RESTRICTED
GENERAL AGREEMENT GPA/IC/3
28October 1994
ONTARIFFS AND TRADE
(94-2207)
Interim Committee onGovernment Procurement
MODIFICATIONS OFTHE ANNEXES TOAPPENDIX ITOTHE
AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT BEFORE
ITSENTRY INTO FORCE ON1JANUARY 19961
Decision of17January 1994
Toincorporate intotheAgreement modifications oftheAnnexes toAppendix Ithatexpand
coverageoftheAgreementandthathavebeenagreedandthathaveresultedfromnegotiationsundertaken
between thedateofsignature oftheAgreement andthedateofitsentry intoforce (1January 19962),
thefollowing procedure shallbefollowed:
(i) Asignatory intending tomodify itsAnnexes toAppendix Iinorder toexpand coverage
under theAgreement willprovide relevant details bywayofacommunication tothe
Secretariat.
(ii) TheSecretariat willcirculate thecommunication totheother signatories ofthe
Agreement. Aperiod ofsixtydaysshallbeprovided from thedateofcirculation of
thecommunication bytheSecretariat, toallow anopportunity foranyconsultations
thatmayberequired withother signatories.
(iii) Unless theSecretariat isnotified tothecontrary before theendofthesixty-day period
(itisunderstood thatthisperiod maybeextended upon request byanysignatory),
itwould beunderstood thattheproposed modifications areacceptable tosignatories
andthattheAnnexes asamended could betreated asagreed Annexes ofthesignatory
concerned. Ifproblems weretoexistbetween asignatory modifying itsAnnexes and
another signatory, thesignatories might consult multilaterally ifconsultations between
parties concerned donotresult inagreement within sixty days.
(iv) ADeclaration Related totheAgreement onGovernment Procurement (1994) along
thelinesoftheattached shallbeopen forsignature byanysignatory modifying its
Annexes.
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1ThisDecision isbeing circulated asanInterim Committee document because ithasnotbeen previously circulated as
anofficial document anditconcerns theactivities oftheInterim Committee.
2Without prejudice totheprovisions ofArticle XXIV:3(a).GPA/IC/3
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DECLARATION RELATED TOTHE
AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (1994)
TheGovernment of..............,
HavingparticipatedinthenegotiationsonanewAgreementonGovernmentProcurement(1994)
(hereinafter referred toasthe"Agreement"),
FollowingnegotiationscarriedoutbeforetheentryintoforceoftheAgreementon1January1996
withother signatories which haveresulted intheattached modifications ofitsAnnexes toAppendix I,
Herewith declares :
1. Upon signature ofthisDeclaration by.........., themodifications agreed willbedeemed to
havebeenincorporated intothe"Agreement" andform anintegral partof............ 'Annexes.
2. Until theentry intoforce oftheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organisation, this
Declaration shallbedeposited withtheDirector-General totheCONTRACTING PARTIES tothe
GATT 1947, whoshallpromptly furnish toeachParty acertified truecopyofit.Upon entry into
force oftheAgreement Establishing theWorld Trade Organisation, thisDeclaration shallbedeposited
withtheDirector-General ofthatAgreement whoshallpromptly furnish toeachParty acertified true
copyofit.
Done atGeneva this....dayof