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GPA/ACC/MDA/28  
 
5 February 2016  
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Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA TO THE  
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
COMMUNICATION FROM THE REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 
The following communication, dated 4 February 2016,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the Republic of Moldova.  
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REQUEST FOR AN EXTENSION OF THE PERIOD FOR SUBMISSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF 
MOLDOVA'S INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION TO THE GPA 
The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mold ova to the United Nations Office and other 
International Organizations in Geneva presents its compliments to the WTO – the Committee on 
Government Procurement and has the honour to enclose the letter of the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy, Mr Octavian CALMÎC, regarding the request for an extension for the 
submission of the Republic of Moldova's instrument of accession to the GPA. 
 The Permanent Mission will appreciate the formal circulation of the aforementioned letter to the 
members of the Committee on Government Procurement. 
 The Permanent Mission of the Republic of Mold ova to the United Nations Office and other 
International Organizations in Geneva avails itself of this opportunity to renew to the Chairman of 
the Committee on Government Procurement the assurances of its highest consideration. 
 
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REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA 
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AN D MINISTER OF ECONOMY 
4 February 2016 
 Dear Mr Chairman,  
O n  b e h a l f  o f  t h e  G o v e r n m e n t  o f  t h e  R e p u b l i c  o f  M o l d o v a ,  I  w o u l d  l i k e  t o  c o n v e y  t o  t h e  G P A  
Committee and to the member states of the GP A Agreement our sincere gratitude and cordial 
thanks for the adoption of a Decision on the terms of the Republic of Moldova's accession to the 
WTO Agreement on Government Procurement.  
 According to this decision, circulated formally  on 21 September 2015 (GPA/131), the Republic of 
Moldova shall submit its instrument of accession within six months of the date of the decision, i.e. 
by 21 March 2016.   Regretfully, it appears now that the domestic ratification process may not be completed within the 
authorized timeframe. While specific efforts have been made towards this end, certain political GPA/ACC/MDA/28 
 
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  processes that occurred in the country (the fall  of the Government on 29 October 2015 and the 
prolonged time required to creating a new parliamentary majority to approve a new one on 20 January 2016) interfered, at various levels, with the internal coordination procedures. 
The new Moldovan Government is fully committed to  expediting and bringing to its conclusion the 
ratification process.  
 For reasons related to the Parliamentary review process and in order to allow sufficient time for 
completion of all related formalities, the Republic of Moldova would require an extension of three 
months (until 21 June 2016) in the period for the deposit of its instrument of accession. Following our internal analysis, we hope to be able to submit our instrument of accession to the WTO GPA before our next GPA Committee session, scheduled for the week of 20-24 June 2016. 
 
To this effect, we call the GPA members to consider positively this request of extension at the upcoming formal meeting of the GPA Committee scheduled to take place on 17 February 2016. 
 
In all other respects, the terms of the Decision  circulated on 21 September 2015 (GPA/131), shall 
remain unchanged. 
 
Looking forward for your assistance on this matter,  please accept, Mr Chairman, the assurances of 
my highest consideration and our readiness to further fulfilling our commitments.  
 
 
Octavian CALMÎC 
Deputy Prime Minister  
Minister of Economy 
 
 
Mr John Newham Chairman Committee on Government Procurement 
World Trade Organization 
  
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