Considerations on COM(2013)143 - Conclusion of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement

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dossier COM(2013)143 - Conclusion of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement.
document COM(2013)143 EN
date December  2, 2013
 
table>(1)The negotiations on the revision of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (1994 GPA) were launched in January 1999 pursuant to Article XXIV:7(b) and (c) of the 1994 GPA.
(2)Negotiations have been conducted by the Commission in consultation with the Special Committee established by Article 207(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

(3)On 15 December 2011, the Parties to the 1994 GPA reached a political agreement at Ministerial level on the outcomes of the negotiations. That political agreement was confirmed through the adoption by the GPA Committee on 30 March 2012 of a Decision on the outcomes of the negotiations. By means of that Decision, which includes a Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement (the ‘Protocol’), the Parties to the 1994 GPA authenticated the text of the Protocol and opened it for their acceptance.

(4)The Protocol should be approved on behalf of the Union.