Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services

embassies and consulates,
services transacted by 
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The classification of the provision of music and film by 
downloading through the Internet is under discussion at the 
time of preparation of the present 
Manual
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military units and agencies
and all 
other
transactors is 
recommended.
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3.141. 
Transactions classified to this component 
comprise those for goods and services (such as office 
supplies, furnishings, utilities, official vehicles and 
operation and maintenance, and official entertainment) 
and personal expenditures incurred by diplomats and 
consular staff and military personnel, as well as their 
dependants in the economies in which they are located. 
Also included in this component are transactions, subject 
to the same considerations as those in the preceding 
item, by other official entities (such as aid missions and 
government tourist, information and promotion offices) 
located in economies abroad. Also included are 
transactions associated with general administrative 
expenditures etc. that are not classified elsewhere. In 
addition, this component includes transactions 
associated with aid services that are provided by non-
military agencies, that do not give rise to any payments 
and that have offsets in transfers. Finally, transactions 
associated with the provision of joint military 
arrangements and peacekeeping forces, such as those of 
the United Nations, are included in 
government services, 
n.i.e
. 
3.142. 
Most transactions included in this EBOPS 
component are not covered by GATS. In particular, 
GATS excludes: 
(a) Goods supplied to or by embassies, consulates, 
military units etc. because GATS applies only to 
services transactions; 
(b) Services supplied by embassies, consulates, 
military units etc. because these services are supplied in 
the exercise of government authority (see annex V, part 
1, article 1);
(c) Supplies of services to embassies, consulates, 
military units etc. by government entities from other 
countries (including from the country of location). 
3.143. GATS covers only the supply of services by non-
government entities to government entities, foreign 
diplomats, and consular staff and their dependants, 
which are allocated to mode 2. These services are 
included in 
government services, n.i.e 
when they cannot 
be classified in other components. However, 
identification of these transactions would require the 
compilation of data on goods supply separately from the 
supply of services, as well as a further breakdown by 
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This breakdown is not required for GATS purposes. 
type of supplier of the service. This is not recommended 
in the present 
Manual
.