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February 18, 2002
Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat
FTAA – NEGOTIATING GROUP ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Sixteenth Meeting
Panama, February 6 - 8, 2002
PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ
- The Sixteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Government Procurement was
held in Panama from February 6 to 8, 2002. The following countries were in
attendance: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru,
Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.
- The Agenda approved for discussion is attached as
Annex I.
- The meeting considered the first three items on the agenda. The Group agreed
it would discuss at the next meeting those items not covered during this meeting
for lack of time.
FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Sixteenth Meeting
Panama, February 6-8, 2002
AGENDA
- Approval of the agenda
- Completion of recommendations to the TNC on guidelines, procedures and
deadlines for negotiation of market access for government procurement
- Completion of the report to the TNC on the scope and detail of statistical
information
- Revision of the draft chapter (Fourth group of elements – I-IX; XXX)
- Other business
- Discussion on civil society’s contributions regarding government procurement
- Relationship between the NGGP’s work and the recommendations to the TNC on market access negotiations
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