AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Parties and observers

The Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA 2012) has 22 parties (covering WTO members, counting the European Union and its 27 member states as one party). Another WTO members/observers and several international organizations participate in the Committee on Government Procurement as observers. Several WTO members have initiated accession negotiations.

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Parties

Most parties have been bound by the GPA 2012 since its entry into force. Some ratified/acceded to the Agreement at a later date, as shown below. The table also shows the date of entry into force of the GPA 1994 and the GPA 2012 for each party.

Parties

Date of entry into force/accession

GPA 1994
(replaced by GPA 2012 on 1 Jan 2021)

GPA 2012

Armenia

15 September 2011

6 June 2015

Australia

N/A

5 May 2019

Canada

1 January 1996

6 April 2014

European Union
with regard to its 27 member states:

1 January 1996

6 April 2014

Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain and Sweden

1 January 1996

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Slovak Republic and Slovenia

1 May 2004

Bulgaria and Romania

1 January 2007

Croatia

1 July 2013

Hong Kong, China

19 June 1997

6 April 2014

Iceland

28 April 2001

6 April 2014

Israel

1 January 1996

6 April 2014

Japan

1 January 1996

16 April 2014

Korea, Republic of

1 January 1997

14 January 2016

Liechtenstein

18 September 1997

6 April 2014

Moldova, Republic of

N/A

14 July 2016

Montenegro

N/A

15 July 2015

Netherlands with respect to Aruba

25 October 1996

21 August 2014

New Zealand

N/A

12 August 2015

North Macedonia

N/A

30 October 2023

Norway

1 January 1996

6 April 2014

Singapore

20 October 1997

6 April 2014

Switzerland

1 January 1996

1 January 2021

Chinese Taipei

15 July 2009

6 April 2014

Ukraine

N/A

18 May 2016

United Kingdom

1 January 1996 (as a then-member state of the European Union)

1 January 2021

United States

1 January 1996

6 April 2014

 

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Observers 

Any WTO member may participate in the Government Procurement Committee as an observer by submitting a written notice to the Committee. Any WTO observer may submit a written request, and may be accorded observer status by the Committee.

WTO members/observers with observer status

Effective date

Afghanistan

18 October 2017

Albania*

2 October 2001

Argentina

24 February 1997

Bahrain, Kingdom of

9 December 2008

Belarus

27 June 2018

Brazil*

18 October 2017

Cameroon

3 May 2001

Chile

29 September 1997

China *

21 February 2002

Colombia

27 February 1996

Costa Rica

3 June 2015

Côte d’Ivoire

10 July 2020

Dominican Republic

20 September 2022

Ecuador

26 June 2019

Georgia *

5 October 1999

India

10 February 2010

Indonesia

31 October 2012

Jordan *

8 March 2000

Kazakhstan*

19 October 2016

Kyrgyz Republic *

5 October 1999

Malaysia

18 July 2012

Mongolia

23 February 1999

Oman *

3 May 2001

Pakistan

11 February 2015

Panama

29 September 1997

Paraguay

27 February 2019

Philippines

26 June 2019

Russian Federation *

29 May 2013

Saudi Arabia, Kingdom of

13 December 2007

Seychelles

16 September 2015

Sri Lanka

23 April 2003

Tajikistan*

25 June 2014

Thailand

3 June 2015

Türkiye

4 June 1996

Viet Nam

5 December 2012

* Negotiating accession.

International intergovernmental organizations granted observer status in the Committee on Government Procurement

 

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Accession to the GPA 

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