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It is a pleasure to be here once again to answer on behalf of the Council. I shall await the judgement Members of this House on whether it is a pleasure for them.
In response to Mr Karim's question, a dynamic service sector is critical for the prosperity for any modern economy. No country, developed or developing, can prosper without one. It is therefore vital that we strive for an ambitious deal on services within the Doha development agenda negotiations.
The European Union's revised services offer, tabled in Geneva in early June, contains a significant number of new commitments, including the 'mode 4' commitments which allow people to travel to the European Union to provide services for a short time. Under the terms of these commitments, overseas companies, with a contract to provide services in 21 important designated sectors, will be able to send skilled employees to the European Union to provide these services for up to six months at a time.
As Mr Karim's question highlights, the contractual service suppliers in these cases must be skilled persons who enter the European Union for the purpose of providing a service associated with a
services contract in certain defined economic areas. 'Skilled' means they possess a university degree or its equivalent and have the necessary professional qualifications to practise in the European Union. They must also have at least three years' professional experience, or six years for independent professionals. In all such cases, European Union and national working conditions, minimum wage requirements and collective wage agreements will apply. European Union Member States will also continue to be able to refuse entry to persons that pose a security threat or are considered to be at risk of abusing the terms of their entry."@en1
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