. /. RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  S/CSC/W/48 
7 September 2005 
 (05-3894) 
Committee on Specific Commitments   
  
 
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS  
TO THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES (2005) 
  
1. Since its annual report of 2004 to the Council for Trade in Services, the Committee on 
Specific Commitments held three formal meetings :  on 25 November 2004, 11 February 2005, and 
21 June 2005.
1  In the reporting period, the Committee a ddressed three items:  classification issues;  
scheduling issues;  and editorial conventions for the submission of revised offers. 
I. CLASSIFICATION ISSUES 
2. The Committee addressed a revised proposal on  the classification of energy services from 
Indonesia (S/CSC/W/42/Rev.1 and S/CSC/W/42/Rev.1/Corr.1) at all meetings during the reporting period.  At the meeting of 25 November 2004, th e delegation of Japan submitted written comments 
and questions on Indonesia's initial classification proposal (JOB(04)/165).  
3. The Committee discussed submissions on the classification of telecommunication services by 
the European Communities (S/CSC/W /44) at its meetings on 11 Febr uary and 21 June 2005, and the 
United States (S/CSC/W/45 and Corr.1) at its meeting on 21 June 2005.   
4. At its meeting of 21 June 2005, the Committee discussed a joint statement on legal services 
by a group of WTO Members (S/CSC/W/46). 
5. Throughout the reporting period, the Committee di scussed classification issues in informal 
mode.   
II. SCHEDULING ISSUES 
6. During the reporting period, several communications containing specific questions on initial 
offers were submitted to the Committee.  Three su bmissions were tabled by Brazil, (JOB(03)/189, 
JOB(04)/12, and JOB(04)/174), and one by Hong Kong,  China (JOB(04)/174).  At the meeting of 21 
June 2005, the delegation of Hong Kong, China pr ovided written replies to questions on its initial 
offer (JOB(05)/116). 
7. The Committee further addressed general scheduling questions on the basis of 
communications from Hong Kong, China (JOB( 04)/81 and JOB(04)/133), and Chinese Taipei 
(JOB(04)/82 and JOB(04)/172).   
8. The Committee took up technical issues related to the clarity and specificity of economic 
needs tests (ENTs) on the basis of contributions from Hong Kong, China (JOB(04)/171) and, with 
regard to Mode 4 specifically, a comm unication from Canada (S/CSC/W/47). 
                                                     
 
1 Reports of these meetings are contained in documents S/CSC/M/35, S/CSC/M/36, and S/CSC/M/37.  
They should be read in conjunction with this report.  S/CSC/W/48 
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 III. EDITORIAL CONVENTIONS FOR THE SUBMISSION OF REVISED OFFERS 
9. At the meeting of 11 February 2005, the Committ ee considered editorial conventions suggested 
by the Chairman in JOB(05)/6.  The Committee agr eed to proceed on the basis of the suggestions 
made by the Chairman, i.e. to continue the use of the editorial conventions for initial offers set out in 
JOB(02)/88, and, in addition, to facilitate th e comparison between initial and revised offers by 
shading the background of any changes (new text; modi fied text; struck through text) introduced in 
the revised offers to the document s containing the initial offers.   
 
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