. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  S/CSC/12 
21 November 2006 
 (06-5593) 
  
  
 
ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS  
TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES (2006) 
 
 1. Since its Annual Report of 2005 to the Counc il for Trade in Services, the Committee on 
Specific Commitments held five formal mee tings:  on 22 September 2005, 8 February 2006, 
10 April 2006, 22 June 2006, and 5 October 2006.
1  During the reporting period, the Committee 
addressed four items:  classification issues;  scheduling issues;  editorial conventions for the submission of the second round of revised offe rs;  and relationship between new and old 
commitments.  
I. CLASSIFICATION ISSUES 
2. The Committee addressed a revised proposal on  the classification of energy services from 
Indonesia (S/CSC/W/42/Rev.1 and S/CSC/W/42/Rev.1/ Corr.1) at the first two meetings of the 
reporting period, and a second revision of the proposal (S/CSC/W/42/Rev.2) at the April and June 2006 meetings. 
3. Informal discussions on classification issues we re held on 19 January and 8 February 2006, 
with a focus on Tourism and Travel-Related Servic es; Recreational, Cultural and Sporting Services; 
and Transport and Logistics Services.  The chairman  prepared an informal annotated agenda, dated 
12 September 2005, as well as informal summaries of the discussions, dated 31 January and 7 March 2006.  The informal discussion on 8 February 2006 concluded the cycle of exchanges of classification issues in informal mode.  Upon request  by Members, the Secretariat issued a Room 
Document dated 9 May 2006, with a compilation of a ll documents prepared in the context of this 
informal exchange. 
4. In an informal Note, dated 31 January 2006, the Chairman provided an overview of selected 
classification issues on which earlier discussions had not revealed differences of opinion among those 
delegations who had expressed their views.  In an in formal Note dated 5 April 2006, the Chairman set 
out more specific suggestions on how certain of these classification issues could be addressed by the 
Committee.   
5. At the meeting of 10 April 2006, the Chairman reported that during informal discussions, 
Members' attention had been drawn to  an error in the French version of the Services Sectoral 
Classification List where parts of the headings of the sub-sectors corresponding to CPC 9401 and CPC 9403 had been inverted.  The correct corresponden ce was set out in the report of the meeting, as 
well as in a corrigendum to the Scheduling Guidelines (S/L/92/Corr.1).  
6. At the meeting of 5 October  2006, delegations arrived at a common understanding to the 
effect that dredging services, which are not expl icitly mentioned in the CPC, are covered by 
CPC 5133 - "Construction work for civil engineering for waterways, harbours, dams, and other water 
works."  
                                                     
 
1 Reports of these meetings are contained in documents S/CSC/M/38, S/CSC/M/39, S/CSC/M/40, 
S/CSC/M/41  and S/CSC/M/42.  They should be read in conjunction with this report.  S/CSC/12 
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  7. Throughout the reporting period, the Committee discussed other classification issues that 
arose during earlier informal discussions in 2004 and 2005 .  The issues concerned  (i) a technical error 
in the Maritime Model Schedule ("MMS");  (ii) th e extension of additional commitments as described 
in the MMS also to private port operators;  and ( iii) the classification of certain distribution services.  
II. SCHEDULING ISSUES 
8. During the reporting period, the Committee con tinued its discussions on general scheduling 
questions.
2  For the meeting in September 2005, the delegation of Hong Kong, China provided a 
Room Document, dated 31 August 2005, containing examples of entries in existing schedules and offers.  At the same meeting, it was decided to hold discussions on general scheduling issues 
henceforth in informal mode.   
9. On the basis of a Room Document, dated 4 April 2006, by the European Communities, 
Members discussed the scheduling of residency and domicile requirements.  Upon request by 
Members, the Secretariat prepared a background No te (JOB(06)/159) providing an overview of the 
discussions concerning residency requirements that ha d taken place in the context of the development 
of the Accountancy Disciplines and the Scheduling Guidelines. 
10. For the meeting in September 2005, the Chairman had prepared an annotated agenda, 
JOB(05)/184.  He further provided informal summa ries of the discussions and updates subsequent to 
each meeting, dated 28 November 2005; 2 Marc h 2006; 9 May 2006; and 18 July 2006. 
11. At the meeting of 8 February 2006, the Committee addressed a Communication from the 
Republic of Korea (S/CSC/W/49), submitted in res ponse to JOB(04)/171 by Hong Kong, China, on 
economic needs tests in Korea's schedule to which a list of criteria had been added in the revised 
offer.  Several aspects of ENTs were discussed, such as their specification and relationship with 
quantitative limitations under Article XVI. 
III. EDITORIAL CONVENTIONS FOR THE SUBMISSION THE SECOND ROUND OF 
REVISED OFFERS 
12. At the meeting of 22 June 2006, the Committee took note of editorial conventions proposed 
by the Chairman with the objective of facilitating the preparation and submission of the second round 
of revised offers.  The editorial convent ions are contained in JOB(06)/181.   
IV. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OLD AND NEW COMMITMENTS 
13. Discussions on the relationship between ex isting schedules and the new commitments 
resulting from the current negotiations commenced at  the April 2006 meeting on the basis of a Room 
Document by Canada, dated 5 April 2006.  Discu ssions at the June and September 2006 meetings 
were conducted in informal mode.  The Chairman pr epared an informal summary of the discussions, 
dated 18 July 2006, and updated 19 October 2006.  
 
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2 An overview of documentation submitted in this regard is contained in the Annual Report of the 
Committee on Specific Commitments to the Council for Trade in Services (2005), S/CSC/11.