RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/IC/5
21December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-4110)
Interim Committee onGovernment Procurement
ACCESSION OFTHE SEPARATE CUSTOMS TERRITORY
OFTAIWAN, PENGHU, KINMEN AND MATSU
Report oftheInterim Committee totheCommittee onGovernment Procurement
TheInterim Committee 'sDecision onAccession Negotiations totheAgreement onGovernment
Procurement(1994)PriortoitsEntryintoForce(GPA/IC/M/1,Annex1)callsfortheInterimCommittee
tosubmit totheCommittee onGovernment Procurement under thenewAgreement areport onits
examination oftherequest foraccession. Thisreport isdrawn upinpursuance ofthisDecision.
Thedelegation oftheSeparate Customs Territory ofTaiwan, Penghu, Kinmen andMatsu
expressed itsinterest inacceding totheAgreement onGovernment Procurement attheInterim
Committee 'smeeting on29June19941andtabled adraft initial offer inacommunication dated
16March 1995, circulated indocument GPA/IC/SPEC/1 of17March 1995. Italsocirculated
information onitscurrent procurement régime andonplanned future reforms indocument GPA/IC/W/9
dated 23November 1994 andsubmitted replies toquestions received from members oftheInterim
Committee inacommunication circulated indocument GPA/IC/W/25 dated 18July1995.
InaccordancewiththeInterimCommittee'sDecisionof29June1994onproceduresforaccession
negotiations totheAgreement onGovernment Procurement (1994) priortoitsentryintoforce(Annex 1
ofdocumentGPA/IC/M/1),theInterimCommitteeconsideredtherequestforaccessionfromtheSeparate
Customs Territory ofTaiwan, Penghu, Kinmen andMatsu atitsmeetings on29June and
15November 1994andon4April, 19June, 25October and7December 1995. Therecords ofthese
discussions arecontained intheMinutes ofthose meetings (documents GPA/IC/M/1 -6).Consultations
between members oftheInterim Committee andtheSeparate Customs Territory ofTaiwan, Penghu,
Kinmen andMatsu onthebasis ofthedraftoffer andtheinformation provided arecontinuing.
TheInterim Committee transmits theabove information totheCommittee onGovernment
Procurement withtherecommendation thattheCommittee carries forward theaccession process.
1TheRecord ofthismeeting iscontained indocument GPA/IC/M/1 dated 10August 1994