RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/W/44
9June1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2374)
Original: English Committee onGovernment Procurement
MODIFICATION TOAPPENDIX IOFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Communication from theEuropean Community
Thefollowing communication from thePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Community
wasreceived on2June1997, withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheParties totheAgreement
onGovernment Procurement (1994).
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Ihave thehonour toinform youthattheEuropean Communities have taken noteofthe
information circulated inWTO document GPA/14 of23May1997thattheGovernment ofHong Kong
hasdeposited itsinstrument ofaccession totheAgreement onGovernment Procurement withtheWTO
(WT/Let/141) andthattheAgreement willenter intoforce forHong Kong on19June1997.
Inthelightofthissituation, Iamwriting toyouconcerning aconsequential modification to
theGeneral Notes inAppendix IoftheEuropean Communities totheGovernment Procurement
Agreement according toArticle XXIV oftheAgreement which contains theprovisions onmodifications
totheAppendices.Thiscommunicationistobeconsideredaformalnotificationundersub-paragraph(a)
ofparagraph 6ofArticle XXIV oftheAgreement.
Themodification which theEuropean Communities hereby notify isthatthewords: "Hong
Kong" bedeleted fromtheEuropean Communities General Note1inAppendix I,thirdindent, point (b).