78212 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 218 / Tuesday, November 14, 2023 / Rules and Regulations 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Chapter 1 

[Docket No. FAR–2023–0051, Sequence No. 

6] 

Federal Acquisition Regulation; 

Federal Acquisition Circular 2024–01; 

Introduction 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Summary presentation of final 

rules. 

SUMMARY: This document summarizes 

the Federal Acquisition Regulation 

(FAR) rules agreed to by the Civilian 

Agency Acquisition Council and the 

Defense Acquisition Regulations 

Council (Councils) in this Federal 

Acquisition Circular (FAC) 2024–01. A 

companion document, the Small Entity 

Compliance Guide (SECG), follows this 

FAC. 

DATES: For effective dates see the 

separate documents, which follow. 

ADDRESSES: The FAC, including the 

SECG, is available at https://

www.regulations.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

analyst whose name appears in the table 

below in relation to the FAR case. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

RULES LISTED IN FAC 2024–01 

Item Subject FAR case Analyst 

I ..................... New Designated Country—North Macedonia ............................................ 2023–019 Uddowla. 

II .................... Technical Amendments. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Summaries for each FAR rule follow. 

For the actual revisions and/or 

amendments made by these FAR rules, 

refer to the specific item numbers and 

subjects set forth in the documents 

following these item summaries. FAC 

2024–01 amends the FAR as follows: 

Item I—New Designated Country— 

North Macedonia (FAR Case 2023–019) 

This final rule amends the Federal 

Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to add 

North Macedonia as a new designated 

country under the World Trade 

Organization Government Procurement 

Agreement (WTO GPA). 

Item II—Technical Amendments 

An administrative change is made at 

FAR 52.212–3, 52.212–5, 52.225–3, 

52.225–4, 52.225–11, 52.225–12, 

52.225–23, and 52.225–24. 

William F. Clark, 

Director, Office of Government-wide 

Acquisition Policy, Office of Acquisition 

Policy, Office of Government-wide Policy. 

Federal Acquisition Circular (FAC) 

2024–01 is issued under the authority of 

the Secretary of Defense, the 

Administrator of General Services, and 

the Administrator of National 

Aeronautics and Space Administration. 

Unless otherwise specified, all 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 

and other directive material contained 

in FAC 2024–01 is effective November 

14, 2023. 

John M. Tenaglia, 

Principal Director, Defense Pricing and 

Contracting, Department of Defense. 

Jeffrey A. Koses, 

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, 

Office of Acquisition Policy, U.S. General 

Services Administration. 

Karla Smith Jackson, 

Assistant Administrator for Procurement, 

Senior Procurement Executive/Deputy CAO, 

National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2023–24931 Filed 11–13–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–EP–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

GENERAL SERVICES 

ADMINISTRATION 

NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND 

SPACE ADMINISTRATION 

48 CFR Parts 22, 25, and 52 

[FAC 2024–01, FAR Case 2023–019, Item 

I; Docket No. 2023–0019; Sequence No. 1] 

RIN 9000–AO67 

Federal Acquisition Regulation: New 

Designated Country—North Macedonia 

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD), 

General Services Administration (GSA), 

and National Aeronautics and Space 

Administration (NASA). 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: DoD, GSA, and NASA are 

issuing a final rule amending the 

Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to 

add North Macedonia as a new 

designated country under the World 

Trade Organization Government 

Procurement Agreement. 

DATES: Effective November 14, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

clarification of content, contact Ms. 

Mahruba Uddowla, Procurement 

Analyst, at 703–605–2868 or by email at 

mahruba.uddowla@gsa.gov. For 

information pertaining to status or 

publication schedules, contact the 

Regulatory Secretariat Division at 202– 

501–4755 or GSARegSec@gsa.gov. 

Please cite FAC 2024–01, FAR Case 

2023–019. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Background 

DoD, GSA, and NASA are amending 

the FAR to add North Macedonia as a 

new designated country under the 

World Trade Organization Government 

Procurement Agreement (WTO GPA). 

North Macedonia became a party to the 

WTO GPA on October 30, 2023. The 

Trade Agreements Act (19 U.S.C. 2501 

et seq.) provides the authority for the 

President to waive the Buy American 

statute and other discriminatory 

provisions for eligible products from 

countries that have signed an 

international trade agreement (such as 

the WTO GPA) with the United States. 

The President has delegated this 

authority to the U.S. Trade 

Representative. 

The U.S. Trade Representative has 

determined that North Macedonia will 

provide appropriate reciprocal 

competitive Government procurement 

opportunities to United States products 

and services. The U.S. Trade 

Representative published a notice in the 

Federal Register waiving the Buy 

American statute and other 

discriminatory provisions for eligible 


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