RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  S/C/W/327 
8 November 2010 
 (10-5963) 
Council for Trade in Services  
  
 
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ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE IN SERVICES 
TO THE GENERAL COUNCIL (2010) 
  
1. Since its last report to the General Council, th e Council for Trade in Services held six formal 
meetings, on 5 October 2009, 5 N ovember 2009, 11 February 2010, 28 April 2010, 30 June 2010 and 
30 September 2010.
1  During this period, the Council addressed the following matters. 
I. NOTIFICATIONS MADE TO THE COUNCIL PURSUANT TO GATS 
ARTICLES III:3, V:7 AND VII:4 
2. At its meetings held on 5 October 2009, 5 Nove mber 2009, 11 February 2010, 28 April 2010, 
30 June 2010 and 30 Sept ember 2010, the Council for Trade in Services took note of the following 
notifications: 
 
(a) Notifications pursuant to Article III:3 of the GATS 
 
India S/C/N/497-499 and S/C/N/543 New Zealand  S/C/N/503-507, and S/C/N/518-521 Paraguay  S/C/N/510-511 Albania  S/C/N/516 and S/C/N/528 
China S/C/N/522-527, S/C/N/529-534, and S/C/N/564-566 
Chile S/C/N/536 Australia S/C/N/540 and Corr.1, S/C/N/541-542 Peru S/C/N/546-550 Barbados S/C/N/552-556 Nicaragua S/C/N/561-562 
Switzerland S/C/N/567-568 
 (b) Notifications pursuant to Article V:7 of the GATS  
Nicaragua and the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
 Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu  S/C/N/500 
Panama and the Separate Cu stoms Territory of Taiwan, 
 Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu  S/C/N/501 Peru and Singapore S/C/N/502 Peru and Canada  S/C/N/508 
China and Macao, China S/C/N/265/Add.3 
Colombia and Chile  S/C/N/509 
                                                     
 
1 Reports of these meetings are contained in documents S/C/M/95 to 100, and should be read in 
conjunction with this report. S/C/W/327 
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  Japan and Switzerland  S/C/N/512 
China and Hong Kong, China  S/C/N/264/Add.3 Japan and Viet Nam  S/C/N/513 European Union and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia S/C/N/514 European Union and Albania S/C/N/515 
European Union and Croatia S/C/N/517 
Honduras and Panama S/C/N/535 Peru and China S/C/N/537 El Salvador, Honduras and the Separa te Customs Territory of Taiwan, 
 Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu  S/C/N/544 
Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, 
 New Zealand, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam S/C/N/545 China and Pakistan S/C/N/551 European Union S/C/N/557 Republic of Korea S/C/N/558-559 
Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, 
 the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Viet Nam S/C/N/560 
 (c) Notifications pursuant to Article VII:4 of the GATS  
Australia S/C/N/538 
United States S/C/N/539 
 
II. TRANSITIONAL REVIEW UNDER SECTION 18 OF THE PROTOCOL ON THE 
ACCESSION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA 
3. At its meeting held on 5 November 2009, th e Council for Trade in Services conducted and 
concluded the eighth transitional review of the implementation by China of its WTO commitments, 
pursuant to section 18 of the Protocol on the Accession of the People's Republic of China 
(WT/L/432).  The Council took note of the report of  the Committee on Trade in Financial Services 
(S/FIN/23), which formed part of the Council's repo rt on this matter to the General Council, contained 
in document S/C/33. 
III. COMPLIANCE WITH GATS NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS 
4. At its meetings held on 5 Oc tober 2009, 11 February 2010, 28 April 2010, 30 June 2010 and 
30 September 2010, the Council for Trade in Servi ces addressed the issue of compliance with GATS 
notification requirements.  At the April meeting, the Council requested the Secretariat to update its 
informal Note providing a statistical account of  the notifications made under relevant GATS 
provisions.  The revised Note (circulated in doc ument JOB(09)/10/Rev.2) was addressed at the 
meeting held on 30 June.  At the meeting held on 30 September 2010, the delegation of Switzerland 
drew attention to its proposal, contained in document S/C/W/297, and announced its intention of inviting Members to participate in an open-ended,  informal group to exchange experiences with 
regard to notifications. 
IV. SECTORAL AND MODAL DISCUSSIONS 
5. The Council for Trade in Services continued with its discussions on a number of services 
sectors and modes of supply, on the basis of a series of Background Notes it had requested the 
Secretariat to produce, by way of an update of similar Notes produced in 1998.    S/C/W/327 
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  6. At its meeting held on 5 October 2009, the Council considered the following Background 
Notes: 
Modes 1 and 2 (S/C/W/304) 
Mode 4 (S/C/W/301) Architectural services (S/C/W/303) 
Construction and related engineering services (S/C/W/302).   
 
7. At the meeting held on 11 February 2010, the Council considered the following Background 
Notes: 
Audiovisual services (S/C/W/310 and Corr.1) 
Energy services (S/C/W/311). 
 
8. At its meeting held on 28 April 2010, the Council considered the following Background 
Notes: 
 Financial services (S/C/W/312 and Corr.1) 
Education services (S/C/W/313) 
Mode 3 (S/C/W/314).    
9. At its meeting held on 30 June 2010, the C ouncil considered the following Background 
Notes: 
Maritime transport services (S/C/W/315) 
Logistics services (S/C/W/317) 
Accountancy services (S/C/W/316)  Legal services (S/C/W/318).  
10. Finally, at the meeting of 30 September 2010, the Council considered the following 
Background Notes: 
Postal and courier services (S/C/W/319)  
Environmental services (S/C/W/320).  
V. THIRD REVIEW OF MFN EXEMPTIONS – ORGANISATION OF WORK 
11. At its meeting held on 28 April 2010, the Council agreed that the third review of Article II 
(MFN) exemptions, which was to start no later than June 2010, would commence at the Council 
meeting of 30 June 2010.  Accordi ngly, on 30 June, the Council started the third review by discussing 
organisational issues.  It agreed that the review  would follow previous practice, with dedicated 
meetings, a sector-by-sector approach, a question- and-answer process and on the basis of updated 
documents to be prepared by the Secretariat.  The Council also decided to hold the first dedicated 
meeting during the November 2010 services cluster of meetings.  S/C/W/327 
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  VI. WORK OF THE SUBSIDIARY BODIES 
12. The activities of the subsidiary bodies in 2010 ar e reflected in their r espective reports, which 
are annexed to this report, as follows:  
 Annex  I Report of the Committee on Trade in Financial Services (S/FIN/**) 
 Annex  II Report of the Committee on Specific Commitments (S/CSC/**) 
 Annex  III Report of the Working Party on Domestic Regulation (S/WPDR/**) 
 Annex  IV Report of the Working Party on GATS Rules (S/WPGR/**)   
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