自发性自由化处理待遇.DOCVIP

標　　題： 作　　者： 國家： 組 織 ： 機密： U 議　　題： 服務貿易 產業： 資料來源： 分　　類： 自願性自由化處理模式 背景說明 依據GATS第19條第3段「....各回合之談判準則應對會員自前回合談判後自動實施之自由化，....，GATS第十六、十七及十八條規定列入承諾表，或取消MFN豁免；評估自願性自由化措施價值之標準包括合法性、可預測性、公平性及商業價值。記點可以採取兩點形式，一為要求其他會員相對等之改進承諾；一為對其他會員提供較少之自由化承諾，韓國建議之改善值將作為一個基準或談判之參考。 新加坡提出四點意見，1. 認為決定自願性自由化措施能否記點基於以下幾個因素：措施應能依據GATS第十六、十七及十八條規定列入承諾表並且符合MFN原則；2.在評估自願性自由化措施前會員應建立多邊同意之因素；3. 要求記點之會員應與其貿易對手國進行雙邊談判；4. 服務貿易理事會特別會議在此過程中應負監督責任。 美國同意香港意見，自願性自由化措施應能促進本身之經濟發展，並作兩點建議，1.若要求記點之國家不希望約束其自由化則可能無法獲得約束之記點；2. 自願性自由化措施之記點應適用於所有WTO會員，不論已開發或開發中國家。 印尼認為自願性自由化措施應視為服務貿易市場開放談判之整體部分，會員有權決定自願性自由化受約束之範圍，對於評估應以定性評估為基礎，在服務業之外之部門減讓亦可獲得記點，例如貨品貿易之減讓。 我國立場 Comments on DOC. JOB (02)/75 Modalities for the Treatment of Autonomous Liberalization by the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu With regard to the four issues identified in the Report made by the Chairman at the document JOB(02)/75, Chinese Taipei would like to make some comments as follows. 1.The first substantive issue is the treatment to be given to measures already bound in the context of accession negotiations. Compared with commitments made by the original members of the WTO, most of which usually reflected the status quo of their market opening by the time of conclusion of previous WTO negotiations, the accession commitments made by the 17 acceded members, who became WTO members after the establishment of the WTO, often represented a degree of liberalization far beyond the status quo. We are of the view that unilateral efforts of these newly acceded members should be duly recognized. Therefore, we support that autonomous liberalization measures of a Member shall be eligible for credit if the measures are undertaken by the Member unilaterally, including those made in its accession process. This position has already been reflected in the paragraph of 3(c) of DOC. JOB(02)/35/Rev.1. Nevertheless, in order to clearly specify the starting time for the autonomous liberalization to become eli