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NOTIFICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

AND ITS MEMBER STATES PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V OF THE GATS

Accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus,

the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic,

the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Communities

Addendum

 The following communication, dated 14 September 2006, from the delegation of the European Communities and its Member States is being circulated to the Members of the Council for Trade in Services.

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Final report on the result of the negotiations conducted in accordance of Article XXI:2(a) of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) relating to the Communication of 28 May 2004 (circulated as document S/SECRET/8 , dated 11 June 2004) proposing modifications to the GATS Schedules of the European Communities and its Member States (hereafter the EC) to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, the Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden to the European Communities,

1.  Pursuant to paragraph 6 of the Procedures for the implementation of Article XXI of the GATS ( S/L/80 of 29 October 1999), the EC submits the following final report:

2.  On 28 May 2004 the EC submitted a communication pursuant to Article V of the GATS (circulated as document S/SECRET/8 , dated 11 June 2004), whereby it notified its intention to modify or withdraw the specific commitments included in the list attached to the communication (hereafter "the proposed modifications"), pursuant to Article V:5 of the GATS and in accordance with the terms of Article XXI:1(b) of the GATS.

3.  Following the submission of the notification and pursuant to Article XXI:2(a) of the GATS, eighteen WTO Members (Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Hong Kong China, India, Japan, Korea, New Zealand, the Philippines, Switzerland, Uruguay and the United States of America, hereafter "the affected Members") submitted a respective claim of interest.

4.  The initial period for the negotiations, which expired on 26 October 2004, was extended (by mutual agreement) five times (until 26 April 2005, until 27 February 2006, until 1 June 2006, until 1 July and until 17 July 2006) .

5.  Negotiations have been completed with all affected Members except Uruguay, which had withdrawn its claim of interest on 28 February 2006. As a result of those negotiations, the EC and the affected Members have agreed on compensatory adjustments related to the modifications and withdrawals contained in document S/SECRET/8 . All individual agreements between the EC and the affected WTO Members have been duly signed and transmitted to the WTO Secretariat. Pursuant to paragraph 5 of S/L/80 , the agreements were distributed to all WTO Members by the WTO Secretariat.

6.  In view of the foregoing, the proposed modifications and the agreed compensatory adjustments will be incorporated into a EC GATS consolidated schedule which results from merging existing schedules of commitments of the EC and its Member States, and by inserting therein the modifications or withdrawals of commitments notified by the EC under document S/SECRET/8 and the compensatory adjustments agreed between the EC and the affected Members.

7.  Pursuant to the procedures referred to in paragraphs 20 to 22 of S/L/80 , the EC will transmit, to the WTO Secretariat for circulation, a draft consolidated schedule for certification by 14 September 2006.

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