SYSTEMATIC
COMPILATION OF DOCUMENTS CONCERNING
INDIVIDUAL GPA ACCESSION PROCESSES
STATE-OF-PLAY AS OF 25 NOVEMBER 2025
NOTE BY THE SECRETARIAT[1]
Revision
This note
systematically compiles general background documents of the Committee on
Government Procurement (CGP) related to accessions to the GPA as well as other
CGP documents[2] concerning: (i) pending
GPA accession processes; (ii) GPA accession commitments of WTO Members
that have not yet applied for accession to the GPA 2012; (iii)
accessions to the GPA that have been concluded (before and after the entry into
force of the GPA 2012); and (iv) the integration of additional WTO Members
to the European Union's coverage under the GPA 2012. In addition, it contains an
annex with a list of annual Committee reports and meeting records summarizing
Committee discussions about specific GPA accessions.
This note will
be updated periodically to reflect the latest developments.
Any
questions/comments may be addressed to the Secretariat (reto.malacrida@wto.org; and/or gpa@wto.org).
[1] This document has been prepared
under the Secretariat's own responsibility and is without prejudice to the
positions of Members or to their rights and obligations under the WTO.
[2] Please note that some documents
related to GPA accessions are temporarily restricted (e.g. those circulated in
the _GPA/ACC/* series). They are automatically derestricted
once the Committee has made a favourable decision on an accession (see
paragraph 2(e) of the Committee Decision (_GPA/72)).