S/C/N/813  
 
28 July 2015  
(15-3879)  Page: 1/2  
Council for Trade in Services  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION FROM NEW ZEALAND PROVIDING PREFERENTIAL TREATMENT TO 
SERVICES AND SERVICE SUPPLIERS OF LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES 
The following notification from the delegation of New Zealand, dated 28 July 2015, is being 
circulated to the Members of the Council for Trade in Services. 
 
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 Recognizing the interests of least-developed count ries, the Permanent Mission of New Zealand to 
the World Trade Organization in Geneva has the honour to notify to the World Trade Organization 
Council for Trade in Services the preferential treatment which New Zealand intends to make 
available to services and services suppliers of least-developed countries in accordance with the decision by Ministers at the WTO’s Eighth Minist erial Conference on Preferential Treatment to 
Services and Service Suppliers of Least-Developed Countries (WT/L/847), and the decision by 
Ministers at the WTO’s Ninth Ministerial Conference on Operationalization of the Waiver Concerning Preferential Treatment to Services and Services Suppliers of Least-Developed Countries 
(WT/L/918). These preferences will enter into effect from 1 August 2015, and will remain in effect 
until the end of the waiver period, subject to any subsequent notification by New Zealand.  
 In identifying preferential treatment for Least-Developed Countries (LDC), New Zealand has 
responded to areas of export interest to LDCs as  noted in the LDC Collective Request (S/C/W/356) 
and to specific requests raised in bilateral meetings with New Zealand.  New Zealand has also sought synergies with New Zealand’s existing  commitments under the General Agreement on 
Trade in Services (GATS).  For example, preferen ces in respect of repair and maintenance, and 
rental services will enhance existing opportunities for LDC service suppliers to benefit from New Zealand’s high quality installers and servicers GATS Mode 4 commitments. 
 
The following preferential treatment is made availa ble with respect to the application of measures 
described in Article XVI of the General Agreement on Trade in Services, subject to limitations set out the Horizontal Commitments section of New Zealand’s Schedule of Specific Commitments 
(GATS/SC/62). Unless otherwise stated, all CPC references correspond to the 1991 provisional 
Central Product Classification (CPC) of the United Nations Statistical Office.  The appearance of ** against individual CPC listings indicates that the service specified constitutes only a part of the 
total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance. 
 
Sector/subsector Limitations on Market Access  
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES   
Consultancy related to urban planning and 
Landscape architecture  (CPC 8674**)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 
horizontal section.  
Veterinary services  (CPC 9320)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  S/C/N/813 
 
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  Sector/subsector Limitations on Market Access  
OTHER BUSINESS SERVICES 
Market research and opinion polling services 
(CPC 864) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal section. 
Placement and supply services of Personnel (CPC 872)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. 
Interior design services  (CPC 87907**)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. 
Telephone answering services  
(CPC 87903)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. 
Mailing list compilation and mailing services (CPC 87906)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. 
CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES  
Renting Services related to Equipment for 
construction or Demolition of Building or Civil Engineering, with operator  
(CPC 518) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. 
TRANSPORT SERVICES 
Aircraft repair and maintenance services (as defined in para 6(a) of the Annex on Transport Services 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. 
Cargo and baggage handling services in relation to air transport services  (CPC 741**) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. 
 
 
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