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 Ukraine to the Agreement on Government Procurement

On 13 December 2012, Ukraine applied to accede to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA). It submitted revised coverage offers on 7 March 2014, 28 October 2014, 27 April 2015, 27 May 2015 and 29 June 2015.

The Commission, on behalf of the Union, negotiated a series of market opening commitments of Ukraine, both in a bilateral format and within the WTO the Committee on Government Procurement (GPA Committee). Ukraine subsequently submitted a final offer to the GPA Committee. A summary of Ukraine's final offer and the Commission's assessment thereof are set out in this document.

The Council's decision enables the Commission to express the Union’s opinion on the accession of Ukraine within the GPA Committee.

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)407: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:407:FIN

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