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February 18, 2002

Original: Spanish
Translation: FTAA Secretariat

FTAA – NEGOTIATING GROUP ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Sixteenth Meeting

Panama, February 6 - 8, 2002


PRESS COMMUNIQUÉ



  1. The Sixteenth Meeting of the Negotiating Group on Government Procurement was held in Panama from February 6 to 8, 2002. The following countries were in attendance: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, United States, Uruguay and Venezuela.

  2. The Agenda approved for discussion is attached as Annex I.

  3. The meeting considered the first three items on the agenda. The Group agreed it would discuss at the next meeting those items not covered during this meeting for lack of time.
     



FTAA - NEGOTIATING GROUP ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Sixteenth Meeting

Panama, February 6-8, 2002


AGENDA

  1. Approval of the agenda

  2. Completion of recommendations to the TNC on guidelines, procedures and deadlines for negotiation of market access for government procurement

  3. Completion of the report to the TNC on the scope and detail of statistical information

  4. Revision of the draft chapter (Fourth group of elements – I-IX; XXX)
     
  5. Other business
    • Discussion on civil society’s contributions regarding government procurement
    • Relationship between the NGGP’s work and the recommendations to the TNC on market access negotiations

 
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