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Ministers
decide to recommend that the Council for Trade in Services at its
first meeting adopt the decision on subsidiary bodies set out below.
The
Council for Trade in Services,
Acting
pursuant to Article XXIV with a view to facilitating the
operation and furthering the objectives of the General Agreement on
Trade in Services,
Decides
as follows:
1.
Any subsidiary bodies that the Council may establish shall
report to the Council annually or more often as necessary. Each such body shall establish its own rules of procedure, and
may set up its own subsidiary bodies as appropriate.
2.
Any sectoral committee shall carry out responsibilities as
assigned to it by the Council, and shall afford Members the
opportunity to consult on any matters relating to trade in services in
the sector concerned and the operation of the sectoral annex to which
it may pertain. Such
responsibilities shall include:
(a)
to keep under continuous review and surveillance the
application of the Agreement with respect to the sector concerned;
(b) to formulate proposals or recommendations for consideration by
the Council in connection with any matter relating to trade in the
sector concerned;
(c) if there is an annex pertaining to the sector, to consider
proposals for amendment of that sectoral annex, and to make
appropriate recommend‑ations to the Council;
(d) to provide a forum for technical discussions, to conduct
studies on measures of Members and to conduct examinations of any
other technical matters affecting trade in services in the sector
concerned;
(e) to provide technical assistance to developing country Members
and developing countries negotiating accession to the Agreement
Establishing the World Trade Organization in respect of the
application of obligations or other matters affecting trade in
services in the sector concerned; and
(f) to cooperate with any other subsidiary bodies established under
the General Agreement on Trade in Services or any international
organizations active in any sector concerned.
3. There is hereby established a Committee on Trade in Financial
Services which will have the responsibilities listed in paragraph 2.
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