REPORT (2018) OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

1  INTRODUCTION

1.1.  This report covers the period since the Committee's previous Annual Report^[1], namely mid-November 2017 through end-November 2018. It is issued pursuant to Article XXI:3 of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) as amended by the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, done at Geneva on 30 March 2012 (the "revised Agreement" or "revised GPA") and Article XXIV:7(a) of the 1994 Agreement on Government Procurement ("the 1994 Agreement" or "the GPA 1994").^[2] This reflects the entry into force of the revised Agreement on 6 April 2014 and the fact that one Party continues to be bound only by the 1994 Agreement.^[3]