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ORGANIZATION  S/SECRET/8/Add.18 
15 September 2006 
 (06-4441) 
Council for Trade in Services Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 
AND ITS MEMBER STATES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE GATS 
 
Accession of the Czech Republic, the 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 Austria, the Republic of Poland,  the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic,  
the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of  Sweden to the European Communities  
 
Addendum  
 
 
 The following communication, dated 14 September 2006, from the delegation of the European Communities and its Member States is bei ng circulated to the Members of the Council for 
Trade in Services. 
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Final report on the result of the negotiations conducted in accordance of Article XXI:2(a) of the 
General Agreement on Trade in Services (GAT S) relating to the Communication of 28 May 
2004 (circulated as document S/SECRET/8, dated 11 June 2004) proposing modifications to the GATS Schedules of the European Communities and its Member States (hereafter the EC) to take account of the accession of the Czech Repu blic, the 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 Austria, th e Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, 
the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden to the European 
Communities,   
1. Pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Procedures for the implementation of Article XXI of the GATS 
(S/L/80 of 29 October 1999), the EC submits the following final report: 
2. On 28 May 2004 the EC submitted a communicat ion pursuant to Article V of the GATS 
(circulated as document S/SECRET/8,  dated 11 June 2004), whereby it no tified its intention to modify 
or withdraw the specific commitments included in the list attached to the communication (hereafter 
"the proposed modifications"), pursuant to Article  V:5 of the GATS and in accordance with the terms 
of Article XXI:1(b) of the GATS.  
3. Following the submission of the notification a nd pursuant to Article XXI:2(a) of the GATS, 
eighteen WTO Members (Argentina, Australia, Braz il, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, 
Cuba, Ecuador, Hong Kong China, India, Japan, Kor ea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Switzerland, 
Uruguay and the United States of America, hereafte r "the affected Members") submitted a respective 
claim of interest.  S/SECRET/8/Add.18 
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  4. The initial period for the negotiations, which expired on 26 October 2004, was extended (by 
mutual agreement) five times (until 26 April 2005,  until 27 February 2006, until 1 June 2006, until 
1 July and until 17 July 2006).  
5. Negotiations have been completed with all affected Members except Uruguay, which had 
withdrawn its claim of interest on 28 February 2006.  As a result of those negotiations, the EC and the 
affected Members have agreed on compensatory adjustments related to the modifications and 
withdrawals contained in document S/SECRET/8. A ll individual agreements between the EC and the 
affected WTO Members have been duly signed and transmitted to the WTO Secretariat. Pursuant to 
paragraph 5 of S/L/80, the agreements were distributed to all WTO Members by the WTO Secretariat.   
6. In view of the foregoing, the proposed modifications and the agreed compensatory 
adjustments will be incorporated into a EC GATS consolidated schedule which results from merging 
existing schedules of commitments of the EC and its Member States, and by inserting therein the modifications or withdrawals of commitments notified by the EC under document S/SECRET/8 and 
the compensatory adjustments agreed between the EC and the affected Members.   
7. Pursuant to the procedures referred to in paragr aphs 20 to 22 of S/L/80, the EC will transmit, 
to the WTO Secretariat for circulation, a dr aft consolidated schedule for certification by 
14 September 2006.  
 
 
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