RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/FIN/W/7
3May 1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-1749)
Committee onTrade inFinancial Services
STATUS OFACCEPTANCE OFTHE SECOND PROTOCOL TOTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES (GATS)
Note bytheSecretariat
1. TheDecision Adopting theSecond Protocol totheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices
(S/L/13) stipulates thattheCommittee onTrade inFinancial Services shallmonitor theacceptance
oftheProtocol byMembers concerned.
2. Inaccordance withthismandate, itishereby reported totheCommittee thatthefollowing
Members haveaccepted theProtocol asof30April 1996.
Member DateofAcceptance
Brazil* 14March 1996
Chile 30November 1995
Hong Kong 26April 1996
Italy* 3April 1996
Japan 8December 1995
Morocco 6March 1996
*Brazil andItalyhaveaccepted theProtocol subject toratification.
3. TheProtocol isopen foracceptance bytheMembers concerned until30June19961.Ifby
1July1996theProtocol hasnotbeenaccepted byallMembers concerned, those Members which have
accepted itbefore thatdatemay, within aperiod of30daysthereafter, decide onitsentry intoforce.
4. TheCommittee willbeinformed ofanyfurther developments concerning theacceptance of
theProtocol.
5. Thestatus ofacceptance oftheProtocol isontheagenda ofthemeeting oftheCouncil for
Trade inServices on21May.
1Acertified copy oftheProtocol wascirculated toMembers on11January under cover ofdocument
WT/Let/54.