GATT/AIR/3635 11 OCTOBER 1994

SUBJECT: INTERIM COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

1. THE INTERIM COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT WILL HOLD ITS NEXT MEETING ON TUESDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 1994. THE MEETING WILL BEGIN IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT, IN THE CENTRE WILLIAM RAPPARD.

2. THE FOLLOWING POINTS ARE PROPOSED FOR DISCUSSION:

A. REQUESTS FOR OBSERVER STATUS BY PANAMA (GPA/IC/W/5);

B. MODIFICATION OF APPENDIX I TO THE AGREEMENT PRIOR TO ITS ENTRY INTO FORCE;

C. APPLICATION FOR ACCESSION BY CHINESE TAIPEI;

D. APPLICATION FOR ACCESSION BY THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS WITH RESPECT TO ARUBA;

E. ADOPTION OF A DECISION TO ADMINISTER MODIFICATIONS TO THE APPENDICES TO THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (1994) PRIOR TO ITS ENTRY INTO FORCE, OTHER THAN RECTIFICATIONS OF A PURELY FORMAL NATURE OR THOSE RESULTING FROM NEGOTIATIONS AIMED AT EXPANDING COVERAGE;

F. COMPLETION OF APPENDICES II, III AND IV TO THE AGREEMENT;

G. PROGRESS IN NATIONAL RATIFICATION PROCEDURES;

H. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: DISCUSSION ON THE BASIS OF INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM DELEGATIONS IN RESPONSE TO THE COMMON FORMAT (GPA/IC/W/4/REV.1);

I. ESTABLISHMENT OF A PRACTICAL GUIDE;

J OTHER BUSINESS.

3. SIGNATORIES OF THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (1994) WISHING TO BE REPRESENTED AT THIS MEETING ARE REQUESTED TO INFORM ME AS SOON AS POSSIBLE OF THE NAMES OF THEIR REPRESENTATIVES.

 

PETER D. SUTHERLAND

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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