Considerations on COM(2023)450 - EU position within the Committee on Government Procurement on the adoption of its Rules of Procedure for the selection of the Chairperson

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dossier COM(2023)450 - EU position within the Committee on Government Procurement on the adoption of its Rules of Procedure for the selection of ...
document COM(2023)450 EN
date September 18, 2023
 
table>(1)The Agreement on Government Procurement is a plurilateral agreement, within the framework of the World Trade Organization, which aims to mutually open government procurement markets among its Parties. The revised version of that Agreement entered into force on 6 April 2014 (‘the Revised GPA’).
(2)Article XXI:1 of the Revised GPA establishes a Committee on Government Procurement (‘the Committee’) for the purpose of affording Parties the opportunity to consult on any matter relating to the operation of the Revised GPA or the furtherance of its objectives.

(3)Article XXI:1 of the Revised GPA provides that the Committee is to elect its own Chairperson.

(4)The draft rules of procedure for the selection of the Chairperson were distributed by the Committee on 12 May 2023.

(5)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Committee on the adoption of its rules of procedure as those rules will be binding on the Union.

(6)The draft rules of procedure for the selection of the Chairperson, distributed by the Committee on 12 May 2023, should therefore be adopted in order to regulate the functioning of the Committee,