Negotiation of Specific Commitments. 1. In pursuance of the objectives of this Agreement, Members shall enter into successive rounds of negotiations, beginning not later than five years from the date of entry into force of the WTO Agreement and periodically thereafter, with a view to achieving a progressively higher level of liberalization. Such negotiations shall be directed to the reduction or elimination of the adverse effects on trade in services of measures as a means of providing effective market access. This process shall take place with a view to promoting the interests of all participants on a mutually advantageous basis and to securing an overall balance of rights and obligations.
2. The process of liberalization shall take place with due respect for national policy objectives and the level of development of individual Members, both overall and in individual sectors. There shall be appropriate flexibility for individual developing country Members for opening fewer sectors, liberalizing fewer types of transactions, progressively extending market access in line with their development situation and, when making access to their markets available to foreign service suppliers, attaching to such access conditions aimed at achieving the objectives referred to in Article IV.
3. For each round, negotiating guidelines and procedures shall be established. For the purposes of establishing such guidelines, the Council for Trade in Services shall carry out an assessment of trade in services in overall terms and on a sectoral basis with reference to the objectives of this Agreement, including those set out in paragraph 1 of Article IV. Negotiating guidelines shall establish modalities for the treatment of liberalization undertaken autonomously by Members since previous negotiations, as well as for the special treatment for least-developed country Members under the provisions of paragraph 3 of Article IV.
4. The process of progressive liberalization shall be advanced in each such round through bilateral, plurilateral or multilateral negotiations directed towards increasing the general level of specific commitments undertaken by Members under this Agreement.
Negotiation of Specific Commitments. 1. Member States shall enter into negotiations on measures affecting trade in specific service sectors. Such negotiations shall be directed towards achieving commitments which are beyond those inscribed in each Member State's schedule of specific commitments under the GATS and for which Member States shall accord preferential treatment to one another on an MFN basis.
2. Each Member State shall set out in a schedule, the specific commitments it shall undertake under paragraph 1.
3. The provisions of this Framework Agreement shall not be so construed as to prevent any Member State from conferring or according advantages to adjacent countries in order to facilitate exchanges limited to contiguous frontier zones of services that are both locally produced and consumed.
Negotiation of Specific Commitments. 1. In pursuance of the objectives of this Agreement, Members shall enter into successive rounds of negotiations, beginning not later than five years from the
Negotiation of Specific Commitments. 1. Participating States shall enter into negotiations on measures affecting trade in specific service sectors. Such negotiations shall be directed towards achieving commitments which are beyond those inscribed in each Participating State’s Schedule of specific commitments under the GATS, if that Participating State is a Member of the World Trade Organization. The result of such negotiations shall be set out in the Schedules of specific commitments of each Participating State, which will be annexed to this Agreement as an integral part.
2. Subject to the provisions of Article 6.1, the specific commitments undertaken under paragraph 1 of this Article shall be extended to all Participating States on a Most Favoured Nation (MFN) basis, unless agreed otherwise.
3. For the purpose of making specific commitments, the Participating States shall apply Articles XVI to XVIII and Article XX of GATS.
Negotiation of Specific Commitments. 1. Member States shall enter into negotiations on measures affecting trade in specific service sectors. Such negotiations shall be directed towards achieving commitments which are beyond those inscribed in each Member State's schedule of specific commitments under the GATS and for which Member States shall accord preferential treatment to one another on an MFN basis.
Negotiation of Specific Commitments. The process of liberalization shall take place with due respect for national policy objectives and the level of development of individual Members, both overall and in individual sectors. There shall be appropriate flexibility for individual developing country Members for opening fewer sectors, liberalizing fewer types of transactions, progressively extending market access in line with their development situation and, when making access to * GATS (1994): GATT /WTO (1994). The Results of the Uruguay Round of Multilateral Trade Negotiations – The Legal Texts , Sales No. GATT/1994/4, (Geneva: GATT secretariat); and <xxxx://xxx.xxx.xxx/english/docs_e/legal_e/final_e.htm > their markets available to foreign service suppliers, attaching to such access conditions aimed at achieving the objectives referred to in Article IV.
