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ORGANIZATION  WT/ACC/SPEC/TJK/2/Rev.3
20 March 2009 
 
 (09-1388) 
Working Party on the  
Accession of Tajikistan Original:   English 
 
 
 
ACCESSION OF TAJIKISTAN 
 
Offer on Specific Commitments in Services  
Revision  
 
  The following submission, dated 16 March 2009, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Tajikistan.  
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I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS (ALL SECTORS)1 
- Subsidies  (1), (2), (3) Unbound for: 
- Subsidies for the supply of a service 
within the public sector; 
- Subsidies in the sphere of scientific 
and research development and spheres relating to culture and 
national uniqueness, and also 
relating to supply of services in the State sector; and 
- Subsidies and other forms of State 
support, including access to financial and other material 
resources of State will be 
established only for a specific regions, branch and specific circle 
of persons, that is in a difficult 
social and/or economic situation, 
enterprises of social significance, 
and providers of common use services.   
- Land ownership  (1), (2), (3), (4) Unbound with respect to 
land ownership. 
 Enterprises with foreign participation are 
not allowed to obtain land for lifelong 
inherited use as a primary land users
2. 
 
Foreign service suppliers can not obtain 
land for perpetual use unless they establish a joint venture with a local 
person/s.  
                                                      
1 It is understood that restrictions included in "Horizontal Commitments (All Sectors)" shall be applicable to all commitments u nder each sector/sub-sector individually 
enlisted in Chapter II "Specific Commitments" under all modes of supply. 
2 There are three regimes of land use: (i) perpetual; (ii) term; and (iii) lifelong inherited use.  Primary users obtain land fo r use from the State under one of these regimes.  
For "perpetual" use land is provided with no pre-defined term of use.  For use with a "term" land is provided with a specific t ime of use.  Only specified list of persons are eligible 
for lifelong inherited use.  
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  Foreign persons can obtain land for term 
use with a maximum term of up to 50 years.    
- Participation in privatization and 
privatized companies  Unbound with respect to privatization of 
following forms of State and public 
property:  
- Land, subsurface, air, flora and 
fauna other natural resources; 
- Objects of historical heritage and 
national property; 
- Buildings and constructions of State 
authority and administration organs 
and organs of local administration; 
- Potable water supply systems; - Objects ensuring economic viability 
of cities and districts; 
- Objects of fuel and power complex; 
- Water installations; 
- Railways and road communications; - Communication networks; and 
- Objects of health protection and 
education.  
- Commercial presence (3) Comme rcial presence can only be 
through establishment of a juridical 
person.   
- Temporary entry and stay of natural 
persons (4) Unbound except for measures 
concerning the entry and temporary stay of the following categories of 
natural persons providing services: 
  - The Government of the 
Republic of Tajikistan sets an 
annual quota fo r attracting of 
foreign workforce in 
percentage terms to 
economically active population. (4) Unbound except for measures 
concerning the categories of natural persons referred to and committed 
in the Limitations on Market Access 
column.   
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 A. Intra-corporate transferees  
 Access is subject to the following 
conditions: 
 Employees of firms that provide services 
within Tajikistan th rough a branch or 
subsidiary, or affiliate established in Tajikistan and who have been employed 
by it or have been employed by their firm 
outside of Tajikistan or have been a partner in it (or as a majority shareholder) 
for at least a year immediately preceding 
the date of admission, and who are one of the following: 
 
(a) Executives - persons within an 
organisation who primarily direct 
the management of the organisation, 
establish the goals and policies of 
the organisation, exercise wide 
latitude in decision making, and receive only general supervision or 
direction from higher level 
executives, the board of directors or stockholders of the business.  
Executives would not directly 
perform tasks related to actual provision of a service or services of 
the organisation; 
(b) Managers - persons within an 
organisation, who: 
 - Primarily direct the 
organisation or a department or sub-division of the 
organisation;    
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  - Supervise and control the work 
of other supervisory, professional or managerial 
employees; and 
 - Have the authority to hire and 
fire or recommend hiring, 
firing or other personnel 
actions (such as promotion or leave authorization).  Does not 
include first line supervisors, 
unless the employees supervised are professionals, 
nor does it include employees 
who primary perform tasks necessary for promotion of 
service. 
(c) Specialists - persons within an 
organisation, who possess 
knowledge at an advance level of 
continued expertise and who 
process proprietary knowledge of 
the organisation's services, research equipment, techniques or 
management. (Specialists may 
include, but are not limited to members of licenses professions). 
 
Entry and stay is limited to a maximum of three years in the cases of (a), (b) 
and (c). 
 Participation of foreign persons in 
organisation will be limited to the amount 
not exceeding 30% for these categories of employees.    
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 B. Business visitors  
 Entry and temporary stay of the 
following categories of natural persons is 
permitted for a period of up to 90 days:  
(a) Persons not based in the territory of 
Tajikistan, receiving no remuneration from a source located 
within Tajikistan, who are engaged 
in activities related to representing a service supplier for the purpose of 
negotiating for the sale of services 
(of that service supplier) (or entering into agreements to sell 
services for that service provider), 
where i) such sales are not directly made to the general public and 
ii) the salesperson is not engaged in 
supplying the services; and 
(b) Persons who have been employed 
by an entity described in Section A, receiving remuneration from that 
source, who occupies a managerial 
or executive position with that entity and is entering the territory of 
Tajikistan for the purpose of 
establishing an entity described in Section A which will support 
employment of person named in 
paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) therein.     
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II SPECIFIC SECTOR COMMITMENTS 
1. BUSINESS SERVICES 
A. Professional Services 
(a) Legal services 
 Consultancy on foreign law and 
international law only 
(part of CPC 861) (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) The right to provide legal services 
shall be given as an individual 
entrepreneurship only, without constitution of a juridical person. 
 
  
 
  
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section and subject to the 
following:  
 - To supply services natural 
persons should be registered in 
the Republic of Tajikistan as individual entrepreneurs. (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) Only a citizen of the Republic of 
Tajikistan holding a notary's licence 
may act as a notary in the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan. 
 
 The right to act as defence counsel 
in criminal cases is restricted to 
licensed lawyers, who are citizens 
of the Republic of Tajikistan and Member of the Bar Association. 
 
(4) Unbound.  
(b) Accounting, auditing and 
bookkeeping services 
(CPC 862) (1), (2) Unbound, in regards to 
mandatory audit: 
 - Auditing conclusions shall be 
signed by auditors certified 
according to legislation of the 
Republic of Tajikistan, having licence to provide auditing 
services. 
(3) Commercial presence is admitted 
only as a juridical person of the 
Republic of Tajikistan, which is a 
commercial organisation of organisational and legal form other 
than open joint stock companies, 
production cooperation and State 
unitary enterprise. (1) None. 
(2) None. 
  
 
  
 
(3) Personnel structure of the auditing 
organisation shall include not less 
than 70% of citizens of the Republic 
of Tajikistan.  In case if the head of the auditing organisation is a 
foreign citizen - not less than 75% 
of employees shall be citizens of the 
Republic of Tajikistan.   
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  Foreign physical persons and legal 
entities may create auditing organisations in the territory of the 
Republic of Tajikistan and carry out 
auditing activities in the capacity of individual auditor.  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section, and also: 
 - The access to the procedures 
of certification is allowed only 
to persons who have a work record of no less than three out 
of the last five years as an 
auditor, or an auditing organisation in-house expert, 
an accountant, economist, 
inspector, researcher or lecturer in economics, and in 
the case of bank audit, as a 
banking system specialist or 
auditor of credit organisation; 
and 
 - Persons exercising auditing 
activity, may not be involved 
in any other entrepreneurial activity, not related to audit 
activity.    Out of total number of personnel of 
the auditing organisation the number of licensed auditors shall 
not be less than 70%. 
  
(4)  Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
(c) Taxation services 
(CPC 863) (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) None. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) None. 
(4) Unbound.   
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(d) Architectural services 
(part of CPC 8671, except for independent appraisal, examination 
and analysis services) 
(e) Engineering services 
(part of CPC 8672, except for 
independent appraisal, examination 
and analysis services) 
(f) Integrated engineering services 
(part of CPC 8673, except for 
independent appraisal, examination and analysis services) (1), (2) Provision of services is allowed 
only jointly with an architect who is a citizen or a juridical person of the 
Republic of Tajikistan which is a 
commercial organisation licensed to carry out architectural activity. 
(3) Share of foreign participation in the 
charter capital of a juridical person must not exceed 50%. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None. 
(2) None.  
 
  
(3) None. 
  
(4) Unbound.  
(h) Medical and dental services 
(part of CPC 9312, includes private 
linked services and excludes all public linked services and medical 
services financed out of State funds) (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.  
B. Computer and Related Services  
(a) Consultancy services related to the 
installation of computer hardware 
(СРС  841) 
(b) Software implementation services 
(CPC 842) 
(c) Data processing services 
(CPC 843) 
(d) Database services 
(CPC 844) 
(e) Maintenance and repair services of 
office machinery and equipment 
including computers 
(CPC 845) 
(f) Other computer services 
(CPC 849) (1) None. 
(2) None. 
(3) Share of foreign participation in the 
charter capital of a juridical person limited to 50%. 
(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. Rental/Leasing Services without Operators 
(a) Relating to ships 
(CPC 83103) 
(b) Relating to aircraft 
(CPC 83104) 
(c) Relating to other transport 
equipment 
(CPC 83101+ 83102+83105) 
(d) Relating to other machinery and 
equipment 
(CPC 83106-83109) (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.  
F. Other Business Services 
(b) Market research services 
(CPC 86401) 
(c) Management consulting services 
(CPC 865) 
(d) Services related to management 
consulting 
(part of CPC 866, except for 
arbitration and conciliation services 
(CPC 86602)) 
(e) Advertising services 
(CPC 871) 
(f) Services relating to agriculture, 
hunting and forestry (part of CPC 881, only in case of 
providing the services on 
development of sporting hunting) 
(g) Services incidental to fishing 
(part of CPC 882, only relating to 
providing the fishing equipment, building, and repair and 
maintenance of fishing vessels) 
(m) Related scientific and technical 
consulting services 
(CPC 8675) 
(n) Maintenance and repair of 
equipment 
(part of CPC 633, except the repair 
of jewellery (CPC 63303)) (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.   
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(q) Packaging services 
(part of CPC 876, except bottling of spirits containing alcoholic 
products) 
(s) Convention services 
(part of CPC 87909)    
2. COMMUNICATION SERVICES 
B. Courier Services 
(CPC 7512) (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.  
C. Telecommunication Services3 
Commitments undertaken by Tajikistan are based on the Chairman's Notes "Notes for Scheduling Basic Telecom Services Commitments " (S/GBT/W/2/Rev.1) and "Market 
Access Limitations on Spectrum Availability" (S/GBT/W/3). 
(a) Voice telephone services 
(CPC 7521) 
(b) Packet-switched data transmission 
services 
(CPC 7523**) 
(c) Circuit-switched-data transmission 
services 
(CPC 7523**) 
(d) Telex services 
(CPC 7523**) 
(e) Telegraph services 
(CPC 7522) 
(f) Facsimile services 
(CPC 7521**+7529**) 
(g) Private leased circuit services 
(CPC 7522**+7523**) 
(h) Electronic mail 
(CPC 7523**) 
(i) Voice mail 
(CPC 7523**) (1) None. 
(2) None. 
(3) Commercial presence is admitted 
only in the form of a juridical 
person of the Republic of Tajikistan, that is a commercial organisation, 
created in the form of joint stock 
company or limited liability company. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None. 
(2) None. 
(3) Unbound until 1 January 2010. 
 
  
 
  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. Tajikistan undertakes to adhere to the 
disciplines contained in the Reference 
Paper (Annex 1) as of 1 January 2010. 
                                                      
3 Services in the field of telecommunicati ons for the purposes of the given list of specific commitments do not include services  in broadcasting, satellite and wire 
broadcasting of tele- and/or radio-broadcasting, distribution and transmission of television and/or sound programmes (radio-bro adcastings), services of a transmitting network.  
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(j) On-line information and database 
retrieval (CPC 7523**) 
(k) Electronic data interchange (EDI) 
(CPC 7523**) 
(l) Enhanced/value-added facsimile 
services including store and 
forward, store and retrieve (CPC 7523**) 
(m) Code and protocol conversion 
(n) On-line information and/or data 
processing (including transaction 
processing) 
(CPC 843**) 
(o) Other: 
 - Paging 
 (CPC 75291)    
3. CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES 
A. General construction works for 
buildings, except for sports 
buildings (part of CPC 512) 
B. General construction works for civil 
engineering (CPC 513) 
C. Installation and assembly work 
(CPC 514+516) 
D. Building completion and finishing 
work 
(CPC 517) 
E. Other 
(CPC 511+515+518) (1) Unbound. 
(2) None. 
(3) Share of the foreign participation in 
authorized capital of a juridical 
person must not exceed 50%.  No 
less than 80% of employees of juridical persons must consist of 
citizens of the Republic of 
Tajikistan. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) Unbound. 
(2) None. 
(3) None.  
 
  
 
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.   
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4. DISTRIBUTION SERVICES 
Except in respect of the distribution of the following items:  weapon and armament system; military equipment and military mate rials; explosive mate rials; equipment and 
devices for blasting and pyrotechnic items; ethyl spirits, alcoholic and spirits containing products; waste precious metals, pr ecious metals and stones; jewellery products of 
precious metals and stones, antique items; drug substances and psychotropic substances; tobacco products; medicines, medical pr oducts and para-pharmaceutical products. 
A. Commission agents' services 
(part of CPC 621) (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) Authorization of local authorities is 
required as well as economic need 
test. 
(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. Wholesale trade services 
(part of CPC 622) (1) Unbound. 
(2) None. (3) Commercial presence permitted 
only in form of a juridical person of 
the Republic Tajikistan, as well as authorization of local authorities is 
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.  
5. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES ( in respect of private funded educational services only)  
C. Higher education services 
(part of CPC 923) 
D. Adult education 
(CPC 924) (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) None. 
 
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) Unbound with re spect to the access 
to subsidies and other forms of State 
support. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
E. Other education services: 
 - short-term training 
programmes 
(CPC-92900) (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.   
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6.  ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES 
A. Sewage services 
(CPC 9401) 
B. Refuse disposal services 
(CPC 9402) 
C. Sanitation and similar services 
(CPC 9403) 
D. Cleaning services of exhaust gases 
(CPC 9404) (1) Unbound, except for consultancy 
services where:  None. 
(2) None. 
(3) None. 
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) Unbound, except for consultancy 
services where:  None. 
(2) None. 
(3) Unbound for services financed out 
of State funds. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
7. FINANCIAL SERVICES 
The admission to the market of new financial services or products  may be subject to the existence of, and consistency with, a r egulatory framework ai med at achieving the 
objectives indicated in Article 2(a)  of the Financial Services Annex. 
A. Insurance services (excludes commitments on compulsory insurance and compulsory pension scheme funds)  
(i). Direct insurance 
(including co-insurance) 
 
 (A) Life 
 (B) Non-Life (1) Unbound. 
(2) Unbound. (3) Commercial presence is admitted 
only in the form of juridical person 
of the Republic of Tajikistan that is 
a commercial organisation, created 
in the form of joint stock company or limited liability company. 
 
 The general paid capital of the 
insurance organisations, with 
participation of non-residents of 
Republic of Tajikistan should not exceed 50% of the total paid capital 
of the insurance organisations on 
the territory of the Republic of Tajikistan.  
 
 Prior authorisation is required:  - to increase the charter capital 
of an insurance organisation at 
the expense of foreign investor (investors) funds and/or those 
of subsidiary thereof. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) Unbound. 
(2) Unbound. (3) Until 2010 is established additional 
requirement for order and 
conditions of allocation of insurance 
reserves by the insurance 
organisations, having shares of foreign participations above 49%.  
At least one third of the Board of 
the Directors of an insurance (reinsurance) company with foreign 
participation should be citizens of 
Tajikistan. 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.   
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(ii) Reinsurance and retrocession  (1) Unbound with respect to 
reinsurance and retrocession of risks in the spheres of life insurance, 
mandatory insurance and State 
procurement insurance. 
 
 The aggregate amount of insurance 
premium paid by the insurance company to foreign reinsurance 
organisation may not exceed 85% of 
the aggregate amount of insurance premiums received by the insurance 
contracts. 
 (2) Unbound for reinsurance and 
retrocession of risks in the spheres 
of life insurance, mandatory insurance and State procurement 
insurance. 
(3) Commercial presence is admitted 
only in the form of juridical person 
of the Republic of Tajikistan that is a commercial organisation, created 
in the form of joint stock company 
or limited liability company. 
 
 The general paid capital of the 
insurance organisations, with participation of non-residents of 
Republic of Tajikistan should not 
exceed 50% of the total paid capital 
of the insurance organisations on 
the territory of the Republic of 
Tajikistan. (1) Unbound. 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 (2) Unbound. 
 
  
 
(3) At least one third of the Board of 
the Directors of an insurance 
(reinsurance) company with foreign participation should be citizens of 
Tajikistan.   
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  Prior authorisation is required: 
 - To increase the charter capital 
of a reinsurance organisation 
with foreign investor 
(investors) funds and/or those of subsidiary thereof; and 
 - To alienate shares of (interest 
in) reinsurance organisation in favour of foreign investor 
and/or subsidiary thereof. 
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
  
 
  
 
  
 
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
(iii) Insurance intermediation, such as 
brokerage and agency (1) Unbound. 
(2) None. (3) Commercial presence is admitted 
only in the form of juridical person 
of the Republic of Tajikistan. 
 
 In respect of insurance 
organisations, that is subsidiary in 
respect of a foreign investor (foreign 
investors), and/or with foreign participation in their authorized 
capital (voting shares), above 49%: 
 - Unbound, in respect of issue of 
licenses on the activities in the 
field of obligatory insurance 
and insurance of State purchases; and 
 - Preliminary sanctions are 
required to open an organisation's branch, that is a 
juridical person of the 
Republic of Tajikistan. 
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) Unbound. 
(2) None. (3) None. 
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
(4) Unbound.   
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B.  Banking and other financial services (excluding insurance)  
(v) Acceptance of deposits and other 
repayable funds from the public 
(vi) Lending of all types, including 
inter alia , consumer credit, 
mortgage credit, factoring and financing of commercial 
transactions 
(vii) Financial leasing (viii) All payment and money 
transmission services including 
credit, charge and debit cards, travellers cheques and bankers 
drafts (excluding postal drafts and 
postal giro) 
(ix) Guarantees and commitments (1) Unbound. 
(2) Unbound. (3) Banks must be in the form of a 
joint-stock company. 
 - The main founder and participant of 
a credit organisation being a 
subsidiary with foreign investment must be a foreign bank qualifying as 
such under the laws of its country of 
location (registration); 
- The ceiling (quota) of foreign 
capital participation in the bank 
system of the Republic of Tajikistan is limited to 35%. 
- Authorisation from the Central 
Bank is required: 
 - To establish a credit 
organisation with foreign participation, including 
subsidiaries and dependent 
companies; 
 - To increase the charter capital 
of a credit organisation with 
non-resident (non-residents) funds; and 
 - To alienate shares (interest) of 
credit organisation in favour of non-residents. 
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) Unbound. 
(2) Unbound. (3) Unbound. 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
  
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.   
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(x) Trading for own account or for 
account of customers, whether on an exchange, in an over-the-counter 
market or otherwise, the following: 
 (A) money market instruments 
(cheques, bills, certificates of 
deposits, etc.); 
 (B) foreign exchange;  (C) derivate products, including, 
but not limited to, futures and 
options; 
 (D) exchange rate and interest rate 
instruments, including 
products such as swaps, forward rate agreements etc.; 
 (E) transferable securities; and 
 (F) other negotiable instruments 
and financial assets, including 
bullion. (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) A licensee must be in the form of a 
joint-stock company. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) None. 
 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
(xi) Participation in issues of all kinds of 
securities, including underwriting 
and placement as agent (whether 
publicly or privately) and provision of services related to such issues (1) None. 
(2) None. 
(3) A licensee must be in the form of a 
joint-stock company.  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None. 
(2) None. 
(3) None. 
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
(xiii) Pension assets investment 
management services 
 Investment funds' assets 
management services (1) Unbound. 
(2) Unbound. (3) Unbound. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) Unbound. 
(2) Unbound. (3) Unbound. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
(xiv) Settlement and clearing services for 
financial assets, including securities, 
derivative products, and other 
negotiable instruments (1) Unbound. 
(2) Unbound. 
(3) A licensee must be in the form of a 
joint-stock company.  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) Unbound. 
(2) Unbound. 
(3) Unbound. 
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.   
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on market access Li mitations on national treatment Additional commitments 
(xv) Provision and transfer of financial 
information, and financial data processing and related software by 
providers of other financial services 
(xvi) Advisory, intermediation and other 
auxiliary financial services on all 
the activities listed in subparagraphs 
(v)-(xi) and (xiii-xv), including credit reference and analysis, 
investment and portfolio research 
and advice, advice on acquisitions and on corporate restructuring and 
strategy. (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.  
9. TOURISM AND TRAVEL-RELATED SERVICES 
A. Hotels and restaurants (including 
catering) (CPC 641-643) 
B. Travel agencies and tour operators 
services 
(CPC 7471) (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.  
10. RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING SERVICES 
A. Entertainment services (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) None. 
 
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) None. 
(2) None. (3) Unbound, as relating to access to 
subsidies and other forms of State 
support. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
11. TRANSPORT SERVICES 
C.  Air Transport Services    
(d) Aircraft repair station services, 
during which an aircraft is withdrawn from services (1) Unbound. 
(2) None. (3) None, except commercial presence 
allowed only in form of juridical 
person. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) Unbound. 
(2) None. (3) None. 
 
 (4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.   
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Sector or Sub-sector Limitations on market access Li mitations on national treatment Additional commitments 
Selling and marketing of air transport 
services (only by airline companies operating routes to Tajikistan) (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.  
Computer Reservation Systems 
(excluding supply to national flag carrier) (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.  
F. Road Transport Services    
(d) Maintenance and repair of road 
transport equipment 
(CPC 6112, 8867) (1) Unbound. 
(2) None. 
(3) Commercial presence allowed only 
in form of juridical person. 
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section. (1) Unbound. 
(2) None. 
(3) None.  
(4) Unbound, except as indicated in the 
horizontal section.  
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  ANNEX 1 
REFERENCE PAPER  
Scope  
 The following are principals on the regulator y 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 prov ided 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 materially affect the terms of 
participation (having regard to price and supply) in  the relevant 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 compe titors with anti-competitive results; and 
(c) Not making available to other services suppliers on a timely basis technical 
information about essential facilities and comm ercially relevant information which 
are necessary for them to provide services. 
2. Interconnection  
2.1 This section applies to linking with supplie rs 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 anot her supplier, where specific commitments are 
undertaken. WT/ACC/SPEC/TJK/2/Rev.3 
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  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 l ess 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, c onditions (including technical standards and 
specifications) and cost-oriented rates that ar e transparent, reasonable, having regard 
to economic feasibility, and sufficiently unbundl ed 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 procedures fo r interconnection 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 appropriate te rms, conditions and rates for interconnection within 
a reasonable period of time, to the extent th at these have not been established previously. 
3. Universal service  
 Tajikistan 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-discriminatory and competitively ne utral manner and are not more burdensome than 
necessary for the kind of universal service defined by Tajikistan. 
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 licenses.  WT/ACC/SPEC/TJK/2/Rev.3 
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  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 a nd the procedure 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 s carce resources, including frequencies, numbers 
and rights of way, will be carried out in an obj ective, timely, transparent and non-discriminatory 
manner.  The current state of allocated frequency bands will be made publicly available, but detailed 
identification of frequencies allocated for specific government uses in not required. 
  
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Republic of Tajikistan:  List of Exemptions from Article II (MFN) GATS  
Sector or 
Sub-sector of 
Services Measure description, demonstrating its 
discrepancy to Article II GATS Countries in respect of which given 
measure is used Period of 
validity Conditions creating the needs for given 
exemptions 
Establishment of the Common Economic Union 
for the purposes of forming the conditions for 
free supply of services and assistance to growth of economic integration of countries-participants. All C.I.S. countries, with which 
Agreement takes effect. Indefinite. Agreement on Establishment a Free Trade 
Zone within the Territory of C.I.S. Countries 
of 15 April 1994. 
Establishment of the Common Economic Area 
for purposes of improving mutual trade of 
services and economic integration of countries-participants. Republic of Kazakhstan, Russian 
Federation, Belarus, Kyrgyz 
Republic, Republic of Tajikistan. Indefinite. Agreement on Establishment of the Customs 
Union (CU) of 20 January 1995.  
 Agreement on Customs Union and United 
Economic Space of 26 February 1999. 
 Agreement on Establishment of the 
Euro-Asian Economic Community of 
10 October 2000. 
Reinforcement of integrated relationships between the Central Asia Countries, fortification 
of their Economic Union and creation of an 
effectively functioning economic area of region. Republic of Kazakhstan, 
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, 
Republic of Tajikistan. Indefinite. Agreement on Establishment a United 
Economic Space of 30 March 1994. All Sectors 
Establishment of a co mmon market services, 
provision of mutual liberalisation of functioning 
of priority sectors of ec onomy and social spheres. Republic of Kazakhstan, 
Uzbekistan, Kyrgyz Republic, 
Republic of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Turk ey, Afghanistan, 
Pakistan, Azerbaijan, Iran. Indefinite. Updated Charter of UEU - Izmir Agreement, 
14 September 1996, Izmir, Turkey.  This 
Agreement has been ratified by the Republic of Tajikistan on 21 May 1998. 
 
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