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The Committee on Government Procurement, on October 31, 2012, approved requests by Indonesia and Montenegro for observer status. The decisions bring to 25 governments the total number of observers to the plurilateral Government Procurement Agreement.
The European Union, United States, Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, Canada, Chinese Taipei, Korea, Norway, Liechtenstein and Hong Kong, China welcomed Indonesia as an observer, and urged the country to apply to become a full-fledged Party to the Agreement. When Montenegro became a WTO member earlier this year, it made a commitment to also apply for GPA accession. Following the formal meeting, the Committee met informally to review progress regarding the accession requests of Moldova, New Zealand and China. It also discussed efforts by Parties to bring into effect the revised GPA adopted by the Committee on March 30, 2012. |
Indonesia and Montenegro become observers in WTO Government Procurement Committee
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