4.2.2016 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 29/25 Article 50 Most-favoured-nation treatment 1. Treatment accorded by the European Union to contractual service suppliers of the Republic of Kazakhstan shall be no less favourable than that accorded to contractual service suppliers of any third country. 2. Treatment granted under other agreements concluded by the European Union with a third country which have been notified under Article V of the GATS or which benefit from the coverage of the European Union GATS list of most-favoured-nation exemptions, shall be excluded from the scope of paragraph 1. Treatment deriving from the harmonisation of regulations based on agreements concluded by the European Union providing for mutual recognition in accordance with Article VII of the GATS shall also be excluded from the scope of paragraph 1. 3. If the Republic of Kazakhstan grants more favorable treatment than that provided for in this Agreement to contractual service suppliers of any other WTO member, except to countries of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and countries which are parties to economic integration agreements with the Republic of Kazakhstan, that treatment shall be applied to contractual service suppliers of the European Union. Treatment deriving from the harmoni­ sation of regulations based on agreements concluded by the Republic of Kazakhstan providing for mutual recognition in accordance with Article VII of the GATS shall also be excluded from this provision. Article 51 Progressive improvement of conditions for temporary presence of natural persons for business purposes The Cooperation Committee meeting in trade configuration shall make recommendations to the Parties for the further liberalisation of the temporary presence of natural persons for business purposes. S ec ti on 4 Do me st ic re gul a tio n Article 52 Scope and coverage 1. The disciplines set out in Article 53 shall apply to measures by the Parties relating to licensing and qualification procedures that affect: (a) cross-border supply of services; (b) establishment; (c) the supply of a service through the presence of a natural person in the territory of the other Party in accordance with Section 3 of this Chapter. 2. The disciplines set out in Article 53 shall apply to all economic activities falling under the scope of this Chapter. For services, they shall apply to the extent of the relevant Party's specific commitments under the GATS (1). The disciplines do not apply to measures to the extent that they constitute limitations subject to scheduling under Article XVI or XVII of the GATS. Article 53 Licensing and qualification 1. Each Party shall ensure that licensing and qualification procedures for the purpose of obtaining an authorisation to supply a service or to establish are reasonable, clear and relevant to the underlying policy objectives, taking into account the nature of the requirements to be met and the criteria to be assessed, and do not in themselves constitute a restriction on the supply of services or the establishment. (1) For the Republic of Kazakhstan the reference includes the Section on Services of the Protocol on the Accession of the Republic of Kazakhstan to the WTO.