Committee on Government Procurement - Notification from the Republic of Korea under Article XXIV:6 of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA/W/250) - Communication from the European Community

GPA/W/257World Trade Organization RESTRICTED GPA/W/257 17 March 2003 (03-1564) Committee on Government Procurement Original: English Notification from the Republic of Korea under Article XXIV:6 of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA/W/250) Communication from the European Community The following communication, dated 14 March 2003, has been received from the Permanent Delegation of the European Commission with the request that it be circulated to the Committee on Government Procurement. _______________ We refer to the recent notification of the Republic of Korea, dated 17 February 2003, proposing the withdrawal of Housing & Commercial Bank, Korea Tobacco & Ginseng Corporation and Daehan Printing and Publishing Co. Ltd. from Annex 3 of Appendix I of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA/W/250). The European Community objects to the proposed modification pursuant to Article XXIV:6 of the Agreement on Government Procurement,