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WORLD TRADE GPA/W/42
23May1997
ORGANIZATION(97-2180)
Committee onGovernment Procurement Original: English
MODIFICATIONS TOAPPENDIX IOFSWITZERLAND
Communication from Switzerland
Thefollowing communication from thePermanent Mission ofSwitzerland wasreceived on
23May1997, withtherequest thatitbecirculated totheParties totheAgreement onGovernment
Procurement (1994).
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Iamwriting toyouconcerning themodifications toAppendix IoftheGovernment Procurement
Agreement, which follow onfromtheagreement reached between Switzerland andtheUnited States
ofAmerica. Article XXIV oftheAgreement contains theprovisions onitsentry intoforce anditis
inconformity withparagraph 6(a)ofArticle XXIV thatIhereby inform youofmodifications tothe
Swiss General Notes inAppendix IoftheAgreement.
Inaccordance withourunderstanding withtheGovernment oftheUnited States ofAmerica,
youshould today receive aparallel communication fromtheDelegation oftheUnited States ofAmerica.
TheenclosedcommunicationshouldbecirculatedtoMembersoftheCommitteeonGovernment
Procurement inadocument dated 23May1997sothatthemodification willbecome effective 30days
from thatdateprovided there isnoobjection.
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ANNEX
COMMUNICATION FROM SWITZERLAND WITH RESPECT TOMODIFICATIONS
TOAPPENDIX IOFTHE AGREEMENT ONGOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Pursuant toArticle XXIV, paragraph 6(a)oftheAgreement onGovernment Procurement,
theGovernment ofSwitzerland submits totheCommittee onGovernment Procurement thefollowing
modification totheSwiss General Notes inAppendix IoftheAgreement:
InGeneral Note 1,delete "United States" withrespect toentities inAnnex 2andentities in
theelectricity andportsectors.