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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 20 March 2017
[Reproduced from G.A.T.T. Document MTN/NTM/w/211/Rev.2 and Add. 1 of April 11, 1979. Rectifications of a formal character issued by the G.A.T. have also been incorporated into the text.
[As of May 24, 1979, 21 countries had become signatories. With the European Communities counted as 9, the others are Argentina (with reservation), Australia, Austria, Canada, Finland, Japan, New Zealand, Norway, Romania, Sweden, Switzerland, and the United States.
[A summary statement of the agreement on government procurement appears at 18 I.L.M. 567 (1979). The procès verbal, opened to signature on April 12, 1979, and two of the agreements concluded during the Tokyo Round—the code on subsidies and countervailing duties and the anti-dumping code— appear respectively at 18 I.L.M. 577, 579, and 621 (1979). The agreement on technical barriers to trade appears at I.L.M. page 1079.]
page 1055 note 1 Throughout this Agreement, the word entities is understood to include agencies.
page 1055 note 2 For contracts below the threshold, the Parties shall consider, in accordance with paragraph 6 of Article IX, the application in whole or in part of this Agreement. In particular, they shall review the procurement practices and procedures utilized and the application of nondiscrimination and transparency for such contracts in connexion with the possible inclusion of contracts below the threshold in this Agreement.
page 1066 note 1 Original development of a first product may include limited production in order to incorporate the results of field testing and to demonstrate that the product is suitable for production in quantity to acceptable quality standards. It does not extend to quantity production to establish commercial viability or to recover research and development costs,
page 1072 note 1 For the purpose of this Agreement, the term “government” is deemed to include the competent authorities of the European Economic Community.
page 1074 note 1 For Technical reasons, sose adjustments to the lists which follow may be needed.
page 1075 note 1 To be completed.
page 1076 note 1/ To be completed.
