제17321호                                관              보                  2010. 8.16.(월요일)
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                                      NOTE TO THE SCHEDULE
 1.              Where road, rail, inland waterways and related auxiliary services are not otherwise
fully covered in this schedule, a multimodal transport operator shall have the ability to rent or
lease trucks, railway carriages or barges, and related equipment, for the purpose of inland
forwarding of cargoes, or have access to and use of these forms of multimodal activities on
reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions for the purpose of carrying out
multimodal transport operations.
2.              "Reasonable and non-discriminatory terms and conditions" means, for the purpose of
multimodal transport operations, the ability of multimodal transport operator to arrange for the
conveyance of its merchandise on a timely basis, including priority over other merchandise which
enter the port at a later date.
3.             Definitions:
3.1            "cabotage": for the purpose of this schedule, means the transportation or towage of
passengers or goods, between a port or place located in Thai waters and another port or place
located in Thai waters.
3.2           "Other forms of commercial presence for the supply of international maritime transport
services": for the purpose of this schedule, means the ability for international maritime transport
service suppliers of other members to undertake locally the following:
    (a)            Marketing and sales of maritime transport services through direct contact with
        customers, from quotation to invoicing, these services being those operated or offered by
        the service supplier itself;
    (b)             The procurement, on their own account of any transport and related services,
        necessary for the supply of the integrated service;
    (c)              The preparation of documentation concerning transport documents, customer
        documents, or other document related to the origin and character of the goods transported;
    (d)          Setting up of any business arrangements (including participation in the stock of a
        company) and the appointment of personnel recruited locally with any locally established
        shipping agency: As indicated in the horizontal section.
3.3               "Multimodal transport operator" means the person on whose behalf the bill of
lading/multimodal transport document, or any other document evidencing a contract of multimodal
carriage of goods, is issued and who is responsible for the carriage of goods pursuant to the
contract of carriage.
3.4                "Freight forwarding services" means the activity consisting of organizing and
monitoring shipment operations on behalf of shippers, through the procurement of transport and
related services, preparation of documentation and provision of business information.
3.5          “Maritime cargo handling services” means activities exercised by stevedore companies,
including terminal operators, but not including the direct activities of dockers when this workforce
is organized independently of the stevedoring or terminal operator companies. The activities
include the organization and supervision of:
                                - the loading/discharging of cargo to/from a ship;
                                - the lashing/unlashing of cargo;
                                -          the reception/delivery and safekeeping of cargoes before
                                            shipment or after discharge
3.6         “Maritime agency services” means activities consisting of representing as an agent, the
business interests of one or more shipping lines, for the following purposes:
                                -           marketing and sales of maritime transport and related
                                            services, from quotation to invoicing, and issuing of bill
                                            of lading of the shipping lines; procurement and resale of
                                            the necessary related services, preparation of
                                            documentation, and provision of business information;
                                -        acting on behalf of the shipping lines organizing the call of
                                            a ship or taking over cargoes when required.
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