ORGANISATION MONDIALE ORGANIZACI ÓNMUNDIAL
DUCOMMERCE DEL COMERCIO
WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION
Centre William Rappard Téléphone: (4122)7395111
RuedeLausanne 154 Ligne directe: (4122)7395252
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Référence: WLI/201 22May1997
AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
DONE ATMARRAKESH ON15APRIL 1994
TRANSMISSION OFCERTIFIED TRUE COPY OF
TERMS OFACCESSION OFHONG KONG
NOTIFICATION OFACCEPTANCE
Ihavethehonour tofurnish herewith acertified truecopy oftheTerms ofAccession
ofHong Kong totheabove-mentioned Agreement.
Ialsohave thehonour toinform youthaton20May1997 theGovernment ofHong
Kong deposited withmeaninstrument ofaccession totheabove-mentioned Agreement.
Interms ofparagraph 2ofitsArticle XXIV, theAgreement shallenter intoforce for
Hong Kong on19June 1997.
Thisnotification isfurnished inaccordance withparagraph 14ofArticle XXIV ofthe
Agreement.
R.Ruggiero
Director-General
97-2195 WT/Let/141TERMS OFACCESSION OFHONG KONG TOTHEAGREEMENT
ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT (1994)
APPENDIX I
ANNEX 1
Central Government Entities which Procure inAccordance
With theProvisions ofthisAgreement
Supplies
Threshold :130,000 SDRforgoods andservices other thanconstruction services
5,000,000 SDRforconstruction services
ListofEntities :
1. Agriculture andFisheries Department
2. Architectural Services Department
3. Audit Department
4. Auxiliary Medical Services
5. Buildings Department
6. Census andStatistics Department
7. CivilAidServices
8. CivilAviation Department
9. CivilEngineering Department
10. CivilService Training andDevelopment Institute
11. Companies Registry
12. Correctional Services Department
13. Customs andExcise Department
14. Department ofHealth
15. Drainage Services Department
16. Education Department
17. Electrical andMechanical Services Department
18. Environmental Protection Department
19. FireServices Department
20. Government Flying Service
21. Government Laboratory
22. Government Land Transport Agency
23. Government Property Agency
24. Government Secretariat
25. Government Supplies Department
26. Highways Department
27. Home Affairs Department
28. Hong Kong Monetary Authority
29. Hospital Services Department
30. Immigration Department
31. Independent Commission Against Corruption
32. Industry Department
33. Information Services Department
34. Information Technology Services Department
35. Inland Revenue Department-2-
36. Intellectual Property Department
37. Judiciary
38. Labour Department
39. Lands Department
40. Land Registry
41. Legal Department
42. Legal AidDepartment
43. Marine Department
44. Office oftheCommissioner forAdministrative Complaints
45. Office oftheTelecommunications Authority
46. Official Receiver 'sOffice
47. Planning Department
48. PostOffice
49. Printing Department
50. Public Service Commission
51. Radio Television Hong Kong
52. Rating andValuation Department
53. Royal Hong Kong Police Force (including Royal Hong Kong Auxiliary Police Force)
54. Royal Observatory
55 Social Welfare Department
56. Secretariat, Independent Police Complaints Council
57. Secretariat, Standing Commission onCivilService Salaries andConditions ofService
58. Secretariat, Standing Committee onDisciplined Services Salaries andConditions of
Service
59. Student Financial Assistance Agency
60. Technical Education andIndustrial Training Department
61. Television andEntertainment Licensing Authority
62. Territory Development Department
63. Trade Department
64. Transport Department
65. Treasury
66. Secretariat, University Grants Committee
67. Water Supplies Department
68. Management Services Agency
69. Official Languages Agency
70. Registration andElectoral Office-3-
ANNEX 2
Sub-Central Entities which Procure inAccordance
With theProvisions ofthisAgreement
Threshold :200,000 SDRforgoods andservices other thanconstruction services
5,000,000 SDRforconstruction services
ListofEntities :
1. Urban Council andUrban Services Department
2. Regional Council andRegional Services Department-4-
ANNEX 3
AllOther Entities which Procure inAccordance
With theProvisions ofthisAgreement
Threshold :400,000 SDRforsupplies andservices other thanconstruction services
5,000,000 SDRforconstruction services
ListofEntities :
1. Housing Authority andHousing Department
2. Hospital Authority
3. Airport Authority
4. Mass Transit Railway Corporation
5. Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation-5-
ANNEX 4
Services
Thefollowing services, classified according totheUnited Nations Central Product
Classification (CPC) Code onGoods andServices, willbecovered:
CPC
1. Computer andRelated Services
- Data base andprocessing services 843+844
- Maintenance andrepair service ofoffice 845
machinery andequipment including computers
- Other Computer Services 849
2. Rental/Leasing Services Without Operators
- Relating toships 83103
- Relating toaircraft 83104
- Relating toother transport equipment 83101+83102+83105
- Relating toother machinery andequipment 83106+83109
3. Other Business Services
Maintenance andrepair ofequipment (notincluding 633+8861-8866
maritime vessels, aircraft orother transport equipment)
Market Research &Public Opinion Polling Services 864
Security Services 87304
Building-Cleaning Services 874
Advertising Services 871
4. Courier Services
5. Telecommunications Services (Provisions ofcertain types of
servicemayrequirelicensingunder
theTelecommunicationOrdinance)
Value-added telecommunications services 7523, 843
Basic telecommunications services 7521, 7529
Telecommunications-related services 754-6-
6. Environmental Services
- Sewage services 9401
- Refuse disposal services 9402
7. Financial Services ex81
- AllInsurance andInsurance-Related Services (exceptions are set out in
paragraph5ofGeneralConditions)
- Banking andother financial services
8. Transport Services
- Airtransportation services 731, 732, 734
(excluding transportation ofmail)
- Road transport services 712, 6112, 8867-7-
ANNEX 5
Construction Services
Definition :
Aconstructionservicescontractisacontractwhichhasasitsobjectivetherealization
bywhatever means ofcivilorbuilding works, inthesense ofDivision 51oftheCentral
Product Classification (CPC).
ListofDivision 51CPC
Allservices ofDivision 51oftheCPC
Threshold :5,000,000 SDR-8-
GENERAL CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TOENTITIES AND SERVICES
SPECIFIED INANNEXES 1TO5
1. Notwithstanding anything intheAnnexes 1-5,theAgreement shallnotapply to:
- Allconsultancy andfranchise arrangements
- Transportation ofmailbyair
- Statutory insurances including thirdparty liability inrespect ofvehicles and
vessels andemployer 'sliability insurance inrespect ofemployees
- Purchase ofoffice orresidential accommodation bytheGovernment Property
Agency.
2. Hong Kong'scommitments ontelecommunications services aresubject totheterms
ofthelicence heldbyHong Kong Telecommunications International Ltd.(HKTI) until
30September2006fortheexclusiveprovisionofexternaltelecommunicationscircuits
andcertain external telecommunications services. Theexclusive services covered
bythelicence arelisted below.
(a) Circuits byradio fortheprovision ofexternal public telecommunications
services.
(b) Theoperation ofcircuits bysubmarine cable fortheprovision ofexternal public
telecommunications services.
(c) External andinternal Public Telegram Service.
(d) External andinternal Public Telex Service.
(e) External public telephone services tosubscribers tothePublic Switched
Telephone Network byradio, submarine cable andsuch overland cables as
areauthorized.
(f) External dedicated andleased telephone circuit services byradio, submarine
cable andsuch overland cables asareauthorized.
(g) External dedicated andleased circuits for-
telegraph
data
facsimile.
(h) Hong Kong coast stations andcoast earth stations oftheMaritime Mobile
service andMaritime Mobile -Satellite Service.
(i) Hong Kong Aeronautical Stations oftheAeronautical Mobile Service and
Aeronautical Mobile -Satellite Service forradio communications services
between aircraft operating agencies andtheiraircraft inflight.
(j) International telecommunications services routed intransit viaHong Kong.
(k) Except totheextent thattheGovernor-in-Council mayfrom time totime
otherwise inwriting direct, external television andvoice programme
transmission services toandfrom Hong Kong.-9-
3. Operators oftelecommunications services may require licensing under the
Telecommunication Ordinance. Operators applying forthelicences arerequired to
beestablished inHong Kong under theCompanies Ordinance.
4. Hong Kong Government shallnotbeobliged topermit thesupply ofsuch services
cross-border, orthrough commercial presence orthepresence ofnatural persons.
5. Thefollowing services areexcluded from theFinancial Services under Annex 4
1. CPC81402
Insurance andpension consultancy services
2. CPC81339
Money broking
3. CPC8119+81323
Asset management, such ascash orportfolio management, allforms of
collective investment management, pension fund management, custodial
depository andtrust services.
4. CPC81339 or81319
Settlement andclearing services forfinancial assets, including securities,
derivative products, andother negotiable instruments.
5. CPC8131 or8133
Advisory andother auxiliary financial services onalltheactivities listed in
subparagraphs5(a)(v)to(xvi)intheAnnexonFinancialServicesintheGeneral
Agreement onTrade inServices, including credit reference andanalysis,
investment andportfolio research andadvice, advice onacquisitions andon
corporate restructuring andstrategy.
6. CPC81339+81333+81321
Tradingforownaccountorforaccountofcustomers,whetheronanexchange,
inanover-the-counter market orotherwise, thefollowing:
- money market instruments (cheques, bills,certificate ofdeposits, etc.)
- foreign exchange
- derivative products including, butnotlimited tofutures andoptions
- exchange rateandinterest rateinstruments, including products such
asswaps, forward rateagreement, etc.
- transferable securities
- other negotiable instruments andfinancial assets, including bullion.-10-
APPENDIX II
HONG KONG
Annex 1
Hong Kong Government Gazette
Daily Press
Annex 2
Hong Kong Government Gazette
Daily Press
Annex 3
Hospital Authority - Hong Kong Government Gazette
- Daily Press
Housing Authority - Hong Kong Government Gazette
- Daily Press
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation - tobenotified
Mass Transit Railway Corporation - Daily Press
Airport Authority - Daily Press-11-
APPENDIX III
HONG KONG
Annex 1
Hong Kong Government Gazette
Annex 2
Hong Kong Government Gazette
Daily Press
Annex 3
Hospital Authority - Hong Kong Government Gazette
Housing Authority - Hong Kong Government Gazette
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation - tobenotified
Mass Transit Railway Corporation - Notapplicable
Airport Authority - Notapplicable-12-
APPENDIX IV
HONG KONG
Annex 1
Hong Kong Government Gazette
Annex 2
Hong Kong Government Gazette
Annex 3
Hospital Authority - Hong Kong Government Gazette
Housing Authority - Hong Kong Government Gazette
Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation - tobenotified
Mass Transit Railway Corporation - provided topotential suppliers upon
issuance ofinvitations toparticipate
Airport Authority - provided topotential suppliers upon
issuance ofinvitations toparticipate
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