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WORLD TRADE GPA/W/55
28August 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-3510)
Original: English Committee onGovernment Procurement
MODIFICATIONS TOAPPENDIX IOFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
Notification from theEuropean Community under Article XXIV:6(a)
Theattached notification from thePermanent Delegation oftheEuropean Community was
received on27August 1997, withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheParties totheAgreement on
Government Procurement (1994). Inaccordance withArticle XXIV:6(a), themodifications relating
toAppendix Iwillbecome effective provided there isnoobjection within 30daysfrom thedateof
issue ofthisdocument.
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Iamwriting toyouconcerning modifications toAppendix IoftheGovernment Procurement
Agreement, which follow onfromtheagreement reached between theEuropean Community andthe
State ofIsrael which came intoforce on1August 1997.1Article XXIV oftheAgreement contains
theprovisions onitsentry intoforce anditisinconformity withparagraph 6(a)ofArticle XXIV that
Ihereby inform youofmodifications totheECGeneral Notes inAppendix IoftheAgreement.
Inaccordance withourunderstanding withtheGovernment oftheState ofIsrael youshould
receiveaparallelcommunicationfromtheDelegationoftheStateofIsrael.Theenclosedcommunication
should becirculated totheParties oftheCommittee onGovernment Procurement inadocument dated
28August 1997 sothatthemodification willbecome effective 30daysfromthatdateprovided there
isnoobjection.
1Published intheOfficial Journal oftheEuropean Communities L202/85 of30July1997.
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ANNEX
Communication from theEuropean Community withRespect toModifications toAppendix I
oftheAgreement onGovernment Procurement
Pursuant toArticle XXIV, paragraph 6(a)oftheAgreement onGovernment Procurement,
theEuropean Community submits totheCommittee onGovernment Procurement thefollowing
modification totheECGeneral Notes inAppendix IoftheAgreement:
InGeneral Note 1,second indent, letter (e)toread:
"(urban transport) tothesuppliers andservice providers ofCanada, Japan, Korea andtheUSA;
tothesuppliers andservice providers ofIsrael, asregards busservices".