Agreement On Government Procurement Information
The Agreement on Government Procurement (abbreviated GPA) is legally binding and plurilateral agreement in the World Trade Organization (WTO) focusing on the subject of government and local government agencies procurement. The procurement in the Agreement includes goods, ranging from commodities to high technology equipment, and services. The Agreement was negotiated in parallel with the Uruguay Round in 1994, and entered into force on 1 January 1996. This Agreement is a plurilateral treaty administered by a Committee on Government Procurement, which includes the WTO members that are parties to this Agreement, and thus have rights and obligations under the Agreement.
The concept and the principle is based on openness, transparency and non-discrimination, which apply to party countries to the benefit to both country and country's suppliers in bilateral or plurilateral.
See also
- Government procurement
- World Trade Organization
- General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT)
- Trade in Services
- World Development Movement
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Categories: World Trade Organization | International trade | Treaties entered into force in 1996
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