. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION  S/C/N/303 
28 April 2004  
 
(04-1900) 
Council for Trade in Services Original:   English 
   
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE V:7(a) OF THE 
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES  
 
 
 The following notification, dated 26 April 2004, from the delegation of the European 
Communities is being circulated to the Members of the Council for Trade in Services. 
 
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1. Member notifying: 
The European Communities, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Ki ngdom of 
Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, th e Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, 
the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg, 
the Republic of Hungary, th e Republic of Malta, the Ki ngdom of the Netherlands, the Republic 
of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Port uguese Republic, the Re public of Slovenia, the 
Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of 
Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 
 
2. Notification under: 
Article V:7 (a) of the General Agreement on Trade in Services 
 
3. Date of entry into force: 
 1 May 2004 
 
 Duration: 
 
 Indefinite 
 
4. Agency responsible for implementation  and enforcement of the measure: 
 The legislative, executive and judicial bodies of the European Communities and its Member 
States. 
 
5. Complete description of the measure:  
The Treaty concerning the accession of the C zech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the 
Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of 
Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of  Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the 
Slovak Republic to the European Union, and thus to the Treaty establishing the European S/C/N/303 
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Community (the “EC Treaty”)
1. The EC Treaty2 is an agreement liberalising, inter alia , trade 
in services between the parties of the type refe rred to in paragraph 1 of Article V of the 
GATS. 
  
6. Members specifically affected, if any: 
 The European Communities, the Kingdom of Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Ki ngdom of 
Denmark, the Federal Republic of Germany, th e Republic of Estonia, the Hellenic Republic, 
the Kingdom of Spain, the French Republic, Ireland, the Italian Republic, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Grand Duchy of Luxem bourg, 
the Republic of Hungary, th e Republic of Malta, the Ki ngdom of the Netherlands, the Republic 
of Austria, the Republic of Poland, the Port uguese Republic, the Re public of Slovenia, the 
Slovak Republic, the Republic of Finland, the Kingdom of Sweden, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. 
 
7. The texts are available from: 
 - WTO Secretariat 
 - European Commission website:  http://europa.eu.int/comm/enlargement/n egotiations/treaty_of_ accession_2003/index.htm 
 
 
 
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1 The Treaty concerning the accession of these ten St ates sets out, in the Act annexed thereto, the 
conditions of admission and the adjustments to the EC Treaty. The previous enlargement of the European Union 
(the accession of Austria, Finland and Sweden to the Eu ropean Union), and thus modi fication to the EC Treaty, 
was notified on 22 December 1994 (WTO reference PC/SCS/W/13) and circulated among WTO Members on 
23 January 1995. 
 
2  See notification made by the EC and its Member States of the Treaty establishing the European 
Community and circulated among WTO Members on 10 November 1995 (WTO reference S/C/N/6); see also 
Official Journal of the European Communities, C 25, Volume 45, 24 December 2002. 