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6.
This Protocol shall apply to measures affecting:
(a)
aircraft repair and maintenance services;
(b)
the selling and marketing of air transport services; and
(c)
computer reservation system (CRS) services.
PART III
OBJECTIVES
Article 3
Objectives
1.
The principal objective of this Protocol is to support the objectives of the
AfCFTA, as set out in Article 3 of the Agreement particularly to create a
single liberalised market for trade in services.
2.
The specific objectives of this Protocol are to:
(a)
enhance competitiveness of services through: economies of scale,
reduced business costs, enhanced continental market access, and
an improved allocation of resources including the development of
trade-related infrastructure;
(b)
promote sustainable development in accordance with the
Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs);
(c)
foster domestic and foreign investment;
(d)
accelerate efforts on industrial development to promote the
development of regional value chains;
(e)
progressively liberalise trade in services across the African
continent on the basis of equity, balance and mutual benefit, by
eliminating barriers to trade in services;
(f)
ensure consistency and complementarity between liberalisation of
trade in services and the various Annexes in specific services
sectors;
(g)
pursue services trade liberalisation in line with Article V of the
GATS by expanding the depth and scope of liberalisation and
increasing, improving and developing the export of services, while
fully preserving the right to regulate and to introduce new
regulations;