WTO | Services: Telecommunications list of telecommunication commitments & exemptions

Member	Commitments(1)			Exemptions
	Uruguay Round Commitments (complete UR commitments including value-added telecommunications) (1994-1995)	Commitments annexed to the Fourth Protocol on Basic Telecommunications (from 1997 onwards)	Unilateral or new accession commitments (basic and/or value-added telecommunications) (after 1995)
Albania			GATS/SC/131 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Antigua & Barbuda		GATS/SC/2/Suppl.1 +v		GATS/EL/2
Argentina	GATS/SC/4	GATS/SC/4/Suppl.1/Rev.1		GATS/EL/4
Australia	GATS/SC/6	GATS/SC/6/Suppl.3
Austria (EC member in 1995)	GATS/SC/7
Bangladesh		GATS/SC/8/Suppl.1		GATS/EL/8
Barbados			GATS/SC/9/Suppl.1 b+v
Belize		GATS/SC/10/Suppl.1 +v
Bolivia		GATS/SC/12/Suppl.1
Brazil			GATS/SC/13/Suppl.2 (the schedule will be annexed to the Fourth protocol as soon as Brazil ratifies it) b+v	GATS/EL/13/Suppl.1
Brunei Darussalam	GATS/SC/95	GATS/SC/95/Suppl.1
Bulgaria		GATS/SC/122/Suppl.1	GATS/SC/122 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) v
Canada	GATS/SC/16	GATS/SC/16/Suppl.3
Chile	GATS/SC/18	GATS/SC/18/Suppl.2
China			GATS/SC/135 (complete schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Colombia	GATS/SC/20	GATS/SC/20/Suppl.2		GATS/EL/20
Congo (Democratic Republic of)	GATS/SC/103
Croatia			GATS/SC/130 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Cuba	GATS/SC/24 only b
Cyprus			GATS/SC/25/Suppl.1 b
Czech Republic	GATS/SC/26	GATS/SC/26/Suppl.2
Djibouti	GATS/SC/104 + b
Dominica			GATS/SC/27/Suppl.1 (the schedule will be annexed to the Fourth protocol as soon as Dominica ratifies it) b+v
Dominican Republic	GATS/SC/28	GATS/SC/28/Suppl.2
Ecuador		GATS/SC/98/Suppl.1	GATS/SC/98 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) v
Egypt			GATS/SC/30/Suppl.3
El Salvador	GATS/SC/29	GATS/SC/29/Suppl.1
Estonia			GATS/SC/127 (complete schedule including basic telecommunications) b+v
European Communities and their Member States	GATS/SC/31 (complete schedule including telecommunications)	GATS/SC/31/Suppl.3
Finland (EC member in 1995)	GATS/SC/33 (complete schedule including telecommunications)
Georgia			GATS/SC/129 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Ghana		GATS/SC/35/Suppl.1
Grenada		GATS/SC/96/Suppl.1 +v
Guatemala			GATS/SC/36/Suppl.1/Rev.1 (the schedule will be annexed to the Fourth protocol as soon as Guatemala ratifies it) b
Guyana	GATS/SC/37
Honduras				GATS/EL/38
Hong Kong, China	GATS/SC/39	GATS/SC/39/Suppl.2
Hungary	GATS/SC/40	GATS/SC/40/Suppl.2
Iceland	GATS/SC/41	GATS/SC/41/Suppl.1
India	GATS/SC/42	GATS/SC/42/Suppl.3		GATS/EL/42/Suppl.1
Indonesia	GATS/SC/43	GATS/SC/43/Suppl.2
Israel	GATS/SC/44 only b	GATS/SC/44/Suppl.1
Ivory Coast		GATS/SC/23/Suppl.1
Jamaica		GATS/SC/45/Suppl.1 +v
Japan	GATS/SC/46	GATS/SC/46/Suppl.2
Jordan			GATS/SC/128 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Kenya	GATS/SC/47
Korea	GATS/SC/48	GATS/SC/48/Suppl.2
Kyrgyz Republic			GATS/SC/125 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Latvia			GATS/SC/126 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Lesotho	GATS/SC/114
Liechtenstein	GATS/SC/83-A
Lithuania			GATS/SC/133 (complete schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Malaysia	GATS/SC/52	GATS/SC/52/Suppl.2
Mauritius	GATS/SC/55	GATS/SC/55/Suppl.1
Mexico	GATS/SC/56	GATS/SC/56/Suppl.2
Moldova			GATS/SC/134 (complete schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Mongolia			GATS/SC/123 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) v
Morocco	GATS/SC/57	GATS/SC/57/Suppl.2/Rev.1
New Zealand	GATS/SC/62	GATS/SC/62/Suppl.1
Nicaragua	GATS/SC/63
Nigeria	GATS/SC/65
Norway	GATS/SC/66	GATS/SC/66/Suppl.3
Oman			GATS/SC/132 (complete accession schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Pakistan	GATS/SC/67	GATS/SC/67/Suppl.2/Rev1 +v		GATS/EL/67 GATS/EL/67/Suppl.1
Papua New Guinea			GATS/SC/118/Suppl.1 (the schedule will be annexed to the Fourth protocol as soon as Papua New Guinea ratifies it) b
Peru	GATS/SC/69	GATS/SC/69/Suppl.1
Philippines (The)	GATS/SC/70		GATS/SC/70/Suppl.2 (the schedule will be annexed to the Fourth protocol as soon as the Philippines ratify it) b
Poland	GATS/SC/71	GATS/SC/71/Suppl.2
Romania	GATS/SC/72	GATS/SC/72/Suppl.1
Saint Kitts and Nevis	GATS/SC/119 (complete schedule including telecommunications)
Senegal	GATS/SC/75 +b	GATS/SC/75/Suppl.1
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu			GATS/SC/136/Rev.1 (complete schedule including telecommunications) b+v
Singapore	GATS/SC/76	GATS/SC/76/Suppl.2
Slovak Republic	GATS/SC/77	GATS/SC/77/Suppl.2
Slovenia	GATS/SC/99 (complete schedule including telecommunications)
South Africa	GATS/SC/78	GATS/SC/78/Suppl.2
Sri Lanka		GATS/SC/79/Suppl.1		GATS/EL/79
Suriname			GATS/SC/80/Suppl.1 b
Sweden (EC member in 1995)	GATS/SC/82
Switzerland	GATS/SC/83	GATS/SC/83/Suppl.3/Rev1
Thailand	GATS/SC/85	GATS/SC/85/Suppl.2
Trinidad & Tobago		GATS/SC/86/Suppl.1 +v
Tunisia		GATS/SC/87/Suppl.1
Turkey	GATS/SC/88	GATS/SC/88/Suppl.2		GATS/EL/88 GATS/EL/88/Suppl.2
Uganda			GATS/SC/89/Suppl.1/Rev.1 b
United States of America	GATS/SC/90	GATS/SC/90/Suppl.2		GATS/EL/90/Suppl.2
Venezuela	GATS/SC/92	GATS/SC/92/Suppl.2/Rev.1
Zimbabwe	GATS/SC/94

1. New commitments replace or supplement old commitments, as indicated on the schedule back to text

b = basic telecommunications

v = value-added telecommunications

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