Proposal for a Council Decision establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Government Procurement on the accession of the Republic of Moldova to the Agreement on Government Procurement

On 7 January 2002, the Republic of Moldova applied to accede to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement ("GPA"). It submitted revised coverage offers on 13 September 2012, 16 January 2014 and 24 June 2014.

The Commission, on behalf of the Union, negotiated a series of market opening commitments of the Republic of Moldova both in a bilateral format and within the WTO the Committee on Government Procurement ("GPA Committee").

The Republic of Moldova subsequently submitted a final offer to the GPA Committee on 27 May 2015. A summary of the Republic of Moldova's final offer and the Commission's assessment thereof are set out below.

The decision enables the Commission to express the Union's opinion on the accession of the Republic of Moldova within the GPA Committee.

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)325: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:325:FIN

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