Examples of using Basic telecommunications in English and their translations into Russian
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The disciplines are often based on the GATS Reference Paper on basic telecommunications.
WTO Agreement on Basic Telecommunications Services, 15 February 1997; entry into force, 1 January 1998.
Research into the increase of transmission capacity of the basic telecommunications infrastructure.
However, basic telecommunications are exempted from the obligations relating to most favoured nation treatment.
Until the conclusion of the negotiations on basic telecommunications the exemptions to the MFN will not be applicable.
However. at the same time. the carriers are no longer limiting themselves to the provision of a basic telecommunications service.
UNICEF provides basic telecommunications services in emergencies according to the standards set in the CCCs.
Competition policies(stimulating open competition in basic telecommunications services and Internet access);
It might also include a clause on anti-competitive behaviour by analogy to what has been provided for in the Agreement on Basic Telecommunications.
Only the Reference Paper on Basic Telecommunications included competition safeguards that were not applicable to other sectors.
On the other hand, negotiations are still being pursued, for instance,on certain services sectors e.g., basic telecommunications and maritime transport.
The agreement reached brings basic telecommunications into the framework of the General Agreement on Trade in Services GATS.
Other relevant disciplines can be developed under GATS Article XVIII, following the example of the Reference Paper on basic telecommunications.
In accordance with the Ministerial Decision on Negotiations on Basic Telecommunications a negotiating group on this subsector has been established.
The Committee has promulgated a few basic technology standards,such as a standard for exchange of contact information and a basic telecommunications standard.
The Annex on Negotiations on Basic Telecommunications relates to the negotiations on market access and national treatment in this subsector.
The report is timely because it coincides with the conclusion of the negotiations conducted in the World Trade Organization by the Group on Basic Telecommunications.
Almost all full participants and some observers had responded to a questionnaire on basic telecommunications regimes; these had been reviewed in meetings of the Group.
The WTO Reference Paper on Basic Telecommunications Services may be taken as a model in developing a set of rules for cross-border electricity and gas trade.
Another issue that retained the attention of most experts was the possible need to negotiate a reference paper for energy services, similar to the WTO Reference Paper on Basic Telecommunications Services.
Phase II, which involved studies of national financial and basic telecommunications sectors, was concluded at a meeting held in Mauritius in December 1998.
The implementation of the Uruguay Round agreements was largely on track, with landmark agreements recently being concluded in WTO on trade andinformation technology, basic telecommunications and financial services.
As a result of the WTO negotiations on basic telecommunications, a Reference Paper was adopted to ensure interconnection and fair access to the networks.
Moreover, negotiations will continue after the Marrakesh Ministerial Meeting on financial services,maritime transport services, basic telecommunications services and the movement of natural persons supplying services.
In two sectors, namely, financial services and basic telecommunications, the extended negotiations after the Uruguay Round yielded important market access results.
Following the conclusion of the Information TechnologyAgreement in Singapore(December 1996), WTO members proceeded to successfully negotiating the Agreement on Basic Telecommunications Services Geneva, February 1997.
This agreement sets out principles governing the regulatory framework for basic telecommunications services and has been incorporated into the schedule of GATS commitments of some WTO Members.
Countries applying the"Reference Paper" on basic telecommunication services need to establish an independent regulator separate from, andnot accountable to, any supplier of basic telecommunications services.
The negotiating groups on basic telecommunications and maritime transport have briefly touched upon the issue of subsidies as these are two sectors in which subsidies play an important role.
Furthermore, since the establishment of the WTO,important multilateral negotiations have been concluded that have increased market access for information technology products, basic telecommunications services and financial services.