Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword by Pascal Lamy
- Perspective of the Chairman of the WTO Committee on Government Procurement, Nicholas Niggli (Switzerland)
- Preface
- Disclaimer
- PART I The WTO regime on government procurement
- PART II Expanding the scope of the Agreement on Government Procurement: accession and coverage
- 2 Forging a more global procurement market: issues concerning accessions to the Agreement on Government Procurement
- 3 Accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of China
- 4 India's possible accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: what are the pros and cons?
- 5 The benefits for developing countries of accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of Chinese Taipei
- 6 The coverage negotiations under the Agreement on Government Procurement: context, mandate, process and prospects
- 7 Canada's sub-central government entities and the Agreement on Government Procurement: past and present
- 8 The procurement of state trading enterprises under the WTO Agreements: a proposal for a way forward
- 9 Addressing purchasing arrangements between public sector entities: what can the WTO learn from the EU's experience?
- PART III Revision of the procedural rules and other transparency provisions of the Agreement on Government Procurement
- PART IV Developing countries in the WTO procurement regime
- PART V Economic and social development (horizontal policies) in government procurement
- PART VI Enforcement and remedies
- PART VII Multilateralism and regionalism
- PART VIII Challenges and new directions
- Index
6 - The coverage negotiations under the Agreement on Government Procurement: context, mandate, process and prospects
from PART II - Expanding the scope of the Agreement on Government Procurement: accession and coverage
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 07 September 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of contributors
- Foreword by Pascal Lamy
- Perspective of the Chairman of the WTO Committee on Government Procurement, Nicholas Niggli (Switzerland)
- Preface
- Disclaimer
- PART I The WTO regime on government procurement
- PART II Expanding the scope of the Agreement on Government Procurement: accession and coverage
- 2 Forging a more global procurement market: issues concerning accessions to the Agreement on Government Procurement
- 3 Accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of China
- 4 India's possible accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: what are the pros and cons?
- 5 The benefits for developing countries of accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement: the case of Chinese Taipei
- 6 The coverage negotiations under the Agreement on Government Procurement: context, mandate, process and prospects
- 7 Canada's sub-central government entities and the Agreement on Government Procurement: past and present
- 8 The procurement of state trading enterprises under the WTO Agreements: a proposal for a way forward
- 9 Addressing purchasing arrangements between public sector entities: what can the WTO learn from the EU's experience?
- PART III Revision of the procedural rules and other transparency provisions of the Agreement on Government Procurement
- PART IV Developing countries in the WTO procurement regime
- PART V Economic and social development (horizontal policies) in government procurement
- PART VI Enforcement and remedies
- PART VII Multilateralism and regionalism
- PART VIII Challenges and new directions
- Index
Summary
Introduction
This chapter of the book considers the ongoing negotiations on coverage under the 1994 Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). The chapter is largely descriptive and procedural in nature, since the negotiations are ongoing and the contents of Parties' offers in the negotiations are (by intention) not publicly available. Nonetheless, information on a number of aspects of the negotiations is in the public domain, including information on the background of and context for the negotiations; the purpose and mandate of the negotiations as they are set out in the Agreement and related documents of the Committee on Government Procurement; the processes by which the negotiations have been conducted; and the current state of play. Such information provides valuable insights into the nature and scope of the negotiations, the issues at stake, and the prospects for conclusion of the negotiations.
The negotiations on coverage are a central part of the mandate for negotiations that is set out in Article XXIV.7 of the existing GPA. Specifically, Article XXIV.7(b) calls on the Parties, not later than the end of the third year from the date of entry into force of the Agreement, to undertake negotiations with a view to ‘achieving the greatest possible extension of its coverage among all Parties’. Article XXIV.7(c) directs Parties to avoid introducing or prolonging discriminatory measures and practices which distort open procurement and further stipulates that the negotiations under subparagraph (b) shall seek to eliminate remaining discriminatory measures and practices.
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- The WTO Regime on Government ProcurementChallenge and Reform, pp. 149 - 174Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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