Manual on Statistics of International Trade in Services

particular if the concern is more with the changes taking 
place than with the overall levels. The availability of 
information on employment of foreign service-providers 
                                                           
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The five substantive groups are (a) employees, among whom 
“employees with stable contracts” may be distinguished; (b) 
employers; (c) own-account workers; (d) members of 
producers’ cooperatives; and (e) contributing family workers. 
A sixth category is workers not classified by status. 
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  For more detailed discussion of FATS, see the main text of 
the present Manual. 

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according to ISCO categories would be particularly 
relevant for negotiations. 
18. In principle, this information is sought for all non-
permanent employment, including seasonal and short-
term, in all services sectors as established by GATS.
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Residence status under mode 4 is not subject to 
negotiations and is outside the scope of GATS. 
However, residence status could be used to differentiate 
non-permanent from temporary employment. A common 
understanding could be adopted on this basis as in other 
statistical classification systems.