GATT/AIR/UNNUMBERED 26 APRIL 1990
SUBJECT: INFORMAL WORKING GROUP ON NEGOTIATIONS UNDER THE
COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
1. THE NEXT MEETING OF THE INFORMAL WORKING GROUP ON NEGOTIATIONS WILL
TAKE PLACE ON 27-28 JUNE 1990, BEGINNING ON WEDNESDAY, 27 JUNE AT 10 A.M.
THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT WILL MEET ON FRIDAY 29 JUNE 1990.
2. IN PURSUANCE OF THE SUGGESTION BY THE FORMER CHAIRMAN AT THE MEETING OF 7-8 MARCH 1990 AND IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE AS MUCH PROGRESS AS POSSIBLE AT THE MEETING, DELEGATIONS ARE REQUESTED TO SUBMIT TO THE SECRETARIAT, IN WRITING AND NOT LATER THAN 30 MAY 1990 FOR CIRCULATION TO THE PARTICIPANTS IN THE ARTICLE IX:6(B) NEGOTIATIONS:
- PROPOSALS FOR TEXTUAL AMENDMENTS USING LEGAL DRAFTING LANGUAGE IN AREAS SUCH AS TRANSITIONAL MEMBERSHIP, ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS, AND "BID PROTEST" MECHANISM;
- UPDATED AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION RELATIVE TO "GROUP A" ENTITIES NOT CURRENTLY COVERED BY THE CODE, INCLUDING INDICATIONS AS TO THEIR LEGAL NATURE, THEIR PROCUREMENT VOLUMES, AND MAIN PRODUCTS PROCURED;
- IN RESPECT OF "GROUP B" ENTITIES, COMPLETE REPLIES TO THE QUESTIONNAIRE CIRCULATED BY THE CHAIRMAN ON 5 OCTOBER 1989 ENTITLED "CATEGORY B - BASIC INFORMATION"; AND
- INDICATIONS OF ENTITIES IN "GROUP C" FOR WHICH THEY WOULD WISH TO OBTAIN INFORMATION FROM OTHER PARTICIPANTS, COMPARABLE TO THAT
ENVISAGED FOR "GROUP A" ENTITIES.
3. DELEGATIONS IN A POSITION TO DO SO ARE ALSO INVITED TO PRESENT, PREFERABLY IN WRITING BEFORE THE MEETING, ORIGINAL THINKING AS TO COVERAGE AND REGIME FOR "GROUP C", REFLECTING WHAT THEY CONSIDER WOULD BE NECESSARY IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS IN THE NEGOTIATIONS.
A. DUNKEL