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service suppliers or the requirements of an economic
needs test;

(b) limitations on the total value of service transactions or
assets in the form of numerical quotas or the requirement
of an economic needs test;

(c) limitations on the total number of service operations or on
the total quantity of service output expressed in terms of
designated numerical units in the form of quotas or the
requirement of an economic needs test;
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(d) limitations on the total number of natural persons that may
be employed in a particular service sector or that a service
supplier may employ and who are necessary for, and
directly related to, the supply of a specific service in the
form of numerical quotas or the requirement of an
economic needs test;

(e) measures which restrict or require specific types of legal
entity or joint venture through which a service supplier may
supply a service; and

(f) limitations on the participation of foreign capital in terms of
maximum percentage limit on foreign shareholding or the
total value of individual or aggregate foreign investment.

Article 8.6: Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment

1. A Party making commitments in accordance with Article 8.7
(Schedules of Specific Commitments) that opts under paragraph
2 of Article 8.3 (Scheduling of Commitments) to make
commitments on Most-Favoured-Nation Treatment shall:

(a) in respect of the sectors and subsectors inscribed in its
Schedule in Annex II (Schedules of Specific Commitments
for Services) that are identified with an “MFN”;

(b) in respect of the sectors and subsectors set out in its Most-
Favoured-Nation Treatment Sectoral Coverage Appendix
to its Schedule in Annex II (Schedules of Specific
Commitments for Services); or

8 This subparagraph does not cover measures of a Party which limit inputs for the
supply of services.

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