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Reference:     WLI/100            6 June 2019  
 
 
 
MARRAKESH AGREEMENT ESTABLISHING  
THE WORLD TRADE ORGA NIZATION  
DONE AT MARRAKESH ON  15 APRIL 1994  
 
GENERA L AGREEMENT ON TRADE  IN SERVICES  
 
CERTIFICATION OF MODIFICATIONS AND RECTIFICATIONS  
TO SCHEDULE S OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS   
 
EUROPEAN UNION  
 
TRANSMISSION OF CERT IFIED TRUE COPY  
 
 WHEREAS the Council for Trade in Services, on 1 9 July 1999, took a Decision 
(document  S/L/79) adopting Procedures for  the Implementation of Article XXI of the 
General  Agreement on  Trade in Services (GATS)  (document S/L/8 0); 
 
WHEREAS the Council for Trade in Services, on 18 April 2000, took a Decision 
(document  S/L/83) adopting Procedures for the Certification of Rectifications or Improvements 
to Schedules of Specific Commitments (d ocument S/L/84);  
 
 WHEREAS in accordance with the provisions of the above -mentioned procedures, a draft 
containing modifications and rectifications  to the Schedule of Specific Commitments of the 
European Communities and its member States , was communicated to Members of the 
World  Trade Organization in document s S/C/W/273 on 9 October 2006, S/C/W/273/Corr.1 
and S/C/W/273/Add.1 on 31  October 2006, and S/C/W/273/Suppl.1 on 18 December 2006 , 
and no objections to the proposed rectifications  and modifications  were received within 
45 days from the date of issue of  documents S/C/W/273/Corr.1 and S/C/W/273/Add.1 ; 
 
WHEREAS in accordance with above -mentioned procedures, on 18 December 2006 the 
Secretari at issued a communication to all Members to the effect that the certification 
procedure s concerning the above -mentioned modification and rectifications  were concluded 
(document  S/L/286 ), noting that, i n accordance with paragraph 11 of document S/C/W/273, 
the consolidated schedule, contained in documents S/C/W/273 and S/C/W/273/Suppl.1, shall 
enter into  force on a date to be specified by the European  Communities and its Member States ; 
 
WHEREAS on 8 March 2019, the European Union inform ed the Members of the  
World  Trade Organization that its consolidated schedule, contained in documents S/C/W/273, 
S/C/W/273/Corr.1 and S/C/W/273/Suppl.1, shall enter into force on 15 March 2019 ; 
 
 IT IS HERE BY CERTIFIED that the annexed Schedule of Specific Commitments of the 
European Union  is effective as of 15 March 2019 . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
19-3881                 WT/Let/ 1436 
   
 I hereby furnish a certified true copy of the above -mentioned modifications and 
rectifications to each Member of the World Trade Organization.1 
 
This certification shall be registered in accordance with the provisions of Article  102 of 
the Charter of the U nited Nations.  
 
 Done at Geneva this  twenty -eighth  day of May, two thousand and  nineteen . 
 
 
         Roberto Azevêdo  
         Director -General  
 
Certified true copy:  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Director -General  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
WT/Let/1436  
  
                                                
1 For ease of reference, the se modifications and rectifications have also be en issued in document 
GATS/SC/ 157.    
 PP 3 – 202 Offset (pdf file attached)