"ГЕНЕРАЛЬНОЕ СОГЛАШЕНИЕ ПО ТОРГОВЛЕ УСЛУГАМИ" (ГАТС/GATS) [рус., англ.] (Вместе с Приложениями <ОБ ИЗЪЯТИЯХ ИЗ ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬСТВ ПО СТАТЬЕ II>, <О ПЕРЕМЕЩЕНИИ ФИЗИЧЕСКИХ ЛИЦ, ПОСТАВЛЯЮЩИХ УСЛУГИ В СООТВЕТСТВИИ С СОГЛАШЕНИЕМ>, <ПО АВИАТРАНСПОРТНЫМ УСЛУГАМ>, <ПО ФИНАНСОВЫМ УСЛУГАМ>, <О ПЕРЕГОВОРАХ ПО УСЛУГАМ МОРСКОГО ТРАНСПОРТА> и <ПО ТЕЛЕКОММУНИКАЦИЯМ>) (Заключено в г. Марракеше 15.04.1994)

on maritime transport services which is inscribed in a Member's Schedule.
3. From the conclusion of the negotiations referred to in paragraph 1, and before the implementation date, a Member may improve, modify or withdraw all or part of its specific commitments in this sector without offering compensation, notwithstanding the provisions of Article XXI.






ANNEX
ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS

1. Objectives
Recognizing the specificities of the telecommunications services sector and, in particular, its dual role as a distinct sector of economic activity and as the underlying transport means for other economic activities, the Members have agreed to the following Annex with the objective of elaborating upon the provisions of the Agreement with respect to measures affecting access to and use of public telecommunications transport networks and services. Accordingly, this Annex provides notes and supplementary provisions to the Agreement.
2. Scope
(a) This Annex shall apply to all measures of a Member that affect access to and use of public telecommunications transport networks and services. <*>
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<*> This paragraph is understood to mean that each Member shall ensure that the obligations of this Annex are applied with respect to suppliers of public telecommunications transport networks and services by whatever measures are necessary.

(b) This Annex shall not apply to measures affecting the cable or broadcast distribution of radio or television programming.
(c) Nothing in this Annex shall be construed:
(i) to require a Member to authorize a service supplier of
any other Member to establish, construct, acquire, lease,
operate, or supply telecommunications transport networks or
services, other than as provided for in its Schedule; or
(ii) to require a Member (or to require a Member to oblige
service suppliers under its jurisdiction) to establish,
construct, acquire, lease, operate or supply
telecommunications transport networks or services not offered
to the public generally.
3. Definitions
For the purposes of this Annex:
(a) "Telecommunications" means the transmission and reception of signals by any electromagnetic means.
(b) "Public telecommunications transport service" means any telecommunications transport service required, explicitly or in effect, by a Member to be offered to the public generally. Such services may include, inter alia, telegraph, telephone, telex, and data transmission typically involving the real-time transmission of customer-supplied information between two or more points without any end-to-end change in the form or content of the customer's information.
(c) "Public telecommunications transport network" means the public telecommunications infrastructure which permits telecommunications between and among defined network termination points.
(d) "Intra-corporate communications" means telecommunications through which a company communicates within the company or with or among its subsidiaries, branches and, subject to a Member's domestic laws and regulations, affiliates. For these purposes, "subsidiaries", "branches" and, where applicable, "affiliates" shall be as defined by each Member. "Intra-corporate communications" in this Annex excludes commercial or non-commercial services that are supplied to companies that are not related subsidiaries, branches or affiliates, or that are offered to customers or potential customers.
(e) Any reference to a paragraph or subparagraph of this Annex includes all subdivisions thereof.
4. Transparency
In the applicatio



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