RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  TN/S/O/JAM 
8 June 2005 
 
 (05-2347) 
Council for Trade in Services 
Special Session Original:   English 
 
 
  
JAMAICA 
 
Initial Conditional Offer on Services
  
 
 The following initial offer has been received from the delegation of Jamaica on 30 May 2005 
with the request that it be circulated to Members of the Council for Trade in Services. 
 
 
_______________ 
  1. Pursuant to paragraph 15 of the Doha Mini sterial Declaration, Jamaica hereby submits its 
initial conditional offer on services within the cont ext of the ongoing services negotiations under the 
GATS Agreement and within the context of the overall negotiations under the Doha Development 
Agenda. 
 2. This is a conditional initial offer on services.   This offer is cond itional upon satisfactory 
commitments being received from other negotiating partners.  Jamaica reserves the right to modify, extend, reduce or withdraw its initial conditional offe r on services, in whole or in part, at any time on 
or before the conclusion of the current round of services negotiations.  Jamaica reserves the right to 
make technical clarifications or amendments to this  initial offer and to make corrections to rectify any 
errors, omissions or inaccuracies in this offer.  3. This offer is based on the consolidat ed schedule of Jamaica (S/DCS/W/JAM). 
  
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I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS 
 
 ALL SECTORS 
INCLUDED IN THIS 
SCHEDULE 
 
The commitments in this 
schedule do not apply to non- profit, public and publicly 
funded entities. 
 These commitments cannot be 
construed as preventing the 
Government of Jamaica from regulating public and private 
services in order to meet 
national policy objectives.    
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
3) Branches of Companies incorporated outside 
Jamaica are required to register their 
Instruments of Incorporation with the Registrar 
of Companies before they may carry on 
business.  Part X of the Companies Act states 
their legal and administrative responsibilities. 
 1), 2), 3), 4) Eligibility for government funding or 
subsidies is limited to Jamaican entities and to 
services considered in the public interest.  With regard to health and educational 
services, as well as other services considered 
in the public interest, government benefits, scholarships, government loans, and grants 
are limited to persons holding Jamaican 
citizenship or resident in Jamaica according to the relevant immigration legislation, and may 
be tenable and/or utilized only at non-profit, 
public and publicly funded institutions in Jamaica. 
 
3) Foreigners are not precluded from owning land.  
It is preferred however that the purchase of land 
in large acreages should be for specific 
Investment projects.  
 4) Work permits and visas are normal 
requirements for entr y and in some cases 
licensing may be a pre-requisite for practising in certain specified pr ofessional categories.  
The Work Permit Review Board must be 
satisfied that the skills to be employed are unavailable locally.  Foreign natural persons 
who are Managers and executives are exempted 
from work permits for a period of 30 days and experts and specialists for 14 days. 
 4) Unbound except for m easures concerning the 
categories of natural persons referred to in the 
market access column.   
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II. SECTOR-SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
 
1. BUSINESS SERVICES 
    
A. Professional Services  
    
(a) Legal services:  
consultancy in home law 
of the service provider and 
international law.  
 (CPC 861) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None   
 Local certification required:  Attorneys from 
other jurisdictions cannot practice in Jamaica 
without acceptance by Jamaica Bar 
Association. 
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   Licensing required. 
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) Taxation services 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None  
 Licensing required. 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) Joint ventures preferred.  Board examinations, 
registration, licensing required. 
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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(e) Engineering services 
 (CPC 8672)  1) None 
2) None 3) Joint ventures preferred.  Board examinations, 
licensing required. 
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) Urban planning and 
landscape architectural services 
 (CPC 8674) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None   
 Registration, board examinations, licensing 
required. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section.  
(h) Medical services 
 (CPC 93121, 93122) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None    Registration, licensi ng, board examination 
required. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None  
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
  
(j) Services provided by 
nurses  
 (CPC 93191)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None    Registration, licensing required. 
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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B. Computer and Related 
Services  
    
(b) Software implementation 
services  
 (CPC 842)  1) None 
2) None 
3) None    Registration, licensing required. 
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   
 Registration and licensing required. 
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   
 Registration and licensing required. 
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. Research and 
Development Services  
    
(a) R&D services on natural 
sciences 
 (CPC 851) 1) None 
2) None 3) None   
 Registration and licensing required. 
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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(b) R&D services on social 
sciences and humanities 
 (CPC 852) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None   
 Registration and licensing required. 
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) Interdisciplinary R&D 
services 
 (CPC 853) 
 
  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None   
 Registration and licensing required. 
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) Joint ventures preferred.  Registration and 
licensing required. 
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 871) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Joint ventures preferred.  Registration and 
licensing required. 
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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F. Other Business Services  
    
(a) Advertising services 
 (CPC 871) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None   
 Registration and licensing required. 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) Market research and 
public opinion polling 
services 
 (CPC 864) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None    Registration and licensing required. 
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 consultancy 
services 
 (CPC 865) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None   
 Local certification required. 
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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2. COMMUNICATION 
 SERVICES     
C. Telecommunication 
Services  
    
 All Subsectors listed 
below 
 3) Voice telephone, facsimile, telex, and 
teleprinter services may not be supplied over 
cable TV network facilities  
 
3) Service providers must be a company 
incorporated or registered in Jamaica.  Service providers must satisfy the requisite 
licensing requirements.  See attached additional 
commitments on 
regulatory disciplines.  
The Government will 
submit to Parliament a new 
draft law on 
Telecommunications.  This 
law will provide the 
legislative framework for 
the provision of  
telecommunication 
services reflecting 
technological advances 
and pro -competiti ve 
practices in the sector.  
  
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(a) Voice telephone services  
 (CPC 7521) - domestic, fixed network 
only 
- international, wire and 
wireless networks 
-  for public use 
(d)  Telex services   (CPC 7523**) 
(e)  Telegraph services  
 (CPC 7522) (f) Facsimile services 
 (CPC 7521**, 7529**). 
(g) Private leased circuit 
services (CPC 7522**, 
7523**) 
- domestic, fixed network 
facilities 
- international, wire and 
wireless network facilities 
 
(l) Enhanced/value-added 
facsimile services, incl. 
store and forward, store 
and retrieve  
 (CPC 7523**) 
 1) Until Sept. 2013, bypass of exclusive private 
operator not permitted. Callback services and 
refiling not permitted Providers of 
international and domesti c services must be 
licensed in order to provide such services within the jurisdiction and must provide 
such services through licensed domestic 
carriers.  
2) Callback services not permitted
 None  
3) Reserved to exclusive supply until Sept. 2013. 
No limitation on foreign equity participation in 
the exclusive private operator.  None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 1) None 
  
 
  
 
 2) None 
3) None 
  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments   
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(a) Voice Telephone Services 
(CPC 7521) 
- for private use 
 1) Until Sept. 2013, bypass of exclusive pri vate 
operator not permitted . For wireless networks 
or networks with both wireless and wired 
elements, operators must have the relevant 
spectrum licences.  Interconnection with the local public switched network not permitted.  
Service to unauthorized persons not 
permitted.   
2) None 
3) Reserved to exclusive supply until Sept. 2013
. 
None.   
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments  
 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 The Government is in t
he 
process of reviewing this 
with the exclusive private 
operator in the context of 
the draft Telecom Bill and 
the establishment of the 
regulatory regime in 1997.  
If the outcome of this 
review is favourable, the 
Government will submit 
an improved commitmen t 
on private voice telephone  
services.  
(b) Packet-switched data 
transmission services 
 (CPC 7523**) 
- Domestic 
(c) Circuit-switched data 
transmission services 
 (CPC 7523**) - Domestic 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
  
(h) Electronic mail 
 (CPC 7523**)  (i) Voice mail  (CPC 7523**) 
(j) On-line information and 
data base retrieval (CPC 7523**) 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
  
(k) Electronic data 
interchange (CPC 7523**) 
(m) Code and protocol 
conversion 
(n) On-line information 
and/or data processing 
(incl. transaction 
processing) (CPC 843**) 
     
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(o) Other    
Internet and internet access 
services (CPC 75260)  1) Until Sept. 2013, excludes voice telephony 
over Internet 
2) None 
3) Until Sept. 2013, excludes voice telephony 
over Internet 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
 2) None 
3) None 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 The Government is in the
 
process of reviewing this  
with the exclusive operator  
in the context of the draf t 
Telecom Bill and the  
establishment of the  
regulatory regime in 
1997.if the outcome of this  
review is favorable , the 
Government will submit  
an improved commitment  
on voice over  internet.  
The Government is in the 
process of reviewing policy with regard to 
voice over internet and 
will be promulgating policies to address this 
area.   
Digital mobile services 
(terrestrial) (CPC 75213**) : 
- Cellular/mobile telephone 
services 
 1) Commercial presence required 
2) None 
3) Five to ten year licence scheduled to be i ssued 
to exclusive private operator  4 licences have 
already been issued.  The issuance of other 
licences subject to government discretion.  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None  
 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments  
Mobile telephone services 
(satellite-based) 
(CPC 75213**) - Domestic 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Five to ten year licence scheduled to be issued 
 to exclusive private operator   None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
 commitments   
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Mobile telephone services 
(satellite-based)(CPC 5213**) - International 
 
Fixed satellite transport services 
- International 
 1) Until Sept. 2013, the ex
clusive private operator 
 has rights of first refusal to enter into 
 arrangements with suppliers of such satellite 
 services  None  
2) None 3) Until Sept. 2013, the exclusive private operator 
 has rights of first refusal to enter into 
 arrangements with supp liers of such satellite 
 services None  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
  
 
2) None 3) None 
 
  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
  
Digital mobile services 
(terrestrial): 
- Mobile data services - Personal communications 
services 
- Paging (CPC 75291)  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 
  
Video transmission services 
(satellite-based)  
(CPC 75241**) 
 1) Until Sept. 2013, excludes video telephony 
2) None 
3) Until Sept. 2013, excludes video telephony 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 The Government is in the  
process of reviewing this  
with the exclusive private  
operator in the context of  
the draft Telecom Bill and  
the establishment of the  
regulatory regime in 1997.  
If the outcome of this  
review is favourab le, the  
Government will submit  
an improved commitment  
on video telephony  
services. The 
Government is in the 
process of reviewing the 
policy and regulatory regime for these services.  
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Trunked radio system services 
 1) None 
2) None 3) Until Sept. 2013, i
nterconnection with the local 
switched public network not permitted   
Interconnection can only be done through 
commercial arrangements with a licensed 
carrier.  
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
  
Teleconferencing services 
(CPC 75292)  1) Until Sept. 2013, only on network facilities 
 supplied by the exclusive private operator . 
 None  
2) None 
3) Until Sept. 2013, only on network facilities 
 suppli ed by the exclusive private operator  
 None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
  
2) None 
3) None  
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
  
 
International voice, data and 
video transmission services 
supplied to firms involved in information processing located 
within freezones 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) Until Sept 2013 , interconnection with the local 
public switched networks not permitted. 
Service to unauthorized parties not permitted. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None  
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
  
 
Telecommunications 
equipment1 sales, rental, 
maintenance, connection, 
repair and consulting services (CPC 75410 - 75450) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
commitments 
  
 
                                                      
 1 Both customer premises equipment and network equipment including, but not limited to, telephone sets, mobile telephone handset s, facsimile machines, 
computer terminal equipment, PBAX.  
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5. EDUCATIONAL 
SERVICES 
 
Except as indicated in the 
horizontal part of this schedule  
    
A. Primary Education 
Services  
 (CPC 921) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None   
 Registration and local certification required. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
 1) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
2) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
3) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section and entries . 
  
B. Secondary Education 
Services  
 (CPC 922) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None   
 Registration and local certification required. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
 1) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
2) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
3) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section and entries . 
  
C. Higher Education Services  
 (CPC 923) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None   
 Local certification, registration, licensing 
required. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 1) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
2) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
3) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section and entries . 
   
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7. FINANCIAL SERVICES 
    
A. All Insurance and 
Insurance-Related 
Services  
   
 
 
  
(a) Life, accident and health 
insurances services 
 (CPC 8121) 1) None 
2) None 
3) Under the current government policy there is a 
stipulation that entities should be at least 51.0 
per cent Jamaican.  This policy is now being 
reviewed with the objective of removing that stipulation and allowing fully owned foreign 
establishments.  However, permission is 
granted for such investments subject to a review of the investors` applications by the 
Ministry of Finance on a case-by-case basis.  
The Superintendent of Insurance must also be satisfied that the covers being offered by these 
companies will be supplemental to the industry 
in situations where there is limited capacity in 
the market.  In addition he must also be 
satisfied that adequate funds will be deposited to cover the domestic liabilities of these 
companies. 1) None 
2) None 
3) None  
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
  
(b) Non-life insurances 
services (CPC 8129) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) As indicated under m ode 3) for Life, accident 
and health insurance above. 
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) Reinsurance and 
retrocession 
 (CPC 81299) 
 1) None 
2) None 3) As indicated under m ode 3) for Life, accident 
and health insurance above. 
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 auxiliary to 
insurance (including broking and agency 
services) 
 (CPC 8140)  1) Unbound 
2) Unbound 3) As indicated under m ode 3) for Life, accident 
and health insurance above. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
  
8. HEALTH RELATED 
AND SOCIAL 
SERVICES 
 
Except as indicated in the  
horizontal part of this  
schedule 
    
A. Hospital Services  
 (CPC 9311) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None   
 Registration, licensing, local certification 
required. 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
 1) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
2) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
3) None, except as indicated in the horizontal 
part of this schedule . 
4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section and entries . 
   
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9. TOURISM AND 
TRAVEL-RELATED SERVICES 
    
A. Hotels and Restaurants  
 (CPC 641-643)  1) None 
2) None 3) None   
 Registration, licensing required. 
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 and Tour 
Operators  
 (CPC 7471) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None   
 Registration, licensing required. 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
 4) Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal 
section. 
  
10. RECREATION, 
CULTURAL AND 
SPORTING SERVICES 
    
A. Entertainment Services  
 (CPC 9619) 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None   
 Registration, licensing required 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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11. TRANSPORT SERVICES 
    
A. Maritime Transport 
Services  
    
 Freight transportation 
 (CPC 7212) 
 
  
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None   
 Registration, licensing required. 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. Road Transport Services  
    
 Passenger transportation 
 (CPC 7211) 1) None 
2) None 
3) None. 
 Registration and licensing required. 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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ATTACHMENT: ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS 
 
REFERENCE PAPER  
 
Scope  
 The following are definitions and principles on the regulatory framework for the basic 
telecommunications services.   
 
Definitions
 
 Users
 mean service consumers and service suppliers.   
 Essential facilities
 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 tec hnically substituted in order to provide a 
service. 
 A major supplier
 is a supplier which has the ability to mate rially affect the terms of participation 
(having regard to price and supply) in the releva nt 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 the purpose of preventing suppliers who, alone 
or together, are a major supplier from engaging  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 
 
(c) not making available to other services suppliers on a timely basis technical information about 
essential facilities and commercially relevant in formation which are necessary for them to 
provide services.  TN/S/O/JAM 
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 2. Interconnection
 
 2.1 This section applies to linking with suppliers  providing public telecommunications transport 
networks or services in order to allow the users of  one supplier to communicate with users of another 
supplier and to access services provided by anothe r supplier, where specific commitments are 
undertaken. 
 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, conditi ons (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 ar e transparent, reasonable, having regard to 
economic feasibility, and sufficiently unbundled 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 a ppropriate terms, conditions and rates for 
interconnection within a reasonable period of tim e, to the extent that 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 procedures 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 ba nds will be made publicly available, but detailed 
identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses is not required. 
 
 
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JAMAICA - LIST OF ARTICLE II (MFN) EXEMPTIONS 
 
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 
ALL SECTORS  
 The work permit requirement will 
be waived for citizens of the 
countries indicated in column 3.  
 Member States of the Carib bean 
Community (CARICOM)  
Antigua and Barbuda  
Barbados  
Belize  
Dominica  
Grenada  
Guyana  
Montserrat  
St. Kitts and Nevis  
St. Lucia  
St. Vincent and the Grenadines  
Trinidad and Tobago  
 To be implemented by 
1995 for an indefinite 
duration.  
 CARICOM Members are in the 
process of creating a single market, 
which, inter alia , will provide for 
the free movement of personnel 
within the Common Market States.  
 
Maritime Transport 
 Cargo reservation under the UN 
Convention on a Code of Conduct on Liner Conferences. 
 Signatories to the UN Code of 
Conduct on Liner Conferences  Indefinite 
 To fulfil obligations as a 
contracting party to the Convention.  
 
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