Belizean national. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section.  1) None 
 
 
 2) None 
3) Unbound 
  
 
  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section.   
  
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
 Tele-conferencing services 
 (CPC 75292) 1) Reserved to existing exclusive  
 operator until December 30, 2002,   and thereafter only through facilities  
 supplied by the existing exclusive  
 operator providing voice telephone   services (CPC 7521). 1) None 
  
 
 2) None 
3) Reserved to existing exclusive  
 operator until December 30, 2002,   and thereafter only through facilities  
 supplied by the existing exclusive  
 operator providing voice telephone   services (CPC 7521). 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section. 2) None 
3) Unbound 
  
 
  
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 pr ovided by a single or limited number of 
   suppliers;  and 
 
   (b) cannot feasibly be economically or te chnically substituted in order to provide a 
   s e r v i c e .  
 A major supplier
 is a supplier which has the ability to materia lly affect the terms of participation (having 
regard to price and supply) in the 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 pr eventing suppliers who, alone or 
together, are a major supplier  from engaging in or continui ng 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 competitors with anti-competitive results;  and     (c) not making available to other serv ices suppliers on a timely basis technical  
   information about essentia l facilities and commercially relevant information 
   which are necessary for them to provide services.  
 
2. Interconnection
 
 2.1 This section applies to linking with supplie rs providing public teleco mmunications 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 
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 2.2 Interconnection to be ensured
 
  Interconnection with a major suppl ier will be ensured at any technically feasible point in the 
network.  Such interc onnection is provided. 
   (a) under non-discriminator y terms, conditions (including technical standards and 
  specifications) and rates and of a qua lity no less favourable than that provided 
  for its own like services or for like se rvices of non-affiliated service suppliers 
  or for its subsidiaries or other affiliates; 
    (b) in a timely fashion, on terms, c onditions (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 
    (c) upon request, at points in addition to  the network terminati on 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 negotiations
 
  The procedures applicable fo r 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 in terconnection with a major supplie r will have recourse, either: 
   (a) at any time or 
  
  (b) after a reasonable period of ti me which has been made publicly known 
 to an independent domestic body, which may be a regu latory body as referred to  in paragraph 5 below, 
to resolve disputes regarding appr opriate terms, conditions and ra tes 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 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 tr ansparent, non-discriminatory and compet itively neutral manner and are not more 
burdensome than necessary for the kind of universal service defined by the Member.       4. Public availability of licensing criteria
 
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  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 conditions  of  individual licences. 
 
 The reasons for the denial of a licence w ill 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 procedures used by regul ators 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 carr ied out in an objective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory 
manner. The current st ate of allocated frequency bands will be made publicly availa ble, but detailed 
identification of frequencies allocated for specific government us es is not required. 
 
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