RESTRICTED
GENERAL AGREEMENT GPA/IC/2
4August 1994
ONTARIFFS AND TRADE
(94-1569)
Interim Committee onGovernment Procurement
DECISIONS REGARDING THE OPERATION OFTHE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
TheInformal Working Group onNegotiations onGovernment Procurement, atitsmeetings
of17January 1994and10March 1994, tooksome decisions which regard theoperation oftheInterim
Committee onGovernment Procurement. These are:
- Modifications oftheAnnexes toAppendix ItotheAgreement onGovernment
Procurement before itsEntry into Force on1January 1996 (Decision of
17January 1994);
- Establishment ofanInterim Committee fortheAgreement onGovernment
Procurement 1994 (Decision of10March 1994).
Fortheconvenience ofthemembers oftheInterim Committee these decisions have been
reproduced inAnnex 1andAnnex 2tothisdocument respectively.GPA/IC/2
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ANNEX 1
MODIFICATIONS OFTHE ANNEXES TOAPPENDIX ITOTHE
AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT BEFORE
ITSENTRY INTO FORCE ON1JANUARY 1996
Decision
Toincorporate intotheAgreement modifications oftheAnnexes toAppendix Ithatexpand
coverageoftheAgreementandthathavebeenagreedandthathaveresultedfromnegotiationsundertaken
between thedateofsignature oftheAgreement andthedateofitsentry intoforce (1January 19961),
thefollowing procedure shallbefollowed:
(i) Asignatory intending tomodify itsAnnexes toAppendix Iinorder toexpand coverage
under theAgreement willprovide relevant details bywayofacommunication tothe
Secretariat.
(ii) TheSecretariat willcirculate thecommunication totheother signatories ofthe
Agreement. Aperiod ofsixtydaysshallbeprovided fromthedateofcirculation of
thecommunication bytheSecretariat, toallow anopportunity foranyconsultations
thatmayberequired withother signatories.
(iii) Unless theSecretariat isnotified tothecontrary before theendofthesixty-day period
(itisunderstood thatthisperiod maybeextended upon request byanysignatory),
itwould beunderstood thattheproposed modifications areacceptable tosignatories
andthattheAnnexes asamended could betreated asagreed Annexes ofthesignatory
concerned. Ifproblems weretoexistbetween asignatory modifying itsAnnexes and
another signatory, thesignatories might consult multilaterally ifconsultations between
parties concerned donotresult inagreement within sixty days.
(iv) ADeclaration Related totheAgreement onGovernment Procurement (1994) along
thelinesoftheattached shallbeopen forsignature byanysignatory modifying its
Annexes.
1Without prejudice totheprovisions ofArticle XXIV:3(a).GPA/IC/2
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ANNEX 1(continued)
DECLARATION RELATED TOTHE
AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (1994)
TheGovernment of..............,
HavingparticipatedinthenegotiationsonanewAgreementonGovernmentProcurement(1994)
(hereinafter referred toasthe"Agreement"),
FollowingnegotiationscarriedoutbeforetheentryintoforceoftheAgreementon1January1996
withother signatories which haveresulted intheattached modifications ofitsAnnexes toAppendix I,
Herewith declares :
1. Upon signature ofthisDeclaration by.........., themodifications agreed willbedeemed to
havebeenincorporated intothe"Agreement" andform anintegral partof............ 'Annexes.
2. Until theentry intoforce oftheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organisation, this
Declaration shallbedeposited withtheDirector-General totheCONTRACTING PARTIES tothe
GATT 1947, whoshallpromptly furnish toeachParty acertified truecopyofit.Upon entry into
force oftheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organisation, thisDeclaration shallbedeposited
withtheDirector-General ofthatAgreement whoshallpromptly furnish toeachParty acertified true
copyofit.
Done atGeneva this....dayofGPA/IC/2
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ANNEX 2
ESTABLISHMENT OFANINTERIM COMMITTEE FOR THE
AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 1994
Decision
AnInterim Committee shallbeestablished, witheffect from 15April 1994, toundertake all
necessary tasks toprepare fortheentry intoforce oftheAgreement onGovernment Procurement to
bedoneonthatdateinMarrakesh. These tasks shall, inparticular, include:
(a) tocarry outfunctions necessary toimplement theDecision oftheInformal Working
Group onNegotiations onGovernment Procurement of17January 1994 on
Modifications oftheAnnexes toAppendix ItotheAgreement onGovernment
Procurement Before itsEntry intoForce on1January 1996;
(b) theadoption of,andperformance offunctions required by,procedures enabling
negotiations totakeplace onaccession totheAgreement prior toitsentry intoforce,
takingintoaccountthoseadoptedinsimilarcircumstancesattheendoftheTokyoRound
(L/4912) aswellasoftheDecision onAccession totheAgreement onGovernment
Procurement tobetaken byMinisters inMarrakesh on15April 1994;
(c) theadoption, andperformance offunctions required by,procedures toadminister
rectifications ofapurely formal nature toAppendices ItoIVpriortoentry intoforce
oftheAgreement;
(d) thepreparation ofthefirstmeeting oftheCommittee onGovernment Procurement,
including thepreparation ofdecisions onprocedural matters required under the
Agreement forconsideration atthatmeeting;
(e) tofulfil anyrequirements stemming fromtheinclusion oftheAgreement inAnnex 4
oftheWTO Agreement.
TheCommittee shallbeserviced bytheGATT Secretariat untiltheentry intoforceoftheWTO
Agreement, andthereafter shallbeserviced bytheWTO Secretariat.
Themembership oftheCommittee shallconsist ofallgovernments which signtheAgreement
on15April 1994 aswellasofthose governments which haveconcluded accession negotiations with
themembers oftheCommittee.
TheCommittee shallcease toexistupon entry intoforce oftheAgreement.