Provisions on Trade in Services in Trade and Integration Agreements in the Western Hemisphere

NAFTA
Chapter Twelve, Article 1213: Definitions
"Professional services"- service, the provision of which requires specialized post-secondary education, or equivalent training or experience, and for which the right to practice is granted or restricted by a Party.
"Specialty air services","enterprise", "enterprise of a Party", "quantitative restrictions", "service provider of a Party".

Group of Three
Chapter X, Article 10-01: Definitions
"Professional services"- service, the provision of which requires specialized post-secondary education, or equivalent training or experience, and for which the right to practice is granted or restricted by a Party.
"Enterprise of a Party", "measures adopted or maintained by a Party","service provider of a Party", "quantitative restriction".

CACM
Not Specified.

CARICOM
Annex: The Caribbean Common Market; Chapter V: Establishment, Services and Movement of Capital Article 36 - Right to provide Services
For the purposes of this Article the term "services" shall be considered as services for remuneration provided that they are not governed by provisions relating to trade, the right of establishment or movement of capital and includes, in particular, activities of an industrial or commercial character, artisan activities and activities of the professions, excluding activities of employed persons.

Andean Community
Chapter II: Definitions
Trade in services: Modes of supply:
a) from the territory of one Member Country into the territory of another Member Country;
b) in the territory of one Member Country to the service consumer of another Member Country;
c) by a service supplier of one Member Country, through commercial presence in the territory of another Member Country; and d) by presence of persons of one Member Country in the territory of another Member Country.
Chapter II: Definitions: Other Definitions: "Services provided in the exercise of governmental faculties", "Commercial Presence", "Provision of a Service", and "Measure".
Chapter X, Article 26: To guarantee the consistency and clarity of the General Framework set up by the present Decision, the concepts, definitions and interpretative elements contained in the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), shall apply to such General Framework, in all that is relevant.

Central America/Dominican Republic
Chapter X, Article 10-02: Definitions
Trade in services is defined as supply of a service :
a) from the territory of one Party into the territory of the other Party;
b) in the territory of one Party to the service consumer of the other Party;
c) by a service supplier of one Party, through commercial presence in the territory of the other Party;
d) by presence of national persons of one Party in the territory of the other Party.

Other Definitions: "Services", "service supply in the exercise of governmental faculties", "supply of a service", "commercial presence", "service of other Party", "service providers", "service consumers", "physical person of other Party", "juridical person of other Party", and "specialized air services".

Mercosur
Part 1, Article II: Scope of Application
Trade in services is defined as supply of a service :
a) from the territory of one Party into the territory of another Party;
b) in the territory of one Party to the service consumer of another Party;
c) by a service supplier of one Party, through commercial presence in the territory of another Party;
d) by presence of persons of one Party in the territory of another Party.

Part 1, Article II, Punto 3): Definitions
Other Definitions: "Measures adopted by any Parties", "services", "services provided in the exercise of governmental faculties", "provision of a service", "commercial presence", "sector", "service of other Party", "physical service provider", "service consumer", "person", "person of other Party", and "juridical person of other Party".

Bolivia/Mercosur
Not Specified.

Chile/Mercosur
Chapter XIII: Services, Article 35
"Trade in services" is defined as the supply of a service:
(a) from the territory of one Signatory Party into the territory of any other Signatory Party;
(b) in the territory of one Signatory Party to the service consumer of any other Signatory Party;
(c) by a service supplier of one Signatory Party, through commercial presence in the territory of any other Signatory Party;
(d) by a service supplier of one Signatory Party, through presence of natural persons of a Signatory Party in the territory of any other State Party.