RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/W/26
10September 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-3486)
Original: English Committee onGovernment Procurement
ACCESSION OFTHE KINGDOM OFTHE NETHERLANDS
WITH RESPECT TOARUBA
Communication from theKingdom oftheNetherlands
withRespect toAruba
Thefollowing communication, dated 23August 1996, hasbeenreceived fromthePermanent
Mission oftheKingdom oftheNetherlands.
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On27February 1996 theCommittee onGovernment Procurement approved theapplication
foraccession totheGPA 1994 oftheKingdom oftheNetherlands withrespect toAruba (Decision
GPA/2). Furthermore itdecided thatsaiddecision would expire sixmonths afterthedateofitsadoption,
i.e.27August 1996, unless extended bymutual consent between theCommittee andtheKingdom of
theNetherlands withrespect toAruba (GPA/2, paragraph 3).
Arubahasalreadycompleteditsdomesticlegislativeprocessbutduetounforeseencircumstances
theKingdom oftheNetherlands withrespect toAruba willnotbeabletodeposit theinstrument of
accession within saiddeadline, butsoonthereafter, hopefully already before thenextmeeting ofthe
Committee onGovernment Procurement 1994 on20September 1996.
Inconformity withabove-mentioned paragraph 3ofDecision GPA/2, Itherefore kindly request
abriefextension ofthedeadline forthedepositing oftheinstrument ofaccession.