ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL  
DEL COMERCIO  S/DCS/W/KNA 
24 de enero de 2003 
 (03-0517) 
Comercio de Servicios Original:   inglés 
  
 
SAINT KITTS Y NEVIS  
 
Proyecto de Lista convertida de Compromisos Específicos
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 El documento adjunto contiene un proyecto de la Lista convertida de Compromisos 
Específicos de Saint Kitts y Nevis, en formato Wo rd.  Este documento no sustituye los compromisos 
jurídicamente vinculantes contraídos por Saint Kitts  y Nevis en su Lista de Compromisos Específicos 
(GATS/SC/119).  
 El proyecto de la Lista convertida fue prepara do por la Secretaría, a petición de los Miembros, 
para facilitar el proceso de las negociaciones, incluida la presentación de ofertas iniciales.  
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1 Este documento se ha preparado, en inglés solamente,  bajo la responsabilidad de la Secretaría y sin 
perjuicio de las posiciones de los Miembros ni de sus derechos y obligaciones en el marco de la OMC.   
 S/DCS/W/KNA 
Página 2 SAINT CHRISTOPHER AND NEVIS – SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS 
Modes of supply: 1)   Cross-border 2)   Consumption abroad 3)   Commercial presence 4)   Presence of natural persons 
Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market  Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS  
ALL SECTORS INCLUDED 
IN THIS SCHEDULE 3) Commercial presence requires that foreign 
service providers incor porate or establish the 
business locally in accordance with the 
regulatory requirements of St. Kitts and Nevis' Commercial code.   
  The Alien Landholding Act requires foreign 
companies and individuals wishing to hold 
property in St. Kitts and Nevis to first obtain a licence in order to do so, within which 
conditions of purchase are detailed. 
 St. Kitts and Nevis reserves a number of small 
business service opportunities for nationals.  
The room limitation on Hotel and Resort 
Development is within the context of this policy.   
 4) The employment of foreign natural persons is 
subject to Work Permit regulations.  Issue of permits is normally confined to people with 
managerial and technical skills which are in 
short supply or not ava ilable in St. Kitts and 
Nevis.   
II. SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS  
2. COMMUNICATION 
SERVICES    
C. Telecommunication 
Value-Added Services     
h) Electronic mail  
i) Voice mail n) On-line information and 
data processing but 
excluding telefax 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indi cated in the horizontal 
section 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None   
  S/DCS/W/KNA
 Página 3Modes of supply: 1)   Cross-border 2)   Consumption abroad 3)   Commercial presence 4)   Presence of natural persons 
Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market  Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
7. FINANCIAL SERVICES    
 Registration of Offshore 
Companies & Trust (not including Insurance 
Companies and Banks) to 
do offshore business 1) None 
2) None 
3) Subject to International Business Companies 
Act 1992, Nevis Business Corporation 
Ordinance 1984;  Exempt Insurance Act 1985. To obtain a licence a business must be 
registered through a registered agent who is an 
accountant or lawyer practising in St. Kitts. 
4) Unbound except as indi cated in the horizontal 
section. 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
 
  
 
4) None  
9. TOURISM AND 
TRAVEL-RELATED 
SERVICES 
 
A. Hotels and Restaurants   
 (CPC 641 - 643)  
 
  
1) Unbound
* 
2) None 3) Limited to development in excess of 50 rooms. 
Ownership of non-ethnic  restaurants reserved 
for nationals. 
4) Unbound except as indi cated in the horizontal 
section.  
 
  
1) Unbound* 
2) None 3) Subject to withholding tax 
 
 4) Unbound except as indi cated in the horizontal 
section.  
10. RECREATION, 
CULTURAL AND 
SPORTING SERVICES 
 A. Entertainment
 
 (CPC -  9619) 
   
 
 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) May be required to employ National artist and 
entertainers.  
4) Unbound except as indi cated in the horizontal 
section.  
 
 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None 
 
4) None  
 
                                                      
*Unbound due to lack of technical feasibility.   
 S/DCS/W/KNA 
Página 4 Modes of supply: 1)   Cross-border 2)   Consumption abroad 3)   Commercial presence 4)   Presence of natural persons 
Sector or Subsector Limitations on Market  Access Limitations on National Treatment Additional 
Commitments 
D. Sporting  Services  
 (CPC - 964)  1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) Unbound except as indi cated in the horizontal 
section. 1) None 
2) None 3) None 
4) None  
 
11. TRANSPORT 
SERVICES 
 
A. Maritime Transport 
Services  
 Ship Registration for the
 control, regulation and 
 orderly development of 
 merchant shipping  
 
 
 
 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) The Merchant Shipping Act 1985 facilitates the 
registration of ships in St. Kitts and Nevis.  
Registration is affected by the Director of 
Maritime Affairs who is the Registrar of St. Kitts and Nevis ships. 
 The registration requirements are: 
 (a) wholly owned by citizens of St. Kitts and   Nevis; 
 (b) bodies corporate established under the 
  laws of St. Kitts and Nevis;  and 
 (c) any ship regardless of the nationality of  her 
owners is a sea-going ship of 1600 or more 
net register tonnes and is engaged in  the foreign-going trade.  
 
 
 
 
 1) None 
2) None 
3) None  
 
  
 
  
  
 4) Unbound except as indi cated in the horizontal 
section 4) None  
 
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