./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/C/N/90
14 December 1998
(98-5021)
Council for Trade in Services
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III:3 OF THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
The attached notification has been submitted to the Council for Trade in Services by the
Government of Canada pursuant to its obligations under paragraph 3 of Article III of the GATS.
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1. Member(s) notifying.  If applicable the sub-central government or authority or non
governmental bodies involved should be specified.
Canada - Québec - Office des professions du Québec (OPQ)
2. Notification under Article(s):
Article III, paragraph 3, of the General Agreement on Trade in Services
3. Date of entry into force/duration:
15 October 1994.
4. Agency responsible for enforcement of the measure:
The Office des professions du Québec & the individual Professional Orders.
5. Complete description of the measure* indicating the modes of supply covered, the effect
on trade in services (e.g., restrictions/liberalization measures) and the impact of the
measure on commitments in the Members schedule and Article II (MFN) exemption list,
if relevant:
The Code des Professions  regulates forty-three (43) professions.  The amended Code des
Professions  (L.R.Q. c. C-26) does not require citizenship for accreditation as one of the
twenty-three (23) designated professionals governed by the Code, nor for use of any of the
twenty (20) professional titles.  The amended legislation applies uniformly to all professions
under the umbrella of the Code des Professions  and came into force on the 15th of October,
1994.  The modes of supply affected by the amendment(s) are cross-border supply,
consumption abroad and the movement of natural persons.S/C/N/90
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The citizenship requirement for accreditation in Québec for the following   professions  has
been removed.  The page numbers refer to Canada's schedule of specific commitments
(GATS/SC/16):
chartered accountant [CPC 862; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1, 2 & 4; p. 18-9],
lawyer [CPC 861; Article XVI - Market Access; Mode 4; p. 16],
architect [CPC 8671; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1 & 4; p. 20],
agrologist [CPC 86509; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1, 2 & 4; p. 30-1],
land surveyor [CPC 86753; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1, 2 & 4; p. 35-6],
professional technologist [CPC 86729; Article XVI - Market Access; Mode 1; p. 35],
subsurface surveyor [CPC 86752; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1, 2 & 4; p. 35-7] or
chemist [CPC 86761; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1 & 4; p. 35-7]
Additionally, the following market access limitations which indicate that Québec requires
citizenship for use of title are no longer in force:
urban planner [CPC 8674; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1 & 4; p. 24],
chartered appraiser [CPC 822; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1 & 4; p. 27-8],
chartered administrator [CPC 86501 & 2; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1 & 4;
p.30-1],
certified management consultant [CPC 865; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1 & 4;
p. 30-1],industrial relations counsellor [CPC 86504; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1 & 4;
p. 30-1],
professional technologist [CPC 86729; Article XVI - Market Access; Mode 4; p. 37],
certified interpreter [CPC 87905; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1, 2 & 4; p.39-40] or
certified translator [CPC 87905; Article XVI - Market Access; Modes 1,2  & 4; p. 39-40]
6. Members specifically affected, if any:
None
7. Additional information available from:
Services Trade Policy Division
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade125 Sussex Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
K1A OG2
Canada
Telephone: +(1 613) 944 0487
Telefax : +(1 613) 944 0058
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