REFERENCE: GLI/286 25 May 1989
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE AT GENEVA ON 12 APRIL 1979
CERTIFICATION OF RECTIFICATIONS AND AMENDMENTS
It is hereby certified that the rectifications relating to Annex I to the Agreement on Government Procurement, which are attached hereto, have been notified to the Committee on Government Procurement in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 5 of Article IX of the above-mentioned Agreement on 3 April 1989 in documents GPR/50, GPR/51 and GPR/52 and no objections thereto having been made within the prescribed time-limit, have become effective as of 3 May 1989.
It is also certified that the rectifications relating to Annex II to the Agreement, also attached hereto, have been notified to the Committee on Government Procurement in accordance with the provisions of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 5 of Article IX of the Agreement on 9 March 1989 in document GPR/49 and no objections thereto having been made within the prescribed time-limit, have become effective as of 8 April 1989.
This communication is furnished in accordance with paragraph 12 of Article IX of the Agreement.
Arthur Dunkel
Director-General
Let/1629
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RECTIFICATIONS OF A PURELY FORMAL NATURE AND
MINOR AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ANNEXES I AND II
TO THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Annex I
Canada
Under item No. 4, Department of Employment and Immigration:
delete "Immigration Appeal Board" and replace with "Immigration and Refugee Board".
Under item No. 6, Department of Finance:
delete "Department of Insurance" and replace with "Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions";
delete the "Anti-Dumping Tribunal" and the "Tariff Board" and replace with "Canadian International Trade Tribunal".
Item No. 9: add "Statistics Canada"
Item No. 12: delete "Defence Construction (1951) Ltd.".
Item No. 13: delete "Office of the Coordinator, Status of Women".
Item No. 15: delete "Department of the Post Office" and replace
with "Canada Post Corporation"
Under item No. 16: add "Defence Construction (1951) Ltd.".
Under item No. 18, Department of Secretary of State of Canada:
add "Office of the Coordinator, Status of Women".
delete: "Public Archives", "National Library" and "National Museums of Canada".
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Canada (cont'd)
Under Item No. 19, Department of Solicitor General:
delete "Canadian Penitentiary Service" and replace with
"Correctional Service of Canada"
Item No. 20: delete "Statistics Canada".
Under Item No. 24, Privy Council Office:
change "Office of the Governor General's Secretary" to
"Office of the Secretary to the Governor General".
Add new items:
"The National Library"
"The National Museums of Canada"
"The National Archives of Canada" (formerly "Public Archives")
"The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency"
"Department of Western Economic Diversification".
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United States
Change "Panama Canal Company and the Canal Zone Government" to
"Panama Canal Commission".
Change "Veterans Administration" to "Department of Veterans
Affairs".
Add new item:
"National Archives".
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Israel
"Israel Ports Authority" and "Israel Railways" should now be one
item and read: "Ports and Railways Authority".
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Annex II
Canada
The designated publication to notify of Canada's requirements
covered by the Agreement on Government Procurement is the
Government Business Opportunities.