CELEX: 51982PC0760
Language: en
Date: 1982-11-23
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION concerning the extension to the least-developed countries of the agreement government procurement concluded by the Community (submitted to the Council by the Commission)

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                                 Proposal for a
                                COUNCIL DECISION
    concerning the extension to the least-developed countries of the agreement
    government procurement concluded by the Community
               ( submitted to the Council by the Commission )
C0M(82 ) 760 final
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EXTENSION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNEMENT PROCUREMENT
 CONCLUDED BY THE COMMUNITY TO THE LEAST-DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
              ( Communication of the Commission to the Council )
The European Economic Community concluded the GATT Agreement on Government
Procurement by Council Decision of 10 December 1979 concerning the conclusion
of the Multilateral Agreements resulting from the 1973 to 1979 trade nego­
tiations ,, '
Article III , paragraph 11 of thie Agreement provides for the possibility of
granting special treatment to the least-developed countries * This paragraph
reads as follows   :
" The Parties may also grant the benefits of this Agreement to suppliers
" in the le.ist-developed countries whic.i ere not Parties , with respect to
" products originating in those countries * '
It was the European Economic Community itself which was at the origin of
this provision .
                     It is therefore generally expected that the Community
will grant such special treatment to the least-developed countries * '
In view of the Ministerial meeting of GATT of November 1982 it has now become
urgent to extend in this way the benefit of the Agreement * Moreover the
United States has already proceeded along these lines * '
When the Advisory Committee for Public Contracts at its meeting on 1 and 2
June 1982 was consulted on the matter and particularly on the date as from
when a decision to extend could be applied in the Member States of the Com­
munity it suggested September 1982 * '
The Commission proposes therefore that the Council adopts the attached
decision ( Annex A )„ '
The political benefits flowing from such a decision would far exceed any
inconveniences * '
The Community would grant unilaterally and without any condition as to reci­
procity the benefits of extending the Agreement which would allow , it need
be , the withdrawal of the concessions granted * '
The least-developed countries comprise the countries on the UNO concerning
the least-developed countries * It would nevertheless appear inadvisable to
state the origin of this list so as not to be found by amendments exclusively
decided within UNO * '
To ensure that the decision is implemented with the maximum of flexibility it
will be published in the form of a simple communication in the Official Journal
of the European Communities whose text is in Annex B * '
 ---pagebreak---                              Proposal for a
                          COUNCIL DECISION
concerning the extension to the least-developed countries of the
agreement on government procurement concluded by the Community
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community ,
and in particular Article 113 thereof .
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission ,
Whereas the Council has concluded , by Decision 80 / 271 / EEC of 10 December
1979     concerning the conclusion of the Multilateral Agreements resulting
from the 1973 to 1979 trade negotiations ( 1 ), the GATT Agreement on Government
Procurement;,    Whereas Article III point 11 of the said Agreement makes
provision for granting the benefits of the Agreement to suppliers in the
leas.t-deve loped countries which are not contracting , parties to the said
Agreement ,        1
HAS   DECIDED AS  FOLLOWS :
                                       Sole Article
The benefits of the Agreement on Government Procurement are hereby extended to
suppliers in the States listed in the Annex with respect to products originating
in those countries * '    '/
                                             Done at ,
                          f                   For the Council
                          ^                    The President
 ( 1 ) OJ L 71 , 17.3.1980 , p.1
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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 ( R^PmD ;) 1
   YEMEN , Arab Republic of
 ---pagebreak---                                                                Annex B
           COMMUNICATION OF THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC      COMMUNITY
           CONCERNING THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
           CONCLUDED IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE MULTILATERAL
           AGREEMENTS RESULTING FROM THE 1973-1979 TRADE
                           NEGOTIATIONS
By Council Decision 80 / 271 / EEC,' of 10 December 1979                i;
the European Economic Community concluded the Agreement on Government
Procurement * 'In accordance with its terms of acceptance the Community
applies the Agreement to the countries listed in Annex I to this communi­
cation * '
The Community extended by decision of :**»**;,;,******/ the benefits of the
Agreement on Government Procurement pursuant to Article III , paragraph 11 ,
to suppliers in the least-developed countries which are not parties to
the Agreement and which are listed in Annex II to this communication with
respect to products originating in those countries * '
 ---pagebreak--- AUSTRIA
CANADA
FINLAND
HONG-KONG
JAPAN
NORWAY
SINGAPORE
 SWEDEN
 SWITZERLAND
UNITED STATES
 ---pagebreak---                             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 (R W P.D»)'
   YEMEN . Arab Republic of