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ORGANIZATIONS/C/N/131
25 September 2000
(00-3830)
Council for Trade in Services Original:  English
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE III.3 OF THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
The following notification has been received from the delegation of the Japan.
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1. Member notifying:
Japan
2. Notification under:
Article III, paragraph 3, of the General Agreement on Trade in Services.
3. Date of entry into force:
1 April 1997
Duration
Indefinite
4. Agency responsible for implementation  and enforcement of the measures:
Ministry of Labour
5. Description of the measures:
According to the revision of Enforcement Regulation for Employment Security Law,
Concerning fee-charging employment placem ent project, exchange employment may be
carried on except the following categories of workers:  (a) administrative jobs;  (b) sales jobs;(c) manual labourer, except an expert and a technician, engaged in occupations of service;
(d) security guard occupations;  (e) manual labourer, engaged in occupations of agriculture,
forestry and fisheries;  (f) manual labourer, except an expert and a technician, engaged in
occupations of transportation and telecommunications;  (g) skilled worker, except an expert
and a technician, and manual labourer, except an expert and a technician, engaged inoccupations of excavation, manufacturing, building and so on.
These restrictions are not applicable to the placement of people who have graduated from
school for less than one year in administrative jobs or sales jobs.S/C/N/131
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Affected commitments:
“Placement services of personnel within Japan in the following twenty-nine occupations
(limited to services to establish employment relationship between a job applicant and an
employer seeking personnel on the basis of job applications and offers)” in sector 1F(k).
6. Members specifically affected, if any:
None
7. The texts are available from:
International Labour Affairs Division, Mini ster's Secretariat, Ministry of Labour
Telephone: +(81 3) 3502-6717
Telefax: +(81 3) 3502-1946
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