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Annex - Services Commitments

Commitments in service activities by major country group
(Number of countries)

Service activity

DC

LDC

TE

Total

Service activity

DC

LDC

TE

Total

1. BUSINESS SERVICES

1. BUSINESS SERVICES

A. Professional services

E. Rental/leasing without operators

a. Legal

25

19

4

48

a. Ships

22

5

3

30

b. Accounting, auditing & bookkeeping

25

26

4

55

b. Aircraft

22

4

1

27

c. Taxation

22

12

3

40

c. Other transport equipment

25

10

3

38

d. Architectural

25

21

3

49

d. Other machinery and equipment

24

7

1

32

e. Engineering

25

27

4

56

e. Other

4

2

1

7

f. Integrated engineering

24

11

3

38

F. Other business services

g. Urban planning and landscape architecture

23

11

3

37

a. Advertising services

23

16

4

43

h. Medical and dental

18

15

4

37

b. Market research and public opinion polling

24

14

3

41

i. Veterinary

21

3

3

27

c. Management consulting

24

25

4

53

j. Midwives, nurses, physiotherapists and para-medical personnel

17

2

1

20

d. Related to management consulting

24

8

2

34

k. Other

14

3

0

17

e. Technical testing and analysis

21

13

1

35

B. Computer and related services

f. Incidental to agriculture, hunting and forestry

24

11

4

39

a. Consultancy services related to the installation of computer hardware

24

27

4

55

g. Incidental to fishing

21

9

1

31

b. Software implementation

24

27

4

55

h. Incidental to mining

21

11

2

34

c. Data processing

24

27

4

55

i. Incidental to manufacturing

6

5

1

12

d. Database

23

21

4

48

j. Incidental to energy distribution

2

1

1

4

e. Other

23

7

2

32

k. Placement and supply of personnel

20

4

1

25

C. Research and development

l. Investigation and security

20

1

1

22

a. R&D on natural sciences

3

11

1

15

m. Related scientific and technical consulting services

12

5

3

20

b. R&D on social sciences and humanities

22

12

3

37

n. Maintenance and repair on equipment1

23

11

3

37

c. Interdisciplinary R&D

4

9

1

14

o. Building-cleaning services

25

6

3

34

D. Real estate services

p. Photographic services

23

5

4

32

a. Own or leased property

22

2

0

24

q. Packaging services

20

4

3

27

b. On a fee or contract basis

23

3

0

26

r. Printing, publishing

21

3

5

29

 

s. Convention services

22

7

0

29

 

t. Other

19

11

1

31

DC=Developed countries;  LDC=Developing countries;  TE=Transition economies.

Service activity

DC

LDC

TE

Total

Service activity

DC

LDC

TE

Total

2. COMMUNICATION SERVICES

2. COMMUNICATION SERVICES

A. Postal services

0

3

0

3

E. Other

0

6

0

6

B. Courier services

4

15

3

22

3. CONSTRUCTION AND RELATED ENGINEERING SERVICES

C. Telecommunication services

A. General construction work for buildings

24

22

3

49

a. Voice telephone services

0

10

0

10

B. General construction work for civil engineering

24

21

3

48

b. Packet-switched data transmission services

2

9

0

11

C. Installation and assembly work

23

19

3

45

c. Circuit-switched data transmission services

2

10

0

12

D. Building completion and finishing work

23

13

3

39

d. Telex services

1

6

0

7

E. Other

20

13

3

36

e. Telegraph services

0

6

0

6

4. DISTRIBUTION SERVICES

f. Facsimile services

1

8

2

11

A. Commission agents" services

23

4

0

27

g. Private leased circuit services

1

7

0

8

B. Wholesale trade services

25

8

4

37

h. Electronic mail

25

19

4

48

C. Retailing services

25

9

4

38

i. Voice mail

25

17

4

46

D. Franchising

23

5

3

31

j. On-line information and data base retrieval

25

21

4

50

E. Other

14

0

0

14

k. Electronic data interchange (EDI)

25

14

4

43

5. EDUCATIONAL SERVICES

l. Enhanced/value-added facsimile services, incl. store and forward, store and retrieve

9

16

4

29

A. Primary education services

18

4

4

26

m. Code and protocol conversion

25

12

4

41

B. Secondary education services

19

6

3

28

n. On-line information and/or data processing (incl. transaction processing)

9

16

4

29

C. Higher education services

18

3

4

25

o. Other

4

15

2

21

D. Adult education

18

1

4

23

D. Audiovisual services

E. Other education services

3

4

2

9

a. Motion picture and video tape production and distribution services

3

10

0

13

6. ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES

b. Motion picture projection services

3

3

0

6

A. Sewage services

23

6

2

31

c. Radio and television services

2

1

0

3

B. Refuse disposal services

24

6

3

33

d. Radio and television services

2

4

0

6

C. Sanitation and similar services

23

5

3

31

e. Sound recording

2

2

0

4

D. Other

23

6

1

30

f. Other

2

2

0

4

         

DC=Developed countries;  LDC=Developing countries;  TE=Transition economies.

Service activity

DC

LDC

TE

Total

Service activity

DC

LDC

TE

Total

7. FINANCIAL SERVICES

7. FINANCIAL SERVICES

A. All insurance and insurance-related services

g. Participation in issues of all kinds of securities2

23

27

4

54

a. Life, accident and health insurance services

24

38

4

66

h. Money brooking

24

13

0

37

b. Non-life insurance services

25

37

4

66

i. Asset management3

23

23

2

48

c. Reinsurance and retrocession

25

41

4

70

j. Settlement and clearing services for financial assets, incl. securities, derivative products, and other negotiable instruments

23

13

3

39

d. Services auxiliary to insurance (including brooking and agency services

24

36

4

64

k. Advisory and other auxiliary financial services4

23

28

2

53

B. Banking and other financial services (excl. insurance)

l. Provision and transfer of financial information, and financial data processing and related software by providers of other financial services.

23

20

2

45

a. Acceptance of deposits and other repayable funds from the public

24

35

4

63

C. Other

1

10

0

11

b. Lending of all types, incl., inter alia, consumer credit, mortgage credit, factoring and financing of commercial transaction

23

35

4

62

8. HEALTH RELATED AND SOCIAL SERVICES 

(other than those listed under Professional services)

c. Financial leasing

24

22

2

48

A. Hospital services

15

15

2

32

d. All payment and money transmission services

24

25

3

52

B. Other human health services

2

4

1

7

e. Guarantees and commitments

23

24

4

51

C. Social services

13

1

1

15

f. Trading for own account or for account of customers, whether or an exchange, in an over-the-counter market or otherwise the following:

9. TOURISM AND TRAVEL RELATED SERVICES

f1.  Money market instruments

23

21

3

47

A. Hotel and restaurants (incl. catering)

25

69

4

98

f2.  Foreign exchange

24

23

3

50

B. Travel agencies and tour operators services

25

53

4

82

f3. Derivative products incl., but not limited to, futures and options

24

11

1

36

C. Tourist guide services

24

24

2

50

f4.  Exchange rate and interest rate instruments, inclu., products such as swaps, forward rate agreements, etc.

23

15

3

41

D. Other

1

12

0

13

f5.  Transferable securities

22

20

3

45

 

f6. Other negotiable instruments and financial assets, incl. bullion

24

15

0

39

 

DC=Developed countries;  LDC=Developing countries;  TE=Transition economies.

Service activity

DC

LDC

TE

Total

Service activity

DC

LDC

TE

Total

10. RECREATIONAL, CULTURAL AND SPORTING SERVICES

11. TRANSPORT SERVICES

A. Entertainment services  (other than audiovisual)

17

16

1

34

e. Supporting services for air transport

19

14

2

35

B. News agency services

22

1

0

23

D. Space transport

2

0

0

2

C. Libraries, archives, museums and other cultural

5

4

0

9

E. Rail transport services

D. Sporting and other recreational services

20

15

1

36

a. Passenger transportation

4

4

1

9

E. Other

2

2

0

4

b. Freight transportation

4

5

1

10

11. TRANSPORT SERVICES

c. Pushing and towing services

3

2

0

5

A. Maritime transport services

d. Maintenance and repair or rail transport equipment

19

4

3

26

a. Passenger transportation

3

16

0

19

e. Supporting services for rail transport services

2

3

0

5

b. Freight transportation

3

22

0

25

F. Road transport services

c. Rental of vessels with their crew

14

6

0

20

a. Passenger transportation

23

9

0

32

d. Maintenance and repair of vessels

1

8

1

10

b. Freight transportation

22

14

0

36

e. Pushing and towing services

1

3

0

4

c. Rental of commercial vehicles with operator

18

2

0

20

f. Supporting services for maritime transport

1

6

0

7

d. Maintenance and repair of road transport equipment

22

4

3

29

B. Internal waterways transport

e. Supporting services for road transport services

2

2

0

4

a. Passenger transportation

1

4

2

7

G. Pipeline transport

b. Freight