Government Procurement Code

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The Government Procurement Code is a plurilateral trade agreement established under the GATT framework to open and regulate government purchasing markets among participating countries, later evolving into the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf government procurement agreement ⓘ
international economic agreement ⓘ
plurilateral trade agreement ⓘ
abbreviation GATT Government Procurement Code ⓘ
aimsToPrevent discrimination against foreign suppliers in government procurement ⓘ
protectionist use of government purchasing ⓘ
alsoKnownAs GATT Government Procurement Code ⓘ
Tokyo Round Government Procurement Code ⓘ
basedOn principles of non-discrimination ⓘ
principles of open competition ⓘ
principles of transparency ⓘ
contains provisions on transparency of procurement laws and regulations ⓘ
rules on most-favoured-nation treatment in procurement ⓘ
rules on national treatment in procurement ⓘ
coverage central government entities of parties ⓘ
specified procurement sectors and thresholds ⓘ
enforcementMechanism state-to-state dispute settlement among parties ⓘ
entryIntoForceContext post-Tokyo Round period ⓘ
evolvedInto Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ
framework General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ⓘ
inspired later revisions of the Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ
legalNature plurilateral agreement under GATT ⓘ
legalObligations binding only on signatory parties ⓘ
legalStatusUnderWTO predecessor to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ
marketAccess opened government procurement markets among parties ⓘ
negotiationContext Tokyo Round of GATT trade negotiations ⓘ
organizationContext GATT ⓘ
World Trade Organization ⓘ
participantsType GATT contracting parties opting into the Code ⓘ
policyObjective liberalization of government procurement markets ⓘ
reduction of trade barriers in public purchasing ⓘ
purpose to increase transparency in government procurement ⓘ
to open government procurement markets among participating countries ⓘ
to promote non-discrimination in government procurement ⓘ
to regulate government purchasing practices ⓘ
regulates award criteria for government contracts ⓘ
publication of procurement opportunities ⓘ
qualification of suppliers in public tenders ⓘ
tendering procedures for government contracts ⓘ
relationshipToWTO formed the basis for the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ
scope procurement above specified value thresholds ⓘ
procurement of goods by covered government entities ⓘ
procurement of services by covered government entities ⓘ
subjectMatter government procurement ⓘ
public purchasing ⓘ
successor Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ

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Tokyo Round (1973–1979) → resultedIn → Government Procurement Code ⓘ
Tokyo Round → resultedIn → Agreement on Government Procurement ⓘ
linked to: Government Procurement Code