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Practical guidance on UK-India CETA Chapter 8 (Services): Scope, Market Access, National Treatment, MFN, Domestic Regulation, Recognition, Denial of Benefits and Transparency

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Practice notes

This Practice Note sets out pragmatic guidance on trade in services under the United Kingdom–India Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (UK–India CETA) framework. It sets out the scope of services covered by the UK–India CETA and the commitments as they pertain to, among others, most‑favoured‑nation (MFN) treatment, national treatment, market access, and domestic regulatory disciplines applicable to trade.

Introduction

The UK–India CETA spans not just commerce in goods, but also services trade, financial services trade, temporary movement of natural persons, and telecommunications trade, alongside numerous chapters addressing matters including government procurement and cooperation on trade and development as well as related cooperation topics too. This Practice Note focuses on trade in services, namely chapter 8 of the UK–India CETA exclusively.

Scope of UK-India CETA

The General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) governs measures that influence the supply of a service. For further guidance, see Practice Note: An introduction to Trade in Services. The UK–India CETA likewise extends to all measures of a party that affect trade in services. For the purposes of the UK–India CETA, a measure by a party refers to measures undertaken by, or adopted by:

central, regional or local governments and authorities of a party,...

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