GPA/CD/2/Add.2  
 
9 October 2020  
(20-6952) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
ACCESSION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE AGREEMENT ON  
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT IN ITS OWN RIGHT  
Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement of 7 October 20 20 
Addendum  
The Committee on Government Procurement,  
Having regard  to the Committee's Decisions (GPA/CD/2) taken on 27  February 2019 with 
respect to accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement by the United Kingdom in its 
own right and the Committee's Decision (GPA/CD/2/Add.1) taken on 26 June 2019 regarding 
the extension of the period for submission of the United Kingdom's instrument of accession to 
the Agreement on Government Procurement and the United Kingdom's consequential changes to its 
Appendix I arising from the entry into force of the Agreement on Govern ment Procurement 
for Australia;  
Having regard  to the Withdrawal Agreement between the European Union and the 
United  Kingdom, which provides for a transition period as referred to in paragraph 1 of the Decision 
taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2). The tran sition period entered into force on 1  February  2020 
and is set to expire on 31  December  2020;  
Noting  that the period for submission of the United Kingdom's instrument of accession to the 
Agreement on Government Procurement set out in paragraph 1 of the Dec ision taken on 
26 June 2019 (GPA/CD/2/Add.1) expired on 27 February 2020, the continued desire of the 
United  Kingdom to accede to the Agreement on Government Procurement in its own right after 
the expiry of the transition period, and the time needed by the  United Kingdom to complete its 
internal process in order to deposit its instrument of accession in a timely manner; and  
Considering the additional documentation submitted by the United Kingdom, including its 
updated replies to the Checklist of Issues (GPA /ACC/GBR/2/Rev.1, dated 27 March 2020), pursuant 
to paragraph 10 of the Committee's Decision of 27 February 2019, and further consultations between 
the United Kingdom and the Parties;  
Decides  as follows:  
1. The period for submission of the United Kingdom's in strument of accession pursuant to 
subparagraph 3.b. of the Decision taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2) and paragraph 1 of the 
Decision taken on 26 June 2019 (GPA/CD/2/Add.1) is hereby reopened, in order to allow the 
United  Kingdom to submit its instrumen t of accession in a timely manner and become a Party to 
the Agreement on Government Procurement in its own right after the expiry of the transition period 
referred to in paragraph 1 of the Decision taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2).  
2. Accordingly, the Uni ted Kingdom is invited to submit its instrument of accession on the terms 
attached to the Decision taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2), as amended by the Decision taken 
on 26 June 2019 (GPA/CD/2/Add.1), provided the United Kingdom does so:  
a. no earlier than thirty days before the date of expiry of the transition period; and  GPA/CD/2/Add.2  
 
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  b. within six months of the date of this Decision, unless the period for submission of 
the instrument is extended by the Committee . 
3. In all other respects, the terms of the Decisi ons taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2), in 
particular its paragraph 4, and 26 June 2019 (GPA/CD/2/Add.1) remain applicable. As provided for 
in paragraph 1 of the Decision taken on 27 February 2019 (GPA/CD/2), it is acknowledged that the 
United Kingdom is  covered by the Agreement on Government Procurement until the date of expiry 
of the transition period, and that during such a transition period, European Union law applies to and 
in the United Kingdom and the United Kingdom is treated as a member State of the European Union.  
 
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