WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  WT/REG281/2 
8 March 2011 
 
 (11-1168) 
Committee on Regional Trade Agreements 
 Original:   English 
 
 
 
FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PERU AND CHINA  
(GOODS AND SERVICES) 
 
Questions and Replies  
 
  The following communication, dated 8 March 2011, is being circulated at the request of the 
delegations of Peru and China.  
 This document reproduces the questions addressed to the Parties and the responses submitted. 
 
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Questions from the Delegation of Chinese Taipei
 
 
1. According to paragraph 19, national treatment does not apply to measures set out in 
Annex 1, including their continuation, prompt renewal or amendment, with respect to Peru's 
measures related to the import of used clot hing and footwear; used vehicles and used 
automotive engines, parts and replacements; u sed tyres;  and used goods, machinery and 
equipment which utilize radioactive sources.  
 
(a) We would appreciate knowing the reasons for such deviation from the national 
treatment principle under this agreement. 
(b) If Peru prohibits the importation or imposes non-automatic licensing on these 
goods, we would appreciate knowing the re asons for such restriction, whether it 
is applicable to all WTO Members, and its WTO justification. 
 As provided in Annex 1 of the Agreement, Artic le 7 (National Treatment) shall not apply to 
any measure, including that measure's continuation, prompt renewal or amendment, with respect to 
Peru's measures related to the importation of used  clothing and footwear; used vehicles and used 
automotive engines, parts and replacements; used  tires; and used goods, machinery and equipment 
which utilize radioactive sources.  
 
 These measures are applicable to all WTO Memb ers and consist on quan titative restrictions 
(prohibition on imports) that Peru applies b ased on Article XX.b and XX.g of GATT 1994 and 
SPS Agreement in order to protect the environment and the health and life of people, animals and 
vegetables.  
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   Peru has notified these quantitative restricti ons to WTO as mentioned by the following 
documents:  - G/MA/NTM/QR/1  (March 1996);  - G/MA/NTM/QR/1/Add.4 (September 1997);  - G/TMB/N/83 + Add.1 (1995-1996). 
Safeguards
 
 
2. Regarding bilateral safeguards, par agraph 67 of the WTO Secretariat's 
Factual Presentation and Article 70.1 of the Agreement state that a Party may impose a 
bilateral safeguard measure during the transition period only if, as a result of the reduction or elimination of a customs duty pursuant to the Agreement, an originating product is being 
imported into the Party's territory in such increa sed quantities, in absolute terms or relative to 
domestic production, and under such conditions as  to constitute a substantial cause of serious 
injury, or threat thereof, to a domestic indus try producing a like or directly competitive 
product.  Could the Parties explain the definition  of "substantial cause" and provide its criteria 
for justification under this Agreement? 
 
 As provided under Article 76 (Definitions), substantial cause means "a cause which is 
important and not less than any other cause" and refe rs to the main or one of the main causes of 
serious injury.  Its criterion for justification unde r this Agreement is that it makes more rigorous the 
investigation to the application of bilateral safeguard measures. 
 
Trade in Services
 
 
3. According to paragraphs 99 and 100 on page 33 of the Factual Presentation 
(WT/REG281/1), we know that one Party may deny the benefits to the other Party where the service is being supplied by a juridical person that  is owned or controlled by persons of a non-
party and the juridical person has no substantive business activities in the territory of the other 
Party.  Could the Parties please explain in mo re detail what the "substantive business activities" 
in practice means? In addition, do the Parties have a consistent criterion of judgment? 
 
 Article XXVIII(m) of GATS includes the c oncept "substantive business operations".  The 
Parties understand that "substantive business activities" in  this Agreement is in line with "substantive 
business operations" in GATS. 
 
4. According to paragraph 120 and Table IV.2 on page 37 and paragraph 133 and 
Table IV.3 on page 42 of the Factual Presentation (WT/REG281/1), it is understood that the Parties added new commitments in some servi ce sectors or sub-sectors compared to their 
GATS Schedules.  In view of the regional tr ade agreements under GATS Article V, which are 
required to establish a substantial sectoral cover age, and in order to see the extent to which the 
criteria are fulfilled, could the Parties provide further explanation on the number of sectors 
covered by this Agreement or the volume of trade affected by liberalization commitments 
therein?   
 As for China's commitments under this Agreem ent, 10 sectors are covered, of which 6 sectors 
or sub-sectors are improved or newly added in comparison with its GATS Schedule.  
  As for Peru's commitments under Peru-China FTA, 10 sectors are covered, of which 25 sub-
sectors are improved or newly added in comparison with GATS Schedule. 
 
 Due to technical limitation, there is no statistical data collected on the volume of trade affected by this agreement.   WT/REG281/2 
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  5. According to paragraphs 143 and 144 on pa ges 44 and 45 of the Factual Presentation 
(WT/REG281/1), it is understood that the Parties should encourage their relevant bodies to conduct future negotiations for mutual recognit ion agreements on education, experience, 
licenses or certifications.  Could the Parties provide further information on the mutual 
recognition agreements which the Parties have signed with other non-parties before this 
agreement?  
 
 China has signed mutual recognition agreemen ts on education with 38 countries.  The 
detailed list of countries and documents of the ag reements can be found on the following website:  
http://www.moe.edu.cn/publicfiles/business/htmlfiles/moe/moe_857/index.html
  
 
 Peru has signed International Agreements fo r the recognition of academic degrees issued by 
foreign universities with the following countries: Arge ntina, Bulgaria, Bolivia , Colombia, Costa Rica, 
Cuba, Chile, China, Ecuador, El Salvador, Sp ain, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Mexico, 
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Romania, Uruguay, Venezuela, Holy See, Ukraine and Russia. 
 Questions from the Delegation of the European Union
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6. As indicated in paragraph 19 of the Factua l Presentation, under Article 7, each Party 
shall accord national treatment to goods of the other Party in accordance with Article III of the 
GATT 1994, including its interpretative notes, wh ich are incorporated into and made part of 
the Agreement, mutatis mutandis .  It is noted, however, that "national treatment does not apply 
to measures set out in Annex 1, including thei r continuation, prompt renewal or amendment, 
with respect to Peru's measures related to the import of used clothing and footwear; used 
vehicles and used automotive engines, parts and replacements; used tires; and used goods, 
machinery and equipment which utilize radioactive sources […]".  
(a) Could Peru explain on what grounds ce rtain products were excluded from the 
obligation to grant national treatment, in particular, given the fact that GATT 
Article III does not provide for this exception?   
 As provided in Annex 1 of the Agreement, Artic le 7 (National Treatment) shall not apply to 
any measure, including that measure's continuation, prompt renewal or amendment, with respect to 
Peru's measures related to the importation of used  clothing and footwear; used vehicles and used 
automotive engines, parts and replacements; used  tires; and used goods, machinery and equipment 
which utilize radioactive sources.  
  These products were excluded from the obligati on to grant national treatment in order to 
protect the environment and the health and life of  people, animals and vegetables.  These exceptions 
consist on quantitative restrictions (prohibition on im ports) that are applicable to all WTO members. 
 
(b) Does Peru consider that this exception may be covered by GATT Article XX? 
 These exceptions are based on GATT Article XX (b  and g) and have been notified by Peru to 
WTO as quantitative restrictions, as mentioned in the following document:   
 - G/MA/NTM/QR/1 (March 1996); 
  - G/MA/NTM/QR/1/Add.4 (September 1997);   - G/TMB/N/83 and Add.1 (1995-1996). 
                                                     
 
1 Questions received less than six weeks before the meeting (3 February 2011). WT/REG281/2 
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  7. Table III.2 sets out the tariff elimination co mmitments by China over a 17-year-period. 
We can see that only 1% of tariff lines a re liberalized during the last 7 years.  
(a) Could China explain the reasons for requ esting a longer transition period than 
10 years for only liberalizing such a small percentage of tariff lines?  
(b) Could China indicate what products do this 1% of tariff lines represent?  
 The products are mostly agricultural goods wh ich are sensitive.  As for sensitive products, the 
usual practice is either to give no concession or gr ant a long period for tariff elimination.  Despite 
these sensitivities, the tariff rate of these agricultu ral goods will be eliminated gradually over a long 
period.  Standards
 
 8. The Factual Presentation, in paragraph 48, indicates that upon request, each Party shall 
give favorable consideration to any SPS specific proposal made by the other Party (Article 83).  
 Could the Parties elaborate more in detail on what this sentence exactly means?  
 
 This provision reflects the objective and intension of Article 83 (General Provisions to Facilitate Trade), which focuses on facilitating trad e through closely cooperation in SPS area.  The 
above mentioned specific proposal refers  to bilateral cooperation projects. 
 
9. Article 88 on transparency of the Chapter 6 on sanitary and phytosanitary measures 
indicates that the signatory countries sha ll share available translated versions of 
SPS notifications.  Nowadays China submits SPS notifications in Chinese.  
 Will China start to notify SPS translated versions to the Secretariat, and if so, when?  
  This article indicates the possibility of sharing the translated version of SPS notification when 
they are available. Taking into account of constrai nts in resources, China has no capacity to translate 
SPS notifications. Therefore, the notification of SPS measures will be as it is. 
 
10. The Factual Presentation indicates that, as concerns China's commitments, this 
Agreement provides for only two new commitments  for services and improved commitments in 
four services sectors/sub-sectors. China extende d sectoral coverage under the Agreement to 
include research and development services and recrea tional, cultural and sporting services.  It 
has also improved its commitments in some business services (computer and related services; 
real estate; and other business services) and in road transportation services. 
 However, several sectors a re not covered in the agreeme nt (rental/leasing services 
without operators;  postal services;  other communi cation services;  health and social services;  
tourist guides and other tourism and travel services;   space, pipeline and other transportation 
services;  and other services not included elsewhere).    Overall, this presents a picture of limited  sectoral coverage understood in terms of 
number of sectors, volume of trade affected and modes of supply covered.  
 
(a) What is the volume of trade affected by the exclusion of those sectors?  
(b) Could the Parties identify how would the agreement meet the requirements set 
by Article V of GATS?  WT/REG281/2 
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   Due to technical limitation, there is no statistical data collected on the volume of trade 
affected by the exclusion of those sectors.   As we all know, FTA is WTO plus. When Ch ina acceded in the WTO,  its commitments for 
services covered 100 sub-sectors, which are comparab le in number to those undertaken by developed 
Members. China has undertaken comm itments that are subjected to a smaller number of limitations as 
compared to other Members. As for China's commitments under this Agreement, 10 sectors are 
covered, of which 6 sectors or sub-sectors are impr oved or newly added in comparison with its GATS 
Schedule.    
 As for Peru's commitments under Peru-China FTA, 10 sectors are covered, of which 25 sub-
sectors are improved or newly added in comparison with GATS Schedule.   In addition, since China and Peru are devel oping countries, according to paragraph 3(a) of 
Article V of GATS, flexibility shall be provided to developing countries.  
 
 Therefore, the Parties deem that the Agreement is in line with the requirements set by Article 
V of GATS.  
11. Regarding new commitments under R&D se rvices on natural sciences (CPC 8510), 
China excludes R&D services "listed in the Ca talogue of Prohibited Foreign Investment 
Industries of the Catalogue for the Guidance of  Foreign Investment Industries of China".  
 Could China clarify what this means given that the Catalogue is subject to frequent 
revisions?  
 Principally, China's investment regime is  progressively improving.  The revision of the 
Catalogue is serving this purpose.  Compared to th e previous versions, the current version of the 
Catalogue is the most favourable one.  The co mmitments under the Agreement are subject to the 
current Catalogue. 
 
Intellectual Property Rights
 
 
12. Paragraph 166 of the Factual Presentation states that "transparent IPR regimes and 
systems that provide certainty for IPR protection and enforcement shall be adopted or maintained".  
 Could the Parties explain what they mean by "transparent" regimes and systems? What 
kind of IPR measures or procedures would not be "transparent" in their view? 
  The meaning of that reference deals with the laws, regulations or similar tools which establish 
the rules for the protection and enforcement of IPRs , to make them more accessible to right holders 
and other interested parties.  Transparency is relate d to the availability of the laws and regulation, and 
they should be published by any means accessible to the public;  besides that, procedures shall be 
detailed in law and decisions of authorities shall be duly motivated, in written and informed to the 
applicant.  The possibility of judicial revision of administrative decisions is very important. 
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  13. In paragraph 167 of the Fact ual Presentation, it is indicated that "the Parties may 
establish appropriate measures to protect genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore". 
 The EU understands that both Parties a ttach great importance to the protection of 
genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore.  If this is correct, why do the Parties not 
commit to establish appropriate protection measures and leave the establishment of such 
measures optional (as per the use of "may")?   Could the Parties indicate what kind of "a ppropriate measures" they have in mind in 
this respect? 
  Paragraph 3 of Article 145 of the Agreement establishes that "Subject to each Party's 
international obligations and nati onal legislation, the Parties may establish appropriate measures to 
protect genetic resources, traditiona l knowledge and folklore".  This paragraph should be read jointly 
with paragraph 4 of the same Article, which estab lishes that "Subject to future developments of 
national legislation, the Parties agree to further di scuss the disclosure of origin or source of genetic 
resources and/or prior informed consent obligations in patent applications".  In this Article, Peru and 
China agreed an evolutionary clause for further negot iations on such measures;  in that sense it is not 
possible to specify what kind of measures the Parties are going to establish.  
14. The Factual Presentation, in paragraph 169, touches on border measures and we can 
read that "where the competent authorities have made a determination that the goods are 
counterfeit or pirated, they shall inform the right holder".  
(a) Could the Parties indicate who are the "competent authorities" referred to in 
this sentence? Are they the customs authorities or the judicial authorities?  
(b) Could the Parties further explain how this procedure works in practice? 
 It is further indicated that the competent authorities shall be authorized to initiate 
ex officio  measures on goods being imported, exported or in transit.  
  Could the Parties indicate whether such me asures on in-transit and exported goods also 
apply on request? If not, why?  
 Competent authorities and specifications of the procedure are established in each Party's 
domestic legislation.    In Peru, Legislative Decree 1076 (Copyright  Law) and Supreme Decree No. 003-2009-EF 
(regulation) are the relevant legal framework for the application of border measures.  Competent 
authorities for the direct application of border measures are the customs authorities and measures 
could be applied ex officio or by request of the right  holder, even for exported and in transit goods.  In 
practice, a right holder shall present an application to the customs authorities for the suspension of the 
release of goods suspected to be counterfeited or pi rated; within 3 days of the fulfilment of the 
formalities established in the Law and the relevant  regulation, the customs authorities shall suspend 
the release of the goods for a maximum of ten days (10) and shall notified this decision to the right 
holder.  Within a period of ten (10) days, the right holder has to initiate the administrative or judicial 
actions for the analysis of the merits of the case and also obtain the precautionary measures to 
maintain the suspension of the release of the goods.  
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   According to Customs Law of China, custom s carries out an investigation on the suspected 
infringing goods and other details of the case after the suspected infringing goods have been detained. 
Customs shall confiscate the infringing goods and notif y the holder of the intellectual property right in 
writing of the information related to the infringing  goods where such goods are determined to have 
infringed an intellectual property right by custom s after investigation.  Where customs cannot 
determine whether the goods have infringed the intell ectual property right or not, they shall notify the 
holder of the intellectual property right and the consignee or the consignor within 30 working days as from the date of the detention of the goods.  Wh ere customs cannot determine whether the goods have 
infringed his intellectual property right or not, the hol der of the intellectual property right may apply 
to the People's Court for the adoption of measures to order the ceasing of the infringing act or for 
preservation of property against the suspected infringing goods in accordance with relevant 
regulations.    In accordance with the Custom s Law, China Customs is aut horized to take enforcement 
measures for intellectual property right protection related to imported and exported goods.  Those 
measures include ex officio action and detention upon application. 
 
15. In Article 146 of the Agreement, protection of each Party's GIs is foreseen.  
 Could the Parties explain how this protect ion is granted?  In particular, how is 
protection granted in light of the following provi sion and what is the practical meaning of the 
terms of the following provision:  "Subject to Pe ru's/China's domestic laws and regulations, in a 
manner that is consistent with the TRIPS Agreement"? 
  Annex 10 lists the respective GIs protected according to Article 146 of the Agreement. 
 
 This protection is granted according to the requirements and procedures established in the 
domestic legislation of each Party and, as in the Ag reement, there is not a development for a system 
or procedure for the protection of GI, but a referenc e to each Party domestic legislation on GIs, in the  
understanding that they are based on the TRIPS Agreement principles.  
16. Is the protection of those terms granted as a direct consequence of having annexed the 
lists to the Agreement? If not, what kind of procedures have been followed (examination, 
publication etc.) and at which stage of the negotiations? 
 The Agreement does not consider the automatic protection of the GIs listed in the Annex, the 
procedures to follow are those established in the domestic legislation of each Party.  
Questions from the Delegation of Japan
 
 
17. As Article 121 of the Chapter on Temporary Entry stipulates that the Parties shall 
cooperate to share information and experience on  regulations, do China and Peru have plans to 
introduce any regulations, information on whic h would be shared, on the use of biometric 
technology, advanced passenger information sy stems, frequent passenger programmes and 
security in travel documents?  If there are, please indicate them.  
 
 The regulations currently applied by China ar e "Implementation Rules for Law on Control of 
the Entry & Exit of Aliens" and "Measures for th e Implementation of Advance Information of 
Personnel on Board of the International Flights" .  The documentation on these regulations can be 
found on the following website:  http://www.mps.gov.cn . 
 
 Currently, neither Party has any plan to introduce any regulation in the short-term.  WT/REG281/2 
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   The Parties will provide updated information on the plan to introduce new regulations when 
it's available.   
18. In the Telecommunications sector, as Peru reserves the right to determine in future 
whether the supply of certain services (h), i), j), k), l), m) and n) in Peru's Schedule of Specific 
Commitments) shall be subject to license or authorization by the Minister, is this reservation 
applied to service supplies through Mode 1?  Also, if there are any future plans for Peru to 
introduce such a license or authorization, Japan  requests Peru to provide this information. 
 
 Yes, the reservation also applies to Mode 1. 
 
 In regard to the query about any plan of Peru to introduce a license or authorization in order 
to supply services established under h), i), j), k), l), m) and n) of Peru's Schedule of Specific Commitments, currently the Ministry of Transpor tation and Communications does not have any plan 
to set up a regulation requiring such licenses or authorizations.  
 
19. With regard to Article 112 of the Chapter of Trade in Services, please explain the 
consistency between Paragraph 3. (a) to (e), which permits the Parties to take measures to 
prevent the transfer and payments for exception al cases, and GATS Article 11, which does not 
stipulate these exceptional cases and the IMF Ag reement, which restricts the member countries' 
rights to limit the transfer and payments  for international current transactions. 
 
 Paragraph 3 of Article 112 of the Chapter of Tr ade in Services establishes an exception to the 
general provision which binds the Parties to permit transfers and payments for current transactions 
relating to its specific commitments.   
 The Parties understand that Paragraph 3 (a) to  (e) of Article 112 contains the exceptions 
provided in GATS Article XIV (General Exceptions).  Taking into account that the latter exceptions 
also apply for GATS Article 11, since nothing in GATS prevents the adoption of measures under GATS General Exceptions, there is no inconsistency between Paragraph 3 (a) to (e) of Article 112 and 
GATS Article 11.  
 In regard to the coherence between Paragraph 3 of Article 112 and the IMF Agreement, it is 
important to note that Paragraph 4 of Article  112 ensures consistency between the rights and 
obligations provided in the IMF Agreement and the Ch apter of Trade in Services of Peru-China FTA.  
 
Questions from the Delegation of the United States
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20. Paragraph 102 of the Factual Presentation  describes the Agreement's provisions on 
national treatment for service suppliers.  It not es that Article 106 of the Agreement provides for 
national treatment in accordance with the Parties'  Annex 6 Schedules.  It further notes that, by 
virtue of Article 142, the Article 106 NT obligation also applies to taxation measures, subject to the exceptions provided for in Article XIV(d) and (e) of the GATS. 
− Article 142 of the Agreement, applying to taxation measures, falls under the 
Agreement's chapter on investment (Chapt er 10).  The Scope and Coverage article 
of that chapter (Article 127), however, provides that the chapter "shall not apply to measures adopted or maintained by a Party affecting trade in services".  Could the Parties explain how the Article 142 obligation on national treatment for taxation measures in service sector is supposed to wo rk, in light of the fact that measures 
                                                     
 
2  Questions received less than six weeks before the meeting (3 February 2011).  WT/REG281/2 
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  affecting trade in services (which are the subject of Article 106) are not within the 
scope of the chapter in which Article 142 exists? 
− Could the Parties explain why they felt th e need to apply the Article XIV(e) GATS 
exception to the national treatment obligation in Article 146 and Article 106, in light of the fact that Article XIV(e) provides an exception to a completely different 
obligation (MFN, as opposed to NT)?  As the Secretariat's report notes, the Parties 
have undertaken no obligation in the Agreement with respect to MFN in services (Paragraph 102). 
 Article 142 is the only provision of the Agre ement that establishes commitments on taxation 
measures.  For specificity, the Parties understand th at Article 142 applies to taxation measures in the 
services sector, even though services are excluded fro m the scope of the investment chapter.  
 
 The Parties have included Article XIV(e) GATS exception because nothing precludes the Parties from including in the future an MFN clause for services sectors.  The Parties understand that 
in the event of the inclusion of an MFN clause in  the future, Article 142 on taxation measures shall 
not be modified. 
 
21. Paragraph 103 of the Factual Presentation  describes the Agreement's provisions on 
national treatment for investors, noting that Chapter 10's national treatment obligation does not 
apply to existing non-conforming measures mainta ined by Parties.  It further notes that the 
Parties endeavour to progressively remove their non-conforming measures, and that a list of 
each Party's non-confirming measures "had not been established". 
− Could the Parties confirm that, to date, there  is no list available to inform investors 
and Members about what existing non-co nforming measures are excluded from 
application of the Article 129 NT obligation?   Do the Parties in tend to produce such 
a list in the future, as implied in para graph 103 of the Secretariat's report? 
− Could the Parties describe steps they h ave taken to fulfil their obligation under 
Article 130 of the Agreement to progressively  remove measures that do not conform 
to the Article 129 NT obligation? 
 The Parties expressed their intention to impr ove the investment regime progressively by 
establishing paragraph 2 of Article 130 as "The Parties will endeavour to progressively remove the 
non-conforming measures".  However, the Parties ha ve neither lists of non-conforming measures nor 
plan to produce such a list for the time being.  22. Paragraph 113 of the Factual Presentation  describes several of the Agreement's 
provisions on investment, including the provision in Article 128 of the Agreement relating to the promotion and protection of investment. 
− Could the Parties describe the steps they h ave each taken to fulfil the obligation in 
Article 128 to "encourage investors of the other Party to make investments in its 
territory"? 
 Firstly, prior to the implementation of the Agreement, the Parties had publicized the 
Agreement.  Since implementation, this process has b een continued.  The investors of both Parties are 
kept informed of favourable treatment of the Agreement.   WT/REG281/2 
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   Secondly, both parties have implemented the rules and regulations in the Agreement and 
provided more favourable treatment accordingly to the investors of the Parties.  
23. Paragraph 144 of the Factual Presentation notes that, pursuant to Article 111 of the 
Agreement, Parties should "encourage their re levant bodies to conduct future negotiations for 
developing mutually acceptable standards and criteria for licensing, temporary licensing and 
certification of professional services suppliers". 
− Could the Parties describe the steps they have taken to fulfil this commitment, and 
the outcome of any resulting negotiations between relevant bodies? 
 The Parties are in the process of consulting with  their relevant bodies in order to identify any 
interest for developing this provision for specific professional services. 
 
Relationship with other agreements concluded by the Parties
 
 
24. Table V.1 on page 50 indicates that Peru has not yet notified agreements with Chile, 
MERCOSUR, Cuba, and Mexico, which we understand have all entered into force.  Could Peru indicate when it intends, along with the other Parties, to notify these agreements to the WTO? 
 Currently, the appropriate way to notify th ese agreements is being discussed within the 
Latin American Integration Association (LAIA), as the countries concerned are members of that 
organization.  However, WTO Members have been informed of the conclusions of these RTAs in 
biennials reports presented to the Committee on Trade and Development.  
25. Table V.1 on page 50 also indicates that Ch ina's agreement with Chinese Taipei has not 
yet been notified.  Could China please indicate  when it intends, along with Chinese Taipei, to 
notify this agreement to the WTO? 
 No response provided. 
 
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