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15May1995
ORGANIZATION(95-1261)
Original: English Interim Committee onGovernment Procurement
Working Group onStatistical Reporting
COMMUNICATION FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
Thefollowing communication fromthedelegation oftheEuropean Communities wasreceived
bytheSecretariat during themeeting oftheWorking Group onStatistical Reporting on4April 1995,
withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheMembers oftheWorking Group.
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UNIFORM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
TheCommissionserviceshavecarriedoutsomeinitialanalysesofthederogationsandexclusions
intheAgreement withaview toidentifying categories ofproducts which should orshould notbe
separately identified forstatistical reporting. Theresults ofthisanalysis areproduced inAnnex Iand
weneedtodiscuss withParties theaccuracy oftheanalysis.
Regarding theanalysis ofthecategories ofproducts inwhich EUprocurements tendtobe
concentrated, wehavesofaronlybeenabletocarry outthisanalysis withregard togoods, theresults
ofwhich areproduced atAnnex II,further work being needed regarding services.
Wewishtoagain emphasize theneedtoconfine thelevelofdetail tothatwhich isabsolutely
necessary tomeettheneeds ofmonitoring application oftheAgreement.
COUNTRY OFORIGIN OFPRODUCTS
Atthelastmeeting ofthisgroup discussion centred onorigin definitions which might beapplied.
While webelieve itimportant toagree onworkable definitions oforigin, theEuropean Communities
alsobelieve thatanydiscussion ofthispointshould equally address thebasicquestion ofhowweensure
effective monitoring ofprocurement covered bytheAgreement. Thestatistical requirements of
Article XIXaredesigned toprovide monitoring information butweneedtoaddress thequestion of
whether theywilldosoeffectively andwhether country oforigin information alone issufficient to
measure allthenecessary aspects ofeffective application oftheAgreement.
Webelieve itisnotsufficient andhaveonprevious occasions discussed intheCommittee the
failure oftheexisting statistics toaddress thefundamental issueofthetransparency ofnotices ofintended
procurement. There isatpresent nolinkbetween statistical reports andthedegree oftransparency
ofnotices.
Webelieve thatitisimportant toexamine waysofestablishing suchalink.Suchanexamination
could bepartofthediscussion within theInterim Committee regarding information technology and
inparticular thediscussion ondatabases ofprocurement opportunities. TothatendwehaveestablishedGPA/IC/W/20
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alistofbasic information ondatabases, already presented totheInterim Committee, theprovision
ofwhich byeachParty isanecessary starting point tofurther discussions ondatabases.
Following thesharing ofthisbasic information wecould proceed toasharing ofinformation
onstructure oftheinformation contained ondatabases andadditionally address howwemight usethese
databases toprovide statistical information onthetransparency ofnotices.GPA/IC/W/20
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ANNEX I
GATT Categories
Canada
(p119) listdefence goods withrefto"Federal Supply Classification Code"
(p120) exclusions forprovinces:
steal
motor vehicles
coal
(p122) services included defined interms ofCPC (with some additional provisos)
(p124) general exclusions:
coinminting
shipbuilding andrepair (clarify boats, floating andsubmersible platforms)
printing andpublishing services (clarify printed matter supplies)
excluded insome circumstances:
architectural andengineering services
(p125) general exclusions:
dredging services
excluded insome circumstances:
construction
(p126) general exclusions:
shipbuilding andrepair (clarify asabove)
urbanrailandtransportationequipment,systems,componentsandmaterialsincorporated
therein (should thisbe"forincorporation"?)
allproject related materials ofironorsteel (what does "project related" mean?)
FSC58(communications, detection andcoherent radiation equipment)
excluded insome circumstances:
agricultural products
oil
(p127) excluded insome circumstances:
FSC36(special industry machinery)
FSC70(general purpose automatic dataprocessing equipment, software, supplies and
support equipment), except 7010
FSC 74(office machines, visible record equipment andautomatic dataprocessing
equipment)
EU,Austria, Finland, Sweden, Norway, Switzerland
(p184) services included defined interms oftheCPC (with some additional provisios)
(p209) excluded insome circumstances:
FSC36
FSC70,except 7010
FSC74
FSC58
airtraffic control equipment (notdefined)
certain electrical items defined interms oftheHS
agricultural products
water
energy
fuels fortheproduction ofenergyGPA/IC/W/20
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Hong Kong
(p228) services included defined interms oftheCPC (exclusions p232)
(p231) general exclusions:
consultancy services
franchise arrangements (clarify -concessions?)
statutory insurances
telecommunication services
Israel
(p233) specified medical items excluded insome -effectively all-circumstances
(p236) various electrical products defined inHSexcluded insome circumstances
(p237) services included defined interms oftheCPC
(p239) general exclusions:
water
energy
fuels fortheproduction ofenergy
excluded under some circumstances:
products forresale orhire
Japan
(p242) defence inclusions specified interms ofFSC
(p248) general exclusions:
goods forresale
services forresale (clarify)
goods andservices foruseinproduction ofgoods forsale
excluded under some circumstances:
procurement related tooperational safety oftransportation (clarify)
(p249) excluded under some circumstances:
geological andgeophysical survey services
advertising services
construction services
realestate services
ships
(p250) services defined interms ofCPC
(p251) general exclusions:
courier services forletters
various architectural, engineering anddesign services defined interms oftheCPC
printing andpublishing services ofconfidential information
excluded under some circumstances:
maintenance andrepair ofcertain vehiclesGPA/IC/W/20
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Korea
(p255) general exclusion:
goods forresale
services forresale (clarify)
certain agricultural, fishery andlivestock products (clarify)
satellites (for5years)
(p256) defence inclusions specified interms ofFSC
(p261) services defined interms ofCPC
(p264) general exclusion:
CPC 518renting services ofconstruction equipment withoperator
United States
(p325) excluded under some circumstances:
oil
FSCs 51,52,7340 (clarify)
(p327) FSC83except specified items
FSC84except 8460 (luggage)
FSC89except 8975 (tobacco products)
FSC2310 (buses only)
alloy steels (possibly other alloys -clarify)
FSC19&20(naval vessels andcomponents)
other defence exclusions defined interms ofFSCs
(p331) transit cars, buses andrelated equipment
(p332) beef
fuel
paper products
ships, boats, vessels
(p333) construction-grade steel
motor vehicles
coal
(p335) general services exclusions:
transport services, including manufacture andmaintenance oftransport
equipment onafeeorcontract basis (defined inCPC terms)
dredging services
telecommunications services
research anddevelopment services
excluded under some circumstances:
facilities management andoperation services
printing services
(p337) general exclusions:
certain financial servicesGPA/IC/W/20
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ANNEX II
TED analysis ofEUsupplies notices
Nace/
Nipro 2-digit Description%of
occurrences
34
25
37
32
41/42
33
31
35
48
47
46
45Electrical engineering products
Chemical products
Precision andoptical instruments
Mechanical engineering products
Food, drink andtobacco products
Office machines andADP equipment
Metal articles nec
Motor vehicles, theirparts andaccessories
Rubber goods andplastic goods
Paper andpaper products
Articles ofwood, including furniture
Footwear andclothing20%
10%
9%
8%
8%
7%
7%
6%
5%
4%
4%
3%
14
24
23
43
36
22
49Petroleum products
Non-metallic products
Non-metallic minerals
Textiles
Means oftransport, other thanm.v.s
Metals andproducts ofpreliminary processing
Other manufacture products2%
2%
1%
1%
1%
1%
1%GPA/IC/W/20
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Nipro 4-digitDescription %
3400
3449
3420
3448
3450
3446
3410
3441
3442
3430
3470
3443
3460
3440
3480
2500
2570
2590
2510
2560
2580
2550ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRODUCTS
ELECTRO -MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS AND APPLIANCES
ELECTRICAL MOTORS, ELECTRICITY GENERATORS, TRANSFORMERS, SWITCHES, AND OTHER BASIC ELECTRICAL
EQUIPMENT
X-RAY AND OTHER RADIATION APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES
RADIO AND TELEVISION RECEIVERS, SOUND REPRODUCING AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
AND APPARATUS, GRAMOPHONE RECORDS AND PRE-RECORDED MAGNETIC TAPES
ELECTRICAL COUNTERS MEASURING, TESTING, REGULATING AND CONTROL INSTRUMENTS
INSULATED WIRES AND CABLES
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FOR LINE TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS AND APPLIANCES FOR WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION
ELECTRICAL APPARATUS, APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENT FOR INDUSTRIAL USE; BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS
ELECTRIC LAMPS AND OTHER ELECTRIC LIGHTING EQUIPMENT
CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS FOR TELECOMMUNICATIONS, HIGH-FREQUENCY, AUDIO-FREQUENCY AND
MEASUREMENT APPLIANCES
DOMESTIC TYPE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES
TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEASURING AND RECORDING EQUIPMENT
AND ELECTROMEDICAL EQUIPMENT
ASSEMBLY AND INSTALLATION OFELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT AND APPARATUS (EXCEPT FOR WORK RELATING TO
THE WIRING OFBUILDINGS)
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS (EXCLUDING MAN-MADE FIBRES)
PHARMACEUTICAL PRODUCTS
OTHER CHEMICAL PRODUCTS PRIMARILY INTENDED FOR HOUSEHOLD AND OFFICE USE
BASIC INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS
CHEMICAL PRODUCTS, USED PRINCIPALLY ININDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE
SOAPS, SYNTHETIC DETERGENT, PERFUMERY AND TOILET PREPARATIONS
PAINTS, PAINTERS 'FILLINGS, VARNISHES AND PRINTING INKS23%
16%
10%
10%
8%
7%
7%
7%
4%
4%
3%
2%
0%
0%
50%
15%
13%
12%
5%
4%GPA/IC/W/20
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Nipro 4-digitDescription %
3700
3720
3710
3730
3740PRECISION AND OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS
MEDICAL AND SURGICAL EQUIPMENT AND ORTHOPAEDIC APPLIANCES (EXCLUDING ORTHOPAEDIC FOOTWEAR)
MEASURING, CHECKING AND PRECISION INSTRUMENTS AND APPARATUS
OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT
CLOCKS, WATCHES AND PARTS THEREOF62%
22%
15%
1%
3200
3280
3250
3270
3240
3220
3210
3260
3230MECHANICAL ENGINEERING PRODUCTS
THE MANUFACTURE OFOTHER MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT PRODUCTS
MACHINERY FOR IRON AND STEEL WORKS, MINING, FOUNDRY BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING MACHINERY,
LIFTING AND HANDLING EQUIPMENT
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FOR OTHER SPECIFIC BRANCHES OFINDUSTRY
MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT FOR THE FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO INDUSTRIES AND THE CHEMICAL
METAL-WORKING MACHINE-TOOLS; TOOLS AND EQUIPMENT FOR USE WITH MACHINE-TOOLS
AGRICULTURAL AND HORTICULTURAL MACHINERY AND TRACTORS
GEARS, GEARING, ROLLER BEARINGS AND DRIVING ELEMENTS
TEXTILE MACHINES AND ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; SEWING MACHINES49%
26%
8%
6%
5%
4%
2%
0%
4100
4100
4120
4130
4140
4190
4150
4110
4170
4160
4180FOOD, DRINK AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS
FOOD DRINK AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS OFSLAUGHTERING, PREPARATIONS AND PRESERVES OFMEAT
DAIRY PRODUCTS
PROCESSED AND PRESERVED FRUIT AND VEGETABLES
PRODUCTS OFBREAD AND FLOUR CONFECTIONERY
PROCESSED ORPRESERVED FISH AND OTHER SEA FOOD, FITFOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION
VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL OILS AND FATS
SPAGHETTI, MACARONI AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS OFGRAIN MILLING
STARCH AND STARCH PRODUCTS23%
20%
16%
15%
8%
7%
4%
3%
1%
1%GPA/IC/W/20
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Nipro 4-digitDescription %
3300
3305
3301OFFICE MACHINES AND DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT
EDP MATERIAL AND SERVICE
OFFICE EQUIPMENT95%
4%
3100
3160
3140
3150
3110
3120
3130
3190METAL ARTICLES EXCLUDING THE PRODUCTS OFMECHANICAL, ELECTRICAL, VEHICLE AND PRECISION
ENGINEERING
TOOLS AND FINISHED METAL GOODS (EXCLUDING ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT)
STRUCTURAL METAL PRODUCTS
BOILERS RESERVOIRS, TANKS AND OTHER SHEET-METAL CONTAINERS
FOUNDRY PRODUCTS
FORGED, PRESSED AND STAMPED PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS OFTHE SECONDARY TRANSFORMATION OFMETALS
MECHANICAL WORK, N.E.S.75%
11%
9%
2%
1%
1%
0%
3500
3510
3520
3530MOTOR VEHICLES, THEIR PARTS AND ACCESSORIES
MOTOR VEHICLES AND THEIR ENGINES (INCLUDING ROAD TRACTORS)
BODYWORK, SUPERSTRUCTURES AND TRAILERS
PARTS AND ACCESSORIES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES70%
19%
12%
4800
4830
4810
4820RUBBER GOODS AND PLASTIC GOODS
PRODUCTS OFPLASTIC MATERIALS
RUBBER GOODS
TIRES, RE-TREATED ORREPAIRED87%
13%
0%GPA/IC/W/20
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Nipro 4-digitDescription %
4700
4720
4710
4730
4740PAPER AND PAPER PRODUCTS; PRODUCTS OFPRINTING AND PUBLISING PRODUCTS
PRODUCTS OFPAPER AND PAPERBOARD
PULP, PAPER AND BOARD
PRODUCTS OFTHE PRINTING AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES
PRODUCTS DISTRIBUTED BYTHE PUBLISING TRADE43%
28%
21%
7%
4600
4670
4650
4630
4660
4610
4620
4640ARTICLES OFWOOD INCLUDING WOODEN FURNITURE
WOODEN FURNITURE
OTHER ARTICLES OFWOOD, EXCLUDING FURNITURE
BUILDERS 'CARPENTRY AND JOINERY
ARTICLES OFCORK AND ARTICLES OFSTRAW AND OTHER PLAITING MATERIALS; BRUSHES AND BROOMS
PROCESSED WOOD
SEMI-FINISHED WOOD PRODUCTS
WOODEN CONTAINERS66%
13%
6%
6%
4%
2%
2%
4500
4530
4550
4510
4520
4540
4560FOOTWEAR AND CLOTHING
READY-MADE CLOTHING AND CLOTHING ACCESSORIES
OTHER MADE UPTEXTILE GOODS (MADE UPOUTSIDE WEAVING MILLS)
FOOTWEAR, MASS PRODUCED (EXCLUDING FOOTWEAR OFRUBBER OROFWOOD)
FOOTWEAR, HAND-MADE (INCLUDING ORTHOPAEDIC FOOTWEAR)
OUTERWEAR, UNDERWEAR AND HATS, MADE TOMEASURE
FURS AND FUR GOODS56%
31%
12%
0%
0%
0%