. /.  RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  S/CSC/M/41 
11 July 2006 
 (06-3331) 
Committee on Specific Commitments  
  
 
 
REPORT OF THE MEETING HELD ON 22 JUNE 2006 
 
Note by the Secretariat
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1. The Committee on Specific Commitm ents (CSC) held a meeting on 22 June 2006.  The 
agenda for the meeting is contained in WTO/AI R/2843.  As no points were raised under Other 
Business, the agenda was adopted  as proposed in the airgram. 
A. E DITORIAL CONVENTIONS FOR THE SECOND ROUND OF REVISED OFFERS  
2. The Chairman  stated that in light of the approaching timeline for the submission of second 
revised offers by the end of July, he had consulte d with Members on possible editorial conventions for 
these offers, and was suggesting that Members follow the conventions set out in a Chairman's Note, 
JOB(06)/181.  The Note proposed to remove shadi ng from text introduced/struck out in the revised 
offer, and shade instead any text newly added or stru ck out in the second revised offer.  In addition, it 
was suggested that Members indicate in the cove r pages to their offers any new sub-sectors, 
improvements to existing or offered commitments, as well as any instances where they considered it 
necessary to depart from the suggested conventions.  He noted that a uniform application of editorial 
conventions would benefit all Members in readi ng, analysing, and comparing the offers.   
3. The Committee took note  of the editorial conventions proposed.   
B. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OLD AND NEW COMMITMENTS  
4. The discussion of this agenda item was conducted in informal mode.  It was agreed  that the 
Chairman prepare an informal, non-attributable summary of the discussion, and that the Committee 
revert to the item at the next meeting. 
C. SCHEDULING ISSUES  
5. The Chairman  drew the Committee's attention to an updated informal Chairman's summary of 
scheduling issues (dated 9 May 2006), which reflected  the discussion on residency requirements that 
was held in informal mode at the last meeting.  He further introduced a Note by the Secretariat, 
JOB(06)/159, which was prepared upon request by the Committee, and contained an overview of the 
discussions concerning residency requirements in the context of the development of the Accountancy 
Disciplines and the Scheduling Guidelines.   
6. The discussion on scheduling issues was held  in informal mode;  it was agreed  that the 
Chairman update his summary, and that the Committee revert to the item at the next meeting.   
                                                      
1 This document has been prepared under the Secret ariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to 
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO. S/CSC/M/41 
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  D. C
LASSIFICATION ISSUES  
7. The Chairman  recalled that the delegation of Indon esia had presented a second revision of its 
classification proposal of energy services at the last meeting.  This proposal had been circulated with 
some amendments as S/CSC/W/42/Rev.2.  
8. The representative of Indonesia  expressed the expectation that the proposal would facilitate 
progress in the negotiation both for energy producing and using countries.  Changes to the previous 
version of the proposal were highlighted in bold and italics.  In response to comments by Norway with regard to sub-category 1A.2.1 "Rig Positi oning and Preparation," and sub-category 1A.2.1.1 
"Vessel Transportation and Supply Services," he stat ed that these items were included in the second 
revision on page four.  
9. The Chairman
 noted that the environmental classifica tion contained in the French version of 
document S/L/92 had been corrected in line with the conclusions drawn at the last meeting.  Turning 
to the question of a technical error in the Mar itime Model Schedule (MMS), he referred to the 
proposed solution in the annotated agenda for the meeting, JOB(06)187. 
10. The representatives of Japan,  Australia,  and Norway  stated that the friends of maritime 
services had not reached a conclusion on the issue and asked to revert to it at a later stage.   
11. The representative of the United States  stated that her delegation had not come to a 
conclusion yet.  The US term "coastguard captain  of the port" corresponded most closely to the 
function in the proposed definition.  The coastguard captain of the port controlled the movement of 
vessels to ensure security and safety of vessels and port facilities and protect the environment.  
Separate from this, someone else at the port might have the responsibility of allocating berth space at 
public terminals.  Some smaller US ports cater ing to pleasure boats had harbour masters who 
appeared to have the role of allocating dock space.   
12. The Chairman  suggested that the Committee take note of the statements made and revert to 
the item at the next meeting.   
13. It was so agreed .   
14. No delegation intervened on any of the other outstanding classification issues, i.e. 
Classification of certain Distribution Services in W/120;   Classification of Dredging Services;  and 
the application of additional commitments as descri bed in the MMS also to private port operators.  
E. OTHER BUSINESS  
15. The Chairman  suggested that, in accordance with the practice of grouping meetings of 
subsidiary bodies close to meetings of the Council,  the next formal meeting be held in conjunction 
with the next services cluster.   
16. It was so agreed . 
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