WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
GATS/EL/146 
5 June 2012  
 
(12-2950) 
Trade in Services   
  
 
MONTENEGRO 
 
Final List of Article II (MFN) Exemptions 
 
(This is authentic in English only) 
 
 
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LIST OF ARTICLE II MFN EXEMPTIONS  OF THE REPUBLIC OF MONTENEGRO 
 
Sector or sub-sector Description of measure indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries to which the 
measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need 
for the exemption 
Legal services Apart from consultancy services, other legal services 
provided by advocates, i.e. attorneys who are members of the Montenegrin Bar Association and registered in the Association's Register may be provided subject to reciprocity. All countries. Indefinite. Reciprocal coordination of the 
legal profession within the overall regional development of judicial and administrative institutions. 
Audiovisual services  
- Production and 
distribution of audiovisual works through broadcasting or other forms of transmission to the public Measures which define works of European origin, in 
such a way as to extend national treatment to 
audiovisual works which meet certain linguistic and 
origin criteria regarding access to broadcasting or similar forms of transmission. Parties to the Council of 
Europe Convention on 
Transfrontier Television or 
other European countries with whom an agreement may be concluded. Indefinite. 
Exemption needed, for 
certain countries, only until 
an economic integration agreement is concluded or completed. The measures aim, within the 
sector, to promote cultural 
values in Europe, as well as 
achieving linguistic policy objectives. 
- Production and 
distribution of cinematographic 
works and television 
programmes Measures based upon Government-to-Government 
framework agreements, and plurilateral agreements, on 
co-production of audiovisual works, which confer 
National Treatment to audiovisual works covered by 
these agreements, in particular in relation to distribution and access to funding. All countries with whom 
cultural cooperation may be desirable (agreements 
already exist, or are being 
negotiated, with the following countries:  Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile, Côte d'Ivoire, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Guinea Bissau, India, Israel, Mali, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, New Zealand, São Tomé e Principe, Senegal, States in Central, Eastern and South-
Eastern Europe, Switzerland, 
Tunisia, Turkey). Indefinite. The aim of these agreements is 
to promote cultural links between the countries 
concerned.  
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Page 4 Sector or sub-sector Description of measure indicating its inconsistency 
with Article II Countries to which the 
measure applies Intended duration Conditions creating the need 
for the exemption 
- Production and 
distribution of television programmes and cinematographic works Measures granting the benefit of any support 
programmes (such as Action Plan for Advanced Television Services, MEDIA or EURIMAGES) to audiovisual works, and suppliers of such works, meeting certain European origin criteria. European countries. Indefinite. 
Exemption needed, for certain countries, only until an economic integration agreement is concluded or completed. These programmes aim at 
preserving and promoting the regional identity of countries within Europe which have long-standing cultural links. 
Road transport services Road transport licenses are issued subject to 
reciprocity. All countries. Indefinite. International practice. 
- Passenger and freight 
transportation Measures taken under existing or future agreements 
which reserve and/or restrict the provision of road transportation services and specify the terms and conditions of this provision, including transit permits and/or preferential road taxes, in the territory of 
Montenegro or across the borders of Montenegro
. All countries with which 
agreements are or will be in force. Indefinite. The need for exemption is 
linked to the regional characteristics of the road transport services and to the necessity to regulate traffic rights in the territory of Montenegro and between Montenegro and the countries concerned. 
Selling marketing and computer reservations systems of air transport services The obligations of Montenegrin CRS system vendors or 
of Montenegrin parent and participating air carriers shall not apply, respectively, in respect of foreign parent carriers or of CRS controlled by foreign air carriers to the extent that their CRS outside Montenegro does not offer national treatment to Montenegrin air carriers or to Montenegrin parent and participating air carriers. All countries where a CRS 
system vendor or a parent air carrier is located. Indefinite. The need for the exemption 
results from the insufficient development of multilaterally agreed rules for the operation of CRS. 
All sectors Measures based on bilateral agreements concluded by 
Montenegro with the objective of providing for the movement of all categories of natural persons supplying services. Regional countries. Indefinite. The agreements reflect a 
process of progressive trade liberalisation between Montenegro and its regional trading partners. 
 
 
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