RESTRICTED
PREPARATORY COMMITTEE PC/SCS/W/13
FOR THE 23January 1995
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
(95-0102)
Original: English SUB-COMMITTEE ONSERVICES
COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
AND THEIR MEMBER STATES
Thefollowing communication, dated 22December 1994, hasbeenreceived from the
European Communities andtheirMember States.
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Asof1stofJanuary 1995, Austria, Finland andSweden willaccede totheEuropean
Communities.
Accordingly, theschedule ofspecific commitments onservices oftheEuropean
Communities andtheirMember States andthelistofMFN exemptions willencompass the
schedules andlistsofthese countries.
Theconsolidation ofthedifferent documents intoonesingle schedule andMFN listwill
becompleted andsubmitted inearly 1995.
Ofcourse, theEuropean Communities andtheirMember States willfollow theappropriate
procedure andareprepared toparticipate inanyfurther work pursuant totherelevant provisions
oftheGATS.
Inthemeantime thiscommunication isfortheinformation ofparticipants intheSub-
Committee onServices about theprocess following theenlargement.