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COMMISSION OFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
COM(82)760 final
Brussels ,23November 1982
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Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
concerning the extension tothe least-developed countries ofthe agreement
government procurement concluded bytheCommunity
(submitted tothe Council bythe Commission )
C0M(82 )760 final

COMi%0
EXTENSION OFTHEBENEFITS OFTHEAGREEMENT ONGOVERNEMENT PROCUREMENT
CONCLUDED BYTHECOMMUNITY TOTHELEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
(Communication oftheCommissiontotheCouncil)
TheEuropeanEconomicCommunityconcludedtheGATTAgreementonGovernment
Procurement byCouncilDecisionof10December1979concerningtheconclusion
oftheMultilateral Agreementsresultingfromthe1973to1979tradenego­
tiations,,'
ArticleIII,paragraph 11ofthieAgreementprovidesforthepossibility of
grantingspecialtreatmenttotheleast-developed countries *Thisparagraph
readsasfollows:
"ThePartiesmayalsograntthebenefitsofthisAgreementtosuppliers
"inthele.ist-developed countrieswhic.ierenotParties,withrespectto
"productsoriginating inthosecountries*'
ItwastheEuropeanEconomicCommunityitselfwhichwasattheoriginof
thisprovision .
ItisthereforegenerallyexpectedthattheCommunity
willgrantsuchspecialtreatmenttotheleast-developed countries *'
InviewoftheMinisterial meetingofGATTofNovember1982ithasnowbecome
urgenttoextendinthiswaythebenefitoftheAgreement *Moreoverthe
UnitedStateshasalreadyproceededalongtheselines*'
WhentheAdvisoryCommitteeforPublicContractsatitsmeetingon1and2
June1982wasconsultedonthematterandparticularly onthedateasfrom
whenadecisiontoextendcouldbeappliedintheMemberStatesoftheCom­
munityitsuggestedSeptember1982*'
TheCommissionproposesthereforethattheCounciladoptstheattached
decision (AnnexA)„'
Thepoliticalbenefitsflowingfromsuchadecisionwouldfarexceedany
inconveniences *'
TheCommunitywouldgrantunilaterally andwithoutanyconditionastoreci­
procitythebenefitsofextendingtheAgreementwhichwouldallow,itneed
be,thewithdrawaloftheconcessions granted*'
Theleast-developed countriescomprisethecountriesontheUNOconcerning
theleast-developed countries *Itwouldnevertheless appearinadvisableto
statetheoriginofthislistsoasnottobefoundbyamendmentsexclusively
decidedwithinUNO*'
Toensurethatthedecisionisimplemented withthemaximumofflexibilityit
willbepublishedintheformofasimplecommunication intheOfficialJournal
oftheEuropeanCommunities whosetextisinAnnexB*'

Proposalfora
COUNCIL DECISION
concerning theextensiontotheleast-developed countriesofthe
agreement ongovernment procurement concluded bytheCommunity
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishing theEuropeanEconomicCommunity,
andinparticularArticle113thereof.
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission,
WhereastheCouncilhasconcluded,byDecision80/271/EECof10December
1979concerning theconclusionoftheMultilateral Agreementsresulting
fromthe1973to1979tradenegotiations (1),theGATTAgreementonGovernment
Procurement ;,WhereasArticleIIIpoint11ofthesaidAgreementmakes
provisionforgrantingthebenefitsoftheAgreementtosuppliersinthe
leas.t-deve lopedcountries whicharenotcontracting ,partiestothesaid
Agreement, 1
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS:
SoleArticle
ThebenefitsoftheAgreementonGovernment Procurement areherebyextendedto
suppliersintheStateslistedintheAnnexwithrespecttoproductsoriginating
inthosecountries*''/
Doneat,
f FortheCouncil
^ ThePresident
(1)OJL71,17.3.1980,p.1

AFGHANISTAN
BANGLADESH
BENIN
BHUTAN
BOTSWANA
BURUNDI
CAPEVERDE
CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC
CHAD
COMORES
DJIBOUTI
ETHIOPIA
GAMBIA
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
HAITI
LAOS
LESOTHO
MALAWI
MALDIVES
MALI
NEPAL
NIGER
RWANDA
WESTERN SAMOA
SAOTOMEANDPRINCE
SEYCHELLES
SOMALIA
SUDAN
TANZANIA
TONGA
UGANDA
UPPERVOLTA
YEMEN(R^PmD;)1
YEMEN,ArabRepublicof

AnnexB
COMMUNICATION OFTHEEUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY
CONCERNING THEAGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
CONCLUDED INTHEFRAMEWORK OFTHEMULTILATERAL
AGREEMENTS RESULTING FROMTHE1973-1979 TRADE
NEGOTIATIONS
ByCouncilDecision80/271/EEC,'of10December1979 i;
theEuropeanEconomicCommunityconcludedtheAgreementonGovernment
Procurement *'InaccordancewithitstermsofacceptancetheCommunity
appliestheAgreementtothecountrieslistedinAnnexItothiscommuni­
cation*'
TheCommunityextendedbydecisionof:**»**;,;,******/ thebenefitsofthe
AgreementonGovernmentProcurement pursuanttoArticleIII,paragraph 11,
tosuppliersintheleast-developed countrieswhicharenotpartiesto
theAgreementandwhicharelistedinAnnexIItothiscommunication with
respecttoproductsoriginating inthosecountries *'

AUSTRIA
CANADA
FINLAND
HONG-KONG
JAPAN
NORWAY
SINGAPORE
SWEDEN
SWITZERLAND
UNITEDSTATES

ANNEX IT
AFGHANISTAN
BANGLADESH
BENIN
BHUTAN
BOTSWANA
BURUNDI
CAPE VERDE
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
CHAD
COMORES
DJIBOUTI
ETHIOPIA
GAMBI A
GUINEA
GUINEA-BISSAU
EQUATORIAL GUINEA
HAITI
LAOS
LESOTHO
MALAWI
MALDIVES
MALI
NEPAL
NIGER
RWANDA
WESTERN SAMOA
SAO TOME AND PRINCE
SEYCHELLES
SOMALIA
SUDAN
*TANZANIA
TONGA
UGANDA
UPPER VOLTA
YEMEN (RWP.D»)'
YEMEN .Arab Republic of