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SERVICES: COUNCIL
The Services Council, its Committees and other subsidiary bodies

The Council for Trade in Services operates under the guidance of the General Council and is responsible for overseeing the functioning of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS). It’s open to all WTO members, and can create subsidiary bodies as required.

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The Council for Trade in Services back to top

The Services Council currently continues its mandated work on the reviews: the review of MFN exemptions, review of the Annex on Air Transport Services and review of the Understanding on Accounting Rates (S/GBT/4).

> Current Chairperson

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Services Council documents use the code S/C/* (where * takes additional values)
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  • Minutes of the meetings of the Council for Trade in Services (Document code S/C/M/*)    > search    > help
  • Annual Reports of the Council for Trade in Services to the General Council (Document code: varies)    > search    > help
  • Annual Reports of the Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services to the General Council (Document code S/CSS/* and keyword “report”)    > search    > help
  • Review of the Understanding on Accounting Rates (Document code S/GBT/4)    > search    > help

 
 
The Committee on Financial Services back to top

The Committee on Trade in Financial Services carry out discussions on matters relating to trade in financial services and formulate proposals or recommendations for consideration by the Council. It is responsible for the continuous review and surveillance of the application of the GATS with respect to this sector, and serves as a forum for technical discussions and examination of regulatory developments affecting financial services trade.

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  • All documents of the Financial Services Committee (Document code S/FIN/*)    > search    > help
  • Minutes of the Committee on Financial Services (Document code S/FIN/M/*)    > search    > help
  • Annual Reports of the Committee on Financial Services (Document code S/FIN/*  and keyword “report”)    > search    > help

 
 
The Committee on Specific Commitments back to top

The Committee concluded its work on the procedures on the certification of rectifications or improvements to schedules of specific commitments on 11 April 2000. The Council for Trade in Services (CTS) adopted those procedures (download MS Word document, 1 page; 32KB)on 14 April 2000.

On 22 March 2001, the committee concluded the revision to the guidelines for the scheduling of specific commitments under the GATS. The revised guidelines (download MS Word document, 40 pages; 178KB) were adopted by the CTS on 23 March 2001.
The Committee continues its work on the classification of services sectors.

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  • All documents of the Specific Commitments Committee (Document code S/CSC/*)    > search    > help
  • Minutes of the Committee on Specific Commitments (Document code S/CSC/M/*)    > search    > help
  • Annual Reports of the Committee on Specific Commitments (Document code S/CSC/*  and keyword “report”)    > search    > help

 
 
The Working Party on Domestic Regulation back to top

The Working Party on Domestic Regulations is drafting disciplines relating to technical standards, licensing and qualification requirements for all services sectors.

(Until 26 April 1999, this was known as the  Working Party on Professional Services. The Services Council’s decision to make the change is S/L/70.)

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> help with downloading these documents

  • All documents of the Working Party on Domestic Regulation (Document code S/WPDR/*)    > search
  • Minutes of the Working Party on Domestic Regulation (Document code S/WPDR/M/*)    > search
  • Annual Reports of the Working Party on Domestic Regulation (Document code S/WPDR/*  and keyword “report”)    > search
  • All documents of the Working Party on Professional Services (Document code S/WPPS/*)    > search
  • Decision on Domestic Regulation (Document code S/L/70)    > search

 
 
The Working Party on GATS Rules back to top

The Working Party on GATS Rules continues its work on subsidies, government procurement and safeguards.

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  • All documents of the Working Party on GATS Rules (Document code S/WPGR/*)    > search    > help
  • Minutes of the Committee on GATS Rules (Document code S/WPGR/M/*)    > search    > help
  • Annual Reports of the Committee on GATS Rules (Document code S/WPGR/*  and keyword “report”)    > search    > help

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