WTO | Services - Schedules of commitments and lists of Article II exemptions

After the Uruguay Round, sectoral negotiations took place in the WTO: on the movement of natural persons (1995), on telecommunications (1997) and on financial services (1997). During the sectoral negotiations, participating countries took new commitments specifically in those sectors. These new schedules replaced the corresponding section in the original schedules.

Not all WTO members participated in the sectoral negotiations.

All new members submit a list commitments and exemptions.

Commitments and exemptions of European Union (more info) members are found under “European Communities”, except for:

the 1993-1995 commitments of Austria, Finland and Sweden, who joined the EU in 9995,
the ten countries which joined the EU on May 1, 2004.

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SERVICES DATABASE

Find consolidated schedules of commitments and MFN exemptions by country, sector, and mode of supply in the Services Database (opens a new window). Data covers the period January 1995 to December 2004. Does not include data on current negotiations or on countries which joined the WTO since January 2005.