. /.   WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  S/C/N/397 
3 July 2007 
 (07-2846) 
Council for Trade in Services Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V.7 OF THE  
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES 
 
 
 
1. Member(s) notifying: 
The European Communities, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech 
Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Fede ral Republic of Germany, the Republic of 
Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, Romania, the Italian Republic, the Republic of  Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic 
of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Re public of Hungary, the Republic of 
Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Portuguese Republic, the Re public of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Re public of 
Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 
2. Date of notification: 
26 June 2007 
3. Notification pursuant to: 
[   ] Article XXIV:7(a) of GATT 1994 
[ x ] Article V:7(a) of GATS 
[   ] Paragraph 4(a) of the Enabling Clause 
4. Parties to the Agreement: 
The European Communities, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech 
Republic, the Kingdom of Denmark, the Fede ral Republic of Germany, the Republic of 
Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, 
Romania, the Italian Republic, the Republic of  Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic 
of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, the Re public of Hungary, the Republic of 
Malta, the Kingdom of the Netherlands, the  Republic of Austria, the Re public of Poland, the 
Portuguese Republic, the Re public of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Re public of 
Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern 
Ireland.  
5. Date of signature: 
25 April 2005  
6. Date(s) of entry into Force: 
1 January 2007  S/C/N/397 
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  7. Brief description of the Agreement: 
The Treaty concerning the accession of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania to the 
European Union, and thus to the Treaty establishing the European Community (the “EC Treaty”)
1.  
The EC Treaty2 is an agreement liberalising, inter alia , trade in services between the parties 
of the type referred to in paragraph 1 of Article V of the GATS . 
 
8. Text and related schedules, annexes and protocols are: 
[ x] submitted to the WTO Secr etariat (electronic format) 
[ x ] available from the following official Internet link(s): 
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOHtml.do?uri=OJ:L:2005:157:SOM:EN:HTML  
 
 
 
                                                      
1 The Treaty concerning the accession of these two St ates sets out, in the Act annexed thereto, the 
conditions of admission and the adjustments to the EC Treaty. The previous enlargement of the European Union 
(the accession of the Czech Republic, th e Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, 
the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary,  the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the 
Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the Euro pean Union), and thus modification to the EC Treaty, 
was notified on 26 April 2004 and circulated among WTO Members on 28 April 2004 (WTO reference: S/C/N/303). 
 
2  See notification made by the EC and its Member States of the Treaty establishing the European 
Community and circulated among WTO Members on 10 November 1995 (WTO reference S/C/N/6); see also 
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 25, Volume 45, 24 December 2002.