RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
14 June 2005 
 (05-2499 ) 
Council for Trade in Services 
Special Session Original:   English 
 
 
 
 
SWITZERLAND 
 
Revised Conditional Offer on Services  
 
 
 The following revised offer has been received from the delegation of Switzerland on 
14 June 2005 with the request that  it be circulated to Members of the Council for Trade in Services. 
 
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 Attached is a revised conditional offer of Sw itzerland in the context of the negotiation based 
on Article XIX of the GATS and paragraph 15 of the Doha Ministerial Declaration.  
  Included in this GATS offer are the Schedul e of specific commitments and the List of 
Article II (MFN) Exemptions. 
  The current offer does not prejudge Switzer land's final position related to the final 
commitments as an outcome of the present negotiation.    As far as possible, Switzerland has scheduled its commitments on the basis of the Services 
Sectoral Classification List document MTN.GNS /W/120, and corresponding references to the 
Provisional Central Product Classification List or CP C.  Switzerland has drawn on the Revision of the 
Guidelines for the Scheduling of Specific Commitme nts contained in document S/L/92 in scheduling 
the new and revised commitments in its initial offe r. We expect that other Members will follow the 
same approach. In addition, Switzerland attaches a great importance to the re moval of any ambiguities 
in Members' schedules. 
  This offer is based on requests received from Members, in particular from developing countries.   With this offer, Switzerland wishes to reflect its  stable and predictable legal order that grants 
to foreign service providers and investors legal secu rity and attractive conditions of competition, in 
line with Switzerland's vocation and policy to cons olidate its position as an international business 
place and to promote a dynamic investment environment.   This conditional revised offer eliminates or relaxes a number of horizontal restrictions in 
modes 3 and 4, it expands the scope of horizontal co mmitments in Mode 4 categories, it eliminates or 
reduces a substantial number of MFN exempti ons, and it adds the following newly committed 
subsectors, respectively extends the scope of sect ors already committed or eliminates scheduled 
limitations :   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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w.120 Sector or subsector new 
commitmentscope 
extended limitation 
reduced 
1   BUSINESS SERVICES    
 A.  Professional services    
  a. Legal services  x  
 B.  Computer services      e. Other   x  
 E.  Rental / leasing services    
  e. Other   x   F.  Other Business services    
  l. Investigation + security services x   
  m. Related scientific consulting  x    n. Maintenance and repair   x   t. Other   x  
2   COMMUNICATION SERVICES    
 C.  Telecommunication services  x  3   CONSTRUCTION    
 B.  General civil engineering  x  
 C.  Installation and assembly   x  E.  Other  x  
4   DISTRIBUTION SERVICES    
 A.  Commission agents   x  B.  Wholesale trade   x 
 C.  Retailing   x 
5   EDUCATIONAL SERVICES     E.  Other  x  
6   ENVIRONMENTAL SERV    
 C.  Sanitation and similar   x 7   FINANCIAL SERVICES     A.  All insurance services   x 
 B.  Banking    x 
9   TOURISM AND TRAVEL     A.  Hotels and restaurants   x 
 C.  Tourist guides   x 
11   TRANSPORT     F.  Road Transport    
  e. Supporting services x   
12   OTHER SERVICES x       3 9 10 
 
 This schedule draws upon the commitments presen tly in force and the initial offer dated April 
11, 2003 (TN/S/O/CHE). Modifications are shaded and in bold characters, italics or strikethrough. 
 
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   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1
 Page 3SWITZERLAND – SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
 
Modes of supply:               (1)  Cross-border supply               (2)  Consumption abroad               (3)  Commercial pre sence               (4)  Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
- The level of commitments in a particular services sector sha ll not supersede the level of co mmitments undertaken with respect  to any other services sector to which 
such service is an input or to which it is otherwise related.  
- CPC numbers indicated in square brackets are references to the UN Provisional Central Product Classification (Statistical Pap ers Series M No. 77, Provisional 
Central Product Classification, Department of International Economics and Social Affa irs, Statistical Office of the United Nati ons, New York, 1991).  
- Unless otherwise provided for, requirements of residency, domi cile, commercial presence, etc. in a commitment relate to the t erritory of Switzerland. 
- Annexes I, II and III form an integral part of this schedule. 
 
PART  I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
 
The level of commitments in a particular services sector shall not be construed to supersede th e level of commitments taken wit h respect to any other services sector to  
which such service is an input or to which it is otherwise related.  
CPC numbers indicated in square brackets are references to the UN Prov isional Central Product Clas sification (Statistical Paper s Series M No. 77, P rovisional Central 
Product Classification, Department of International Economics an d Social Affairs, Statistical Office of the United Nations, New  York, 1991).  
 
This Part sets out those commitments that apply to trade in services in all schedul ed services sectors unless otherwise specifi ed. Those commitments that apply to 
trade in specific services sectors are listed in Part II. 
 
 ALL SECTORS 
INCLUDED IN THIS 
SCHEDULE 
 1) None 
2) None 
  1) None except Uunbound for subsidies, tax 
incentives and tax credits 
2) None except Uunbound for subsidies, tax 
incentives and tax credits   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
 3) None 3) None except for the following:  
  
   I. Composition of governing boards  
- [The majority of the board of directors of For a 
"joint stock company" (société anonyme /Aktiengesellschaft or société en commandite 
par actions/Kommanditaktiengesellschaft) : The 
majority of the board of directors must be  must  
be Swiss citizens with  domicile d in Switzerland 
(except for holding companies) . However, this 
domicile requirement can be set below this 
limit.   
  - At least one manager of  For a "corporation 
with limited liability" (société à responsabilité 
limitée/Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) : 
At least one manager  must have his be 
domicile d in Switzerland.  
- The administrators of  For a "co-operative 
society" (société coopérative/Genossenschaft) : 
The majority of the administrators must be 
composed of a majority of Swiss citizens with  
domicile d in Switzerland ]#. 
  
  II. Shareholders’ circles  
 Joint stock companies are not prohibited to 
foresee in their articles of incorporation that 
shareholders can be denied registration in the 
shareholder register, inter alia in case federal 
law requires a certain composition of 
shareholders. the company may reject persons 
as acquirers of registered shares, as far as 
and as long as their recognition by the 
company might prevent the company from 
providing proof of the composition of the 
shareholder' circle required by federal law.  
  
                                                           
# {The revision of the underlying legislatio n has been launched. Possible improvement s indicated in this bracket are all about nationality is  subject to the outcome of the 
parliamentary legislative process. }   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1
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   III. Branching  
 The establishment of a branch requires a 
representative (natural person) with domicile in 
Switzerland who is duly authorized by the company to fully represent it. 
  
   IV. Commercial presence without juridical 
personality  
 The establishment of a commercial presence by 
natural persons or in the form of an enterprise 
without juridical person ality according to Swiss 
law (i.e. in a form other than "joint stock 
company", "cooperation with limited liability" 
or "co-operative society") is subject to the requirement of a permanent residency permit of 
the associate(s) by cantonal law. 
  
   V. Eligibility for subsidies  
 Eligibility for subsidies, tax incentives and tax 
credits may be limited to persons established in 
a particular geographical subdivision of 
Switzerland. 
  
   VI. Acquisition of real estate  
 The acquisition of real estate by foreigners who 
are not permanently established in Switzerland 
and by enterprises with headquarters abroad 
and/or under foreign control is subject to 
authorization, except . However, no 
authorization is required for: 
  
   (a) The acquisition of premises  for 
professional use and business activities,  
   (b) The acquisition of main residences for the 
purpose of personal housing needs by 
foreigners who are domiciled in Switzerland. 
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
   For the acquisition of holiday residences and 
secondary residences for the purpose of 
personal housing needs,  For the purpose of 
personal housing needs (except the acquisition 
of holiday residences), professional use and 
business activities , authorization is granted 
upon verification of the purpose.  
   Prohibited are purely financial investments,  and 
real estate business operations trade in 
apartments, acquisition, on a professional 
basis, of holiday apartments and facilities other 
than hotels (e.g. apartment houses, camps, sport 
areas)  and acquisiti on of agricultural real 
estate. with the following exceptions:   
   (a) Foreigners can invest without 
authorization in financial participations (i.e. 
shares) in legal persons that own and trade 
housing properties, provided such 
participations are quoted in a stock exchange 
in Switzerland;  
   (b) Foreign and foreign-controlled banks and 
insurance companies are granted 
authorization to acquire property that serves 
as a security for mortgage loans in case of 
bankruptcy or liquidation;   
   (c) Foreign and foreign-controlled insurance 
companies are granted authorization to 
invest in real estate, provided the total value 
of the buyer’s property  does not exceed the 
technical reserves required for the 
company’s activities  in Switzerland. 
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
 4) Unbound except for measures concerning the 
entry and temporary stay of natural persons 
(hereafter persons) falling within the following  
categories, as  defined in paragraphs I and II A, 
B, C and D  below, and subject to the 
following limitations and conditions and to the 
limitations and conditions on national treatment set out under the national treatment 
column: Entry and stay  of foreign service 
suppliers in Switzerland is subject to authorization (requirement of residency permit 
and work permit).[Authorization is granted 
subject to measures fixing overall numbers of 
work permits allocated.]# 4) Unbound except for m easures concerning the 
categories of natural persons referred to in the 
market access column, subj ect to the following 
limitations and conditions: Working conditions prevailing in the branch and the place of 
activity provided by law and/or collective 
agreement (with respect to remuneration, working hours, etc.), [measures limiting 
professional and geographical mobility within 
Switzerland ]
# , regulations related to statutory 
systems of social security and public retirement 
plans (with respect to qualifying period, 
residency requirement, etc.), and all other 
provisions of the legislation relating to immigration, entry, stay and work. 
  
  For essential personnel as defined in 
paragraph I A below, the period of stay is 
limited to a period of  three  years, which may 
be extended to a maximum of four  five years1.  
For other essential personnel as defined in 
paragraph s B, C and D II below, the period of 
stay is limited to three  months 90 days  within 
one year;  if an authorization for such a period of stay is renewed the following year, the 
applicant must stay abroad at least two months 
between the two consecutive periods of stay in Switzerland. 
  The enterprise employing such persons shall 
cooperate, upon request,  with the authorities in 
charge of the enforcem ent of these measures. 
Eligibility for subsidies, tax incentives and tax 
credits may be limited to persons domiciled in a particular geographical subdivision of 
Switzerland.  
                                                           
# Review of this restriction is currently under consideration  
{# Review of this restriction is  currently under consideration } 
1 This commitment cannot be construed to confer to service providers reaching the fifth year of stay a legal right of permanent r esidency under bilateral non-legally binding 
Memoranda of Understanding concluded by Switzerland.   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
  Persons staying in or entering Switzerland 
with an open-ended or prolongable residence 
permit based on an employment contract not 
limited in time for Switzerland are not considered as persons residing in or entering 
Switzerland for the purpose of temporary stay 
or temporary employment in Switzerland. 
   
 
{Note: The categories below are based on do cument JOB(03)/195 and will be revisited in the light of the degree of their accepta nce among the membership.} 
 
 I. Essential persons transferred to Switzer land 
within a specific business or company  
 (intra -corporate transferees)  
A.  INTRA-CORP ORATE TRANSFEREES 
(ICT) 
 
 Are considered as  eEssential those persons –
transferred to Switzerland within a specific 
business or company and  defined in detail  
under (a) and (b)  below – who are employees 
of athat business or company  (hereafter 
enterprise) providing services in Switzerland through a branch, subsidiary or affiliate 
established in Switzerland and who have been 
beforehand employees of their enterprise outside Switzerland for a period of not less 
than one year immediately preceding their 
application for admission: 
   
 (a) Executives and senior managers:  Persons who 
primarily direct the enterprise or one of its 
departments and who receive only general 
supervision or direction from high-level 
executives, the board of directors or the 
stockholders of the enterprise.  Executives and senior managers would not directly perform 
tasks related to the actual provision of services 
of the enterprise. 
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 (b) Specialists:  Highly qualified persons who, 
within an enterprise, are essential for the 
provision of a specific service by reason of 
their knowledge at an advanced level of expertise in the field of services, research 
equipment, techniques or management of the 
enterprise. 
   
 B.  BUSINESS VISITORS (BV) AND 
SERVICES SALESPERSONS (SS) 
 
(a) Services salespersons (SS) sellers :  Persons 
employed or mandated by an enterprise and 
who stay temporarily in Switzerland in order to conclude the contract for the sale of a 
service on behalf of the enterprise which 
employs them or has mandated them.  Services sellers may not sell services directly 
to the general public or supply services 
themselves. 
   
 (b) Persons Business visitors  responsible for the 
setting up of a commercial presence (BV) : 
Persons who are employees of an enterprise 
not having commercial presence in Switzerland and who have been beforehand 
employees of that enterprise outside 
Switzerland for a time period not less than one year immediately preceding their application 
for admission, and who fulfil the conditions of 
paragraph IA.(a) above, and who are entering 
Switzerland for the purpose of setting up a 
commercial presence of that enterprise in 
Switzerland.  Persons responsible for the setting-up of a commercial presence may not 
engage in making direct sales to the general 
public or supply services themselves. 
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
 C. CONTRACTUAL SERVICE SUPPLIERS 
(CSS) 
 
1. CSS – Employees of a Juridical Person 
(c) Persons who are employees of an enterprise 
outside Switzerland not having commercial 
presence in Switzerland (other than enterprises providing services as defined by CPC 872), 
which has concluded a services contract with 
an enterprise engaged in substantive business in Switzerland, and who have been beforehand 
employees of the enterprise outside 
Switzerland for a time period of not less than one year immediatel y preceding their 
application for admission, and who fulfil the 
conditions of paragraph IA.(b) above and who 
provide a service in Switzerland as a 
professional of a service sector as set out 
below on behalf of the enterprise outside Switzerland;  as a further requirement five
 
three years of related experience is required.   
  Per contract, temporary entry for a limited 
number of service suppliers will be granted for 
a single period of three months, the number of 
service suppliers depending on the size of the task to be performed under the contract.  
Individual services providers not employed by 
such enterprise outside Switzerland are considered as persons seeking access to the 
Swiss employment market. 
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
  Services sectors : 
-  Legal consultancy advisory services (part of 
CPC 86 721) 
- Engineering Sservices (CPC 8672) ; 
- Consultancy Sservices related to the 
installation of computer hardware (CPC 841) ; 
- Software Iimplementation Sservices (CPC 
842). 
- Auditing Sservices (CPC 86211) 
- Accounting review s ervices (CPC 86212) 
- Business tax planning and consulting 
 services (CPC 86301) 
- Business tax preparation and review 
 services (CPC 86302) 
- Architectural serv ices (CPC 8671) 
- Urban planning services (CPC 86741) 
- Research and development services 
 (CPC 851-853) 
- Management consulting services (CPC 865) 
- Technical testing and analysis services 
 (CPC 8676) 
- Related scientific and technical consulting 
services (CPC 8675) 
- Maintenance and repair of aircraft  
 ( part of CPC 8868 *)    
 2. CSS – Independent Professionals 
 
 {Possible commitments in this category are  
presently under consideration.} 
     TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
 D.  OTHER 
 
1. Installers and maintainers (IM) 
 Qualified specialists supplying installation 
or maintenance services for machinery or 
industrial equipment.  The supply of that 
service has to occur on  a fee or contractual 
basis (installation/maintenance contract) 
between the builder of the machinery or 
equipment and the owner of that 
machinery or equipment, both of them 
being juridical persons. 
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PART II. SECTOR-SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
 
1. BUSINESS SERVICES 
    
A. Professional Services  
 (a) Legal services 
    
- International commercial 
arbitration services  
 (part of CPC 861)  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
- Consultancy Legal advisory 
services on home country 
law and international law   
 (part of CPC 861) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) All cantons except Graubünden and  Ticino: 
None  
Graubünden: None, except that consultancy on 
Swiss law is restricted to persons inscribed in 
the “Anwaltsregister”  
Ticino: None , except that legal advisory 
services consultancy  on Swiss fiscal law is 
restricted to “fiduciaro commercialista” 
2) All cantons except Graubünden and  Ticino: 
None  
Graubünden: None, except that consultancy on 
Swiss law is restricted to persons inscribed in 
the “Anwaltsregister”  
 Ticino: None , except that legal advisory 
services consultancy  on Swiss fiscal law is 
restricted to “fiduciaro commercialista” 
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
  3) Swiss nationality necessary to open up practice 
in the canton of St. Gall   
All cantons except Graubünden and  Ticino: 
None  
Graubünden: None, except that con sultancy on 
Swiss law is restricted to persons inscribed in 
the “Anwaltsregister”  
 Ticino: None , except that legal advisory 
services consultancy  on Swiss fiscal law is 
restricted to “fiduciaro commercialista” 
4) All cantons except Graubünden and  Ticino: 
Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
Graubünden: Unbound exce pt as indicated in 
Part I and that consultancy on Swiss law is 
restricted to persons inscribed in the 
“Anwaltsregister”  
Ticino : Unbound except as indicated in Part I ; 
and that  legal advisory services consultancy  on 
Swiss fiscal law is restricted to “fiduciaro 
commercialista”  
  
- Mediation and extra-
judicial conciliation 
services (part of CPC 861) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Patent attorney services 
(includes trademarks) 
(part of CPC 861) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3)  None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1), 2), 3) None except th at to register a Swiss 
patent or trademark at the Swiss Federal 
Institute of Intellectual Property (IGE/IPI) 
on behalf of a client, IGE/IPI may require 
that patent attorneys must have a permanent 
postal address in Switzerland and may 
require one year of professional experience 
made in Switzerland under the supervision 
of a patent attorney admitted by IGE/IPI 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I and 
with the limitations under 1), 2), 3) above 
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(b) Accounting, auditing and 
bookkeeping services 
  
  
  
- Accounting and 
bookkeeping  (CPC 862 
except 86211) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
- Auditing services, 
excluding auditing of banks 
(part of CPC 86211) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None [except that A at least one person 
supplying auditing services to auditor  of a joint 
stock company (société anonyme/Aktiengesellschaft) or a société en 
commandite par 
actions/Kommanditaktiengesellschaft must have a commercial presence
 his domicile, his 
principal office, or a registered branch   in 
Switzerland ]#   
  2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I;  [at least 
one person supplying auditing services to 
auditor  of a joint stock company (société 
anonyme/Aktiengesellschaft) or a société en 
commandite par actions/Kommanditaktiengesellschaft must 
have a commercial presence
 his domicile, his 
principal office, or a registered branch  in 
Switzerland ]# 
  
(c) Taxation services 
 (CPC 863)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
                                                           
#{The revision of the underlying legislatio n has been launched. Possible improvements of the commitment are subject to the outco me of the parliamentary legislative 
process.} #{The revision of the underlying legislatio n has been launched. Possible improvements of the commitment are subject to the outco me of the parliamentary legislative 
process.}  TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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(d) Architectural services 
 (CPC 8671) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Three years of prior professional practice in 
Switzerland requ ired in canton of Lucerne  
None  
2) None 
3) Three years of prior professional practice in 
Switzerland required in  canton of Lucerne 
None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I;  three 
years of prior professional practice in 
Switzerland required in canton o f Lucerne  
  
(e) Engineering services 
 (CPC 8672) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) Three years of prior professional practice in 
Switzerland required in canton of Lucerne for 
building engineers; Swiss nationality necessa ry 
None except that Ffor survey activities  for 
official public purposes ,2 a Swiss licence is 
necessary, which is delivered to qualified 
surveyors after passing an exam  
2) None  
  3) Three years of prior professional practice in 
Switzerland required in can ton of Lucerne for 
building engineers; Swiss nationality necessary  
None except that  Ffor survey  activities  for 
official public purposes , a Swiss licence is 
necessary, which is delivered to qualified 
surveyors after passing an exam  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I. ; Three 
years of prior professional practice in 
Switzerland required in canton of Lucerne for 
building engineers; Swiss nationality necessary  
Ffor survey activities for official public 
purposes , a Swiss licence is necessary, which 
is delivered to qualified surveyors after 
passing an exam  
  
                                                           
2 "survey activities for official public purposes" means cadastral activities and related activities.   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1
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(f) Integrated engineering 
services (CPC 8673) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
(g) Urban planning and 
landscape architectural 
services (CPC 8674) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
(h) Medical and dental services 
(CPC 9312) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound  1) None 
2) None 
3) Swiss nationality necessary to practise 
independently 
4) Swiss nationality necessary to practise 
independently 
  
(i) Veterinary surgeons 
 (CPC 932) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Swiss nationality necessary to practise 
independently 
4) Swiss nationality necessary to practise 
independently 
  
 
B. Computer and Related 
 Services  
    
(a) Consultancy services 
related to the installation of 
computer hardware 
 (CPC 841)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
(b) Software implementation 
services (CPC 842) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
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(c) Data processing services 
 (CPC 843) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
(d) Data base services 
 (CPC 844) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
(e) Other 
    
- Maintenance and repair 
services of office machinery and equipment 
including computers 
(CPC 845) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
- Data preparation services 
 (CPC 8491) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Training services for staff 
 of clients (part of 
 CPC 8499) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
C. Research and Development  
 Services  
    
(a) R&D services on natural 
sciences, excluding projects 
financed in whole or in part by public funds (part of 
CPC 851) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
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(b) R&D services on social 
sciences, excluding projects 
financed in whole or in part 
by public funds (part of CPC 852) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
(c) Interdisciplinary R&D 
services, excluding projects financed in whole or in part 
by public funds (part of 
CPC 853) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
D. Real Estate Services  
   
  
(b) On a fee or contract basis 
 (CPC 822) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
E. Rental/Leasing  
 without Operators  
    
(a) Relating to ships 
    
- For maritime transport 
services (part of 
CPC 83103) 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) In order to sail under Swiss flag, vessels must 
be 100 per cent owned and controlled by Swiss nationals, 3/4 of which having 
residency in Switzerland 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) Board of directors and management of 
companies owning ships sailing under Swiss flag must be composed of Swiss nationals, the 
majority of which having residency in 
Switzerland 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
- For internal waterways 
transport on the Rhine 
 (part of CPC 83103) 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) In order to sail under Swiss flag, vessels must 
be owned by a company which is substantially influenced (66 per cent of capital and vote) by 
persons domiciled in Switzerland or in a 
country according to the Mannheim Convention and the protocols related to it 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I;  
commercial presence in Switzerland required  
 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) Traffic rights including cabotage are limited on 
the basis of the Mannheim Convention and the protocols related to it; owner of vessels must 
dispose of
 have  an appropriate managing 
agency in Switzerland 
4) Unbound except as indicat ed in Part I;  traffic 
rights including cabotage are limited on the 
basis of the Mannheim Convention and the 
protocols related to it;  commercial presence in 
Switzerland required  
  
(b) Relating to aircraft     
- Relating to aircraft, 
excluding rental/leasing to companies flying on regular 
schedule or on charter (part 
of CPC 83104) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
(c) Relating to other transport 
equipment 
 (CPC 83101 + 83102 + 
83105) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
(d) Relating to other machinery 
and equipment 
 (CPC 83106 - 83109) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
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(e) Leasing or rental services 
concerning personal and 
household goods Other  
    
- Leasing or rental services 
concerning televisions, 
radios, video cassette 
recorders and related 
equipment and 
accessories personal and 
household goods, 
excluding goods 
embodying any sexual or 
violent content 
 ( part of  CPC 832 01) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
F. Other Business Services  
    
(a) Advertising services 
    
- Advertising services 
 (including direct mail 
advertising), excluding 
outdoor advertising and 
excluding advertising for goods subject to import 
authorization and excluding 
pharmaceutical products, 
alcohol ic beverages , 
tobacco products , toxics, 
explosives, weapons and ammunition 
 (part of CPC 8711 + part of 
8712) 1) None 
2) None 3) None   
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
(b) Market research and public 
opinion polling 
 (CPC 864)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
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(c) Management consulting 
services (CPC 865) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
 
(d) Services related to 
management consulting 
 (CPC 866)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
(e) Technical testing and 
analysis services 
 (CPC 8676) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
(f) Services incidental to 
agriculture, hunting and forestry (CPC 881)  
 1) None except for artifi cial insemination of 
cattle; also limits national treatment 
2) None except for artifi cial insemination of 
cattle; also limits national treatment 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
- Consulting services on 
agriculture, hunting and  
forestry (part of CPC 881)  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unboun d except as indicated in Part I  
  
 
(g) Services incidental to 
fishing (CPC 882)  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
- Consulting services relating 
to fishin g  
 (part of CPC 882)  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
  
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(h) Services incidental to 
mining  
    
- Services incidental to 
mining, excluding prospection, surveying, 
exploration and 
exploitation (part of CPC 883 + part of 5115) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
(i) Services incidental to 
manufacturing (CPC 884 + 
885) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Consulting services relating 
to manufacturing  
 (part of CPC 884 + part of 
885) 
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbou nd except as indicated in Part I  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
  
 
(l) Investigation and security     
- Security consultation 
services (CPC 87302) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
(m) Related scientific and 
technical consulting 
services 
    
- Related scientific and 
technical consulting 
services, excluding 
prospection, surveying, 
exploration and 
exploitation (part of 
CPC 8675) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
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(n) Maintenance and repair of 
equipment (not including 
maritime vessels, aircraft or 
other transport equipment) 
 (CPC 633 + 8861-8866) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required 
for subsector group  CPC 633 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
Ccommercial presence in Switzerland required 
for subsector group  CPC 633 
  
 
(o) Building cleaning services 
    
- Building cleaning services 
(CPC 874 except 87409) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required 
  
 
(p) Photographic services  (CPC 875) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
 
(q) Packaging services  (CPC 876) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required 
  
 
(r) Printing, publishing  (CPC 88442) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
(s) Convention services  (part of CPC 87909)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
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(t)    Othe r 
- Telephone answering 
 services (CPC 87903) 
  
 
1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Duplication services 
 (CPC 87904) 
 1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Translation and 
interpretation 
 services  
 (CPC 87905) 1) None 
2)  None 3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) All cantons except Genève and Zürich: None  
 Genève: unbound for translation for official 
purposes  
 Zürich: requirement of residency in the canton 
for translation for official purposes  
2) All cantons except Genève and Zürich: None  
 Genève: unbound for translation for official 
purposes  
 Zürich: requirement of residency in the canton 
for translation for official purposes  
1), 2),  3) All cantons except Genève and Zürich: 
None 
 Genève: None except  unbound for 
translation for official purposes 
 Zürich: None except  requirement of 
residency in the canton  for translation for 
official purposes 
4) All cantons except Genève and Zürich: 
Unbound except as indicated in Part oneI 
 Genève: Unbound except as indicated in 
pPart oneI and unbound for translation for 
official purposes 
 Zürich: Unbound except as indicated in 
pPart oneI and requirement of residency in 
the canton for translation for official 
purposes 
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- Mailing list compilation 
 and mailing services 
 (CPC 87906) 
 1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Specialty design services 
 (CPC 87907) 
 1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Other business consulting 
services n.e.c. (part of 
CPC 87909) 
 1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2)  None 
3)  None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
2. COMMUNICATION 
SERVICES 
    
A./B. Postal/Courier Services  
    
- Express delivery services3 
 (part of CPC 7511 + part 
of 7512) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
                                                           
3 According to Swiss law express delivery services are taken as letter deliveries  which are delivered at five times the price applied by Swiss Post to the delivery of a priority letter of first level of 
weight and format and as parcel deliveries  which are delivered at double the basic tari ff applied by Swiss Post to the delivery  of a parcel of first level of weight.    TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1
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C. Telecommunication 
 Services  
    
 
 Telecommunication Services are the trans port of electro-magnetic signals - sound,  data, image and combinations thereof,  - excluding broadcasting4. 
 
 Basic Telecommunication 
Services  
    
(a) Voice telephone services 
 (CPC 7521) 
 
  
(b) Packet-switched data 
transmission (CPC 7523**) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I As annexed  
Switzerland undertakes 
the additional 
commitments on basic 
telecommunication 
services  contained in the 
Reference Paper attached 
in Annex I. 
(c) Circuit-switched data 
transmission (CPC 7523**) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
(d) Telex services 
 (CPC 7523**) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
(e) Telegraph services 
 (CPC 7522) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
                                                           
4 Broadcasting is defined as the uninterrupted chain of transmi ssion required for the distribution of TV and radio programme sig nals to the general public, but does not cover contribution links 
between operators.  TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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(f) Facsimile services 
 (CPC 7521** + 7529**) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
(g) Private leased circuit 
services (CPC 7522** + 
7523**) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
 Enhanced/Value-added 
Telecommunication 
Services  
    
 
General condition app licable to all telecommunication sectors:  federal monopoly on net work infrastructure, services have to be provided over the p ublic network or over  
leased lines; wireless networks subject to licensing; pricing of leased lines not volume -sensitive, connec tion with the public network possible.  
 
(h) Electronic mail 
 (part of CPC 7523) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
(i) Voice mail 
 (part of CPC 7523) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
(j) On-line information and 
data base retrieval 
 (part of CPC 7523) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
(k) Electronic data interchange 
(EDI) 
 (part of CPC 7523) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
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(l) Enhanced/value-added 
facsimile service , incl. 
store and forward, store 
and retrieve  
 (part of CPC 7523) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
1) None 2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
 
(m) Code and protocol 
conversion 
 
   
    
(n) On-line information and/or 
data processing (incl. 
transaction processing)  
 (part of CPC 843) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
(o) Other 
    
- Videotext 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
 
- Enhanced/value added 
services, based on licensed 
wireless networks including 
enhanced/value added 
paging services, except for 
voice transmission  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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3. CONSTRUCTION AND 
RELATED 
ENGINEERING 
SERVICES 
  
  
  
 
A. General Construction Work 
for Buildings  
 (CPC 512)  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
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B. General Construction Work 
for Civil Engineering  
    
- General  Construction Work 
for Civil Engineering 
 (CPC 5131 + 5132 + 5133 
+ 5134 + 5135 + 5136 + 
5137 ) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
 
C. Installation and Assembly 
Work  
 (CPC 514 + 516) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) Unbound for installa
tions in the area of energy, 
heating, water, communications and elevators  
 None5 except in the area of  elevators, where 
some cantons maintain an inspection obligation.  
except unbound for gas, water and electricity 
meters, gas pipelines, electricity and main 
water lines, the installation of which is 
reserved to cantons or municipalities or to 
specific operators 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I6;  
unbound for installations in the area of energy, 
heating, water, communications and elevators 
and in the area of elevators, where some 
cantons maintain an inspection obligation.  
  
 
D. Building Completion and 
Finishing Work  
 (CPC 517) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
                                                           
5 Nothing in this commitment should be  construed to include public wo rk function in the area of e nergy, heating, water and co mmunications whether owned and operated by municipalities, 
cantons or federal government or contracted out by them.  
6 Nothing in this commitment s hould be construed to include public work function in the area of energy, heating,  water and communications whether owne d and operated by municipalities, 
cantons or federal government or contracted out by them.   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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E. Other  
    
- Pre-erection work at 
construction sites 
 (CPC 511)  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
- Special trade construction 
work 
 (CPC 515) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Renting services related 
to equipment for construction or 
demolition of buildings or 
civil engineering works, with operator 
 (CPC 518) 
 1) Unbound  
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound  
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
4. DISTRIBUTION 
SERVICES 
    
A. Commission Agents ’ 
Services  
    
- Commission Agents' 
 Services excluding services 
related to goods subject to 
import authorization, to 
pharmaceutical products, toxics, explosives, weapons 
and ammunition, and  
precious metals 
 (part of CPC 6211) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Some cantons have restrictions on sales 
areaNone 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
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B. Wholesale Trade Services  
    
- Wholesale Trade Services 
excluding services related 
to goods subject to import authorization, to 
pharmaceutical products, 
toxics, explosives, weapons and ammunition, and 
precious metals 
 (part of CPC 622)  1) None 
2) None 
3) Some cantons have restrictions on sales 
areaNone except for large scale distribution 
facilities, which are subject to authorization 
procedures at cantonal and/or municipal 
level that may lead to the rejection of the 
authorization; no economic needs tests or 
other market access restrictions applicable 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
C. Retailing Services  
    
- Retailing Services 
excluding services related to goods subject to import 
authorization, to 
pharmaceutical products, 
toxics, explosives, weapons 
and ammunition, and 
precious metals; not 
covered is and excluding  
retailing through mobile sales unit 
 (part of CPC 631 + part of 
632 + part of  6111 + part of  
6113 + part of  6121) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Some cantons have restrictions on sales 
areaNone except for large scale distribution 
facilities, which are subject to authorization 
procedures at cantonal and/or municipal 
level that may lead to the rejection of the 
authorization; no economic needs tests or 
other market access restrictions applicable  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required 
  
 
D. Franchising  
 (CPC 8929) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
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5. EDUCATIONAL 
SERVICES 
    
 Private Education al 
Services:  
    
A. Compulsory eEducation 
sServices (primary & 
secondary I) 
 (part of CPC 921 + part of 
922) 1) Unbound 
2) Unbound 3) None 
4) Unbound 
 1) Unbound 
2) Unbound 3) None 
4) Unbound 
  
 
B. Non-compulsory 
sSecondary eEducation 
sServices (secondary II) 
 (part of CPC 922) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
C. Higher Education Services 
(part of  CPC 923) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
D. Adult Education Services 
 ( part of  CPC 924) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
E. Other Education 
sServices in the field of 
(part of CPC 929): 
 - foreign languages 
 - cooking 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
6. ENVIRONMENTAL 
SERVICES7 
    
                                                           
7 Nothing in this commitment should be construed to  includ eing public work function utilities  whether owned and operated by m unicipalities, cantons or federal 
government or contracted out by them.   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1
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{This classification is based on the proposal by Switzerland dat ed 4 May 2001 (S/CSS/W/76) and it will be revisited in the ligh t of the degree of its acceptance among 
the membership.} 
 
A. Sewage Services  
 (CPC 9401)  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
  
B. Refuse Disposal Services  
 (CPC 9402)  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None  
3) None  except unbound for garbage dump  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I;  
commercial presence in Switzerland required  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technic al feasibility  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I;  
commercial presence in Switzerland required  
  
 
C. Sanitation and Similar 
Services (CPC 9403)  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as in dicated in Part I  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
  
 
D. Other Environmental 
Services  
 (CPC 9404 + 9405 + 9406  
+ part of 9409)  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
  
 
A. Waste water management 
 (part of CPC 9401) 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
B. Waste management 
 (part of CPC 9402 + 9403) 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None except unbound for garbage dump  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 commercial presence in Switzerland required  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 commercial 
presence in Switzerland required  
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C. Protection of ambient air 
and climate 
 (part of CPC 9404) 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
D. Remediation and clean-up 
of soil and water 
 (part of CPC 9406) 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
E. Noise and vibration 
abatement 
 (part of CPC 9405) 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
F. Protection of biodiversity 
and landscape 
 (part of CPC 9406) 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
G. Other environmental and 
ancillary services  
 excluding mandatory 
environmental impact 
assessment and services 
associated with toxins and 
radioactivity 
 (part of CPC 9409)  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical 
feasibility None  
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
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7. FINANCIAL SERVICES 
 
Commitments on banking, securities and insurance services are in accordance with the "Understanding on Commitments in Financial  Services" (hereafter "Understanding")  
and subject to limitations and conditions as contained in Part I (horizontal commitments) and as listed below.  It is understoo d that paragraph B.4 of the "Understanding" 
does not impose any obligation to allow non-resident financial services suppliers to solicit business. 
 
 Insurance and Insurance-
related Services   Monopoly rights as indicated in paragraph B.1 
of the "Understanding": a public monopoly on fire and natural damage insurance on 
buildings exists in the following cantons: 
Zurich, Berne, Lucerne, Nidwalden, Glaris, Zoug, Fribourg, Soleure, Bâle-Ville, Bâle-
Campagne, Shaffhouse, Argovie, St-Gall, 
Grisons, Appenzell Rhodes Extérieures, Thurgovie, Vaud, Neuchâtel, Jura. In the 
cantons of Nidwalden and Vaud, the public 
monopoly on fire and natural damage insurance covers also movable property 
located in the buildings. 
   
 1) Transactions as indicat ed in paragraph B.3 of 
the "Understanding": the underwriting of 
aircraft liability insurance requires a 
commercial presence in Switzerland.  
 1) Acquisition of real estate by foreigners is 
limited a s indicated in Part I;  however, foreign 
or foreign -controlled insurance companies are 
granted authorization to invest in real estate, 
provided the total value of the buyer's property 
does not exceed the technical reserves required 
for the company's activi ties in Switzerland, as 
well as to acquire property that serves as a 
security for mortgage loans in case of 
bankruptcy or liquidation.   
 2) Transactions as indicat ed in paragraph B.4 of 
the "Understanding": the underwriting of 
aircraft liability insurance  requires a 
commercial presence in Switzerland.  2) None   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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 3) Representative offices cannot conduct 
business or act as an agent; for insurance 
companies incorporated  in Switzerland, the 
legal form of a joint-stock company (Aktiengesellschaft, so ciété anonyme) or a 
mutual association (Genossenschaft, société 
cooperative) is required; for branches of foreign insurance companies, the legal form of 
the insurance company in the head office 
country must be compar able to a Swiss joint-
stock company or to a Swiss mutual 
association; participation in the basic health 
insurance scheme requires health insurance suppliers to be organized in one of the 
following legal entities: association (Verein, 
association), mutual as sociation, foundation 
(Stiftung, fondation) or joint-stock company; 
participation in the statutory pension funds 
scheme (Berufsvorsorge/ prévoyance professionnelle) requires pension funds to be 
organized in the form of  a mutual association 
or a foundation. 3) A minimum of three years of experience in the 
direct insurance business in the head office 
country is required; acquisition of real estate by 
foreigners is limited as indicated in Part I; 
however, foreign or foreign -controlled 
insurance companies are granted authorization 
to invest in real estate, pr ovided the total value 
of the buyer's property does not exceed the 
technical reserves required for the company's 
activities in Switzerland, as well as to acquire 
property that serves as a security for mortgage 
loans in case of bankruptcy or liquidation . 
  
 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
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 Banking and Other 
Financial Services  
 (excluding insurance)  Monopoly rights as indicated in paragraph B.1 
of the "Understanding":  two mortgage bonds 
issuance institutes have been granted an 
exclusive right for the issuance of specific mortgage bonds (Pfandbrief, lettre de gage);  
with regard to the first institute only Swiss 
cantonal banks are accepted as members;  in the case of the second institute banks with 
head office in Switzerland whose national 
mortgage loan business amounts to at least 60 per cent of the balance sheet can be members;  
the issue of other mortgage-backed bonds is 
not affected by this regulation. 
   
 
 1)8 Foreign investment funds can only be 
marketed or distributed through a licensed 
representative agent resident in Switzerland; 
Swiss franc denominated issues can be lead -
managed only by a bank or a securities dealer 
having a commercial presence (except 
representative office) in Switzerland . 1) Acqu isition of real estate by foreigners is 
limited as indicated in Part I;  however, foreign 
or foreign -controlled banks are granted 
authorization to acquire pr operty that serves as 
a security for mortgage loans in case of 
bankruptcy or liquidation;  tThe issue of foreign 
collective investment funds is subject to stamp 
duty.  
 
 2) Swiss franc denominat ed issues can be lead -
managed only by a bank or a securities dealer 
having a commercial presence (except 
representative office) in Switzerland.  
 2) None  
                                                           
8 Not only transactions indicated in paragraph B.3 of the “Unde rstanding” but the whole range of  banking and other financial ser vices transactions are covered (excluding 
insurance).  TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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 3) Commercial presence of foreign financial 
service suppliers is subject to specific 
requirements relating to the name of the firm 
and the regulations on financial institutions in the country of origin;  commercial presence 
may be denied to financial service suppliers 
whose ultimate shareholders and/or beneficial owners are persons of a non-GATS Member;  
representative offices can neither conclude or 
deal business nor act as an agent. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 3) Acquisition of real estate by f oreigners is 
limited as indicated in Part I;  however,  foreign 
or foreign -controlled banks are granted 
authorization to acquire pr operty that serves as 
a security for mortgage loans in case of 
bankruptcy or liquidation.  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
9. TOURISM AND TRAVEL 
RELATED SERVICES 
    
A. Hotels and Restaurants  
 (includes catering)  (CPC 641 - 643) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility, 
except unbound   none for catering (CPC 
6423) 
2) None 
3) Federal law enables cantons to grant  licence 
for restaurants based on economic needs 
(assessment of economic needs is based on 
criteria such as population, degree of built -up 
area, type of neighbourhood, touristical 
interests, number of existing restaurants).   
 All cantons except Basel-Landschaft: None. 
 Basel-Landschaft:  uUntill 31.12.2009 : 
Federal law enables cantons Basel -
Landschaft  to grant s licence for restaurants 
based on economic needs (assessment of 
economic needs is based on criteria such as  
population, degree of built-up area, type of 
neighbourhood, touristical interests and 
number of existing restaurants) 
 None after 31.12.2009 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility, 
except unbound  none  for catering (CPC 6423) 
2) None 
3) None  except that Residency of licence holder in 
same canton may be required in  some cantons;  
passing an examination in the same canton may 
be required ; residency of licence holder in the 
same canton is required in the canton of Jura  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required; 
residency of licence holder in same canton may 
beis required in some cantons the canton of 
Jura  
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B. Travel Agencies and Tour 
Operators Services  
 (CPC 7471) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
C. Tourist Guides Services  
 (CPC 7472) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I;  in  
some cantons commercial presence may be 
required  
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None, except that  Iin order to work as a 
mountain guide or ski instructor,  passing of an 
examination is required; cantons may restrict 
access to such exams for foreigners and may 
restrict the ability of foreign mountain guides,  
and ski instructors , to practise independently;  
residency in same canton may be required in 
some cantons  
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; in order 
to work as a mountain guide or ski instructor,  
passing of an examination is required; cantons 
may restrict access to such exams for foreigners 
and may restrict the ability of foreign mountain 
guides,  and ski instructors , to practise 
independently; in some cantons commercial 
presence may be required  
  
 
10. RECREATIONAL, 
CULTURAL AND 
SPORTING SERVICES 
 (other than audiovisual  services) 
    
B. News Agency Services  
 (CPC 962) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I    TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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D. Sporting and other 
recreational services  
    
- Sporting Services 
 (CPC 9641)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES 
    
A. Maritime Transport 
Services  
 [Commitments according to the "Conditional offer 
on Maritime Transport Services" by Switzerland, 
document S/NGMTS/W/12 dated 13.2.1996]  
 [Commitments according to the "Condi tional offer 
on Maritime Transport Services" by Switzerland, 
document S/NGMTS/W/12 dated 13.2.1996]  
 Services at sea ports9: 
unbound due to lack of 
technical feasiblity  
International transport 
(passengers and freight) 
CPC  7211 and 7212  less 
excluding  cabotage  transport  
(part of CPC 7211 + 7212) 
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) The following types of enterprises as listed 
hereinafter, whose head office and real 
center of activities are located in 
Switzerland, can own and/or operate a vessel under Swiss flag under the following 
conditions (vessel owner and/or shipping 
company): 
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) For all types of ent erprises mentioned under 
mode 3 of the market access column: the 
majority of the members  of the board of 
directors and of the management must be 
domiciled in Switzerland; 
  
                                                           
9  Additional commitments on services at sea ports ar e not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.    TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1
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  At least two thirds of the shares’ voting 
power representing at le ast the majority of 
the share-capital of a joint stock company 
(société anonyme/Aktiengesellschaft) or a partnership limited by shares (société en 
commandite par 
actions/Kommanditaktie ngesellschaft) must 
be owned by Swiss nationals domiciled in 
Switzerland and/or by substantially 
Swiss-owned and effectively Swiss-controlled enterprises with registered 
office in Switzerland. The whole 
share-capital of the joint stock company or of the partnership limited by shares must 
be issued in the form of nominative shares.  
 At least three quarters of the associates or 
other partners who account for at least 
three quarters of the capital of a collective 
society (société en nom collectif/Kollektivgese llschaft), a limited 
partnership (société en 
commandite/Kommanditgesellschaft) or a 
corporation with limited liability (société à 
responsabilité limitée/Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) must be Swiss 
nationals domiciled in  Switzerland and/or 
substantially Swiss-owned and effectively Swiss-controlled enterprises with registered 
office in Switzerland. 
  if the board of directors or the management 
is constituted by one single person, this 
person must be a Swiss national domiciled in 
Switzerland; in additi on, the Swiss Maritime 
Navigation Office may require other 
executives and/or senior managers of the 
enterprise to be Swiss nationals domiciled in 
Switzerland if necessary to ensure the 
substantially Swiss-owned and effectively 
Swiss-controlled character of the enterprise. 
 In addition, at least two thirds of the 
members of the board of directors and of the 
management of a joint stock company, of a partnership limited by shares, of a 
corporation with limited liability or of a 
co-operative society must  be Swiss nationals. 
 Statutory auditing reports must be drawn up 
by auditing companies with registered office 
in Switzerland or having a branch which is registered in the commercial register in 
Switzerland. 
 Eligibility for public guarantee of loans for 
the financing of seagoing vessels reserved to 
vessels sailing under Swiss flag. 
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  At least two thirds of the members who 
account for at least two thirds of the capital 
of a co-operative society (société 
coopérative/Genossenschaft) must be Swiss nationals domiciled in  Switzerland and/or 
substantially Swiss-owned and effectively 
Swiss-controlled enterprises with registered office in Switzerland.  
 The financing of a vessel under Swiss flag 
by foreign funds shall in no way endanger the influence of Swiss interests on the 
shipping company and on the operation of 
the vessel.   
 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
vessels’ crews: unbound 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I; 
vessels’ crews: unbound 
 Eligibility for subsidies: unbound 
  
MARITIME AUXILIARY 
SERVICES 
    
- Maritime cargo handling 
services (as defined 
below in Annex II  - 
definition no. 1)10 
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
4) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
4) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
  
                                                           
10  Cargo-handling services auxiliary to all modes of  transport (CPC 741): comm itments as specified in Chapter H(a) below Switzerland’s Schedule of Specific Commitments 
(document GATS/SC/83 of April 1994) .  
*  A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of del ivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mod e of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.    TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1
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- Storage and warehouse 
services (CPC 742)11 
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Customs clearance 
services (As defined 
below in Annex II  - 
definition no. 2) 
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) None ** 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
- Container station and 
depot services (as defined 
below in Annex II  - 
definition no. 3) 
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) None ** 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I** 
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Maritime agency services 
(as defined below in 
Annex II - definition 
no. 4)12 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
- Maritime freight 
forwarding services (as 
defined below in Annex II  - 
definition no. 5)13 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
                                                           
11 Storage and warehouse services auxiliary to all modes of transport (CPC 742):  commitments as specified in Chapter H(b) below  Switzerland's Schedule of Specific Commitments  
(document GATS/SC/83 of April 1994) . 
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a  technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasibl e from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
* A commitment on this mode of delivery is not feasible from a technical point of view.  
12  Freight transport agency services , includin g other auxiliary transport services, auxiliary  to all modes of trans port excluding local pick -up and delivery  (CPC 748  + part of  
749) :  commitments as specified in Chapter H(c) below Switzerland's Schedule of Specific Comm itments (document GATS/SC/83 of A pril 1994) . 
13   Freight transport agency services , including other auxiliary transpo rt services, auxiliary to all m odes of transport excluding local pick -up and delivery  (CPC 748  + part of  
749) :  commitments as specified in Chapter H(c) below Switzerland's  Schedule of Specific Commitments (docuemnt GATS/SC/83 of April 1994) . 
* A commitment on services at sea ports are not feasible from a technical point of view.   TN/S/O/CHE/Rev.1 
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Maintenance and repair 
services of seagoing vessels 
 1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound * due to lack of technical feasibility  
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
B. Internal Waterways 
Transports  
    
 Internal Waterways 
Transport on the Rhine 
    
(a), (b)  Passenger and freight 
transportation  
 (part of CPC 7221 + part of 
7222) 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) In order to sail under Swiss flag, vessels must 
be owned by a company which is substantially 
influenced (66 per cent of capital and vote) by 
persons domiciled in Switzerland or in a country according to the Mannheim 
Convention and the protocols related to it 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I ; 
 commercial presence in  Switzerland required  
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) Traffic rights including cabotage are limited on 
the basis of the Mannheim Convention and the 
protocols related to it; owner of vessels must 
dispose of  have  an appropriate managing 
agency in Switzerland 
4) Unbound except as indicat ed in Part I;  traffic 
rights including cabotage are limited on the 
basis of the Mannheim Convention and the 
protocols related to it ;  commercial presence in 
Switzerland required  
  
(c) Rental of vessels with crew 
(part of CPC 7223) 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) In order to sail under Swiss flag, vessels must 
be owned by a company which is substantially influenced (66 per cent of capital and vote) by 
persons domiciled in Switzerland or in a 
country according to the Mannheim Convention and the protocols related to it 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I ; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required  
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) Traffic rights including cabotage are limited on 
the basis of the Mannheim Convention and the protocols related to it; owner of vessels must 
dispose of
 have  an appropriate managing 
agency in Switzerland 
4) Unbound except as indicat ed in Part I;  traffic 
rights including cabotage are limited on the 
basis of the Mannheim Convention and the 
protocols related to it;   commercial presence in 
Switzerland required  
  
 
                                                           
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(d) Maintenance and repair of 
vessels (part of CPC 8868) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
(e) Pushing and towing 
services (part of CPC 7224) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
(f) Supporting services for 
internal waterway transport 
(part of CPC 745) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
C. Air Transport Services  
    
- Aircraft repair and 
maintenance services 
 (part of CPC 8868) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
None  
2) Unbound  None  
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I;  
commercial presence in Switzerland required  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility  
None  
2) Unbound  None  
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I ; 
commercial presence in Switzerland required  
  
 
- Selling and marketing of 
air transport services 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section Part I  1) None except unbound  Ffor distribution 
through CRS of air transport services 
provided by CRS parent carrier : unbound  
2) None 
3) None except unbound  Ffor distribution 
through CRS of air transport services 
provided by CRS parent carrier : unbound  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal  
section Part I  
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
- Computer reservation 
system (CRS) services 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
horizontal section Part I  1) None except unbound  Ffor obligations of 
parent or participating carriers in respect of 
a CRS controlled by an air carrier of one or 
more third countries: unbound 
2) None 
3) None except unbound  Ffor obligations of 
parent or participating carriers in respect of 
a CRS controlled by an air carrier of one or 
more third countries: unbound 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal  
section Part I  
  
- Ground-handling services 
(ground administration, passenger handling, 
baggage handling, freight 
and mail handling, ramp handling, aircraft 
services, fuel and oil 
handling, flight 
operations and crew 
administration, surface transport) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
- Airport management 
services (airport infrastructure and 
operation services, 
including related consulting services) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
D. Space Transport  
 (CPC 733) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) Unbound 
4) Unbound   
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
E. Rail Transport Services  
    
(a) Passenger transportation 
 (CPC 7111) 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) None except that  concession is required, for 
granting of concession there has to be a need 
for such a railways undertaking and there is no 
other means of transport which could handle that service in an ecologically and 
economically more reasonable way 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
(b), (c) Freight transportation, 
including  pushing and 
towing (CPC 7112 + 7113) 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) None except that  concession is required, for 
granting of concession there has to be a need 
for such a railways undertaking and there is no other means of transport which could handle 
that service in an ecologically and 
economically more reasonable way 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
(d) Maintenance and repair of 
rail transport equipment 
(part of CPC 8868) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
 
F. Road Transport Services  
    
(a) Passenger transportation 
    
- regular, "closed-door" tours 
only (part of CPC 7121) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
- occasional, excluding 
empty entrance , cabotage 
and taxi services 
 (part of CPC 7122) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 5) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
(b) Freight transportation 
excluding cabotage (part 
of CPC 7123 , not including 
cabotage ) 
 1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
(c) Rental of commercial 
vehicles with operator 
 (CPC 7124)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
(d) Maintenance and repair of 
road transport equipment 
(CPC 6112 + 8867) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
(e) Other supporting services 
for road transport 
 (CPC 7449) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
H. Services Auxiliary to All 
Modes of Transport  
    
(a) Cargo-handling services 
 (CPC 741)  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
  
 
(b) Storage and warehouse 
services (CPC 742) 
 1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
(c), (d)  Freight transport 
agency services , including 
other auxiliary transport 
services, excluding local  
pick up and delivery 
(CPC 748 + part of 749 ), 
including: customs 
clearance agency services 
and load scheduling  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
 
(d) Other auxiliary transport 
services, excluding local 
pick up and delivery  
 (part of CPC 749), 
including: container 
station and depot services, 
container leasing and 
rental services, through-
chain logistics services and 
reverse logistics  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
12. OTHER SERVICES 
    
(a)  Washing, cleaning and 
dyeing services 
(CPC 9701) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
    
(b) Hairdressing and other 
beauty services 
(CPC 9702)14 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
                                                           
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Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on National Treatment Additional Commitments 
(c) Other services n.e.c. 
    
- Pet-caring services (such 
as hair-grooming or pet 
boarding) (part of 
CPC 9709) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
- Wellness services (such as 
sauna) (part of CPC 9709) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in Part I   
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Annex I  
 
ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS ON BASIC TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICE S 
(REFERENCE PAPER ) 
 
Scope 
 
The following are definitions and principl es 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 provided  by a single or limited number of suppliers; 
  and  
 (b) cannot feasibly be economically or technically substituted in order to provide a  
  service.  
A "major supplier " is a supplier which has the ability to mate rially affect the terms of participation 
(having regard to price and supply) in the releva nt 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 th e purpose of preventing suppliers who, alone 
or together, are a major supplier from engaging  in or continuing 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 comp etitors with anti-competitive results; and 
  (c) not making available to other services suppliers on a timely basis technical 
 information about essential facilities and co mmercially relevant information which 
 are necessary for them to provide services. 
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2. Interconnection 
 
2.1. This section applies to linking with supplie rs providing public telecommunications 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 anot her supplier, where specific commitments are 
undertaken.  2.2. Interconnection to be ensured
 
 
Interconnection with a major supplier will be ensu red at any technically feasible point in the 
network.  Such interconnection is provided   (a) under non-discriminatory terms, cond itions (including technical standards and 
 specifications) and rates and of a quality no less favourable than that provided for its 
 own like services or for like services of non-affiliated service suppliers or for its 
 subsidiaries or other affiliates; 
  (b) in a timely fashion, on terms, conditions (including technical standards and 
 specifications) and cost-oriented rates that are transparent, reasonable, having regard 
 to economic feasibility, and sufficiently unb undled 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 th e network termination 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 pr ocedures for interconnection negotiations
 
 
The procedures applicable for interconnecti on to a major supplier will be made publicly 
available. 
 2.4. Transparency of interconnection arrangements
 
 
It is ensured that any supplier with a dominant  position will make publicly available either its 
interconnection agreements or a reference interconnection offer. 
 2.5. Interconnection: dispute settlement
 
 
A service supplier requesting interconnection with  a major supplier will have recourse, either: 
 
 (a) at any time or 
  (b) after a reasonable period of time which has been made publicly known  to an independent domestic body, which may be a regulatory body as referred to in paragraph 5 
below, to resolve disputes regarding appropriate te rms, conditions and rates for interconnection within 
a reasonable period of time, to the extent th at these have not been established previously. 
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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 transparent, non-discriminator y and competitively 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 
 
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 conditio ns of individual licences. 
 The reasons for the denial of a licence will 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 regulators shall be impartial with respect to all market participants.  
6. Allocation and use of scarce resources 
 
Any procedures for the allocation and use of s carce resources, including frequencies, numbers 
and rights of way, will be carried out in an obj ective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory 
manner.  The current state of allocated frequency ba nds will be made publicly available, but detailed 
identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses is not required. 
 
 
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Annex  II 
 
SWITZERLAND : DEFINITIONS TO THIS SCHEDULE  
 
1. "Maritime cargo handling services " means activities exercised by stevedore companies, including 
terminal operators, but not including the direct  activities of dockers when this workforce is 
organised independently of the stevedoring or te rminal operator companies. The activites covered 
include the organisation and superv ision of the loading/discharging of cargo to/from a vessel, the 
lashing/unlashing of cargo, the reception/delivery and safekeeping of cargoes before shipment or 
after discharge. 
 2. " Customs clearance services " (alternatively " customs house brokers’ services ") means activities 
consisting in carrying out on behalf of another pa rty customs formalities concerning import, export 
or through-transport of cargoes, wh ether this service is the main ac tivity of the service provider or a 
usual complement of its main activity. 
 3. " Container station and depot services " means activities consisting in storing containers, whether in 
port areas or inland, with a view to their stuffing /stripping, repairing and ma king them available for 
shipments. 
 4. " Maritime agency services " means activities consisting in repres enting as an agent, within a given 
geographic area, the business intere sts of one or more shipping lines or shipping companies for the 
following purposes: (a) marketing and sales of maritime tr ansport and related services, from 
quotation to invoicing, and issuance of bills of lading on behalf of the companies, acquisition and 
resale of the necessary related services, prepar ation of documentation, an d provision of business 
information; (b) acting on behalf of the companies organising the call of the vessel or taking over 
cargoes when required. 
 
5. " Maritime freight forwarding services " means the activity consisting in organising and monitoring 
shipment operations on behalf of shippers, through the acquisition of transpor t and related services, 
preparation of documentation and pr ovision of business information. 
  
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Annex  III 
 
SWITZERLAND : FINAL  LIST OF ARTICLE II (MFN)  EXEMPTIONS  
 
Sector or Subsector Description of measure 
indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries  Members  to which 
the measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need for 
the exemption 
Distribution services  
 To grant work permits, without 
certai n limitations, to employees 
of establishments of enterprises 
of member countries of the 
Convention establishing the 
European Free Trade 
Association (EFTA), the 
establishment's activity being 
commerce in goods  
 Members of EFTA  
 Indefinite  
 Flanking measure to the provisions 
on free trade in goods under the 
EFTA Agreement  
 
Audiovisual services 
 To confer national treatment to 
audiovisual works covered by 
bilateral or plurilateral 
agreements on coproduction in the field of audiovisual works, 
in particular in relation to access 
to funding and to  distribution  All countries with whom 
cultural cooperation may be 
desirable (at present agreements 
exist with member countries of the Council of Europe and with 
Canada) 
 Indefinite 
 Promotion of common cultural 
objectives 
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indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries  Members  to which 
the measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need for 
the exemption 
  Measures granting the benefit of 
support  programmes, such as MEDIA and EURIMAGES, and 
measures relating to the 
allocation of screen time which implement arrangements such as 
the Council of Europe 
Convention on Transfrontier 
Television and confer national 
treatment, to audiovisual works and/or to suppliers of 
audiovisual services meeting 
specific European origin criteria  European countries 
 Indefinite Promotion of cultural objectives 
based on longstanding cultural links  
Audiovisual services 
- only terrestrial 
broadcasting1 or when 
broadcaster wants to be 
supported financially 
through revenues of 
reception fees 
 Concessions for the operation of 
radio or  television broadcast 
stations may be granted, 
normally  on the basis of 
reciprocity with regard to 
foreign capital participation in 
this sector  bilateral agreements, 
to persons of countries other 
than Switzerland   
 All countries with whom 
cultural cooperation may be 
desirable in which access to 
broadcasting services is 
granted on the same basis as 
under Swiss law  
 Indefinite 
 Promotion of common cultural 
objectives, and to regulate access to a 
market limited in scale (given the size of Switzerland) in order to preserve 
diversity of supply 
 
Banking and other 
financial services 
(excluding insurance)  
 To allow persons  established in 
the Principality of 
Liechtenstein, without requiring 
a commercial presence in 
Switzerland, to participate in 
settlement and clearing network 
and to lead -manage Swiss franc 
denominated issues  
 Principality of Liechtenstein  
 Indefinite  
 Measures ensuing from the monetary 
union between Switzerland and the 
Principality of Liechtenstein  
 
                                                           
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Sector or Subsector Description of measure 
indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries  Members  to which 
the measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need for 
the exemption 
Internal waterways transport  To allow transport services on 
the Rhine including cabotage to vessels registered in countries 
other than Switzerland on the 
basis of the Mannheim Convention (including related 
additional articles and 
protocols) and other agreements 
on internal waterways transport 
in Europe  Beneficiaries of the Mannheim 
Convention and other agreements relating to internal 
waterways transport in Europe 
to which Switzerland may be a member (at present members of 
EC) Indefinite 
 To regulate transport capacity on 
inland waterways  
CRS and sales and 
marketing of air  transport 
services  
 Measures based on Article 7 of 
the revised Code of Co nduct of 
the European Civil Aviation 
Conference (ECAC), whereby 
the  obligations of CRS system 
vendors or of parent and 
participating air carriers shall 
not apply where equivalent 
treatment to that  applied under 
the revised Code of Conduct is 
not  accorded  in the country of 
origin of the parent carrier of 
the system vendor  
 All countries where a CRS 
system vendor or a parent  air 
carrier is located  
 Indefinite  
 The need for the exemption results 
from the insufficient development of 
multilaterally agreed rul es for the 
operation of CRS  
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indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries  Members  to which 
the measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need for 
the exemption 
Road transport services (passenger and freight)  To allow regulate , on the basis 
of mutual access to the market, 
transport services  of goods 
and/or passengers  by vehicles 
registered in countries other 
than Switzerland to undert ake 
transportation of goods and/or 
passengers  in, into, out of, or in 
transit through Swiss territory, 
normally based on bilateral agreements 
 All countries with whom 
bilateral agreements on road transport or other  arrangements 
relating to road transport exist 
or may be desirable (at present approximately 30
 45 countries) 
 Exemption needed until 
multilateral liberalization of road transport services, 
taking into account 
regional specificity and environmental effects of 
road transport, will have 
been agreed upon 
 To take into account regional 
specificity of the provision of road transport services and to protect the 
integrity of road infrastructure and 
environment  
Road transport services 
(freight)  
 To allocate transit quota for 
perishable or otherwise  
urgent cargo by trucks heavier 
than 28 tons registered in 
countries other than Switzerland 
in case capacity of combined 
transport is exhausted  
 EC To be reviewed 12 years 
after entry into force of the 
bilateral  agreement 
between  Switzerland and 
EC 
 To protec t the integrity of road 
infrastructure and of the environment  
 
All sectors  To mutually grant permits of 
temporary stay and permanent 
residency in the territory of the 
parties, without certain 
limitations, to citizens of the 
parties of the agreements on 
temporary stay and permanent 
residency between Switzerland 
and the Principality of 
Liechtenstein  
 Principality of Liechtenstein  
 Indefinite  
 Flanking measure to customs, 
monetary and postal union between 
Switzerland and the Principality of 
Liechtenstein  
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Sector or Subsector Description of measure 
indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries  Members  to which 
the measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need for 
the exemption 
All sectors  Preferential treatment accorded 
to nationals of countries other 
than Switzerland, belonging to 
traditional recruiting areas 
according to Swiss legislation 
on immigration,  when granting 
permits for entry, stay and work 
in Switzerland (year round 
resident, short time resident, 
seasonal workers ) to natural 
persons providing services other 
than essential persons as defined 
in the Swiss Schedule of 
Specific Commitments on trade 
in services (part I:  horizontal 
commitments); and mMeasures 
based on bilateral agreements 
between the Principality of 
Liechtenstein, or  the European 
Community and/or its Member 
States and/or EFTA States , and 
Switzerland, with the objective of providing for the movement 
of all categories of natural 
persons supplying services.  The Principality of 
Liechtenstein and the  EC and  
EFTA countries  
 Indefinite 
 To regulate immigration into 
Switzerland by measures based on 
longstanding links with traditional 
recruiting areas Elements of a 
comprehensive set of bilateral 
agreements between Switzerland 
and the Principality of 
Liechtenstein and between 
Switzerland and the EC  
 
 
 
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