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Agreement on Government Procurement
World Trade Organization
Article XVII: Transparency
- Each Party shall encourage entities to indicate
the terms and conditions, including any deviations from competitive
tendering procedures or access to challenge procedures, under which
tenders will be entertained from suppliers situated in countries not
Parties to this Agreement but which, with a view to creating transparency
in their own contract awards, nevertheless:
(a) specify their contracts in accordance
with Article VI (technical specifications);
(b) publish the procurement notices
referred to in Article IX, including, in the version of the notice
referred to in paragraph 8 of Article IX (summary of the notice of
intended procurement) which is published in an official language of
the WTO, an indication of the terms and conditions under which tenders
shall be entertained from suppliers situated in countries Parties
to this Agreement;
(c) are willing to ensure that their
procurement regulations shall not normally change during a procurement
and, in the event that such change proves unavoidable, to ensure the
availability of a satisfactory means of redress.
- Governments not Parties to the Agreement which
comply with the conditions specified in paragraphs 1(a) through 1(c),
shall be entitled if they so inform the Parties to participate in
the Committee as observers.
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