Agreement on government procurement. Protocol

2013/0086(NLE)

PURPOSE: to conclude the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Council Decision 2014/115/EU on the conclusion of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement.

CONTENT: the Council adopted a Decision approving, on behalf of the EU, the Protocol amending the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement. The text of the Protocol is attached to this Decision.

The negotiations on the revision of the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement were launched in January 1999.

On 15 December 2011, the Parties to the 1994 GPA reached a political agreement at Ministerial level on the outcomes of the negotiations.