RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/NGBT/W/12/Add.24
13March 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0952)
Original: Spanish Negotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications
COMMUNICATION FROM THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Draft Offer onBasic Telecommunications
Theattached communication iscirculated attherequest oftheDominican Republic tomembers
oftheNegotiating Group onBasic Telecommunications.
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Regulatory issues
TheDominican Republic maintains itscommitment tothedevelopment ofauniversal service.
Nevertheless, itwillmaintain measures todealwith anti-competitive practices, including intheareas
relating totheright ofinterconnection andfreedom tonegotiate accounting ordistribution rates.
Anyterminalorothertypeofequipmentproducedabroadthatinterfaceswiththepublicswitched
telephone network must beapproved inaccordance withthestandards established forWorld Numbering
Zone 1.Theregulatory body may require evidence ofsuch type-approval.
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Modes ofdelivery: (1) Cross-border supply (2) Consumption abroad (3) Commercial presence (4) Presence ofnatural persons
Sector orsubsector Limitations onmarket access Limitations onnational treatment Additional commitments
2.C. TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SERVICES
(a) Public telephone services
(CPC 7521)(1) Unbound
(2) Unbound(1) Unbound
(2) Unbound
(d) Telex services
(CPC 7523)(3) Thefollowing requirements must be
fulfilled:(3) Unbound
(e) Telegraph services
(CPC 7522)(a) Establish legal domicile in
Dominican territory;
(f) Facsimile services
(CPC 7521 and7529)(b) besetupasalegal person in
theDominican Republic; and
(c) obtain aconcession from the
Executive Branch and, where
required, alicence from the
telecommunications regulatory
body, which atthetime of
thisoffer istheDirectorate-
General of
Telecommunications (DGT)
(4) Unbound, except asindicated inthe
horizontal commitments established
intheDominican Republic 's
Uruguay Round Schedule of
Services (GATS/SC/28)(4) Unbound, except asindicated in
thehorizontal commitments
established intheDominican
Republic 'sUruguay Round
Schedule ofServices
(GATS/SC/28)