Negotiation On Services
Papers Submitted To The WTO By India

 

 ·  OFFERS OF INDIA ON SERVICES

 ·  PAPERS BY INDIA AT THE SPECIAL SESSIONS OF CTS/CTS RS/WPDR
 ·  PAPERS CIRCULATED BY INDIA DURING THE URUGUAY ROUNDS SPILL-OVER NEGOTIATION ON FINANCIAL SERVICES
 ·  PAPERS TABLED BY INDIA IN THE NEGOTIATIONS ON BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (NGBT)
 ·  PAPERS SUBMITTED BY INDIA IN THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON MARITIME TRANSPORT SERVICES (NGMTS)
 ·  SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
 ·  IMPORTANT WTO DOCUMENTS ON SERVICES
 ·  SECTOR-BY-SECTOR INFORMATION ON SERVICES
 ·  LINKS ON SERVICES MATTER
 ·  LINKS TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS IN SERVICES SECTORS
 ·  OTHER USEFUL LINKS

 

OFFERS BY INDIA ON SERVICES

Revised Offer

TN/S/O/IND/Rev.1*

24 Aug 05

Conditional Initial Offer

TN/S/O/IND

12 Jan 04

PAPERS BY INDIA AT THE

SPECIAL SESSIONS OF CTS / CTS RS / WPDR

Liberal Mode 4 Commitments: A win-win for all Members

China, India, Pakistan, Peru, and Thailand

JOB(07)/175

28 Nov 07

Discussion paper on relevant issues for liberalisation of Cross border Supply in GATS Negotiations

Chile, Hong Kong china, India and Mexico

JOB(05)/214

29 Sept 05

Assessment of Mode 4 offers of Members - Review of Progress as established in Paragraph 15 of the Guidelines and Procedures for the Negotiations on Trade in Services (S/L/93)

Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines and Thailand

JOB(05)/131

30 Jun 05

Joint Statement on the Cross-Border Symposium held by WTO in April, 2005

Australia, Chile, Hong Kong China, India, Mexico and the separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, kinsmen and Matsu

JOB(05)/90

01 Jun 05

Joint Statement on the Negotiations on Computer and Related Services

 

Australia, Canada, Chile, the European communities, Hong Kong China, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, The Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu and United States

TN/S/W/38

25 Feb 05

Categories of Natural Persons for Commitments under Mode 4 of GAT

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Thailand and Uruguay

TN/S/W/31

18 Feb 05

Joint Statement on Market Access in Services

Australia, Canada, Chile, European Communities, Hong Kong China, Iceland, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu and the United States

JOB(04)176

24 Nov 04

Mode 4-Transparency Issues

Argentina, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines and Thailand

JOB(04)142

29 Sept 04

Review of Progress in Negotiations, Including Pursuant to Paragraph 15 of the Guidelines for Negotiations

Brazil, Colombia, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, India, Indonesia, Nicaragua, Philippines and Thailand

TN/S/W/23

29 Sept 04

Joint Statement on Liberalization of Mode 1 under GATS negotiations

Chile, India and Mexico

JOB(04)/87

28 Jun 04

Joint Statement on the Implementation of Paragraph 15 of the Guidelines and Procedures for the Negotiations on Trade in Services

Barbados, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malaysia, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Dominican Rep,

Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela

TN/S/W/16

25 July 03

Proposed Liberalization of Mode 4 under GATS Negotiations

Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Mexico, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines and Thailand

TN/S/W/14

03 July 03

Review of Progress as established in Paragraph 15 of the Guidelines and Procedures for the Negotiations on Trade in Services (S/L/93)

Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines and Thailand

TN/S/W/19

31 Mar 03

Joint Statement on the Negotiations on Maritime Transport Services

Australia, Canada, Chile, The People’s Republic Of China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Estonia, The European Communities And Their Member States, Gambia, Georgia, Guatemala, Hong Kong, China, Iceland, India, Japan, The Republic Of Korea, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Lithuania, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Pakistan, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Slovenia, Switzerland, And The Separate Customs Territory Of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu

TN/S/W/11

03 Mar 03

Draft Modalities for the Treatment of Autonomous Liberalization

Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, Guatemala, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Senegal, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Venezuela and Uruguay

JOB((02)/77

05 July 02

Negotiating Proposal on Computer and Related Services

India

S/CCS/W/141

22 Mar 02

Assessment of Trade in Services

Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, India, Kenya, Pakistan, Peru, Uganda, Venezuela and  Zimbabwe

S/CCS/W/114

09 Oct 01

Elements for Negotiating Guidelines and Procedures

Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Uruguay, and the members of the Andean Community (Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela).

S/CCS/W/13

24 Nov 00

Proposed Liberalization of Movement of Professionals under General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS)

India

S/CCS/W/12

24 Nov 00

Revised Conditional Offer on Financial Services

 

S/FIN/W/12/Add.47/Rev.1

12 Dec  97

Conditional Offer on Financial Services

S/FIN/W/12/Add.47

10 Dec 97

 

PAPERS CIRCULATED BY INDIA DURING THE URUGUAY ROUNDS SPILL-OVER NEGOTIATIONS ON FINANCIAL SERVICES

 

Revised Conditional Offer on Financial Services

 

S/FIN/W/12/Add.47/Rev.1

12 Dec  97

Conditional Offer on Financial Services

 

S/FIN/W/12/Add.47

10 Dec 97

PAPERS TABLED BY INDIA IN THE NEGOTIATIONS ON

BASIC TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES (NGBT)

 

Draft Offer on Basic Telecommunications

 

S/NGBT/W/12/Add.32

26 Apr 96

List of Article II Exemptions

 

S/NGBT/W/19

26 Apr 96

Response to Questionnaire on Basic Telecommunications

S/NGBT/W/3/Add.34

26 Oct 95

PAPERS SUBMITTED BY INDIA IN THE NEGOTIATING GROUP ON

MARITIME TRANSPORT SERVICES (NGMTS)

Conditional Offer on Maritime Transport Services

 

S/NGMTS/W/29

08 July 96

Response to Questionnaire on Maritime Transport Services

 

S/NGMTS/W/2/Add.36

30 Oct 95

SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS

Consolidated Schedule of Specific Commitments of India

S/DCS/W/IND

2 Apr 03

Schedule of Specific Commitments – Supplement 4 – (Financial Services)

GATS/SC/42/Suppl.4

 

16 Feb 98

Schedule of Specific Commitments – Supplement 3 - (Telecommunication Services

 

GATS/SC/42/Suppl.3

11 Apr 97

Schedule of Specific Commitments – Supplement 2 – (Movement of Natural Persons)

GATS/SC/42/Suppl. 2

28 July 97

Schedule of Specific Commitments – Supplement 1- (Financial Services)

 

GATS/SC/42/Suppl.1

28 July 95

Schedule of Specific Commitments – Supplement - (Horizontal Commitments and Sector-Specific Commitments)

GATS/SC/42

15 Apr 94

 

 

IMPORTANT WTO DOCUMENTS ON SERVICES

Services Signalling Conference – Note by the Secretariat

JOB(08)/93

30 July  08

Guidelines and Procedures for the Negotiations on Trade in Services

 

S/L/93

29 Mar 01

Guidelines for the Scheduling of Specific Commitments under the GATS

 

S/L/92

28 Mar 01

Services Sectoral Classification list – Note by the Secretariat

 

MTN.GNS/W/120

10 July 91

 

SECTOR-BY-SECTOR INFORMATION ON SERVICES

 

 

  

For comprehensive Services Sectoral classification List see Document No. MTN. GNS/W/120 mentioned under “Important Documents on Services”

 

LINKS ON SERVICES MATTER

 

·        Services Gateway of WTO

·        WTO Services Profiles providing detailed statistics on key “infrastructure services” (transportation, telecommunications, finance and insurance)    NEW!

·        Help on reading a Services Schedule

·        Understanding the Agreement on Services

·        Services Database

·        Services Profile of India

·        WTO Publications by Category and Subject

·        Services Link of Department of Commerce, Government of India

 

LINKS TO OTHER INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS THAT

DEAL WITH SOME SECTORS OF SERVICES

 

·        Telecommunications services:

·        International Telecommunications Union (ITU)  

·        The World Bank: Department for Global Information and Communication Technologies (GICT)  

·        Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development: Information and Communications Policy  

·        United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCAD): E-Business and ICT Division  

·        International Telecommunications Users Group (INTUG)  

·        World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS)

·        Accountancy services:

·        International Federation of Accountants

·        International Accounting Standards Board

·        Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR)

·        Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

·        Journal of Accountancy

·        Financial services:

·        Basel Committee on Banking Supervision

·        IMF

·        International Association of Insurance Supervisors

·        International Organization of Securities Commissions

·        Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development

·        UNCTAD

·        World Bank

 

OTHER USEFUL LINKS

 

·        Indian Council for Research on International Economic Relations (ICRIER)

·        Research and Information System for Developing Countries (RIS)

·        National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER)

·        Federation of Indian Export Organizations (FIEO)

·        WTO and Multilateral Affairs page of USTR

·        Gateway to the European Union, (Europa)

·        United Nations Statistics Division (UNCPC)

·        Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD)