WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1 
17 June 2005 
 
 (05-2558) 
Council for Trade in Services 
Special Session Original:   English 
 
 
  
NEW ZEALAND 
 
Revised Conditional Offer
 
 
 
 
 The following revised services offer has been received from the delegation of New Zealand 
on 10 June 2005 with the request that it be circulated to Members of the Council for Trade in 
Services. 
  
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1. New Zealand submits herewith its revised service s offer as part of the negotiations on trade in 
services.  The principles and objectives underlying New Zealand’s overall approach to the WTO services negotiations under the GATS, and to the prepar ation of this offer, remain those outlined in 
New Zealand’s initial offer contained in TN/S/O/NZL.   
2. In particular, New Zealand’s revised conditiona l offer is submitted on the basis that GATS 
Article I.3 allows for a government to provide, re gulate or fund (including through subsidisation) 
public services such as public education, public hea lth and social welfare services, in the manner it 
determines best meets broader policy objectives.  In this respect, such services should not be subjected 
to the same disciplines as private services w ith purely commercial objectives.      
3. New Zealand made high quality commitmen ts in the Uruguay Round and extended 
negotiations on basic telecommunicati ons and financial services.  A further significant contribution to 
a substantially improved multilateral regime for trade in services was made in New Zealand’s initial conditional offer.  The revised offer improves again on this solid base.   New Zealand’s contribution 
takes particular account of request s for liberalisation of market access in sectors and modes of supply 
of interest to developing countries, and includ es new and improved commitments in Mode 4.  The 
revised offer also includes improved or clarifie d commitments in  professional services, business 
services, distribution services, transport services, postal services, financial services, and other services.  New Zealand has further removed an MFN exemption, leaving only one MFN exemption remaining in its schedule of commitments.   New Zealand looks to others to match this level of 
commitment in offers submitted in this and ot her areas of the current round of market access 
negotiations.  
4. This offer is conditional and New Zealand r eserves the right to amend, supplement or 
withdraw this offer, in whole or in part, depending on its assessment of the ove rall balance of benefits 
obtaining in these resumed GATS negotiations, as well as the wider WTO negotiations contained 
within the single undertaking agreed at Doha.  New Zealand’s ability to maintain the level of 
commitments provided in this offer will depend  on an improvement in the quality of other member’s TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1 
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GATS offers in the Doha Round.  New Zealand furthe r reserves the right to make any amendments or 
revisions of a technical nature.  
5. New Zealand’s approach to classification and scheduling remains as outlined in 
TN/S/O/NZL.  The modifications to the conso lidated Schedule of Specific Commitments are 
inscribed as outlined in the editori al conventions contained in Secretariat document JOB(05)/6.    
6. New Zealand welcomes the opportunity to discuss or clarify any issues arising from its 
revised conditional offer.  Questions may be dir ected to the New Zealand Permanent Mission to the 
World Trade Organisation in Geneva, or to the Trade Negotiations Division of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade in Wellington. 
 
 
 Contact Details
 
 
 
The New Zealand Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organisation  
2 Chemin des Fins, 1218 Gr and Saconnex, Geneva  
PO Box 334 CH-1211, Geneva 19 Telephone: 41 22 929 0350 Facsimile:  41 22 929 0374   E-mail: mission.nz@itu.ch 
 
Contact person
:  
 Clare Kelly, First Secretary E-mail: clare.kelly@mfat.govt.nz 
DDI: 41 22 929 0357  
 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
 
PO Box 18 901 Wellington, New Zealand Telephone: 64 4 439 8000  
Facsimile: 64 4 494 8522 
E-mail: tnd@mft.govt.nz  Contact persons
:  
 
Brian Wilson, Senior Services Nego tiator, Trade Negotiations Division 
E-mail: brian.wilson@mfat.govt.nz DDI: 64 4 439 8396  Hamish Forsyth, Negotiator, Trade Negotiations Division E-mail:  hamish.forsyth@mfat.govt.nz 
DDI:   64 4 439 8385 
   
 
 
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Page 3NEW ZEALAND – SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS1 
 
Modes of supply:  1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
ALL SECTORS INCLUDED 
IN THIS SCHEDULE   3) Under the Overseas Investment Regulations, 
 1985, issued under the Overseas Investment 
 Act 1973, Overseas Investment Commission 
 approval is required for the following  investments by an "overseas person":
2 
  
  (a) acquisition or control of 25 per cent or more 
 of the shares or vo ting power in a company 
 where either the consideration of transfer or 
 the value of the assets of the company  exceeds 
 $NZ10 million;    
  (b) the establishment of new business in New
 Zealand where the total expenditure in setting  up the business exceeds $NZ10 million; 
  
  (c) the acquisition of the assets of the business 
 where the total consideration paid or payable 
 for the assets exceeds $NZ10 million; 
  
  (d) the issue or allotmen t of shares where the 25 
 per cent threshold has already been exceeded  or will be exceeded as a result of the issue 
 and where the total consideration paid or 
 payable exceeds $NZ10 million.   
                                                      
 1 See Attachment A.1 
 2 See Attachment A.2  
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Page 4 Modes of supply:  1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
 
  
  OIC consent is required, regardless of the 
 dollar value of the investment, for acquisition  of rural land.  Approval is also required  under 
 the Land Settlement Promotion and Land 
 Acquisition Act  for the purchase of some  classes of land. 
 
 Unbound for enterprises currently in State  ownership 
  
 4) Unbound except fo r measures concerning 
 the entry and temporary stay of natural 
 persons of another Member, employed by 
 a service supplier of another Member that 
 supplies services within New Zealand 
 through a commercial presence,  falling  within 
 the following categories  as specified below: 
; 4) Unbound except for m easures concerning the 
 categories of natural persons referred to in  the market access column.  
 A. Executives and senior managers; as intra - 
 corporate transferees, for a periods of initia l 
 stay up to a maximum of three years , plus a  
 further period of stay up to a maximum of  
 three years, providing the need for the  
 worker still exists:  
   
  Executives and senior managers,  being  
 natural persons who are senior employees  
 of an organisa tion, who have been  
 employed by that organisation for at least  
 twelve months prior to their proposed  
 transfer to New Zealand, and who are  
 responsible for the entire or a substantial  
 part of an organisation's operations in  
 New Zealand, receiving gene ral 
 supervision or direction principally from  
 higher level executives, the board of  
 directors or stockholders of the business;  
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
 (I) Intra-Corporate Transferees:   
(Employees of a servi ce supplier of another 
Member that supplies services within New 
Zealand through a commercial presence)  
in the following categories only: 
   
 (I) A. Executives and senior managers   
 
Definition:  
 
 natural persons, as intra-corporate 
transferees who are senior employees 
 of an organisation, who have been 
 employed by that organisation for at least 
 twelve months prior to their proposed 
 transfer to New Zealand, and who are 
 responsible for the entire or a substantial  
 part of an organisation's operations in 
 New Zealand, receiving general 
 supervision or direction principally from 
 higher level executives, the board of 
 directors or stockholders of the business; 
   
 Conditions:  
 
A period of initial stay up to a maximum of three 
years, plus a further period of stay up to a 
maximum of three years, providing the need for 
the worker still exists.  
   
 B. Specialist and/or senior personnel , as 
 intra -corporate transferees, for  a periods  of an
 initial stay up to a maximum of  three years, 
 plus a further period of stay up to a 
 maximum of three years, providing the 
 need for the wo rker still exists twelve 
 months :  
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
  Specialist and/or senior personnel , being  
 natural persons being transferred to  
 undertake a specific or specialist task at a  
 senior level within the company;  this  
 may include, for example, short -term  
 specialis t development projects;  or the  
 establishment in New Zealand of a  
 commercial presence of a service supplier  
 with its head of operations in the territory  
 of another Member and not having any  
 other commercial presence in New  
 Zealand;  
   
 C.  Special ist personnel , subject to labour  
 market tests, as intra -corporate  
 transferees, for a period of initial  
 stay up to a maximum of three years, plus a  
 further period of stay up to a maximum of  
 three years, providing the need for the  
 worker still exists .  Specialist personnel in  
 occupations included in the New Zealand  
 Immigration Servi ce’s Occupational  
 Shortages List3 will not be subject to a  
 labour market test.  Specialist personnel in  
 occupations not included in the   
 Occupational Shortages L ist will be subject  
 to a labour market test :  
   
                                                      
3 The New Zealand Immigration Service Occupational Shortages List  is subject  to periodic review,  and may be revised or amende d at any time .  TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
  Specialist personnel  being natural persons  
 with trade, technical or professional skills  
 who are responsible for or employed in a  
 particular aspect of an organisation's  
 operations in New Zealand.  Sk ills are  
 assessed in terms of the applicant's  
 employment experience, qualifications,  
 and suitability for the position;  
   
 (I) B.  Specialist and/or senior personnel  
 
Definition: 
 
Natural persons who are specialist and/or 
senior personnel as intra-corporate 
transferees.  
   
 Specialist personnel are:  Natural persons 
with trade, technical or professional skills 
who are responsible for or employed in a 
particular aspect of an organisation's 
operations in New Zealand.  Skills are 
assessed in terms of the applicant's 
employment experience, qualifications, and 
suitability for the position. 
   
 Conditions for specialist and/or senior 
personnel: 
 
A period of initial stay up to a maximum of 
three years, plus a further period of stay up to 
a maximum of three years, providing the need 
for the worker still exists. 
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limi tations on  National Treatm ent Additional Commitments 
 D. Installers and servicers,  as intra -corporate  
transferees, for periods not exceeding  three 
months in any twelve month period:  
 
 Installers and servicers  being natural  persons 
who are installers a nd servicers  of machinery 
and/or equipment, where  such installation 
and/or servicing by the  supplying company is a 
condition of  purchase of the said machinery or  
equipment; ;   
 E. Service sellers , as business visitors; for a  
 period or periods not exceedi ng in  
 aggregate three months in any calendar  
 year:  
   
  Service sellers  being natural persons who  
 are representatives of a service supplier of  
 another Member, whether or not that  
 service supplier has a commercial  
 presence in New Zealand, and are see king 
 temporary entry to New Zealand for the  
 purpose of establishing a commercial  
 presence in New Zealand;   negotiating for  
 the sale of   services or entering into  
 agreements to sell serv ices for that service  
supplier, where those representatives w ill not  
be engaged in making direct sales to thegeneral 
public.    
 (II) Independent Service Suppliers:   
 
 (Self-employed Services suppliers working 
on a contractual basis, without a 
requirement for commercial presence) 
 
 in the following categories only: 
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Modes of supply:  1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
 (II) A. Independent Professionals:    
 
Definition:   
 
self-employed natural persons with 
advanced technical or professional skills, 
without the requirement for a commercial 
presence, working under a valid contract 
in New Zealand.  Independent 
professionals must also have (i) a 
qualification resulting from three or more 
years of formal post-secondary school  
education leading to a recognised degree or 
diploma and (ii) six or more years of 
experience. Both (i) and (ii) must be in the 
field in which the Independent 
professionals wish to supply their 
professional services.4  
   
 Conditions:  
 Subject to economic needs tests, a period of 
stay up to a maximum of 12 months.    
 
                                                      
4 These qualifications must be recognised by the appropriate Ne w Zealand authority wh ere under New Zealand law such recognition is a condition of the 
provision of that service in New Zealand.  TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1 
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Modes of supply:  1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
 (III) Business visitors   
 
Definition: 
 
natural persons, without a requirement for 
commercial presence, who are 
representatives of a service supplier of 
another Member , whether or not that 
service supplier has a commercial presence 
in New Zealand, who will not be engaged in 
making direct sales to the general public or 
in supplying services directly, and are 
seeking temporary entry to New Zealand 
for the purpose of : 
   
 (i) establishing a commercial presence in 
New Zealand;  or 
(ii) negotiating for the sale of goods or 
services or  entering into agreements to 
sell goods or services for that service 
supplier; or 
(iv) purchasing New Zealand goods or 
services; or 
(v) engaging in business consultations or 
negotiations in New Zealand on 
establishing, expanding, or winding up 
any business enterprise in New Zealand. 
   
 Conditions:   
 
For periods not exceeding three months in 
any calendar year.     TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1
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Modes of supply:  1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
   1)2)Unbound for current and future measures at 
3)4) the central and sub-central levels according  more favourable treatment to any Maori 
 person or organisation,  in relation to the 
 acquisition, establishment or operation of any  commercial or industrial undertaking.  
 (IV) Other  
in the following categories only: 
   
 (IV) A. Installers and servicers  
 
Definition:  
 
 Natural persons who are installers and 
servicers of machiner y and/or equipment, 
where  such installation and/or servicing by 
the supplying company is a condition of 
purchase of the sa id machinery or 
equipment, but withou t the requirement of a 
commercial presence; 
   
 Conditions:  
 
For periods not exceeding three months in any 
twelve-month period.   
 
 For all mode 4 categories in this schedule: 
Unbound in cases of  labour/management 
disputes.     TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1 
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Modes of supply:  1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
II. SECTOR SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
 
1. BUSINESS SERVICES    
A. Professional Services  
    
(a) Legal Services, in respect 
of the following areas of 
law: 
(CPC 861) 
 Practice of New Zealand  
 law (CPC  861) 
 Domestic Law   
  
 
1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
 
1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
 
 
Provision of advice on  
 iInternational law 
 (CPC 861)  
   
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
Foreign law 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
  
(b) Accounting, auditing and 
 book-keeping services  (CPC 862) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.    TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
(c) Taxation services 
 
 Tax preparation , tax 
planning and consulting 
services  
 (CPC 86301-86303) , 
86302, CPC 86303)
  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
(d) Architectural services 
 (CPC 8671) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section.  
(e) Engineering services 
 (CPC 8672) 
 1) None 
 
 
 
 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 1)3)Certification of certain works involving
 
&4) health and safety is limited to Registered  
 Engineers, who to become registered mu st be 
 ordinarily resident in New Zealand.  
1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
   
(f) Integrated Engineering 
 Services  (CPC 8673) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
(g) Consultancy related to  Urban Planning &  Landscape Architecture 
 (CPC 8674**) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
(i) Veterinary services 
 (CPC 9320)  1) Unbound*
 None  
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) Unbound*
 None  
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
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 the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
(b) Software implementation 
 services 
 (CPC 842) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
(c) Data processing services 
 (CPC 843) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
(d) Data base services 
 (CPC 844)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
 Maintenance and Repair  
 of office machinery and  equipment including   
 computers 
 (CPC 845)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
(e) Other Computer Services 
 (CPC 849)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
D. Real Estate Services  
    
(a) Involving own or leased 
 property 
 (CPC 821) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
 
(b) On a fee or contract basis  (CPC 822) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
E. Rental/Leasing of  
 Equipment without Crew  
    
 Transport and non 
 transport (CPC 8310) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
F. Other Business Services  
    
(a) Advertising services 
 (CPC 871) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
(c) Management consulting 
services (CPC 865) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section.  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section.  
  
(d) Services related to 
Management consulting 
(CPC 866) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section.  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section.  
  
(f) Services incidental to 
 agriculture, hunting and 
 forestry 
 (CPC 8811, 8812 , 8813,  
 8814) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
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Commitments 
(f) Services incidental to 
 animal husbandry 
 (CPC 8812)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Access to the national dairy herd testing 
database is only given where it is judged to 
be in the interests of the New Zealand 
industry. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
 Services incidental to  
 agriculture  
 (CPC 8811 ) 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except a s indicated in the  
 horizontal section.  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section.  
  
 Services incidental to   
 animal husbandry  
 (CPC 8812)  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) The Herd Testing Regulations under the  
 Dairy Board Ac t 1961 restrict the  
 provision of herd testing services to  
 providers licensed by the NZ Dairy  
 Board.  The number of licences may be  
 limited.  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section.  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
 
  
 
 4)
 Unbound except as i ndicated in the  
 horizontal section.  
  
 Services incidental to  
 hunting (CPC 8813)  
 1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section.  1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section.  
  
 S ervices incidental to  
 forestry and logging  
 (CPC 8814)  1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section.  1) None  
2) None  
3) None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section.  
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
(k) Placement and supply  
 services of Personnel  (CPC 872) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
(o) Cleaning of buildings and 
 similar activities 
 (CPC 874)  1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
 
(p) Photographic Services 
 (CPC 875)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
(s) Convention services 
 (CPC 87909*) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
                                                      
* Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility.   TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1
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Commitments 
(t) Other 
  Credit reporting services  (CPC 87901)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
 The Privacy Act 1993 
establishes New Zealand’s regulatory 
framework for the 
treatment of  personal 
information, in general 
accordance with the 
Recommendation of the Council of the OECD 
Concerning Guidelines 
Governing the Protection of Privacy and 
Transborder Flows of 
Personal Data. 
 
(t) Collection agency services 
 (CPC 87902)   1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
  
(t) Translation services 
 (CPC 87905**)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
(t) Interior Design Services 
(87907**) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
section 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
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(t) Telephone Answering 
Services 
 (CPC 87903) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
section 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
section  
(t) Duplicating Services 
 (CPC 87904) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
section 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
section  
(t) Mailing list compilation 
and mailing services 
 (CPC 87906) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
section 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
section  
(t) Other Business Services – 
services generally 
provided to business not 
elsewhere classified in the 
CPC and not including 
convention services.  
These include: business 
brokerage services, 
appraisal services (other 
than for real estate), 
secretarial services, 
demonstration  exhibition 
services, etc. 
(CPC 87909) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
section 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in horizontal 
section 
  
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2. COMMUNICATION 
 SERVICES     
A & B.  Postal and Courier 
Services 
  (CPC 7511 and 7512) 
Services relating to the 
handling1i of postal items2ii 
whether for domestic or 
foreign destinations: 
A. Handling of addressed 
written communications 
on any kind of physical 
medium3iii, including: 
 - Hybrid mail services 
 - Direct mail 
B. Handling of addressed 
 parcels & packages4iv 
 1)3) None, other than Additional conditions for 
operation in the market or de-registration 
may be imposed on postal operators where 
these engage in anti-competitive behaviour.  
2) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1)3) None, other than that  UPU designation is 
reserved for a New Zealand operator under 
the Postal Services Act 1998.  The issue of 
stamps bearing the words “New  Zealand “  is 
restricted under the Act to UP U designated 
operators, except where these words form part 
of the name of the operator issuing the stamps. 
2) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 Universal service 
obligations applying to 
postal operators will be 
administered in a 
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C. Handling of addressed 
 press products5v 
D.  Handling of items 
 referred to in A. to C. 
 Above as registered or  insured mail. 
E. Express delivery 
services6vi for items 
referred to in A. to C. 
Above.    
F. Handling of non-
 addressed items. G. Document exchange. 
H. Other services not 
 elsewhere specified,  including post office 
 counter services 
 (CPC75113),** other than 
 the issue of stamps bearing 
 the words “New 
 Zealand.5”  
    
                                                      
5 The issue of stamps bearing the said words is restricted to UP U designated operators except where the said words form part of t he name of the operator issuing 
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1i The term “hand ling” should 
be taken to include clearance, sorting, transport and 
delivery. 2ii “Postal item” refers to items 
handled by any type of 
commercial operator, whether 
public or private. 3iii E.g. letter, postcards.    
4iv Books, catalogues are 
included hereunder. 5v Journals, newspapers, 
periodicals. 6vi Express delivery services 
may include, in addition to 
greater  speed and reliability, 
value added elements such as collection from point of 
origin, personal delivery to 
addressee, tracing and tracking, possibility of 
changing the destination and 
addressee in transit, confirmation of receipt. 
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C. Telecommunication  
 Services  
    
(a) Voice telephone services 
 (CPC 7521) 
(b) Packet-switched data  transmission services 
 (CPC 7523**) 
(c) Circuit-switched data  transmission services  
 (CPC 7523**) 
d) Telex services 
 (CPC 7523**) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None  
 
  
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section.
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None, other than:  The Articles of  Association of the Telecom Corporation of 
 New Zealand Limited limit the shareholding 
 by any single overseas entity to 49.9%.  At  least half of Board directors are required to 
 be New Zealand citizens.  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. The principles set forth in 
the attached reference 
paper are incorporated in this schedule to the extent 
they are commitments 
additional to the obligations flowing from 
Part I and II, Article 
XXVIII and the Annex on Telecommunications of the  
 (e) Telegraph services   (CPC 7522) (f) Facsimile services  
 (CPC 7521**, 
 CPC 7529**) 
(g) Private leased circuit 
 services (CPC 7522**,  CPC 7523**) 
   General Agreement on 
Trade in Services in respect of the Article XVI 
and XVII commitments on 
telecommunication 
services contained herein. 
(o) Other 
 Paging services  
 (CPC 75291) 
 Teleconferencing services  (CPC 75292) 
 Personal Communications 
 Services (CPC 75213*)  Cellular services (CPC 
 75213*) 
 Trunked radio system  services (CPC 7523**, 
 CPC 75213*) 
 Mobile data services   (CPC 7523**) 
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(h) Electronic mail  
 (CPC 7523**) (i) Voice mail  
 (CPC 7523**) 
(j) On-line information and  data-base retrieval  
 (CPC 7523**) 
(k) Electronic data interchange  (EDI) (CPC 7523**) 
(l) Enhanced/value-added 
 facsimile services   (CPC 7523**) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
 
  
 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  1) None 
2) None 3) The Articles of Association of the Telecom 
 Corporation of New Zealand Limited limit 
 the shareholding by any single overseas  entity to 49.9 per cent.  At least half of Board 
 directors are required to be New Zealand 
 citizens. 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
   
(m) Code and protocol 
 conversion 
(n) On-line information and/or 
 data processing 
 (CPC 843**) 
    
D. Audiovisual Services  
    
 Production, distribution, 
exhibition and broadcasting 
of audiovisual works (CPC 9611-9613,  
 CPC 96192**,CPC 7524,  
 CPC 753) 1) None 1), The Broadcasting Commission is directed by 
3) the Government, pursuant to the Broadcasting 
Act 1989, to allocate a minimum of 6 per cent of its budget to Maori programming.  From 
1995 all public funding for Maori broadcasting 
will be controlled by Te Reo Whakapuaki Irirangi (Maori Broadcasting Funding Agency).  
  
  
 
 2) None 
3) None  Government assistance to the film industry 
through the New Zealand Film Commission is limited to New Zealand films as defined in 
Section 18 of the New Zealand Film 
Commission Act 1978. 
2) None 
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 4) The New Zealand Immigration Service policy, 
based on the Immigration Act 1987 and the Immigration Regulations 1991 stipulate a 
special procedure for th e granting of visas to 
entertainers, performing artists and associated 
support personnel for work purposes.  To be 
eligible for a work visa or work permit, such 
applicants must come within the policy guidelines agreed to between the Minister of 
Immigration, independent promoters, agents 
or producers and the relevant performing artists' unions.  Otherwise, unbound except as 
indicated in the ho rizontal section. 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
  
3. CONSTRUCTION AND 
 RELATED 
 ENGINEERING 
 SERVICES    
A. General Construction  
 Work for Buildings  
 (CPC 512, CPC 515) 
 1) Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1)
 Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
   
 
B. General Construction  
 Work for Civil  
 Engineering  
 (CPC 513)  1)
 Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services   
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1)
 Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services   
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
                                                      
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C. Installation and Assembly  
 Work  (CPC 514, CPC 516) 
 1) Unbound*   
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1)
 Unbound*   
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section.  
D. Building Completion and  
 Finishing Work  
 (CPC 517) 
 1) Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1)
 Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
E. Other  
    
 Site preparation: new 
 construction (other than 
 pipelines) (CPC 511) 
 1) Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1)
 Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
   
 
 Maintenance and repair of 
 fixed structures 
 1) Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) Unbound*  
1) None for consultancy services 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
                                                      
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 Renting Services related 
to Equipment for Construction or 
Demolition of Buildings 
or Civil Engineering, with Operator  
 (CPC 518) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section . 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
4. DISTRIBUTION 
 SERVICES 
    
A. Commission Agents'  
 Services  (CPC 6211,  
 excluding CPC 62111,  
 CPC 62112, an d such 
services relating to 
CPC  2613 -2615) - (CPC 
62113-62115, 62117-
62118) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
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CPC 62111** only in 
respect of  02961- 
02963** (ovine wool). 
 
CPC 62112** only in 
respect of CPC 21111, 
21112, 21115, 21116 and  
21119** (edible offals of 
bovine and ovine origin) 
and 02961-02963** 
(ovine wool).  
 
CPC 62116** only in 
respect of 2613-2615**,  
(ovine wool).  
 1) None  
2) None 
3) None, except in terms of export 
distribution: (i) the allocation of 
distribution rights rel ated to exports of 
these products to export markets where 
tariff quotas, country specific preferences 
and other measures of similar effect are 
found may place limitations on the 
numbers of services suppliers, total value 
of services transactions or numbers of 
services operations; (ii) mandatory export 
marketing strategies may apply where 
there is support within the relevant 
industry.  These export marketing 
strategies do not include measures limiting 
the number of market participants or 
limiting the volume of exports. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None, other than as scheduled in the market 
access column.   
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section   
B. Wholesale Trade   
 (CPC 622, excluding CPC  
 6221, CPC 6222 and such  
 services relating to CPC  
 2613 -2615)  CPC 6223 – 
6226, CPC 6228 
 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
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CPC 6221**only in respect 
of  02961-02963** (ovine 
wool). 
 
CPC 6222** only in respect 
of CPC 21111, 21112, 
21115, 21116 and 21119** 
(edible offals of bovine and 
ovine origin). 
 
CPC 62277** only in 
respect of 2613-2615**,  
(ovine wool). 
 
 1) None  
2) None 
3) None, except in terms of export 
distribution: (i) the allocation of 
distribution rights rel ated to exports of 
these products to export markets where 
tariff quotas, country specific preferences 
and other measures of similar effect are 
found may place limitations on the 
numbers of services suppliers, total value of 
services transactions or numbers of 
services operations; (ii) mandatory export 
marketing strategies may apply where 
there is support within the relevant 
industry.  These export marketing 
strategies do not include measures limiting 
the number of market participants or 
limiting the volume of exports. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None, other than as scheduled in the market 
access column.   
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
  
C. Retail Trade 
 (CPC 631, CPC 632, CPC 
 6111, CPC 6113 and CPC 
 6121)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
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5. EDUCATION SERVICES 
   Primary, Secondary, and 
 Tertiary education in 
 private institutions   (CPC 921, CPC 922,  
 CPC 923) 
  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
 
6. ENVIRONMENTAL  SERVICES 
    
Consultancy related to the 
provision of the following  
environmental services: 
(CPC940**)  
A. Waste water 
 management; 
 - Sewage Services 
 B. Solid/hazardous waste 
 management; 
 - Refuse disposal  services;  
 - Sanitation and 
 similar services ;  1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section.  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
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C.  Protection of ambient air 
 & climate; 
  - Services to reduce 
 exhaust gases and other 
 emissions and improve air  quality ; 
 
D.  Remediation & cleanup of 
 soil & water; 
  -   Treatment, 
 remediation of  contaminated / polluted 
 soil and water; 
    
E.  Noise & vibration 
 abatement; 
  - Noise abatement 
 services  
 
F.  Protection of biodiversity 
 & landscape; 
  - Nature and landscape 
 protection services ; 
 
G. Other environmental & 
 ancillary services; 
  - Other environmental 
 protection services not 
 classified elsewhere. 
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7. FINANCIAL SERVICES 
 1. New Zealand undertakes its specific commi tments on Financial Services in accordance with the provisions of the "Understandin g on Commitments in Financial 
 Services in accordance with the provisio ns of the "Understanding on Commitments in Financial Services" (the Understanding) 
 2. These commitments on financial services are subject to the general limitations contained in the "Horizontal Commitments" sec tion of New Zealand's GATS Schedule. 
 
3. Market access and national treatment commit ments in Modes (1) and (2) are bound to th e extent of the oblig ations in paragrap hs B.3 and B.4 of the Understanding. 
 
4. The admission to the market of new financial services or products may be subject to the existence of, and consistency with, a regulatory framework  aimed at achieving 
 the objectives indicated in Article 2( a) of the Financial Services Annex. 
 5. Mode 3 commitments are subject to the provisions of the Financial Reporting Act 1993 and the Companies Act 1993.  These requ ire overseas companies to prepare 
 financial statements on an annual basis comprising a balance sheet, a profit and loss statement and (if required by an applica ble financial reporting standard approved 
 by the Accounting Standards Review Board) a statement of cash flows.  The Acts also require such\ financial statements in rela tion to an overseas company's New 
 Zealand business.  The Acts require the following companies to deliver annual audited financial statements to the Registrar of  Companies for registration:  (a) issuers 
 (i.e. those which have raised investment from the public);  (b) overseas companies;  (c) subsidiaries of companies or bodies c orporate incorporat ed outside New 
 Zealand;  (d) companies in which 25 per cent or more of the shares are held or controlled by :  (i) a subsidiary of a company of body corporate incorporated outside 
 New Zealand or a subsidiary of that subsidiary;  (ii) a compan y or body corporate outside New Z ealand;  or (iii) a person not ordinarily resident in New Zealand. 
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A. Insurance and Insurance-  
 related services  
 
(a) Life insurance services 
 (CPC 8121)  
  
  
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
  
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
(b) Non-life insurance services 
 (CPC 8129) 1), The Accident Rehabilitation and 
3) Compensation Insurance Act 1992 provides 
for compulsory worker's compensation 
insurance via levies on vehicle owners, 
employers, employees and the self-employed.   
 The Act is administered by the Accident 
 Rehabilitation and Compensation 
 Insurance Corporation.  3) None 
 
 1), The Earthquake Commission is the sole 
3) insurer of residential property disaster 
insurance for replacement cover up 
toNZ$100,000 per dwelling and NZ$20,000 on personal property.  These amounts may be 
increased by regulation. 
  
 
 1),  Under th e Apple and Pear Marketing Act  
3) 1971 the Apple and Pear Marketing  Board has 
the power to organise  compulsory hail 
insurance on behalf of  growers and to require 
growers to pay a  levy to recover the premium 
amount of  this insurance.  
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 1),2) Unbound for marketing and sales  related to 
& 3) products covered under CPC 01, 02, 211, 
213-216, 22, 2399 and 261 , except for  
marketing and sales  related to CPC 21111, 
21112, 21115, 21116 and CPC 21119** 
(edible offals of bovine  and ovine origin),  
CPC 2613-2615** (ovine wool),  and CPC 
02961-02963** (ovine wool). 
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section.   
  
 
  
 
  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
(c) Reinsurance and 
 retrocession (CPC 81299) 
 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
 
(d) Insurance intermediation, 
 such as brokerage and  
 agency services (CPC 
 8140**)  1), The Accident Rehabilitation and  
3) Compensation Insurance Act 1992 
 provides for compulsory worker's 
 compensation insurance via levies on  vehicle owners, employers, employees  and 
 the self-employed.  The Act is  administered 
 by the Accident Rehabilitation and  Compensation Insurance Corporation. 
 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
 1), Under the Apple and Pear Marketing Act  
3) 1971 and  the Wheat Producers Levy Act 1987 
(or regulations enacted under the 
Commodities Levy Act 1990),  the respective 
bodies (the Apple and Pear  Marketing Board 
and United Wheat growers (NZ) Ltd) ha s ve 
the power to organise compulsory disaster insurance on behalf of growers and to require 
them to pay a levy to recover the premium 
amount of this insurance. 
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 1),2) Unbound for marketing and sales  related to 
& 3)  products covered under CPC 01, 02, 211, 
213-216, 22, 2399 and 261 , except for  
marketing and sales  related to CPC 21111, 
21112, 21115, 21116 and CPC 21119** 
(edible offals of bovi ne and ovine origin), 
CPC 2613-2615** (ovine wool),  and 
CPC 02961-02963** (ovine wool). 
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
  
  
 
  
 
  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  
(e) Services Auxiliary to 
Insurance, such as 
consultancy, actuarial, risk assessment and claim 
settlement services 
(CPC 8140**) 
 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.  3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   
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A.B Banking and other  
 Financial Services  
 (excluding insurance)6 
    
(a) Acceptance of deposits 
 and other repayable funds  from the public (CPC 
 81115-81119) 
 (b) Lending of all types, 
 including consumer credit, 
 mortgage, credit, factoring  and financing of 
 commercial transactions 
 (CPC 8113)  3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section.  
(c) Financial leasing  
 (CPC 8112) 
 
(d) All payment and money  transmission services, 
 including credit, charge 
 and debit cards, travellers   cheques and bankers drafts  
 (CPC 81339**) 
 (e) Guarantees and 
 commitments 
 (CPC 81199**)     
                                                      
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(f) Trading for own account 
 or for account of  customers, whether on an 
 exchange, in an over-the 
 counter market or  otherwise, the following: 
 
(i) money market instruments  (cheques, bills, certificates 
 of deposits etc) (CPC 
 81339**)  
(ii) foreign exchange 
 (CPC 81333)     
(iii) derivative products 
 including, but not limited 
 to, futures and options 
 (CPC 81339**) 
 (iv) exchange rates and interest 
 rate instruments, including 
 products such as swaps,  forward rate agreements 
 etc (CPC 81339**) 
    
(v) transferable securities  
 (CPC 81321) 
 (vi) other negotiable 
 instruments and financial 
 assets, including bullion  (CPC 81339**) 
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(g) Participation in issues of 
 all kinds of securities,  including underwriting and 
 placement as agent  
 (whether publicly or  privately) and provision of 
 services related to such 
 issues (CPC 8132)     
(h) Money broking 
 (CPC 81339**) 
 (i) Asset management, such as 
cash or portfolio 
management; all forms of collective investment 
management, pension fund 
management, custodial, 
depository and trust 
services (CPC 8119**, 81323*) 
    
(j) Settlement and clearing 
services for financial assets, 
including securities, 
derivative products, and other negotiable 
instruments (CPC 81339**, 
81319**) 
    
(k) Provision and transfer of 
financial information, and financial data processing 
and related software by 
providers of other financial services (CPC 8131)  
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
(l) Advisory, intermediation, 
 and other auxiliary  financial services on all the 
 activities listed in (a) to (k) 
 above, including credit  reference and analysis, 
 investment and portfolio 
 research and advice,  advice on acquisitions and 
 on corporate restructuring
  and strategy (CPC 8131,  8133) 
    
9. TOURISM AND 
 TRAVEL RELATED  SERVICES 
    
A. Hotels and Restaurants  
 (CPC 641-643) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
 section. 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
 section. 
  
 
B./ Travel Agencies, Tour  
C. Guides and Tour Operator 
 Services   
 (7471, 7472) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
 section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
 section. 
  
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Commitments 
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES 
    
A. Maritime Transport  
 Services  
 
  General conditions applicable to all maritime 
service sectors:  marketing and sales of 
maritime transport and related services for 
products covered under CPC 01, 02, 211, 213-216, 22, 2399 and 261;   
 unbound , except for  marketing and sales  
related to CPC 21111, 21112, 21115, 21116 
and CPC 21119** (edible offals of bovine 
and ovine origin), CPC 2613-2615** (ovine 
wool),  and CPC 02961-02963** (ovine 
wool).  
   
 International Transport 
 (freight and passengers) 
 (CPC 7211 and CPC 7212 
 less cabotage-as defined in 
 Attachment A .53) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound for establishment of registered 
 company for the purpose of operating a  fleet 
 under the New Zealand flag.  
4) Unbound for ships crews.  Otherwise 
 unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Unbound as described in the market access 
 column. 
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 (1, 3) See Attachment A.3 
 
 
 
 
  
Where not otherwise 
made available to international maritime 
transport  suppliers 
pursuant to Article XXVIII(a)(ii), no 
measures shall be applied 
which deny reasonable and non-discriminatory 
access to the following 
port services:  TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1 
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
   - Pilotage 
- Towing and tug assistance 
- Provisioning, fuelling 
and watering - Garbage collecting and 
ballast waste disposal 
- Port captain’s services  
   - Navigation aids 
- Emergency repair 
facilities - Anchorage 
- Berth and berthing 
services - Other shore-based 
operational services 
essential to ship 
operations, including 
communications, water and electrical supplies.  TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1
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Modes of supply:  1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence of natural persons  
Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
 Maritime Auxiliary  
 Services  
    
 Maritime Cargo-handing 
 Services (as defined in  
 Attachment A.6) 
 1) Unbound* except for no limitation on 
 transhipment (board to board or via the 
 quay) and/or use of onboard cargo handing 
 equipment. 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  
 horizontal section  1) Unbound* except for no limitation on 
 transhipment (board to board or via the 
 quay) and/or use of onboard cargo handing 
 equipment 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
 Storage and warehousing 
 services 
 (CPC 742)  1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
   
 
 Customs Clearance  
 Services (as defined in  
 Attachment A.7) 1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section 
 1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
 Container Station and  
 Depot Services (as defined  
 in Attachment A.8) 
 1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 
4)  Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
                                                      
* Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility.  
* Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility.   TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1 
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
 Maritime Agency Services 
 (as defined in   Attachment A.9) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicate in the 
 horizontal section 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicate in the horizontal 
 section   
 Maritime freight 
 forwarding services (as 
 defined in Attachment  A.  10) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 
  
B. C. Air Transport Services  
    
 Selling and marketing of 
 air transport services7 1)2) Unbound for products covered under CPC 
&3) 01, 02, 211, 213-216, 22, 2399 and 261 , 
except for  marketing and sales  related to 
CPC 21111, 21112, 21115, 21116 and CPC 
21119** (edible offals of bovine and ovine 
origin), CPC 2613-2615** (ovine wool),  
and CPC 02961-02963** (ovine wool).  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
. 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
 
  
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
 Computer reservation 
 system services8  
 (CPC 7523**) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
                                                      
7 As defined in paragraph 6(b) of the Annex on Air Transport Services.  
8 As defined in paragraph 6(c) of the Annex on Air Transport Services. 
 
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Commitments 
 Aircraft repair and  
 maintenance Services (as   defined in paragraph 6 (a)  
 of the Annex on Air  
 Transport Services) 1) Unbound* 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  1) Unbound* 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
 Airport Operation  
 Services  
 (CPC74610**, excl   Navigation aids) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
 Other supporting services   for air transport 
 (CPC 74690** excl fire   fighting and fire- 
 prevention services) 1) Unbound * 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section 
 1) Unbound* 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
 Cargo and baggage  
 handling services  (CPC 741**) 
 1) Unbound* 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  1) Unbound* 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
 Ramp handling services   (CPC 741**)  1) Unbound* 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  1) Unbound* 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section 
 
 Airfreight Storage and   warehousing services  (CPC 742**) 1) Unbound * 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  1) Unbound* 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
                                                      
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on Market Access Limitations on  National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
 Airport management  
 services  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section  
E. Rail Transport Service  
 (CPC 711) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
   
F. Commercial Road  
 Transport Services  
 (passenger, goods, rental  
 and vehicle recovery ) 
 (712 except 71235) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
  
G. Pipeline Transport  
 (CPC 713) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the  horizontal section. 
  
 
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Commitments 
12. OTHER SERVICES 
NOT INCLUDED 
ELSEWHERE     
Other Services 
 
Washing, cleaning and dyeing 
services 
(CPC 9701) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the 
 horizontal section.   TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1 
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ATTACHMENT A 
  
NOTES TO THE SCHEDULE
 
 
 1. Specific commitments in this schedule are pr epared in accordance with the Secretariat paper 
entitled "Scheduling of Initial Commitments on Trade in Services:  Explanatory Note" 
(MTN.GNS/W/164).  The classification of sectors in this schedule is based on the 1991 provisional 
Central Product Classification (CPC) of the United Nations Statistical Office, while the ordering 
reflects the classification system used by the Secretariat in MTN.GNS/W/120.  In the context of CPC listings in the schedule, the use of ** against individual CPC listings indicates that the service specified constitutes only part of the total range  of activities covered by the CPC concordance. 
 
 
Overseas Investment
 
 2. An “overseas person” is defined as an indivi dual not normally resident in New Zealand;  a 
company not incorporated in New Zealand;  a Ne w Zealand-incorporated company in which 25 per 
cent or more of any class of shares or 25 per cent or more of the voting power is held by overseas 
persons;  or a nominee of the overseas person, whether or not the nominee is himself/herself an overseas person.   
Maritime Transport Services
 
 
3. Cabotage :  for purposes of this schedule only, cabota ge is defined as the transportation of 
passengers or goods between a port located in New Zealand and another port located in New Zealand 
and traffic originating and terminating in  the same port located in New Zealand.  
 
4. Maritime Freight Forwarding Servic es:  the activity consisting of organising and monitoring 
shipment operations on behalf of shippers, through the acquisition of transport and related services, 
preparation of documentation and provision of business information.  
 
3. Where road, rail, inland waterways and related auxiliary services are not otherwise 
fully covered in this schedule, a multimodal tran sport operator (as defined in definition 4 below) 
shall have the ability to rent or lease trucks, ra ilway carriages, or barges and related equipment, 
for the purpose of inland forwarding of cargoes,  or have access to, and use of, these forms of 
multimodal activities on reasonable and non- discriminatory terms and conditions for the 
purpose of carrying out multimodal transport operations.  
4. Multimodal Transport Operator: the person on whose behalf the bill of 
lading/multimodal transport document, or any other document evidencing a contract of 
multimodal carriage of goods is issued and who is responsible for the carriage of goods pursuant to the contract of carriage.   
5. Cabotage: for purposes of this schedule only , cabotage is defined as the transportation 
of passengers or goods between a port located in  New Zealand and another port located in New 
Zealand and traffic originating and terminating in the same port located in New Zealand.   TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1 
Page 49 
 
 
6. Maritime Cargo Handling Services: acti vities exercised by stevedoring companies, 
including terminal operators, but not including  the direct activities of dockers when this 
workforce is organised independently of the stev edoring or terminal operator companies.  The 
activities include the organisation and supervision of:  
- the loading/discharging of cargo to/from a ship; 
- the lashing/unlashing of cargo; - the reception/delivery and safekeeping of cargoes before shipment or after 
discharge. 
 
7. Customs Clearance Services: activities cons isting of carrying out on behalf of another 
party customs formalities concerning the import , export or through transport of cargoes, 
whether this service is the main activity of th e service provider or a usual complement of its 
main activity. 
 
8. Container Station and Depot Services: ac tivities consisting of storing containers, 
whether in port or inland, with a view to thei r stuffing/stripping, repairing and making them 
available for shipments.   
 
9. Maritime Agency Services: activities consis ting of representing as an agent, the business 
interests of one or more shipping lines, for the following purposes: 
 
- Marketing and sales of maritime transport and related services, from quotation to 
invoicing, and issuing bills of lading on behalf of the companies; acquisition and resale of the necessary related services, preparat ion of documentation, and provision of 
business information; 
- Acting on behalf of the companies organisin g the call of a ship or taking over cargoes 
when required. 
10. Maritime Freight Forwarding Services: th e activity consisting or organising and 
monitoring shipment operations on behalf of sh ippers, through the acquisition of transport and 
related services, preparation of documentation and provision of business information. 
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ATTACHMENT B
 
 
REFERENCE PAPER  
 Scope
 
 
The following are definitions and principles on the regulatory framework for the basic 
telecommunications services1.   
 Definitions
 
 
Users  mean service consumers and service suppliers.   
 
Essential facilities2 mean facilities of a public telecommunications 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
3 is a supplier which has the ability to materially affect the terms of 
 participation (having regard to price and supply) in the relevant 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 engagi ng 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 
 
                                                     
 
 1 This applies only to suppliers of basic tel ecommunications services and not to end-users of 
such services.  
 2 This definition of "essential facilities" will be applied only to the extent consistent with New 
Zealand's competition policy regime, which regulates the activities of "dominant suppliers".  
 3 The definition of “major supplier” will be interpreted consistently with New Zealand’s 
competition policy regime, which in pa rt regulates the activities of pers ons with a “substantial degree of 
power in a market”.  TN/S/O/NZL/Rev.1 
Page 51 
 
 
 (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.  
 2. Interconnection
 
 
2.1 This section applies to linking with supplie rs providing public telecommunications transport 
 networks or services in order to allow the user s of one supplier to communicate with users of 
 another supplier and  to access services provided by another supplier.     
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 pro cedures 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 a major supplier 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 conditions 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 procedures4 for the allocation and use of scarce resources, including frequencies, 
numbers and rights of way, will be carried out in an objective, timely, transparent and non-
discriminatory manner.  The current state of allocated frequency bands will be made publicly 
available, but detailed identification of frequencie s allocated for specific government uses is not 
required.  
_______________ 
                                                     
 
 4 Such procedures may be admini stered by means of a variety of  mechanisms, including laws  
and regulations, public tendering process and consultative processes.  
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Sector or Subsector Description of measure 
indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries to which the 
measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need for 
the exemption 
Audiovisual services 
 National treatment, in the form 
of access to finance and tax concessions and simplified 
requirements for the temporary 
entry of skilled personnel into  New Zealand for the purposes of 
the coproduction of films and 
television programmes, is extended to audiovisual works 
covered under Film Co-
Production Agreements or Arrangements with the countries 
indicated in  
column 3  Canada*
∗, France*, United 
Kingdom* and any other 
country wher e cultural 
cooperation might be desirable and which is prepared to 
exchange preferential treatment 
on the terms and conditions 
specified in such arrangements 
or agreements.  Indefinite 
 To support the development of the 
New Zealand film industry for cultural reasons and to share benefits 
with others with similar policies . 
 
Interpretation services  
 More favourable entry 
conditions possible for nationals 
of countries listed in column (3) 
with requisite skills as 
interpreters for employment for 
up to two years in tourism -
related industries.  
 Japan and other countries with 
whom such arrangements may 
be desirable.  
 Indefinite  
 New Zealand's Tourism Development 
Policies  
 
                                                      
∗ These Agreements provide New Zealand with  reciprocal access to Co-Pr oduction Agreements signed with Third Countries/Parties.  
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Sector or Subsector Description of measure 
indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries to which the 
measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need for 
the exemption 
Maritime (passenger and 
freight)  
(See also cover sheet)  The supply of services by 
officers on New Zealand ships is 
limited to citizens with requisite 
qualifications, from either New 
Zealand or the countries listed in 
column 3  
 Eire, Hong Kong, United 
Kingdom, Canada, India, 
Malaysia, Singapore, Pakistan, 
South Africa  
 Indefinite  
 To promote local maritime 
recruitment and maintain maritime 
training standards  
 
All sectors  
 More favourable  entry 
conditions possible for up to 20 
Nationals each year for 
employment purposes  
 Kiribati  
 Indefinite  
 New Zealand's Development 
Assistance policies aimed at 
providing income, job skills, on the 
job training and work experience  
 
All sectors  
 More favo urable entry 
conditions possible for up to 80 
Nationals at any one time for 
employment purposes  
 Tuvalu  
 Indefinite  
 New Zealand's Development 
Assistance policies aimed at 
providing income, job skills, on the 
job training and work experience  
 
 
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