ANNEX IISupplementary provisions
ANNEX II COMPENSATION BY THE EC • Mode 3 horizontal limitation on public utilities — Footnote on coverage indicating that this limitation does not apply to telecommunication and computer and related services. • Mode 3 horizontal limitations on investment — Removal of the national treatment limitation for AT in Mode 3 on branches of foreign joint stock companies (Aktiengesellschaften) and limited liability companies (Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung). • Mode 4 for intra-corporate transferees and business visitors — Market Access and National Treatment commitments by CY and MT in the horizontal section and in the sector-specific section in the sectors where CY and MT have undertaken Mode 3 commitments. • Professional services - Engineering services (CPC 8672) — Market Access and National Treatment Commitments by CY and MT in Mode 2 — Market Access commitments by CY, CZ, MT & SK in Mode 3 — National Treatment commitments by CY and MT in Mode 3 — Removal of the market access limitation for PT in mode 3 • Professional services - Integrated Engineering Services (CPC 8673): — Removal of the ENT applied on Mode 4/CSS by the UK — Market Access and National Treatment commitments by SK in Mode 3 • Professional services - Urban planning and landscape architectural services (CPC 8674): — Market Access and National Treatment commitments by CY, CZ, MT, PL, SI & SK in Mode 3. — Market Access and National Treatment commitments by HU on Landscape Architectural Services in Mode 2. • Computer and related services - — Addition of a clarificatory footnote. — Market Access and National Treatment commitments by HU in Modes 1, 2 & 3 for CPC 845 and 849 — Improved conditions for CSS/Mode 4 by SE for computer and related services in the horizontal section and new commitments by SE for CSS/Mode 4 for CPC 845 and 849. • Advertising services (CPC 871): — Market Access and National Treatment commitments by CY, MT & PL in Mode 1 • Telecommunication services — New and improved commitments by the entire EC as offered in its revised DDA offer. — A clarification from FI that its three Mode 3 horizontal limitations on legal entities under market access, on subsidiaries, branches, agencies and representative offices under national treatment, and on investment under market access do not apply to telecommunications services. — A clarificatory footnote indicating that Sub-sectors 2.C.h) to 2.C.m) of the Services Sectoral Classification List contained in MTN,GNS/W/120 (value-added services) and Sub-sectors 2.C.a) to 2.C.g) of that List are included here. Sub-sector 2.C.o) of that List is also included here to the extent that it falls under this definition. For the purpose of this schedule, subsector 2C.n of that list (on-line information and/or data processing) is reflected in this schedule of Commitments under 1.B (Computer and related services). • Financial services (insurance services): — Removal of part of the market access limitations for SK in Mode 3 • Financial services (banking) — FI: change in Mode 3 permanent residency requirements (“At least one of the founders, the members of the board of directors, the supervisory board and the managing director shall have their permanent residence in the European Community…” instead of “At least one half of the founders, the members of the board of directors, the supervisory board and the delegates, the managing director, the holder of the procuration and the person entitled to sign in the name of the credit institution shall have their place of residence in the European Community…”). • Hotels, Restaurants and Catering — New (less restrictive) language for IT's ENT in mode 3 on bars, cafes and restaurants, including a commitment on its non-discriminatory nature. • Travel Agencies and Tour Operators Services — Removal of the ENT applied on Mode 3 by the CZ • Hairdressing services — Market Access and National Treatment commitments by CZ, FI, HU and SK in Modes 2&3 The following abbreviations are used to indicate the Member States: AT Austria BE Belgium CY Cyprus CZ Czech Republic DE Germany DK Denmark EE Estonia EL Greece ES Spain FI Finland FR France HU Hungary IE Ireland IT Italy LT Lithuania LU Luxembourg LV Latvia MT Malta NL The Netherlands PL Poland PT Portugal SE Sweden SI Slovenia SK Slovak Republic UK United Kingdom