刍议CEPA中的“服务提供者”

The"Service Supplier" Issue within the CEPA

对"服务提供者"进行合理界定,是确保CEPA服务贸易领域一系列优惠措施顺利实施的前提。CEPA附件五对此进行了规定,与GATS和其他RTA的规定基本相同,但也有其特殊之处。CEPA界定法人主要使用了注册地标准和业务本地化标准,这可能引起"溢出效应"。建议引入条件相对宽松的资本控制标准,并完善与其配套的程序等其他规则。

How to properly define the meaning and scope of ＂service supplier＂ within the CEPA is crucial for the implementation of this bilateral trade agreement. Annex V to the CEPA provides the major rules in this regards. Compared with the GATS as well as the other RTAs, CEPA has some unique regulations. Nevertheless, since it merely used the registration and local operation criteria to determine ＂juridical person＂, there might arise some problems such as the so-called ＂spillover effect＂. In this connection, it is suggested that the capital control criteria need to be introduced and some other supplementary rules should be improved.