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GPA/ACC/GBR/22  
 
14 June 2019  
(19-4080) Page: 1/3 
Committee on Government Procurement   
 
ACCESSION OF THE UNI TED KINGDOM TO THE A GREEMENT ON GOVERNME NT 
PROCUREMENT IN ITS O WN RIGHT  
DRAFT DECISION REGARDING E XTENSION OF THE PERI OD FOR SUBMISSION OF   
THE UNITED KINGDOM'S  INSTRUMENT OF ACCES SION TO THE AGREEMENT  
AND THE UNITED KINGD OM'S CONSEQUENTIAL C HANGES TO ITS  
APPENDIX I ARISING F ROM THE ENTRY INTO F ORCE OF  
THE AGREEMENT FOR  AUSTRALIA  
Draft Decision of the Committee on Government Procurement of [ 26 June 2019]  
(for adoption , if agreeable, at the formal meeti ng of the Committee  on 26 June 2019 , at 10 a.m. ) 
 
 
 
The Committee on Government Procurement,  
Having regard  to the Committee's Decision (GPA/CD/2) taken on 27  February 2019 with 
respect to accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement by the United K ingdom in its 
own right;  
Having regard  to the request for extension of the period for submission of the 
United  Kingdom's Instrument of accession pursuant to the aforementioned Decision that has been 
made by the United Kingdom; and  
Having regard  to the ent ry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for 
Australia on 5  May 2019;  
Decides  as follows:  
1. The period for submission of the United Kingdom's Instrument of Accession pursuant to 
subparagraph 3.b. of the Decision taken on 27  February 2019 (GPA /CD/2) is hereby extended by 
six months, until 27  February 2020, unless further extended by the Committee.  
2. In order to reflect the consequential changes arising from the entry into force of the Agreement 
on Government Procurement for Australia subsequently  to the Decision taken on 27  February 2019 
(GPA/CD/2), Attachment A to that Decision is hereby amended as set out in Attachment  1 to the 
present Decision. All references to Attachment A in the Decision taken on 27  February  2019 
(GPA/CD/2) shall be understo od to include the consequential changes concerning Australia that are 
set out in Attachment 1 to the present Decision.  
3. In all other respects, the terms of the Decision taken on 27  February 2019 (GPA/CD/2) are 
unchanged.  
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ATTACHMENT 11 
UNITED KINGDOM'S CO NSEQUENTIAL CHANGES ARISING FROM THE ENT RY INTO FORCE OF THE  
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNM ENT PROCUREMENT FOR AUSTRALIA  
Having regard to the entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) for 
Australia on 5  May 2019, Attachment A to the Decision of the Committee taken on 27 February 2019 
(GPA/CD/2) is hereby amended as follows:  
1. Point 2 of Section  1 ("The Central Government Contracting Authorities of the United Kingdom") 
of Annex  1 to Appendix I of the United Kingdom shall read as follows:  
"2. For the goods, services, suppliers and service providers of Israel; Montenegro; 
the Republic of Moldova; Ukraine; the United States; Canada; Japan; Hong Kong, China; 
Singapore; Korea; Armenia; the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen 
and Ma tsu; New Zealand; and Australia, procurement by the following central 
government contracting authorities."  
2. Note 2 of the Notes to Annex 1 to Appendix I of the United Kingdom shall read as follows:  
"2. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to suppliers and service providers 
of Japan, Korea, the US and Australia in contesting the award of contracts to a supplier 
or service provider of Parties other than those mentioned, which are small or medium 
sized enterprises as defined in Regulation 112(4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 
2015, until such time as the United Kingdom accepts that they no longer operate 
discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small and minority businesses."  
3. Note 1 of the Notes to Annex 2 to Appendix I of the Un ited Kingdom shall include the following 
points after point g.:  
"h. procurement by regional and local contracting authorities (contracting authorities 
of administrative units listed under Territorial Units 2 and 3 as described in Note 3 of 
the General Not es in Annex 7 and smaller administrative units) in regard of goods, 
services, suppliers and service providers from Australia;  
i. procurement between 200,000 SDR and 355,000 SDR by regional contracting 
authorities and between 200,000 SDR and 400,000 SDR for  bodies governed by public 
law covered under this Annex of goods and services for suppliers and service providers 
from Australia;  
j. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of:  
i. motor vehicles, as described in the Chapters of the Combined  Nomenclature (CN) 
specified below:  
CN Chapter    Description  
1. 8702   Motor vehicles for the transport  
 of ten or more persons, including the driver;  
2. 8703   Motor cars and other motor vehicles  
 principally designed for the transport  
 of persons (other than  those of heading  
 8702), including station wagons and  
 racing cars;  
3. 8704   Motor vehicles for the transport of goods;  
4. 8705   Special purpose motor vehicles, other than  
                                                
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   those principally designed for the transport  
 of persons or goods (for example, breakdown  
 lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles,  
 concrete -mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries,  
 spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile  
 radiological units);  
5. 8711   Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles  
 fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or  
 without side -cars; side cars;  
6. 8713   Carriages for disabled persons, whether or  
 not motorised or otherwise mechanically  
 propelled.  
ii. components for motor vehicles, as described in the Chapters of the Combined 
Nomenclature (CN) specified below:  
CN Chapter    Description  
1. 8706 00  Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles  
 of headings 8701 to 8705;  
2. 8707 Bodies (including cabs), for the motor vehicles  
of headings 8701 to 8705;  
3. 8708 Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles  
of headings 8701 to 8705;  
4. 8714 Parts and accessories of vehicles of  
headings 8711 to 8713;  
5. 8716 Trailers and semi -trailers; other vehicles,  
not mechanically propelled; parts thereof.  
in regard of suppliers and service providers from Australia."  
4. Note 2 of the Notes to Annex 2 to Appendix I of the United Kingdom shall read as follows:  
"2. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to suppliers and service providers 
of Japan, Korea , the US and Australia  in contesting the award of contracts to a supplier 
or service provider of Parties other than those mentioned, which are small or medium 
sized enterprises as defined in Regulation 112(4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 
2015, until such time as the United Kingdom accepts that they no longer op erate 
discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small and minority businesses."  
5. Note 6 of the Notes to Annex 3 to Appendix I of the United Kingdom shall include the following 
points after point r.:  
"s. procurement by procuring entities operati ng in the fields of:  
i. production, transport or distribution of drinking water covered under this Annex;  
ii. production, transport or distribution of electricity covered under this Annex;  
iii. airport facilities covered under this Annex;  
iv. maritime or inland port or ot her terminal facilities covered under this Annex;  
v. urban railway, tramway, trolley bus or bus services covered under this Annex; 
 and  
vi. transport by railways covered under this Annex.  
in regard of supplies, services, suppliers and service providers from Aus tralia."  
 
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