RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE GPA/W/34
8January 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-0022)
Original: English Committee onGovernment Procurement
ACCESSION OFLIECHTENSTEIN
Communication from Liechtenstein
Thefollowing communication wasreceived fromtheOffice forForeign Affairs ofLiechtenstein
on3January 1997.
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On27February 1996 theCommittee onGovernment Procurement approved theapplication
foraccession totheGPA 1994 ofLiechtenstein. Furthermore itdecided thatthesaiddecision would
expire oneyearafterthedateofitsadoption, i.e.27February 1997, unless extended bymutual consent
between theCommittee andLiechtenstein.
InitsDecember session theLiechtenstein Parliament decided topostpone thedebate onthe
accession ofLiechtenstein totheAgreement onGovernment Procurement, asthenecessary adaptations
ofdomestic legislation totheAgreement onGovernment Procurement havenotbeencompleted so
far.InFebruary 1997elections willtakeplaceinLiechtenstein andthenewParliament willonlyresume
itsdebate onthenewLiechtenstein actonpublic procurement andontheaccession ofLiechtenstein
totheAgreement onGovernment Procurement afterthereinstallation ofGovernment andParliament.
Liechtenstein therefore isnotabletodeposit theinstrument ofaccession within theabove-mentioned
deadline.
Inconformity withthedecision ontheaccession ofLiechtenstein totheAgreement on
Government Procurement, wekindly request anextension ofsixmonths, i.e.until27August 1997,
forthedepositing oftheinstrument ofaccession byLiechtenstein.