WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/WPGR/11
30 June 2003
(03-3466)
Working Party on GATS Rules
NEGOTIATIONS ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Report by the Chairperson of the Working Party on GATS Rules
I. INTRODUCTION
1. On 22 July 2002, the Working Party on GATS Rules adopted a work programme on
government procurement with a view to structuring its work.1  Item (a) of the work programme
provides for Members "to continue discussion on government procurement on the basis of
submissions from Members and materials available".  Moreover, Members were encouraged to "put
forward submissions on government procurement as  early as possible before 31 March 2003, without
prejudice to Members’ right to put forward further suggestions and raise relevant issues".  Item (c)
mandates the Chairperson to "to circulate a note by 30 June 2003 to report on the progress of work".
The work programme further stipulates that the Working Party will organize its work "to prepare for
the opportunity provided by the Fifth Ministerial Conference to take stock of progress made in the
negotiations".
2. In organizing their work on government procurement, together with the work on emergency
safeguard measures and subsidies, Members recognized that:
(a) "The work programmes do not prejudge in any way the outcome of the respective
negotiations on emergency safeguard measures, subsidies and government
procurement.  Members will remain free to bring up any relevant issues for
discussion, including the questions of feasibility and desirability, as well as the scope
of the negotiations, under any of the three subjects of negotiations.
(b) The benchmarks for submissions are indicative, with a view to encouraging Members
to put forward submissions on the respective subjects as early as possible, and would
be without prejudice to Members’ right to put forward further suggestions and raise
relevant issues by way of submissions at any time, under any of the three subjects of
negotiations.
(c) The undertaking of individual items of work, including the question of feasibility and
desirability, should be without prejudice to each other under each subject of
negotiations.
Members also recognize that flexibility should be exercised in conducting the work of the
Working Party and the work programmes may be adjusted in the future to take account of latestprogress."
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1 S/WPGR/7, paragraph 4.
2 S/WPGR/7, paragraph 1.S/WPGR/11
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3. This Report follows the structure of the Chairperson's Report on Negotiations on Emergency
Safeguard Measures.  It starts by explaining the background of the negotiations on government
procurement and briefly recalls the main activities of the Working Party in these negotiations
(Section II).  Section III contains my assessment of the situation and Section IV suggestions for a
possible way forward.  The Report is submitted on my own responsibility, as the Chairperson of theWorking Party on GATS Rules.  It does not prejudge the position of any delegation, nor the general
outcome of these negotiations.
II. BACKGROUND OF THE NEGOTIATIONS AND MAIN ACTIVITIES
A. N
EGOTIATING MANDATE
4. GATS Article XIII stipulates that
"1. Articles II, XVI and XVII shall not apply to laws, regulations or requirements
governing the procurement by governmental agencies of services purchased forgovernmental purposes and not with a view to commercial resale or with a view to
use in the supply of services for commercial sale.
2. There shall be multilateral negotiations on government procurement in
services under this Agreement within two years from the date of entry into force of
the WTO Agreement."
5. It should be recalled that the Guidelines and Procedures for the Negotiations on Trade in
Services , adopted on 28 March 2001 by the Special Session of the Council for Trade in Services,
stipulate that " Members shall aim to complete negotiations under Articles VI:4, XIII and XV prior to
the conclusion of negotiations on specific commitments."
B. O
VERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES CARRIED OUT BY THE WORKING PARTY
6. The issue of government procurement was first put on the agenda of the Working Party at its
meeting of December 1995.  Since then, this item has been on the agenda of each formal meeting of
the Working Party3 and was also addressed in various informal meetings.4
7. Since 1995, the negotiations under Article XIII have benefitted from written input:  (i)
24 formal and 5 informal contributions from Members;  (ii) a number of notes from the Chairpersonsaiming at structuring the debate;  and (iii) 8 formal and 2 informal notes by the Secretariat.  A list of
relevant documents is annexed to this Report.
8. The following paragraphs contain a brief reminder of the various themes which have been
addressed since 1995, mainly based on the information provided by the Annual Reports of the
Working Party to the Council for Trade in Services.
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9. In the initial phase, discussions in the Working Party addressed various aspects of possible
disciplines for government procurement in services, particularly in relation to transparency.  Inaddition, Members considered the implications of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)
for any disciplines that might be developed under the GATS, as well as some of the reasons given by
Members as to why they were not signatories to the GPA.
                                                     
3 See the reports of the formal meetings of the Working Party, S/WPGR/M/3 to S/WPGR/M/42.
4 See, for instance, Summary of Comments Made During the Informal Meeting of 29 January 2003 ,
Note by the Secretariat, JOB(02)/211 and Summary of Comments Made During the Informal Meeting of
29 January 2003 , Note by the Secretariat, JOB(03)/21.
5 S/WPGR/1 to 6 and S/WPGR/8.S/WPGR/11
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10. Members also engaged in an information-gathering exercise in relation to national
procurement regimes, meant to provide a basis for negotiations of disciplines.  For that purpose, the
Secretariat was requested to prepare a set of questions on information relevant to the negotiations on
government procurement.6  Twenty-two Members responded to that questionnaire and provided
information on their national procurement regimes.7  The Secretariat prepared a synthesis of the first
nineteen responses to the questionnaire.8  An indicative tabulation relating questionnaire responses to
possible elements of multilateral disciplines was presented in a Chairperson's Note9 and formed the basis
for the commencement of a structured consideration of these elements.  New Zealand tabled an informal
contribution which, based on the Chairperson's Note , raised issues arising from the application of
fundamental WTO principles to go vernment procurement in services and explored possible areas of
common understanding.10  The need to coordinate work w ith the Working Group on Transparency in
Government Procurement (WGTGP) was emphasized by several delegations.11
11. In 1998 and 1999, discussions focused on definitional issues, as well as on the scope and
coverage of possible disciplines on government procurement.  A non-paper submitted by the
European Communities and Their Member States identified three questions:  When is there
procurement, i.e. what transactions are covered?  Who is the procuring entity? What is beingprocured?
12  Members also discussed the range of activities and entities which might be covered by
Article XIII of GATS.  In this context, the issue of how concessions should be treated within the
GATS received particular attention.  Japan circulated informal papers on concessions and on
privatized entities.13  The Secretariat compiled background information on the interpretation of
procurement-related provisions under GATT which might be relevant for the interpretation of similarGATS provisions.
14  Members further emphasized the need for the Working Party to continue to
coordinate work with the Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement .
12. In 2000 and 2001, discussions continued on definitional issues, as well as on possible
multilateral disciplines in this area.  Based on a Chairperson's Note, Members discussed two broad
options for a framework of possible disciplines:  applying horizontal disciplines to all services sectorsincluded in a Member's schedule vs. undertaking general disciplines – possibly with modifications –
on a sectoral basis, thus following models de veloped, for instance, in the telecommunications
                                                     
6 Questionnaire on Government Procurement of Services , Note by the Secretariat, S/WPGR/W/11.  See
also Information on Government Procurement of Services , Note by the Secretariat, S/WPGR/W/7 and Add.1.
7 The following Members replied to the questionnaire (in chronological order):  Norway;  Switzerland;
Brazil;  New Zealand;  Japan;  United States;  Canada;  Colombia;  Hong Kong, China;  European Communitiesand Their Members States;  Australia;  Poland;  Republic  of Korea;  India;  Chile;  Singapore;  Hungary;
Mexico;  Argentina;  Peru;  Turkey;  and Costa Rica.  See documents S/WPGR/W/11/Add. 1 to 22.
8 Synthesis of the Responses to the Questionnaire on Government Procurement of Services , Note by the
Secretariat, S/WPGR/W/20.
9 Government Procurement of Services:  Relating Responses to the Questionnaire to Possible
Disciplines , Job No. 1056, 21 February 1997.
10 Government Procurement of Services , Non-Paper from New Zealand, Job No. 5446 (30 September
1997).
11 The Working Group on Transparency in Government Procurement  was established by a decision at the
WTO Ministerial Conference held in Singapore, in December 1996, "to conduct a study on transparency ingovernment procurement practices, taking into account natio nal policies, and, based on this study, to develop
elements for inclusion in an appropriate agreement".  The Working Group held its first formal meeting in
May 1997.
12 Government Procurement of Services , Non-Paper from the European Communities and Their
Member States, 13 February 1998 (no Job No.).
13 Informal Comments on Concessions , Job No. 2867 (18 May 1999) and Negotiations on Government
Procurement Under Article XIII of the GATS , Job No. 6789 (12 November 1999).
14 Interpretation of Procurement-Related Provisions in GATT – Possible Application to Article XIII of
GATS , Background Note by the Secretariat, S/WPGR/W/29.S/WPGR/11
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Reference Paper.15  The European Communities tabled an in formal paper outlining elements, such as
non-discrimination and transparency, for a possi ble framework for government procurement of
services.16
13. Over the last twelve months, Members focused on a Communication from the European
Communities and Their Member States on government procurement of services, which proposed aframework including general and sector-specific rules, as well as the suggestion that each Member
undertake commitments on market access and national treatment in respect of government
procurement of services.
17  At the meeting of 13-14 May 2003, the European Communities presented
a legal framework for negotiations on government procurement in services and circulated it in written
form on 22 May 2003.18
14. In addition, various Members raised the issue of the scope of the mandate contained in
Article XIII and noted that, in their view, Article XIII excluded MFN treatment, market access andnational treatment from the scope of the negotiations.  Other Members replied that the Article XIII
mandate did not contain such an exclusion.  The need to avoid duplication with the WGTGP and how
information could be exchanged between the WGTGP and the Working Party on GATS Rules was
also discussed.  Pursuant to a request by the Working Party at the May meeting, the Secretariat
prepared a Note on Overview of Government Procurement-Related Provisions in Economic
Integration Agreements ,
19 for discussion at the July meeting.
III. ASSESSMENT
15. As I indicated during the formal meeting of the Working Party in May 2003, I conducted a
series of consultations with Members from all regions and development stages on their particular
views, expectations and apprehensions regarding the current WPGR negotiations on governmentprocurement under Article XIII.  In addition to the information gathered in the informal consultations,
I also received a lot of comments from Members th at contacted me directly.  On this basis, my
assessment of the negotiations on government procurement is the following:
16. The issue of government procurement is particularly important for some Members, but less so
for others.  It has been dormant for some time due, in part, to the special attention that the WorkingParty has devoted to the negotiations on emergency safeguard measures.  This reflected in a limited
amount of proposals by Members, as well as the relatively low levels of participation during meetings.
17. Over the last 12 months, the momentum has im proved somewhat and more engagement could
be seen in the debates.  Three different positions seem to exist on this subject.  A first group of
delegations wants to engage as soon as possible in meaningful debates that would lead to the
establishment of disciplines on services procurement, in particular with respect to market access.
These delegations are of the view that the mandate contained in Article XIII includes negotiations onmarket access and national treatment.
18. A second group of delegations is of the view that the mandate contained in Article XIII does
not entail negotiations of disciplines under either Articles II, XVI and XVII.  Moreover, this group is
not convinced that such disciplines would yield any benefit, in particular for developing country
                                                     
15 Note from the Chairperson, Job No. 782 (11 February 2000).
16 Government Procurement of Services – Possible Development of Multilateral Disciplines ,
Communication from the European Communities and Their Members States, Job No. 4021 (26 June 2000).
17 Government Procurement of Services , Communication from the European Communities and Their
Member States, S/WPGR/W/39.
18 Government Procurement of Services , Communication from the European Communities,
S/WPGR/W/42.
19 S/WPGR/W/44.S/WPGR/11
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Members.  Some are also concerned that more sectors would be opened in their markets, while no
substantial progress is seen in other areas of pivotal interest for them.
19. Between these two positions, other delegations consider that government procurement may
present trade opportunities and, thus, do not exclude the possibility of negotiating procurement
disciplines on market access and national treatment at a later stage.   Among them, some delegationswant to avoid duplication with ongoing negotiations in the Working Group on Transparency in
Government Procurement and suggest that work should proceed in priority in this latter Group.  Other
Members have also expressed the concern of having a market access and national treatment
negotiations in government procurement without having some kind of protection for procurement
services providers in their respective markets.
20. Any further developments in this negotiation is directly related to the willingness of all parties
involved to agree on specific aims.  Proposals by Members, material prepared by the Secretariat anddocuments available from other groups or institutions continue to form the basis for the debate.  These
resources will have to be used to the maximum extent possible, keeping in mind the need to
accommodate the objectives and concerns of all Members.
21. It may be now necessary for the Working Party to determine its degree of ambition in these
negotiations.  The Working Party needs to hear from more Members on this particular issue.Therefore, I urge all Members to express their views, and present proposals and counter-proposals to
give a clearer picture of their needs and expectations.  This would benefit the demandeurs  since it
would provide them the opportunity to present alternatives or clarifications on issues of concern to
other Members .  At the same time, sceptical delegations would have the opportunity to elaborate on
their interpretation of the negotiating mandate and/or the developmental effects of procurementdisciplines under the GATS.
IV. WAY FORWARD
22. It is advisable to continue basing our work on Member’s inputs and material from the
Secretariat.  Inputs from other groups or institutions should be welcome, as long as they do not
prejudice Members' position and do not duplicate work within the Working Party.
23. To the extent necessary, informal meetings should  be held prior to the formal meetings of the
Working Party in order to give more time for debates in informal mode.
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ANNEX
List of documents related to the negotiations under GATS Article XIII
I. REPORTS OF MEETINGS
A. ANNUAL REPORTS
Symbol Title Date
S/WPGR/1 Activities of the WPGR – Report to the CTS 23 October 1996
S/WPGR/2 Activities of the WPGR – Report to the CTS 26 November 1997
S/WPGR/3 Report of the WPGR to the CTS 3 December 1998
S/WPGR/4 Report of the WPGR to the CTS 26 October 1999
S/WPGR/5 Report of the WPGR to the CTS 24 November 2000
S/WPGR/6 Report of the WPGR to the CTS 4 October 2001
S/WPGR/7 Work Programmes - Adopted by the WPGR on 22 July 2002 25 July 2002
S/WPGR/8 Report of the WPGR to the CTS (2002) 5 December 2002
B. REPORTS OF FORMAL MEETINGS
Symbol Title Submitted by Date
S/WPGR/M/3 Report of the Meeting of
8 December 1995Note by the Secretariat 21 December 1995
S/WPGR/M/4 Report of the Meeting of
23 February 1996Note by the Secretariat 19 March 1996
S/WPGR/M/5 Report of the Meeting of
28 March 1996Note by the Secretariat 13 May 1996
S/WPGR/M/6 Report of the Meeting of
3 June 1996Note by the Secretariat 22 July 1996
S/WPGR/M/7 Report of the Meeting of
29 July 1996Note by the Secretariat 19 September 1996
S/WPGR/M/8 Report of the Meeting of
8 & 14 October 1996Note by the Secretariat 13 December 1996
S/WPGR/M/9 Report of the Meeting of
23 January 1997Note by the Secretariat 7 March 1997
S/WPGR/M/10 Report of the Meeting of
13 March 1997Note by the Secretariat 1 May 1997
S/WPGR/M/11 Report of the Meeting of
22 May 1997Note by the Secretariat 30 June 1997
S/WPGR/M/12 Report of the Meeting of
23 July 1997Note by the Secretariat 3 September 1997
S/WPGR/M/13 Report of the Meeting of
1 October 1997Note by the Secretariat 19 November 1997
S/WPGR/M/14 Report of the Meeting of
26 November 1997Note by the Secretariat 2 December 1997
S/WPGR/M/15 Report of the Meeting of
13 February 1998Note by the Secretariat 27 February 1998
S/WPGR/M/16 Report of the Meeting of
27 April 1998Note by the Secretariat 10 June 1998S/WPGR/11
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Symbol Title Submitted by Date
S/WPGR/M/17 Report of the Meeting of
23 June 1998Note by the Secretariat 31 July 1998
S/WPGR/M/18 Report of the Meeting of
6 October 1998Note by the Secretariat 13 November 1998
S/WPGR/M/19 Report of the Meeting of
1 December 1998Note by the Secretariat 21 January 1999
S/WPGR/M/20 Report of the Meeting of
19 February 1999Note by the Secretariat 17 March 1999
S/WPGR/M/21 Report of the Meeting of
16 April 1999Note by the Secretariat 7 May 1999
S/WPGR/M/22 Report of the Meeting of
19 May 1999Note by the Secretariat 15 June 1999
S/WPGR/M/23 Report of the Meeting of
21 June 1999Note by the Secretariat 6 July 1999
S/WPGR/M/24 Report of the Meeting of
27 July 1999Note by the Secretariat 8 September 1999
S/WPGR/M/25 Report of the Meeting of
8 October 1999Note by the Secretariat 2 November 1999
S/WPGR/M/26 Report of the Meeting of
24 March 2000Note by the Secretariat 20 April 2000
S/WPGR/M/27 Report of the Meeting of
4-5 May 2000Note by the Secretariat 6 June 2000
S/WPGR/M/28 Report of the Meeting of
7 July 2000Note by the Secretariat 4 August 2000
S/WPGR/M/29 Report of the Meeting of
27 September 2000Note by the Secretariat 9 October 2000
S/WPGR/M/30 Report of the Meeting of
30 November 2000Note by the Secretariat 22 December 2000
S/WPGR/M/31 Report of the Meeting of
21 March 2000Note by the Secretariat 6 April 2001
S/WPGR/M/32 Report of the Meeting of
10 May 2001Note by the Secretariat 17 May 2001
S/WPGR/M/33 Report of the Meeting of
2 July 2001Note by the Secretariat 10 July 2001
S/WPGR/M/34 Report of the Meeting of
3 October 2001Note by the Secretariat 10 October 2001
S/WPGR/M/35 Report of the Meeting of
28 November 2001Note by the Secretariat 7 December 2001
S/WPGR/M/36 Report of the Meeting of
13 and 15 March 2002Note by the Secretariat 3 April 2002
S/WPGR/M/37 Report of the Meeting of
3 June 2002Note by the Secretariat 26 June 2002
S/WPGR/M/38 Report of the Meeting of
15 July 2002Note by the Secretariat 26 July 2002
S/WPGR/M/39 Report of the Meeting of
23 October 2002Note by the Secretariat 12 November 2002
S/WPGR/M/40 Report of the Meeting of
3 December 2002Note by the Secretariat 23 December 2002
S/WPGR/M/41
+ Corr.1Report of the Meeting of
25 February 2003Note by the Secretariat 12 March 2003
S/WPGR/M/42 Report of the Meeting of
13 May 2003Note by the Secretariat 19 June 2003S/WPGR/11
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C. SUMMARY OF COMMENTS MADE DURING INFORMAL MEETINGS
Job Number Title Submitted by Date
JOB(02)/211 Summary of Comments Made During
the Informal Meetingof 22 November 2002Note by the Secretariat 13 December 2002
JOB(03)/21 Summary of Comments Made During
the Informal Meetingof 29 January 2003Note by the Secretariat 7 February 2003
II. DOCUMENTS PRESENTED BY DELEGATIONS
A. FORMAL DOCUMENTS
Symbol Submitted by Title Date
S/WPGR/W/
--11/Add.1 + Corr.1Communication
from NorwayQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum20 June 1996
--11/Add.2 Communication
from SwitzerlandQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum10 July 1996
--11/Add.3 Communication
from BrazilQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum2 September 1996
--11/Add.4 Communication
from New ZealandQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum30 September 1996
--11/Add.5 Communication
from JapanQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum27 September 1996
--11/Add.6 Communication
from USQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum21 October 1996
--11/Add.7 Communication
from CanadaQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum4 October 1996
--11/Add.8 Communication
from ColombiaQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum4 October 1996
--11/Add.9 Communication
from Hong KongQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum7 October 1996
--11/Add.10 Communication
from the EuropeanCommunities andtheir Member StatesQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum2 December 1996
--11/Add.11 Communication
from AustraliaQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum2 January 1997
--11/Add.12 Communication
from PolandQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum10 December 1996
--11/Add.13
+ Corr.1Communication
from KoreaQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum10 December 1996
--11/Add.14 Communication
from IndiaQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum17 January 1997
--11/Add.15 Communication
from ChileQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum21 January 1997
--11/Add.16 Communication
from SingaporeQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum6 March 1997
--11/Add.17 Communication
from HungaryQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum13 March 1997S/WPGR/11
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Symbol Submitted by Title Date
--11/Add.18 Communication
from MexicoQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum13 March 1997
--11/Add.19 Communication
from ArgentinaQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum2 May 1997
--11/Add.20 Communication
from PeruQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services - Addendum15 August 1997
--11/Add.21 Communication
from TurkeyQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum10 September 1997
--11/Add.22 Communication
from Costa RicaQuestionnaire on Government Procurement of
Services – Addendum3 April 1998
S/WPGR/W/39 Communication
from the EuropeanCommunities andtheir Member StatesGovernment Procurement of Services 12 July 2002
S/WPGR/W/42 Communication
from the European
CommunitiesGovernment Procurement of Services 22 May 2003
B. INFORMAL DOCUMENTS
Job Number Submitted by Title Date
Job 5446 Non-Paper from
New ZealandGovernment Procurement of Services 30 Sept. 1997
[no number] Non-paper from the
EuropeanCommunities and
their Member StatesPaper on Government Procurement 13 February 1998
Job 2867 Communication
from JapanInformal comments on Concessions 18 May 1999
Job 6789 Communication
from JapanNegotiations on Government Procurement
Under Article XIII of the GATS12 November 1999
Job 4021 Communication
from the EuropeanCommunities andtheir Member StatesGovernment Procurement of Services –
Possible Development of MultilateralDisciplines26 June 2000
III. NOTES BY THE CHAIRPERSON
Job Number Title Date
[no number] Note by the Chairman + Draft Questions on Government
Procurement of services (Informal note by the Secretariat)12 March 1996
[no number] Meeting of the Working Party on GATS Rules dated 28 March 1996 2 April 1996
Job 1056 Note from the Chairperson. Government Procurement of Services:
Relating Responses to the Questionnaire to Possible disciplines21 February 1997
Job 779 Note from the Chairperson.  (WPGR general + list of WPGR
documents)10 February 1998
Job 3294 Note from the Chairperson (safeguards, subsidies, government
procurement)15 June 1998
Job 5169 Note from the Chairperson (safeguards, subsidies, government 22 September 1998S/WPGR/11
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Job Number Title Date
procurement)
Job 772 Note from the Chairperson (safeguards, subsidies, government
procurement)10 February 1999
Job 1998 Note from the Chairperson (safeguards, subsidies, government
procurement)8 April 1999
Job 2803 Note from the Chairperson (safeguards, subsidies, government
procurement)11 May 1999
Job 3432 Note from the Chairman (safeguards, subsidies, government
procurement)15 June 1999
Job 4141 Note from the Chairman (safeguards, subsidies, government
procurement)12 July 1999
Job 5332 Note from the Chairperson (safeguards, subsidies, government
procurement)16 September 1999
Job 782 Note from the Chairperson (safeguards, subsidies, government
procurement)14 February 2000
Job 2598 Note from Chairperson (safeguards, subsidies, government
procurement)28 April 2000
Job 4058 Note from the Chairperson – Meeting on 7 July 00
(safeguards, subsidies, government procurement)27 June 2000
Job 5538 Note from the Chairperson – Meeting  of 27 September 00 – ESM,
subsidies and government procurement15 September 2000
Job 7352 Annotated Agenda from the Chairperson – Meeting of 30 November
2000 – Negotiations on safeguards, subsidies and governmentprocurement17 November 2000
JOB(01)/35 Annotated agenda from the Chairperson on meeting on 21 March
2001 (safeguards, subsidies and government procurement)14 March 2001
JOB(01)/58 Annotated agenda from the Chairperson – Meeting on 10 May 2001 –
ESM, subsidies and government procurement1 May 2001
JOB(01)/95 Annotated agenda from the Chairperson – Meeting on 2 July 2001 –
ESM, subsidies and government procurement21 June 2001
JOB(02)/43 Neg. under Art. X, XIII and XV -  Annotated agenda from the
Chairperson Designate (formal meeting of 3 June 2002)24 May 2002
JOB(02)/82
+ Rev.1 & Rev.2Note from the Chairperson – Draft Work Programme (ESM,
subsidies and government procurement)12 July 2002
JOB(02)/83 Annotated Agenda from the Chairperson – Meeting of 15 July 02
(ESM, subsidies and government procurement)12 July 2002
JOB(02)/144 Meeting of 23 October 2002 – Annotated Agenda from the
Chairperson (safeguards, subsidies, government procurement)16 October 2002
JOB(02)/202 Annotated Agenda fr om the Chairperson, Meeting of
3 December 2002 (Annual report, safeguards, subsidies, governmentprocurement)3 December 2002
JOB(03)/30 Annotated Agenda from the Chairperson, Meeting of
25 February 2003 (safeguards, government procurement and
subsidies)14 February 2003
IV. BACKGROUND DOCUMENTS BY THE SECRETARIAT
A. FORMAL NOTES
Symbol Title Date
S/WPGR/W/3 Government Procurement of Services 8 November 1995
S/WPGR/W/7 Information on Government Procurement of Services 2 February 96S/WPGR/11
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Symbol Title Date
--/W/7/Add.1 Idem  – Addendum 22 February 1996
S/WPGR/W/11 Questionnaire on Government Procurement of Services 2 April 1996
S/WPGR/W/20 Synthesis of the responses to the questionnaire on government
procurement of services7 July 1997
S/WPGR/W/21 APEC Surveys on Government Procurement Systems 15 July 1997
S/WPGR/W/29 Interpretation of procurement-related provisions in GATT – Possible
Application to Article XIII of GATS31 March 1999
S/WPGR/W/44 Overview of Government Procurement-Related Provisions in
Economic Integration Agreements24 June 2003
B. INFORMAL NOTES
Job Number Title Date
Job 7053 List of documents of the Working Group on Transparency in
Government Procurement and the Committee on GovernmentProcurement (no translation)7 November 2000
Job 7072 Services covered under Annexes 4 and 5 of Appendix 1 of the parties
of the Agreement on Government Procurement – By Secretariat (notranslation)8 November 2000
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