Where commitments do not cover the entire national territory, the entry should describe the geographical scope of measures taken according to Article I:3(a)(i). 7. Article VI:5—The substantive obligation of transitional nature 117 8. WT/DS285/R Page v LIST OF ANNEXES Annex A Working Procedures for the Panel in United States – Measures Affecting the Cross-Border Supply of Gambling and Betting Services Annex B Request for Preliminary Rulings Annex C Panel's Questions to the Parties and Third Parties Annex D Request for the Establishment of a Panel by Antigua and Barbuda Annex E Laws relied upon by Antigua in claiming … The GATS “market access” rules (Article XVI) go well beyond requiring that governments treat foreign firms the same as domestic firms. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) Article XVIII on Additional Commitments is among the least understood articles of the GATS, and it has received the least attention among the articles regulating specific commitments. • Marktzugang (GATS Artikel XVI): die einzelnen Mitgliedländer können nach eige-nem Ermessen entscheiden, inwieweit sie sich zum Abbau quantitativer Handels-hemmnisse (z.B. Number of natural persons supplying a service; 5. the national treatment obligation in article xvii of the gats ..... 17 3.3 the unbundling measure does not violate the non-discrimination obligations in article ii:1 of the gats and articles i:1 and iii:4 of the gatt 1994 (russia's claims 6, 8 and 10) 18 This requirement applies to universities with seats in the EU and third countries equally. 6, pp. During that time I have found articles about his connection to the Occult, but then as fast as I found them – they were taken down. 1. 7. 367-426, Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008. 22 Pages Posted: 7 Oct 2008 Last revised: 24 Oct 2010. Anders funktionieren die beiden anderen Regelungen: das Prinzip des unbegrenzten Marktzugangs (Artikel XVI GATS) verbietet Begrenzungen des Marktzugangs, die über die konkreten länderspezifischen Konditionen auf WTO-Ebene (die so genannten "Schedules") hinausgehen. Exempted discriminatory measures should be subject to a standstill1 and/or a ratchet clause2. To that end, three provisions form the centerpiece of liberalization: market access (Article XVI GATS), national treatment (Article XVII GATS), and domestic regulation (Article VI GATS). This contribution focuses on the concept of “likeness” in the context of the national treatment obligation (Article XVII of the GATS). GATS Article XVI:2 gives a list of limitation measures on market access that a Member should not take unless otherwise specified in its service schedule. Patterns of Commitments (Commitments on Market Access, Mode 3, 85 Members with DDA offers) (i) Existing commitments (ii) DDA offer 19% 57% 18% 59% 14% 16% 26 Full commitments Unbound Partial commitments :: Partial commitments with FOG 6% 11% 'MFN under GATS: Scope and Limits' R. Adlung 14 Categories of FOG (i) Existing commitments (ii) DDA offers 66% 20% 3% 11% 62% … der Beschränkung der Zahl der Dienstleistungserbringer, der Ge-samtzahl oder des Volumens der Dienstleistungen oder der Höhe ausländischer Kapi- talbeteiligungen) verpflichten. From the structure of the GATS, market access and national treatment are in the same part, i.e. The provisions of GATS, laid down in Article XVI.2, cover six types of restrictions that must not be maintained in the absence of limitations 1. According to Article 76 (1)(b) universities must pursue educational activities in the country where they have their seats. XVII): Ausländische Dienstleistungsanbieter dürfen nicht schlechter gestellt werden als inländische. Number of operations or quantity of output; 4. 2. Rather, these rules flatly prohibit governments from placing certain limits on, or applying certain policies to, foreign service operations in covered service sectors. General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), Articles VI:1, VI:5, XIV(c), XVI:1, XVI:2, XVII:1, XVII:2, XVII:3, XVIII, XX and Sections 5(a) and (b) of the Annex on Telecommunications. Article XVI Market Access ... 2 Committee on Specific Commitments, Additional Commitments Under Article XVIII of the GATS, Note by the Secretariat, S/CSC/W/34, 16 July 2002, para. Panos Delimatsis and Martin Molinuevo. Allerdings kön-nen solche Maßnahmen umweltpolitisch sehr wichtig sein, um den Schutz sensibler Regionen oder erschöpfbarer Ressourcen zu gewährleisten. Downloadable! The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) was adopted in order to establish meaningful liberalization rules, while preserving the right of Members to regulate. I think the term is “Scrubbed.” Yesterday, while perusing the Internet, I came across a very compelling article which supported Gates’ connection to the Occult. 7 GATS Article XIV bis (1994). Tilburg Law and Economics Center … GATS Article XVI prohibits the imposition of certain limitations of predominantly quantitative nature such as those relating to the number of suppliers (e.g., monopolies), the total number of service operations, or the total value of service transactions. Marktzugang (Artikel XVI): Die Staaten gewähren privaten Anbietern den Zugang zu bestimmten Dienstleistungssektoren und verzichten auf quantitative Handelshemmnisse. Limitations on the number of service suppliers; 2. 3. More specifically, Article XVI:2 contains a list of measures that Members shall not maintain in sectors where full market access commitments are undertaken. Article 76(1)(b) Lex CEU. GATS Article XVII, which provides for national treatment, states that in sectors for which services commitments have been scheduled, "each Member shall accord to services and service suppliers of any other Member, in respect of all measures affecting the supply of services, treatment no less favourable than that it accords to its own like services and service suppliers". The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) Article XVIII on Additional Commitments is among the least understood articles of the GATS, and it has received the least attention among the articles regulating specific commitments. Article XVI GATS: Market Access. 8 Agreement between the European Union and Australia on the Processing and Transfer of European Union-Sourced Passenger Name Record (PNR) Data by Air Carriers to the Australian Customs Service, Official Journal L 213, 08/08/2008 P. 0049–0057. Tilburg Law and Economics Center (TILEC) and … However, from an environmental perspective, such measures can constitute important policy tools, aiming to protect vulnerable regions and exhaustible resources. sense of Article XVII, between or among the parties, in the sectors covered under subparagraph (a), through: (i) elimination of existing discriminatory measures, and/or (ii) prohibition of new or more discriminatory measures, either at the entry into force of that agreement or on the basis of a reasonable time- frame, except for measures permitted under Articles XI, XII, XIV and XIV bis. Article XVI GATS lists prohibited discriminatory and non-discriminatory measures. See all articles by Panos Delimatsis Panos Delimatsis. It discusses the possible implications of the combined reference to “like services and service suppliers”, as well as the relevance and role of the modes of supply in determining “likeness”. Article VI:6—Adequate procedures for verifying competence of professionals 127 D. The relationship of Article VI with Articles XVI, XVII, and XVIII GATS—A conciliatory approach 130 1. Troubled Relationships under the GATS: Tensions between Market Access (Article XVI), National Treatment (Article XVII), and Domestic Regulation (Article … 6, pp. Article XVI. GATS Article XVI:2 gives a list of limitation measures on market access that a Member should not take unless otherwise specified in its service schedule. MAX PLANCK COMMENTARIES ON WORLD TRADE LAW, WTO - TRADE IN SERVICES, Rüdiger Wolfrum, Peter-Tobias Stoll, Clemens Feinäugle, eds., Vol. 1. Article XVII of the GATS, the Court, having shown the competitive disadvantage resulting from the requirement at issue for the institutions concerned, notedagain the insufficiency of the explanations provided by the Hungarian Government in the objectives trelation to hat might justify its necessity. If attachments are used, clear reference should be made to the part of the schedules they refer to (i.e. "limitations", and "qualifications" used in Articles XVI and XVII of the GATS. Within the WTO framework, the concept on market access for services and services suppliers is provided for by Article XVI of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS): Article XVI: Market Access. 1. Im Hinblick auf die Marktzugangsverhandlungen enthält Artikel XVI des GATS eine Liste quantitativer und anderer Einschränkungen, die handels-politisch als unzulässige Handelsbarrieren betrachtet werden. Article XVI GATS: Market Access. in GATS Article XVII) that could be applied in principle to all sectors and modes of supply, subject to exemptions identified by the parties. On the total value of service transactions or assets; 3. Exemptions to the standstill and/or ratchet clause would have to be identified by the parties. Inländerbehandlung (Art. As a result, the requirement in Article 76(1)(a) Lex CEU violates Article XVII GATS (§139). From the structure of the GATS, market access and national treatment are in the same part, i.e. 367-426, Leiden/Boston: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008 Number of pages: 22 Posted: 07 Oct 2008 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2010. S/L/92 Page 4 4. Contemplating GATS Article XVIII on Additional Commitments Bigos 2008-08-01 00:00:00 The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) Article XVIII on Additional Commitments is among the least understood articles of the GATS, and it has received the least attention among the articles regulating specific commitments. The GATS market access (Article XVI) obligation contains a list of quanti-tative and other restrictions, which - from a trade perspective - are considered barriers to trade and thus should be prohibited by the GATS. Article XVII: 1 of the GATS 399 3.2 National Treatment Test of Article XVII: 1 of the GATS 402 4 Summary 412 Further Readings 414 6 Tariff Barriers 415 1 Introduction 415 2 Customs Duties on Imports 417 2.1 Definition and Types 417 2.2 Purpose of Customs Duties on Imports 422 . 5. Artikel XVII: Inländerbehandlung (National treatment): Für die listengebundenen Sektoren gilt der Grundsatz der Inländerbehandlung, wonach ausländische Anbieter gegenüber inländischen Konkurrenten nicht benachteiligt werden dürfen. Introductory remarks 130 2. Article XVIII, about governmental assistance to economic development, was extensively revised in the 1950s to meet the situation of developing countries, "economies that can only support low standards of living and are in the early stages of development", and included special provisions about their BOP situations and about government aid to set up industries and give them protection. The market access obligation of Article XVI 131 3. MAX PLANCK COMMENTARIES ON WORLD TRADE LAW, WTO - TRADE IN SERVICES, Rüdiger Wolfrum, Peter-Tobias Stoll, Clemens Feinäugle, eds., Vol. o The Case was drafted with inspiration from the decisions of Mexico - Telecom (WT/DS204) and US - …