DECISIONS ON PROCEDURAL MATTERS UNDER THE AGREEMENT

ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (1994)

Addendum

PROCEDURES FOR THE NOTIFICATION OF NATIONAL

IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATION

Decision of the Committee of 4 June 1996

1.     Parties shall submit the complete texts of their basic legislation (laws and regulations) on government procurement in the original language to the Secretariat where these texts will be open for inspection by Parties.  These would include the basic legal instruments pursuant to which effect is given  to the  provisions of the Agreement.  Each Party shall provide a summary of that legislation in a WTO language.

2.     In addition, each Party shall describe in a WTO language what other legislation giving effect to the Agreement on Government Procurement exists.  This need not take the form of a listing of individual texts but should include sufficient information on the nature of legislation relevant to each category of entities to facilitate another Party requesting a text of interest to it.

3.     Each Party shall supply, in response to a request from another Party, a copy of any law, regulation, final judicial decision, administrative ruling or other measure relevant to the Agreement.  Each Party shall notify the Committee of the coordinates of a contact point established for that purpose.  Through its contact point, a Party from which a text has been requested, shall use its best endeavours to assist the requesting Party with any translation into a WTO language necessary.

4.     Each Party shall provide responses to the attached checklist of issues.

5.     The notifications shall be made as soon as possible, but in no case later than 31 December 1996.