GATS Annexes
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The GATS Annexes are supplementary legal texts to the WTO’s General Agreement on Trade in Services that provide detailed rules and disciplines for specific service sectors and regulatory issues.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| GATS Annex on Financial Services | 2 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
WTO legal instrument
ⓘ
supplementary legal text ⓘ |
| adoptedBy | World Trade Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
WTO Members’ measures affecting trade in services
ⓘ
trade in services ⓘ |
| authenticTextStatus | equally authentic in English, French and Spanish ⓘ |
| basedOn | Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the World Trade Organization NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bindingOn | all WTO Members ⓘ |
| citation | Annexes to the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| clarifies |
application of GATS general obligations to specific sectors
ⓘ
conditions for temporary entry and stay of natural persons supplying services ⓘ limitations on coverage of air transport services ⓘ prudential measures in financial services ⓘ regulatory safeguards in telecommunications ⓘ |
| enteredIntoForce | 1995 ⓘ |
| function |
clarify disciplines on regulatory issues in services trade
ⓘ
provide detailed rules for specific service sectors ⓘ |
| geographicalScope | multilateral ⓘ |
| includes |
Annex on Air Transport Services
NERFINISHED
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Annex on Article II Exemptions NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Financial Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Financial Services Second Annex ⓘ Annex on Maritime Transport Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Movement of Natural Persons Supplying Services Under the Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Negotiations on Maritime Transport Services NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on Telecommunications NERFINISHED ⓘ Annex on the Movement of Natural Persons NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
French ⓘ Spanish ⓘ |
| legalNature | binding on WTO Members ⓘ |
| modeOfSupplyCovered |
commercial presence
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consumption abroad ⓘ cross-border supply ⓘ presence of natural persons ⓘ |
| negotiatedDuring | Uruguay Round NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
General Agreement on Trade in Services
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
World Trade Organization legal framework ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
GATS MFN exemptions
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
GATS schedules of specific commitments ⓘ |
| scope | specific service sectors and modes of supply ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
market access conditions for services
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most-favoured-nation treatment exemptions in services ⓘ national treatment disciplines in services ⓘ regulatory transparency in services ⓘ sector-specific disciplines in services ⓘ |
| usedBy |
WTO Appellate Body
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
WTO dispute settlement panels NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
GATS Annex on Financial Services
this entity surface form:
GATS Annex on Financial Services