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Day 1
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Session I: Introduction |
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10:00-10:15 |
Introduction by the Chairperson: Objectives of the Workshop
Speaker: Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director-General, World Trade
Organization
Opening statement |
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10:15-11:15 |
GATS and Domestic Regulation
Speaker:
Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade in Services Division, WTO
PowerPoint presentation
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The GATS approach to the regulation of services — nature of
the legal obligations.
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GATS Article VI:4 (Domestic Regulation) and how it relates to
other provisions of the Agreement.
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Background to the Working Party on Professional Services (WPPS)
and the Working Party on Domestic Regulation (WPDR).
Additional presentations:
Aaditya Mattoo:
Presentation |
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11:15-11:45 |
Discussion Session |
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Session II: Development of Disciplines on Domestic Regulation |
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12:00-12:45 |
Concepts Related to the Development of Disciplines
Speakers:
Mina Mashayeki, UNCTAD
PowerPoint presentation
Dale Honeck,
Trade in Services Division, WTO
PowerPoint presentation
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Transparency (description, objectives, and examples of
measures which may be subject to disciplines).
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Necessity (description, objectives, and examples of measures
which may be subject to disciplines).
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12:45-13:00 |
Discussion Session |
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15:00-15:30 |
Speaker: Julia Nielson, OECD
PowerPoint presentation
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Equivalency (description, objectives, and examples of measures
which may be subject to disciplines).
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International standards (description, objectives, and examples of
measures which may be subject to disciplines).
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15:30-15:45 |
Discussion Session |
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Session III: Wider Applicability of the Accountancy Disciplines?
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16:00-16:30 |
Background
Speaker: Dale Honeck, Trade in Services Division, WTO
Paper
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The Accountancy Disciplines — main elements.
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16:30-17:30 |
Applicability of the Accountancy Disciplines to other
Professional Services
Speakers:
Laurel Terry, International Bar Association
Outline of presentation
PowerPoint presentation
Papers:
WTO Resolution on
Disciplines for the Accountancy Sector
Exhibit A: Changes the IBA
Recommends
Exhibit B to Disciplines
resolution
Disciplines — SL64
annotated per IBA
Abstract
Russell V. Keune, International Union of Architects
Outline of presentation
Presentation
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Views of national professional associations.
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Views of international professional organizations.
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17:30-18:00 |
Discussion Session |
Day 2
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10:00-10:45 |
Applicability of the Accountancy Disciplines to other
Professional Services (continued)
Speakers:
Judith Oulton, International Council of Nurses
Outline of presentation
PowerPoint presentation
Papers:
PS Ethical Nurse
Recruitment
ICN Principles on regulation
Premendra Raj Mehta, Council of Architecture, India
PowerPoint presentation
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Views of national professional associations.
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Views of international professional organizations.
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10:45-11:15 |
Discussion Session
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Session IV: Regulators’ (and “Regulatees”) Views |
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11:30-12:30 |
Potential Scope and Impact of Disciplines on Domestic Regulation
Speakers:
Jan Wouters, Ludo Deckers, Flanders — Electricity Distribution
Outline of presentation
PowerPoint presentation
Sebastián Sáez, Chile — Financial Services
Outline of presentation
PowerPoint presentation
Peter Hlapolosa, South Africa — Telecommunications Services
PowerPoint presentation
Mark van der Horst, European Express Association (EEA), EC —
Postal & Courier Services
PowerPoint presentation
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Feasibility of disciplines
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Administrative issues
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12:30-13:00 |
Discussion Session
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15:00-16:00 |
Potential Scope and Impact of Disciplines on Domestic Regulation
(continued)
Speakers:
Javier Hermo, Argentina — Educational Services, Professional
Services
Outline of presentation
PowerPoint presentation
Paper
Nik Mohd Hasyudeen Yusoff, Malaysia — Accountancy Services
Outline of presentation
PowerPoint presentation
Hirohisa Furuichi, Japan — Telecommunications Services
Outline of presentation
PowerPoint presentation
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Feasibility of disciplines
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Administrative issues
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16:00-16:30 |
Discussion Session
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Session V: Future Possibilities: Views of Participants |
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16:45-17:15 |
Theoretical Possibilities for New Disciplines
Speakers:
Hamid Mamdouh, Director, Trade in Services Division,
WTO
PowerPoint presentation
Mina Mashayeki, UNCTAD
Julia Nielson, OECD
PowerPoint presentation
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Scenarios for the development of horizontal and/or sectoral
disciplines under Article VI:4.
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Possibilities for the scheduling of additional commitments
under Article XVIII in the ongoing negotiations.
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17:15-17:45 |
Discussion Session |
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17:45-18:00 |
Conclusion by the Chairperson
Speaker: Rufus Yerxa, Deputy Director-General, WTO |
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