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A decision made on 28 July 2020

MINISTERIAL DECISION REFERENCE: MD-HA-2020-0047
Decision Date: 13 July 2020
DECISION SUMMARY TITLE: Amendments to the Work Permit Policy: General Agreement on Trade in Services
DECISION SUMMARY AUTHOR:	Acting Director, Immigration & Nationality	IS THE DECISION SUMMARY PUBLIC OR EXEMPT? (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)		Public
REPORT TITLE: Work Permit Policy (General Agreement on Trade in Services: Mode 4)
REPORT AUTHOR OR NAME OF PERSON GIVING REPORT: (if different from Decision Summary Author)	Acting Director, Immigration & Nationality	IS THE REPORT PUBLIC OR EXEMPT (if exempt state the relevant article/paragraph of the Freedom of Information Law/Regulations)		Public
DECISION AND REASON FOR THE DECISION: The Minister for Home Affairs has approved amendments to the Work Permit Policy (“the Policy”) in relation to the employment of persons engaged in the supply of goods and services. The need to make amendments to the Policy arises because Jersey will be covered by the UK’s World Trade Organisation (“WTO”) membership from the end of the Brexit transition period. The General Agreement on Trade in Services (“GATS”) is a treaty of the WTO and Mode 4 relates to the supply of a service by a service supplier of a WTO member, through the presence of natural persons of a WTO member in the territory of any other member. Note that Mode 4 covers only temporary entry and stay in a member’s territory to supply services; it doesn’t cover access to the labour market or measures regarding citizenship, residence or employment on a permanent basis. This means that once WTO membership applies to Jersey, at the end of the transition period, the Policy will need to be consistent with the UK’s WTO Mode 4 commitments in relation to the following: Contractual service suppliers This refers to persons employed by a company with no commercial presence in the EU under a contract to supply services in Jersey as set out in the GATS or a similar trade agreement; and the detailed criteria (which are the same as in the UK) are shown in the attached report. Independent professionals This refers to self-employed persons with no commercial presence in the EU under a contract to supply services in Jersey as set out in the EU - CARIFORUM economic partnership agreement or a similar trade agreement; and again the detailed criteria (which are the same as in the UK) are shown in the attached report.
RESOURCE IMPLICATIONS: None as a consequence of this decision.
ACTION REQUIRED: Customs and Immigration Service to make the appropriate amendments to the Work Permit Policy referred to in the attached report and to come into effect on the day the Ministerial Decision is signed. In addition, information in relation to contractual service suppliers and independent professionals to be made available on gov.je.
SIGNATURE:			POSITION: Connétable Len Norman Minister for Home Affairs
DATE SIGNED:			EFFECTIVE DATE OF THE DECISION: