Cabotage is exclusively reserved to Peruvian flagged merchant vessels owned by a National Shipowner or National Ship Enterprise or leased under a financial lease or a bareboat charter, with an obligatory purchase option, except that:
(i) up to 25 per cent of the transport of hydrocarbons in national waters is reserved for the ships of the Peruvian Navy; and
(ii) foreign-flagged vessels may be operated exclusively by National Shipowners or National Ship Enterprise for a period of no more than six months for water transportation exclusively between Peruvian ports or cabotage when such an entity does not own its own vessels or lease vessels under the modalities previously mentioned.
For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Advertising services: For (a), (b) and (c): None, except that: Commercial advertising produced in Peru, must use at least 80 per cent national artists. National artists shall receive no less than 60 per cent of the total payroll for wages and salaries paid to artists. The same percentages established in the preceding paragraphs shall govern the work of technical personnel involved in commercial advertising. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law of the Artist and Performer (Ley del Artista, Intérprete y Ejecutante) and Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Market research and public opinion polling services, management consulting services, services related to management consulting, and technical testing and analysis services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Services related to agriculture, hunting, and forestry: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Services incidental to fishing: solely advisory and consulting services relating to fishing: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Services related to mining, placement and supply services of personnel, and investigation and security services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Related scientific and technical consulting services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Maintenance and repair of equipment (not including vessels, aircraft, or other transport equipment), building-cleaning services, photographic services, packing services and convention services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratacion de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Printing and publishing services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Other (CPC 8790) except: credit rating services (CPC 87901); jewellery design services; design services of handicrafts that are identified as Peruvian handicrafts; and other business services non elsewhere classified (CPC 87909): For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Express delivery services: For (a) and (b): No commitments. For (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Advisory services on telecommunications: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
National or international long-distance telecommunications services: For (a), (b), (c) and (d): Peru reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure that is not inconsistent with Peru’s obligations under Article XVI of GATS.
Carrier telecommunications services, private telecommunications services and value added services (5):
For (a), (b), (c): None, except for the obligation of obtaining a concession, authorisation, registry or any other title which Peru considers convenient to grant in order to habilitate the suppliers to provide these services. The juridical persons constituted under Peruvian law can be eligible for a concession.
Call-back, understood as being the offer of telephone services for the realisation of attempts to make calls originating in the country with the objective of obtaining a return call with an invitation to dial, coming from a basic telecommunications network located outside the national territory, is prohibited.
International traffic shall be routed through the installations of a company holding a concession or other permission for operation granted by the Ministry of Transport and Communications (Ministerio de Transportes y Comunicaciones).
Interconnection among private services is prohibited.
For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Commission agents services (except hydrocarbons): For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Retailing services, except alcohol and tobacco: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Wholesale trade services (except hydrocarbons): For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Franchising: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Construction services: solely consulting services related to construction: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): Nocommitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Higher Education Services (6): For (a): No commitments, except for subjects that are part of a program that mainly takes place outside Peru. For (b): None. For (c) and (d): No commitments.
Environmental services: solely consulting services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Hotels and restaurants (including catering), travel agencies and tour operators services, and tourist guide services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Entertainment services (including theatre, live bands, and circus services), news agencies services, libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural and sporting services: For (a), (b) and (c): None, except that:
(i) any domestic theatre (7) and visual arts production and any domestic artistic live performance must be comprised of at least 80 per cent national artists. National artists shall receive no less than 60 per cent of the total payroll for wages and salaries paid to artists. The same percentages established in the preceding paragraphs shall govern the work of technical personnel involved in artistic activities.
(ii) a foreign circus may stay in Peru with the original cast for a maximum of 90 days. This period may be extended for the same period of time. If it is extended, the foreign circus will include a minimum of 30 per cent Peruvian nationals as artists and 15 per cent Peruvian nationals as technicians. The same percentages shall apply to the payroll of salaries and wages.
For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law of the Artist and Performer (Ley del Artista, Intérprete y Ejecutante) and Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Exploitation of facilities for competitive and recreational sports: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Recreational parks services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Road Transport: rental of commercial vehicles with operator, maintenance and repair of road transport equipment, and exploitation of roads, bridges and tunnels services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Services auxiliary to all transport: cargo handling services; storage and warehouse services; freight transport agency services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Aircraft repair and maintenance services: For (a): No commitments. For (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Selling and marketing of air transport services, and computer reservation system services: For (a), (b) and (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
Airport operation and ground handling services: For (a) and (b) No commitments. For (c): None. For (d): No commitments, except as indicated in the Law for Foreign Workers Recruitment (Ley para la Contratación de Trabajadores Extranjeros).
For greater certainty, nothing in this entry shall be inconsistent with Peru’s commitments under Article XVI of GATS.
For purposes of this entry:
1. “(a)” refers to the supply of a service from the territory of one Party into the territory of Peru;
2. “(b)” refers to the supply of a service in the territory of a Party by one person of that Party to a person of Peru;
3. “(c)” refers to the supply of a service in the territory of Peru by an investor of another Party or by a covered investment; and
4. “(d)” refers to the supply of a service by a national of a Party in the territory of Peru.
5. “None” means no limitations or conditions on the application of Article 10.5 (Market Access).
Existing Measures:
SCHEDULE OF SINGAPORE
Sector: All
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 10.4) Market Access (Article 10.5)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the supply of a service by the presence of natural persons.
Existing Measures:
Sector: All
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure in relation to the divestment of the administrator and operator of airports.
Existing Measures:
Sector: All
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting the supply of the following services:
(a) social services;
(b) social security;
(c) public training;
(d) ambulance services; and
(e) health services by government-owned or controlled healthcare institutions, such as hospitals and polyclinics, including investments in these institutions, hospitals and polyclinics.
Existing Measures:
Sector:
All
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to maintain or adopt any measure affecting:
(a) the full or partial devolvement to the private sector of services provided in the exercise of governmental authority;
(b) the divestment of its equity interests in, and/or the assets of, an enterprise that is wholly owned by the Singapore government; and
(c) the divestment of its equity interests in, and/or the assets of, an enterprise that is partially owned by the Singapore government.
However, the right referred to in the preceding paragraph shall, in respect of measures affecting:
(i) subparagraph (a) (to the extent that the devolvement is accompanied by a divestment), and
(ii) subparagraphs (b) and (c),
pertain only to the initial divestment and Singapore does not reserve this right with respect to subsequent divestments of such divested equity interests and/or assets. (1)
Existing Measures:
Sector: Administration and Operation of National Electronic Systems
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure relating to or affecting the collection and administration of proprietary information by national electronic systems.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Arms and Explosives
Sub-Sector: Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the arms and explosives sector.
Existing Measures: Arms and Explosives Act, Cap. 13, 2003 Rev Ed
Sector: Broadcasting Services
Broadcasting is defined as the transmission of signs or signals via any technology for the reception and/or display of aural and/or visual programme signals by all or part of the domestic public.
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Board of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting broadcasting services receivable by Singapore’s domestic audience or originating from Singapore, including but not limited to:
(a) transmission quotas for content on television broadcasting services in Singapore;
(b) non-discriminatory expenditure requirements for Singapore production on television broadcasting services;
(c) transmission quotas for content on radio in Singapore;
(d) spectrum management and licensing of broadcasting services; or
(e) subsidies or grants for investment involving Singapore subjects, persons and services.
This entry does not apply to:
(i) a service supplier of another Party, an investor of another Party, or a covered investment of an investor of another Party, in respect of measures affecting the supply of non-scheduled broadcasting services, to the extent that Singapore is bound to accord national treatment to that service supplier, investor or covered investment for non-scheduled broadcasting services under an agreement between Singapore and that Party, that was notified to the WTO Council for Trade in Services under Article V:7 of GATS prior to entry into force of this Agreement;
(ii) the sole activity of transmitting licensed broadcasting services to a final consumer;
(iii) the production, distribution and public display of motion pictures, video recordings and sound recordings. Commitments in the production, distribution and public display of motion pictures, video recordings and sound recordings shall not include all the broadcasting and audio-visual services and materials that are broadcasting-related. Examples of services that are reserved include: free-to-air broadcasting, cable and pay television; and
(iv) value-added network (VAN) services such as electronic-mail, voice-mail, online information and data-base retrieval, electronic data interchange, and online information and/or data processing.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Business Services
Sub-Sector: Patent agent services
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 10.3)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting the recognition of educational and professional qualifications for purposes such as admission, registration and qualification for patent agents.
Existing Measures: Patents Act, Cap. 221, 2005 Rev Ed
Sector: All
Sub-Sector:
Industry Classification:
Obligations Concerned: National Treatment (Article 9.4 and Article 10.3) Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 9.5 and Article 10.4) Performance Requirements (Article 9.10) Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 9.11) Market Access (Article 10.5) Local Presence (Article 10.6)
Description: Investment and Cross-Border Trade in Services
Singapore reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure affecting real estate. This includes, but is not limited to, measures affecting the ownership, sale, purchase, development and management of real estate.
This entry does not apply to real estate consultancy services, real estate agency services, real estate auction services, real estate valuation services, and renting or leasing services involving owned or leased non-residential property.
Existing Measures: Residential Property Act, Cap. 274, 2009 Rev Ed
State Lands Act, Cap. 314, 1996 Rev Ed