ORGANISATION MONDIALE ORGANIZACI ÓNMUNDIAL
DUCOMMERCE DEL COMERCIO
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
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Référence: WLI/201 9January 1996
AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE ATMARRAKESH ON15APRIL 1994
NOTIFICATION OFACCEPTANCES
ENTRY INTO FORCE
Ihavethehonour toinform youthaton15April1994 theabove-mentioned Agreement
wasaccepted bytheGovernment ofLuxembourg.
Ialsohavethehonour toinform youthatIreceived, onthedates indicated, instruments
ofratificationoracceptanceoftheabove-mentionedAgreementfromthefollowingGovernments,
thereby recognizing asfullybinding thesignatures affixed bytheirplenipotentiaries on15April
1994:
Belgium 30December 1994
European Community 30December 1994
Canada 22December 1995
"Inendorsing thisAgreement vis-a-vis theUnited States for
Annex 1(Federal departments and agencies), Canada 's
commitmentsaremadeonthebasisofourunderstandingof(1)the
value oftheU.S.offer atthetimeofsigning oftheAgreement
inMarrakesh and(2)thevalue of'small andminority business set-
asides 'discussed with theUnited States inreference tothe
exception taken forthese programs intheiroffer. Canada would
further note that itscommitments areputforward onthe
understanding thatthevalue ofU.S.contracts, otherwise subject
toWTO-AGP, towhich preferences forU.S.small andminority
businessesareapplied,isconsistentwithstatisticsrecentlytabled
bytheUnited States inaccordance with therequirements of
Chapter 10oftheNAFTA. These statistics indicate thatthetotal
value ofsmall andminority business set-asides forU.S.
departments andagencies isUS$3.0 billion. With appropriate
adjustments forthehigher threshold values oftheWTO-AGP, that
value would beapproximately US$2.4 billion."
Finland 30December 1994
France 30December 1994
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Israel 31December 1995
Japan 5December 1995
Korea 22December 1995
"Inaccordance with paragraph 3(a)ofArticle XXIV ofthe
Agreement theRepublic ofKorea willdelay application ofthe
provisions ofthesaidAgreement, except Articles XXIandXXII,
toadatenotlaterthan1January 1997."
Norway 7December 1994
Spain 30December 1994
Sweden 22December 1994
Switzerland 19December 1995
United States 1December 1995.
Intermsofparagraph1ofitsArticleXXIV,theAgreemententeredintoforceon1January
1996 foralltheabove-mentioned Governments.
Thisnotification isfurnished inaccordance withparagraph 14ofArticle XXIV ofthe
Agreement.
R.Ruggiero
Director-General