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ORGANIZATIONS/CSC/W/38
23 January 2003
(03-0380)
Committee on Specific Commitments
CIRCULATION OF DRAFT CONSOLIDATED SCHEDULES
Note by the Secretariat1
1. At its meeting on 17 July 2002, the Committee on Specific Commitments agreed that it would
be desirable for Members to present their initial  offers in the current services negotiations on the basis
of their existing commitments, and in a single document.  Members requested the Secretariat to
prepare draft consolidated schedules and MFN Exemption Lists for all Members except for threeMembers – the European Communities and their Member States, India, and the United States – who
indicated that they would undertake the consolidation of their schedules themselves.
2. The draft consolidated schedules are not legal documents; they are intended to serve as
templates to facilitate the presentation of initial of fers in the negotiations.  Members are encouraged to
verify the accuracy of the schedules before using the templates to present their initial offers.
3. In consolidating the schedules, the Secretariat converted the information in the WTO Services
Database into the standard Word format for Services Schedules.  As a second step, the converted
information was cross-checked for accuracy against the existing schedules of Members, taking into
account any changes to commitments that had occurred after the Services Database was established.
Schedules annexed to the Fourth and Fifth Protocols are only reflected to the extent that they were
ratified at the time the consolidated schedules were prepared.
4. The Secretariat has consolidated altogether 67 schedules.  For another 62 schedules, no
consolidation was required, because they either belong to Members who did not undertake new
commitments after the Uruguay Round, or to recent accessions.  For the former group (51 schedules) ,
the Secretariat has undertaken a conversion from WordPerfect to Word.  No consolidation or
conversion was required for the Schedules and MFN Exemption Lists of eleven recently acceded
Members as all commitments of these Members alread y exist in one single document in word format.
A list of these documents, which are already available, is contained in Annex 1.
5. To avoid any confusion with the legally binding schedules, all draft consolidated and
converted schedules are issued in a separate document series.  The document symbol indicates the
name of the respective Member in accordance with the ISO-Alpha-3 code for countries or area codes
and abbreviations.  The three-letter abbreviations are used also for establishing document symbols inthe context of the WTO accession process.  Departures from the ISO-Alpha-3 code, as agreed during
individual accession processes are taken into account.  A complete list of abbreviations used for the
draft consolidated schedules is attached as Annex 2 to this note.
                                                     
1 This document has been prepared under the Secretariat's own responsibility and without prejudice to
the positions of Members and to their rights and obligations under the WTO.S/CSC/W/38
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6. The draft consolidated schedules are issued in their original language(s) only.  Like other
WTO documents, the draft consolidated schedules are available electronically on the WTO web-site.
In addition, a full set of these documents is being distributed to each participant in the negotiations on
CD ROM.  Due to the large number of pages invo lved in the consolidation exercise, no separate
distribution of paper hardcopies will take place.
7. The application of a standard format to the schedules entailed the harmonization of column
size, and a standard layout for the sector column.  Except for the correction of a small number of
obvious typographical errors, the Secretariat has not modified any text which is contained in any of
the draft consolidated schedules.  In particular, the Secretariat did not edit the text of limitations
which have in the meantime been phased out, and did not delete any MFN exemptions which have
expired.
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Annex 1: Schedules and MFN Exemption Lists that di d not require consolidation or conversion
Albania (GATS/SC/131; GATS/EL/131)
Croatia (GATS/SC/130; GATS/EL/130)
Estonia (GATS/SC/127; GATS/EL/127)Georgia (GATS/SC/129; GATS/EL/129)Jordan (GATS/SC/128; GATS/EL/128)Kyrgyz Republic (GATS/SC/125)
Latvia (GATS/SC/126; GATS/EL/126)
Lithuania (GATS/SC/133; GATS/EL/133)Moldova (GATS/SC/134; GATS/EL/134)Oman (GATS/SC/132)Separate Customs Territory (GATS/SC/136/Rev.1; GATS/EL/136)
of Taiwan, Penghu,
Kinmen and Matsu
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Annex 2: Schedules and corresponding ISO –3 codes
Schedule:  ISO - 3 code Schedule:  ISO - 3 code
Angola AGO
Antigua and Barbuda ATG
Argentina ARG
Aruba ABW
Australia AUS
Bahrain BHR
Bangladesh BGD
Barbados BRBBelize BLZ
Benin BEN
Bolivia BOL
Botswana BWA
Brazil BRABrunei Darussalam BRN
Bulgaria BGR
Burkina Faso BFA
Burundi BDI
Cameroon CMRCanada CAN
Central African Republic CAF
Chad TCD
Chile CHL
China CHNColombia COL
Congo COG
Costa Rica CRI
Côte d'Ivoire CIV
Cuba CUB
Cyprus CYP
Czech Republic CZEDemocratic Republic of the Congo COD
Djibouti DJI
Dominica DMA
Dominican Republic DOM
Ecuador ECUEgypt EGY
El Salvador SLV
Fiji FJI
Gabon GAB
Gambia GMBGhana GHA
Grenada GRD
Guatemala GTM
Guinea GIN
Guinea-Bissau GNBGuyana GUY
Haiti HTI
Honduras HND
Hong Kong, China HKGHungary HUN
Iceland ISL
Indonesia IDN
Israel ISR
Jamaica JAM
Japan JPN
Kenya KEN
Republic of Korea KORKuwait KWT
Lesotho LSO
Liechtenstein LIE
Macao, China MAC
Madagascar MDGMalawi MWI
Malaysia MYS
Maldives MDV
Mali MLI
Malta MLTMauritania MRT
Mauritius MUS
Mexico MEX
Mongolia MNG
Morocco MARMozambique MOZ
Myanmar MMR
Namibia NAM
Netherlands Antilles ANT
New Caledonia NCLNew Zealand NZL
Nicaragua NIC
Niger NER
Nigeria NGA
Norway NOR
Pakistan PAK
Panama PANPapua New Guinea PNG
Paraguay PRY
Peru PER
Philippines PHL
Poland POLQatar QAT
Romania ROU
Rwanda RWA
Saint Kitts and Nevis KNA
Saint Lucia LCASaint Vincent and the Grenadines VCT
Senegal SEN
Sierra Leone SLE
Singapore SGPS/CSC/W/38
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Schedule:  ISO - 3 code
Slovak Republic SVK
Slovenia SVN
Solomon Islands SLB
South Africa ZAFSri Lanka LKA
Suriname SUR
Swaziland SWZ
Switzerland CHE
Tanzania TZA
Thailand THASchedule:  ISO - 3 code
Togo TGO
Trinidad and Tobago TTO
Tunisia TUN
Turkey TURUganda UGA
United Arab Emirates ARE
Uruguay URY
Venezuela VEN
Zambia ZMB
Zimbabwe ZWE
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