Canada-Honduras Free Trade Agreement
Annex II
Schedule of Honduras
Reservations for Future Measures
1. The Schedule of a Party sets out, under Article 10.9 (Investment – Reservations and Exceptions) and 11.7 (Cross-Border Trade in Services – Reservations), the reservations taken by that Party for specific sectors, sub-sectors or activities for which it may maintain existing, or adopt new or more restrictive, measures that do not conform with obligations imposed by:
- (a) Article 10.4 (Investment – National Treatment) or 11.3 (Cross-Border Trade in Services - National Treatment);
- (b) Article 10.5 (Investment – Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment) or 11.4 (Cross-Border Trade in Services – Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment);
- (c) Article 11.5 (Cross-Border Trade in Services – Local Presence);
- (d) Article 10.7 (Investment – Performance Requirements);
- (e) Article 10.8 (Investment – Senior Management and Boards of Directors);
or - (f) Article 11.6 (Cross-Border Trade in Services – Market Access).
2. Each reservation sets out the following elements:
- (a) Sector refers to the general sector in which the reservation is taken;
- (b) Sub-Sector refers to the specific sector in which the reservation is taken;
- (c) Industry Classification refers, where applicable, to the activity covered by the reservation according to domestic industry classification codes;
- (d) Type of Reservation specifies the obligation referred to in paragraph 1 for which a reservation is taken;
- (e) Description sets out the scope of the sector, sub-sector or activities covered by the reservation;
- (f) Existing Measures identifies, for transparency purposes, existing measures that apply to the sector, sub-sector or activities covered by the reservation.
3. In the interpretation of a reservation, all elements of the reservation, with the exception of Industry Classification, shall be considered. The Description element shall prevail over all other elements.
4. For purposes of this Annex:
CPC means Central Product Classification (CPC) numbers as set out in Statistical Office of the United Nations, Statistical Papers, Series M, No. 77, Provisional Central Product Classification, 1991; and
SIC means Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) numbers as set out in Statistics Canada, Standard Industrial Classification, fourth edition, 1980.
5. For the purposes of this Annex, the use of the term “any measure” by Honduras and “a measure” by Canada means one or more measures.
Annex II
Schedule of Honduras
Sector: Communications Services
Sub-sector: Telecommunications
Industry
Classification:
1. Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 10.4)
Market Access (Article 11.6)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment
Honduras reserves the right to adopt, maintain or modify the level of ownership in the national telecommunications company, Empresa Hondureña de Telecomunicaciones (HONDUTEL), as well as its affiliates or subsidiaries.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Professional Services
Sub-sector: Agronomists
Industry
Classification:
Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 11.3)
Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 11.4)
Local Presence (Article 11.5 )
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services
Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure concerning compulsory membership in the professional association of agronomy engineers.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Professional Services
Sub-sector: Social Workers
Industry
Classification:
Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 11.3)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services
Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure concerning compulsory membership in the professional association of social workers.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Professional Services
Sub-sector: Chemists and Pharmacists
Industry
Classification:
Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 11.3)
Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 11.4)
Local Presence (Article 11.5 )
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services
Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure concerning compulsory membership in the professional association of chemists and pharmacists.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Social Services
Sub-sector:
Industry
Classification:
Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 11.3)
Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Article 11.4)
Market Access (Article 11.6)
Local Presence (Article 11.5)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.8)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Servicesand Investment
Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure concerning the application and enforcement of laws and the provision of social rehabilitation services, as well as the following services to the extent that they are social services established or maintained for reasons of public interest: pensions, unemployment insurance, social security services, pension fund services, social welfare services, public education, public training, health and child care.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Minority Affairs
Sub-sector:
Industry
Classification:
Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Article 10.4)
Local Presence (Article 11.5)
Performance Requirements (Article 10.7)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.8)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Servicesand Investment
Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure conferring a right or preference on socially and economically disadvantaged minorities.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Distribution Services
Sub-sector: Petroleum Products
Industry
Classification:
Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Articles 10.4 and 11.3)
Local Presence (Article 11.5)
Market Access (Article 11.6)
Performance Requirements (Article 10.7)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.8)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Services and Investment
Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure concerning the importation and wholesale distribution of crude, reconstituted, refined or bunker petroleum products and all their derivatives.
Existing Measures:
Sector: All Sectors
Sub-sector:
Industry
Classification:
Type of Reservation: Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment (Articles 10.5 and 11.4)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Servicesand Investment
With respect to Canada, Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure granting a country different treatment on the basis of any bilateral or multilateral international treaty in force or signed before this Agreement takes effect.
Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure granting a country different treatment on the basis of any international treaty in force or signed after this Agreement takes effect with respect to:
- (a) aviation;
- (b) fishing; or
- (c) maritime affairs, including salvage.
Existing Measures:
Sector: Governmental Services
Sub-sector:
Industry
Classification:
Type of Reservation: National Treatment (Articles 10.4 and 11.3)
Local Presence (Article 11.5)
Market Access (Article 11.6)
Performance Requirements (Article 10.7)
Senior Management and Boards of Directors (Article 10.8)
Description: Cross-Border Trade in Servicesand Investment
Honduras reserves the right to adopt or maintain any measure with respect to the cross-border trade in services supplied in the exercise of governmental authority.
Existing Measures:
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