Coverage schedules

The coverage schedules of parties are an integral part of the GPA and are contained in Appendix I to the Agreement. The schedule of each party contains several annexes which define the concerned party's commitment with respect to four dimensions of coverage:

• the procuring entities covered by the Agreement
• the goods, services and construction services covered by the Agreement
• the threshold values above which procurement activities are covered by the Agreement
• exceptions to the coverage.

Only the procurement activities carried out by a covered entity purchasing covered goods, services or construction services of a contract valued above the relevant threshold, and not specifically exempted in the notes to the schedules, are subject to the revised GPA's rules.

To make the coverage schedules more clear and comprehensive, some format changes have been introduced in their structure under the revised GPA.

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Coverage schedules under the revised GPA 

Under the revised GPA, the schedule of each party contains seven annexes:

Annex 1: central government entities
Annex 2: sub-central government entities
Annex 3: other entities
Annex 4: goods
Annex 5: services
Annex 6: construction services
Annex 7: general notes.

The coverage schedules of parties as agreed on 30 March 2012 are set out in document GPA/113. To facilitate the handling of individual parties' schedules and to take into account modifications that have been certified since that date, loose-leaf schedules have been prepared with regard to those parties that have accepted the revised Agreement. These reflect parties' current legal binding coverage commitments.

The integrated Government Procurement Market Access Information Resource (e-GPA) portal of the WTO also provides information on coverage, including on the applicable thresholds, under the Revised GPA.

Parties' coverage schedules under the revised GPA, in the loose-leaf format as well as in the e-GPA portal, are available from the following links:

 

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Coverage schedules under the GPA 1994 

Under the GPA 1994, the schedule of each party contains only five annexes:

Annex 1: central government entities
Annex 2: sub-central government entities
Annex 3: other entities
Annex 4: services
Annex 5: construction services

The notes, which are now set out in Annex 7 of the revised GPA are included as “General Notes” under the GPA 1994. In addition, all goods are covered under both versions of the GPA unless specifically exempted. While the GPA 1994 does not have a goods annex, this general rule is contained in a separate goods annex in the revised GPA.

Annexes of each party's coverage schedules under the GPA 1994 are available as separate files from the following links: