AT
BE
BG
CY
CZ
DE
DK
EE
EL
ES
The following abbreviations are used in the list of reservations below:
Union, including the Member States
Austria
Belgium
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czechia
Germany
Denmark
Estonia
Greece
Spain
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FI
FR
LT
LU
LV
MT
PL
Finland
France
Croatia
Hungary
Treland
Italy
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Latvia
Malta
The Netherlands
Poland
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PT
RO
SE
SI
SK
Portugal
Romania
Sweden
Slovenia
Slovak Republic
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Schedule of the Union
Reservation No. 1 â All sectors
Reservation No. 2 â Professional services â other than health-related services
Reservation No. 3 â Professional services â health-related and retail of pharmaceuticals
Reservation No. 4 â Business services â Research and development services
Reservation No. 5 â Business services â Real estate services
Reservation No. 6 â Business services â Rental or leasing services
Reservation No. 7 â Business services â Collection agency services and credit reporting services
Reservation No. 8 â Business services â Placement services
Reservation No. 9 â Business services â Security and investigation services
Reservation No. 10 â Business services â Other business services
Reservation No. 11 â Telecommunication
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Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
Reservation No.
12 â Construction
13 â Distribution services
14 â Education services
15 â Environmental services
16 â Financial services
17 â Health and social services
18 â Tourism and travel-related services
19 â Recreational, cultural and sporting services
20 â Transport services and auxiliary transport services
21 â Agriculture, fishing and water
22 â Mining and energy-related activities
23 â Other services not included elsewhere
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Reservation No. 1 â All sectors
Sector:
Obligations concerned:
Chapter Chapter: All Sectors
Market access
National treatment
Most-favoured-nation treatment
Senior management and boards of directors
Performance requirements
Local presence
Trade in services and investment
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Description:
The Union reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the following:
(a)
Establishment
With respect to Investment liberalisation â Market access:
The EU: Services considered as public utilities at a national or local level may be subject to
public monopolies or to exclusive rights granted to private operators.
Public utilities exist in sectors such as related scientific and technical consulting services, R&D services on social sciences and humanities, technical testing and analysis services, environmental services, health services, transport services and services auxiliary to all modes of transport. Exclusive rights with respect to such services are often granted to private operators, for instance operators with concessions from public authorities, subject to specific service obligations. Given that public utilities often also exist at the sub-central level, detailed and exhaustive sector-specific scheduling is not practical. This reservation does not apply to
telecommunications and to computer and related services.
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With respect to Investment liberalisation â Market access, National treatment and
Cross-border trade in services â Market access, National treatment:
In FE: Restrictions on the right for natural persons, who do not enjoy regional citizenship in Aland, and for juridical persons, to acquire and hold real property on the Aland Islands without obtaining permission from the competent authorities of the Aland Islands. Restrictions on the right of establishment and right to carry out economic activities by natural persons, who do not enjoy regional citizenship in Aland, or by any enterprise, without
obtaining permission from the competent authorities of the Aland Islands. Existing measures:
FI: Ahvenanmaan maanhankintalaki (Act on land acquisition in Aland) (3/1975), s. 2; and Ahvenanmaan itsehallintolaki (Act on the Autonomy of Aland) (1144/1991), s. 11.
With respect to Investment liberalisation â Market access, National treatment, Performance
requirements, Senior management and boards of directors: In FR: Pursuant to articles L151-1 and 153-1 sec of the financial and monetary code, foreign
investments in France in sectors listed in article R.151-3 of the financial and monetary code
are subject to prior approval from the Minister for the Economy.
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Existing measures:
FR: As set out in the description element as indicated above.
With respect to Investment liberalisation â National treatment, Senior management and boards of directors:
In FR: Limiting foreign participation in newly privatised companies to a variable amount, determined by the government of France on a case-by-case basis, of the equity offered to the public. For establishing in certain commercial, industrial or artisanal activities, a specific authorisation is required if the managing director is not a holder of a permanent residence permit.
With respect to Investment liberalisation â Market access:
In HU: Establishment should take a form of a limited liability company, joint-stock company
or representative office. Initial entry as a branch is not permitted except for financial services.
With respect to Investment liberalisation â Market access, National treatment:
In BG: Certain economic activities related to the exploitation or use of State or public
property are subject to concessions granted under the provisions of the Concessions Act.
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In commercial corporations in which the State or a municipality holds a share in the capital exceeding 50 %, any transactions for disposition of fixed assets of the corporation, to conclude any contracts for acquisition of participating interest, lease, joint activity, credit, securing of receivables, as well as incurring any obligations arising under bills of exchange, are subject to authorisation or permission by the Public Enterprises and Control Agency or other state or regional bodies, whichever is the competent authority. This reservation does not apply to mining and quarrying, which are subject to a separate reservation in the schedule of
the Union in Annex 10-A (Existing measures).
In IT: The Government may exercise certain special powers in enterprises operating in the areas of defence and national security, and in certain activities of strategic importance in the areas of energy, transport and communications. This applies to all juridical persons carrying out activities considered of strategic importance in the areas of defence and national security,
not only to privatised companies.
If there is a threat of serious injury to the essential interests of defence and national security,
the Government has the following special powers to:
(a) impose specific conditions on the purchase of shares;
(b) veto the adoption of resolutions relating to special operations such as transfers, mergers,
splitting up and changes of activity; or
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(c) reject the acquisition of shares, where the buyer seeks to hold a level of participation in the capital that is likely to prejudice the interests of defence and national security.
Any resolution, act or transaction (such as transfers, mergers, splitting up, change of activity or termination) relating to strategic assets in the areas of energy, transport and communications shall be notified by the concerned company to the Prime Minister's office. In particular, acquisitions by any person outside the Union that give this person control over the company shall be notified.
The Prime Minister may exercise the following special powers to:
(a) veto any resolution, act or transaction that constitutes an exceptional threat of serious
injury to the public interest in the security and operation of networks and supplies;