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The long awaited agreed text of the Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) is expected to enter into force within the current year, 2014. The WTO GPA is a plurilateral Agreement, and currently, only 42 States are Parties but a number of WTO Members are not Parties to this Agreement. These countries are actively seeking accession to it and looking at the potential pros and cons of accession. In this context, there is a need for information on the GPA in order to assess related benefits and costs. This article describes and analyzes together the existing GPA and the new, agreed draft of the GPA by the Parties to this Agreement. This paper compares agreed draft of the GPA with the existing GPA of 1995, and discusses its potential implications on the international public procurement legislation. The agreed text of the new GPA significantly clarifies its requirements, increases transparency of procurement practices through electronic methods. The agreed text reflects the technological and trade developments such as; changes in electronic procurement, minimum notice periods are shortened. Other changes provides more flexibility for procuring entities, when buying goods on commodity market and purchases made under exceptionally advantageous conditions. It also consists more flexible provisions for special and differential treatment in an attempt to make participation in the GPA more attractive to developing countries.
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