THIRD PROTOCOL TO THE GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
EUROPEAN COMMUNITY AND ITS MEMBER STATES
SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
Supplement 2
(This is authentic in English only)
Modes of supply: (1) Cross-border supply (2) Consumption abroad (3) Commercial presence (4) Presence of natural persons |
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I. HORIZONTAL COMMITMENTS |
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Legal advice on home country law and public international law (page 12 in the schedule dated April 1994): |
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D and UK: University degree and professional qualifications and three years' professional experience in the sector. |
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D: Unbound for activities reserved to ‘Rechtsanwalt’. |
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Accounting services (page 14 in the schedule dated April 1994) (CPC 86212 other than ‘auditing services’): |
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Bookkeeping services for A only (page 17 in the schedule dated April 1994) (CPC 86220): |
A, D, NL, UK, S: University degree and professional qualifications and three years' experience in the sector. |
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A: examination before the Austrian professional body. The employer must be a member of the relevant professional body in the home country where such body exists. |
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D: Unbound for activities reserved by law in the ‘Wirtschaftsprüfer’. |
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Taxation advisory services (page 18 in the schedule dated April 1994) (CPC 86301): |
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A, B, NL, UK, S: University degree and professional qualifications and three years' experience in the sector. |
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A: Examination before the Austrian professional body. The employer must be a member of the relevant professional body in the home country where such body exists. |
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D: Unbound except for consulting services related to foreign tax law, where: university degree and professional, qualifications and three years' professional experience in the sector. |
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Architectural services (page 20 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 8671) |
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and urban planning and landscape architectural services (page 22 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 8674) |
DK, NL, UK, S: University degree and professional qualifications and three years' professional experience in the sector. |
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E: Academic and professional qualifications recognized by the national authorities and licence delivered by the Professional Association. Unbound for CPC 86713, 86714, 86719. |
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Engineering services (page 21 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 8672) |
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B, DK, NL, UK, S: University degree and professional qualifications and three years' professional experience in the sector. |
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UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
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E: Academic and professional qualifications recognized by the national authorities and licence delivered by the professional association. |
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Integrated engineering services (page 22 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 8673) |
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B, DK, NL, UK, S: University degree and professional qualifications and three years' professional experience in the sector. |
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UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
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E: Academic and professional qualifications recognized by the national authorities and licence delivered by the professional association. |
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Computer and related services (pages 31 to 33 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 841, 842, 843, 844) |
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B, DK, I, NL, S: Unbound, except for computer scientists, systems analysts, programmers, software document analysts and field engineers where: university degree and three years' professional experience in the sector. |
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I: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
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GR: Unbound, except for computer scientists, systems analysts, programmers, software document analysts where: university degree and five years' professional experience in the sector. |
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Research services (CPC 852) (page 33 of the schedule dated April 1994): (to be added under CPC 851 and 853 for F only) |
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Advertising (page 38 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 871) |
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B, D, I, UK, S: Relevant qualifications and three years' professional experience. |
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I, UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
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GR: Relevant qualifications and five years' professional experience. |
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Management consulting services (page 39 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 865) |
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B, D, DK, I, UK, S: Unbound except for managers and senior consultants where: university degree and three years' professional experience. |
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I, UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
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Services related to management consulting (page 39 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 866) |
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B, D, DK, I, UK, S: Unbound except for managers and senior consultants where: university degree and three years' professional experience. |
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I, UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
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Technical testing and analysis services (page 40 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 8676) |
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D, DK, UK, S: University degree or technical qualifications demonstrating knowledge and three years' professional experience |
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UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
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Translation services (page 48 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 87905) |
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GR: Relevant qualifications and five years' professional experience. |
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I, IRL, UK, S: Relevant qualifications and three years' professional experience. |
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I, UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
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Construction services (page 51 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 511, 512, 513, 514, 515, 516, 517, 518) |
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NL: University degree and professional qualifications and three years' professional experience in the sector. |
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F: Unbound except for measures concerning the temporary entry for technicians under the following conditions:
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Site investigation work (CPC 5111) |
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B, DK, UK, S: University degree and professional qualifications and three years' professional experience in the sector. |
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UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
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D: Unbound except for limited range of services of site investigation work where: university degree and professional qualifications and three years' professional experience in the sector. |
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Higher education services (page 57 of the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 923) |
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Travel agencies and tour operators services (page 82 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 7471) |
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A, B, D, DK, FIN, I, IRL, S: Unbound except for tour managers (persons whose function is to accompany a tour group of a minimum of 10 people, without acting as guides in specific locations) where for A, B, D, DK, I, IRL, S: professional certificate and three years' professional experience. |
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I: Compliance with an economic needs test is required |
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Entertainment services (including theatre, live bands and circus services) (page 84 in the schedule dated April 1994): (CPC 9619) |
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A: Access is limited to persons whose main professional activity is in the field of fine arts, deriving the major part of their income from that activity. Such persons shall not exercise any other commercial activity in Austria. |
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Services related to the sale of equipment or to the assignment of a patent: |
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