WORLD TRADE GATS/SC/85/Suppl.2
11April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1322)
Trade inServices
THAILAND
Schedule ofSpecific Commitments
Supplement 2
(This isauthentic inEnglish only)
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Thistextsupplements theTelecommunication Services section contained inpages 15to21
ofdocument GATS/SC/85.
./.GATS/SC/85/Suppl.2
Page2THAILAND -SCHEDULE OFSPECIFIC COMMITMENTS
Modes ofsupply: 1) Cross-border supply 2) Consumption abroad 3) Commercial presence 4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
Commitments undertaken inthisoffer aresubject tothefollowing general conditions:
- Each service tobesupplied inThailand requires aspecific governmental licence.
- Licences aregranted onlytoservice suppliers dulyconstituted according totheThai legislation, which requires head office andmanagement located inthe
Thai territory.
- Duetoscarce resources, thenumber oflicences maybelimited.
- Theservices intheSchedule ofSpecific Commitments shall beonfacilities basis.
- Theservice provider shall beaThai registered company withforeign equity participation notexceeding 20percentoftheregistered capital andthenumber
offoreign shareholders must notexceed 20percentofthetotalnumber ofshareholders ofthecompany.
- TheCommunications Authority ofThailand hasexclusive right tolinkwithIntelsat andInmarsat.
- Conditional upon passage andcoming intoforce ofallnecessary newcommunication acts, commencing from theyearof2006, commitments onpublic
telecommunication services willbeintroduced, andcarried outinaccordance withtheimplementing regulations tobeissued byvirtue ofthose acts.
2.C. Telecommunication
Services
Public local, domestic
longdistance and
international services:
a. Voice telephone
services
b. Telex services
c. Telegraph services
d. Facsimile services1),2) None, other than
-traffic shall berouted through a
gateway inThailand operated by
asupplier dulylicensed;
-theprovision ofconcerned
services shall beagreed bythe
suppliers dulylicensed ofboth
ends.
3)Conditional upon passage andcoming into
force ofallnecessary newcommunication
acts, commencing from theyearof2006,
Thailand willintroduce themarket access
elements ascontained inthose actsintothe
relevant parts ofitsSchedule ofSpecific
Commitments relating tothesupply of
public telecommunication services.1),2) None
3)Conditional upon passage andcoming into
force ofallnecessary newcommunication
acts, commencing from theyearof2006,
Thailand willintroduce thenational
treatment elements ascontained inthose acts
intotherelevant parts ofitsSchedule of
Specific Commitments relating tothesupply
ofpublic telecommunication services.Conditional upon passage
andcoming intoforce of
allnecessary new
communication acts,
commencing from the
yearof2006, Thailand
willintroduce intoits
Schedule ofSpecific
Commitments onpublic
telecommunication
services itstreatment on
thesubjects relating to
competitive safeguards,
interconnection, universal
service, public
availability oflicensing
criteria, separation of
regulatory and
operational functions, and
theallocation anduseof
scarce resources.
4)Unbound asindicated inthehorizontal
section.4)Unbound asindicated inthehorizontal
section.