Working Party on GATS Rules - Communication from the European Communities - Government Procurement in Services
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Communication from the European Communities
Government Procurement in Services
The following communication, dated 6 May 2004, from the delegation of the European Communities is being circulated to the Members of the Working Party on GATS Rules.
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Within the framework of the negotiations under the mandate given by GATS Article XIII:2, the European Communities (hereinafter the EC) submitted in July 2002 and May 2003 contributions with proposals on a framework that could be developed under the GATS for government procurement in services, and on the benefits that could be drawn from them. The EC is hereby putting forward a new contribution aiming at replying to questions on its two communications mentioned above, which were raised by WTO Members, including by Singapore in its Non-Paper of November 2003, cir