GATT Government Procurement Code

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The GATT Government Procurement Code is an international trade agreement that sets rules to ensure transparency, non-discrimination, and fair competition in government purchasing among its signatory countries.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government procurement agreement ⓘ
international trade agreement ⓘ
plurilateral trade agreement ⓘ
aimsToEnsure fair competition in government procurement ⓘ
non-discrimination in government procurement ⓘ
transparency in government procurement ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ
GATT Code on Government Procurement ⓘ
appliesTo central government entities of signatory states ⓘ
procurement above agreed value thresholds ⓘ
specified procurement of goods ⓘ
specified procurement of services ⓘ
basedOn General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
corePrinciple most-favoured-nation treatment ⓘ
national treatment ⓘ
open and competitive tendering ⓘ
transparency of procurement procedures ⓘ
governs cross-border access to government procurement markets ⓘ
hasFeature coverage schedules listing covered entities and sectors ⓘ
domestic review procedures for supplier complaints ⓘ
exceptions for national security ⓘ
exceptions for protection of human life and health ⓘ
exceptions for protection of intellectual property ⓘ
exceptions for public order and morality ⓘ
non-discriminatory qualification criteria for suppliers ⓘ
obligation to provide information on awarded contracts ⓘ
obligation to publish procurement opportunities ⓘ
rules on technical specifications to avoid unnecessary barriers to trade ⓘ
state-to-state dispute settlement mechanism ⓘ
transparency obligations for laws and regulations ⓘ
isPartOf Tokyo Round codes framework ⓘ
legalEffect creates binding obligations for signatory governments ⓘ
legalNature plurilateral agreement under the GATT framework ⓘ
objective to open government procurement markets to foreign competition ⓘ
to prevent protectionism in public purchasing ⓘ
to promote efficient use of public funds ⓘ
to promote integrity in procurement processes ⓘ
regulates procedures for awarding government contracts ⓘ
publication of procurement notices ⓘ
qualification of suppliers ⓘ
review and challenge procedures for suppliers ⓘ
technical specifications in procurement ⓘ
tendering procedures ⓘ
scopeLimitation binding only on signatory parties ⓘ
does not automatically apply to all GATT members ⓘ
shortName GATT GPA ⓘ
subjectMatter government procurement ⓘ
public purchasing ⓘ
successor WTO Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ

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Government Procurement Code → alsoKnownAs → GATT Government Procurement Code ⓘ
Government Procurement Code → abbreviation → GATT Government Procurement Code ⓘ
Government Procurement Code → evolvedInto → Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ
linked to: GATT Government Procurement Code
Government Procurement Code → successor → Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ
linked to: GATT Government Procurement Code
GATT Government Procurement Code → alsoKnownAs → GATT Code on Government Procurement ⓘ
linked to: GATT Government Procurement Code
Tokyo Round Government Procurement Code → shortName → GATT Government Procurement Code ⓘ
Plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement → successorTo → 1979 GATT Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ
linked to: GATT Government Procurement Code