RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/5/Rev.8/Corr.31 
13 July 2000 
 (00-2886) 
Working Party on the 
Accession of Albania  
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF ALBANIA 
 
Draft Schedule on Services  
 
Corrigendum  
 
 
 The following changes should be made  to document WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/5/Rev.8. 
 
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1 In English and French only.  WT/ACC/SPEC/ALB/5/Rev.8/Corr.3 
Page 2  Page 7, sub-sector E "Rental/Leasing Services wit hout Operators" should be reproduced as follows: 
 
E.  Rental/Leasing Services without Operators 
(e)  Other (CPC 832), 
including pre-recorded 
video cassettes for use in home entertainment 
equipment (CPC 83202) 1) None.  
2) None. 
3) None.  4) Unbound except as indicat ed in the Horizontal 
Commitments. 1) None. 
2) None. 
3) None. 4) None.  
 
 
 
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2.  COMMUNICATION SERVICES 
   Albania will participate actively 
in ongoing and future rounds of WTO services negotiations with 
a view towards improving its 
commitments on Communications services as 
defined under w/120. 
 
 
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C Retailing services 
(631+632+633+611+ 612), 
including audio and video 
records and tapes (CPC 63234) 1) None except for retailing of goods under the 
sub-sector 63211. 
2) None. 
3) None.   
 
  
4) Unbound, except as indi cated in the Horizontal 
Commitments  1) None except for retailing of goods under the sub-
sector 63211. 
2) None. 
3) None, except that for retailing of goods under the sub-sector 63211, licensing is done only in co-
operation with an Albanian professional whether this 
professional is a partner or an employee in the foreign company.  
4) None.   
 
 
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10.  RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING SERVICES 
A: Other Entertainment 
Services. Cinema theatre 
operation services (CPC 96199**) 1) Unbound. 
2) None. 
3) None.  4) Unbound, except as indicated in the Horizontal 
Commitment. 1) Unbound. 
2) Unbound. 
3) None except unbound for access to subsidies. 4) None.  
 
 
 
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Audiovisual Services 
- Production and 
distribution of 
audiovisual works through broadcasting or 
other forms of 
transmission to the public Measures which define works of 
European origin, in such a way as to 
extend national treatment to audiovisual 
works which meet certain linguistic and origin criteria regarding access to 
broadcasting or similar forms of 
transmission. Parties to the Council of 
Europe Convention on 
Transfrontier Television or 
other European Countries with whom an agreement may be 
concluded.  Indefinite. 
Exemption needed, for 
certain countries, only until 
an economic integration agreement is concluded or 
completed.  The measures aim, within the 
sector, to promote cultural values 
both with EC Member States, and 
with other countries in Europe, as well achieving linguistic policy 
objectives.  
 
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Audiovisual Services 
- Production and 
distribution of television programmes and 
cinematographic works Measures granting the benefit of any 
support programmes (such as Action 
Plan for Advanced Television Services, MEDIA or EURIMAGES) to 
audiovisual works, and suppliers of such 
works, meeting certain European origin 
criteria. European Countries  Indefinite 
Exemption needed, for 
certain countries, only until an economic integration 
agreement is concluded or 
completed. These programmes aim at 
preserving and promoting the 
regional identity of countries within Europe which have long-standing 
cultural links. 
 
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