[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 7 (Tuesday, January 12, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Page 1466]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-00437]
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Agreement on Government Procurement: Effective Date of Amendments
for the Republic of Korea
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: For the purpose of U.S. Government procurement that is covered
by Title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979, the effective date of
the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, done on
March 30, 2012 at Geneva, World Trade Organization, for the Republic of
Korea is January 14, 2016.
DATES: Effective date: January 14, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Office of the United States Trade Representative, 600 17th
Street NW., Washington DC 20508.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Scott Pietan (202) 395-9646), Director
of International Procurement Policy, Office of the United States Trade
Representative, 600 17th Street NW., Washington DC 20508.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Executive Order 12260 (December 31, 1980)
implements the 1979 and 1994 Agreement on Government Procurement,
pursuant to Title III of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 as amended
(19 U.S.C. 2511-2518). In section 1-201 of Executive Order 12260, the
President delegated to the United States Trade Representative the
functions vested in the President by sections 301, 302, 304, 305(c) and
306 of the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (19 U.S.C. 2511, 2512, 2514,
2515(c) and 2516).
The Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, done
at Geneva on March 30, 2012 (Protocol), entered into force on April 6,
2014 for the United States and the following Parties: Canada, Chinese
Taipei, Hong Kong, Israel, Liechtenstein, Norway, European Union,
Iceland, and Singapore. See 79 FR 14776 (March 17, 2014). The Protocol
entered into force on April 16, 2014 for Japan. See 79 FR 21991 (April
18, 2014). The Protocol entered into force on July 4, 2014 for Aruba.
See 79 FR 61926 (Oct. 15, 2014). The Protocol entered into force on
June 5, 2015 for Armenia. See 80 FR 36884 (June 26, 2015).
The Protocol provides that following its entry into force, the
Protocol will enter into force for each additional Party to the 1994
Agreement 30 days following the date on which the Party deposits its
instrument of acceptance. On December 15, 2015, the Republic of Korea
deposited its instrument of acceptance to the Protocol. Therefore, the
Protocol enters into force on January 14, 2016 for the Republic of
Korea. Effective January 14, 2016 for the Republic of Korea, all
references in Title III of the Trade Agreement Act of 1979 and in
Executive Order 12260 to the Agreement on Government Procurement will
refer to the 1994 Agreement as amended by the Protocol.
With respect to those Parties that have not deposited their
instruments of acceptance, all references in Title III of the Trade
Agreement Act of 1979 and in Executive Order 12260 to the Agreement on
Government Procurement will continue to refer to the 1994 Agreement
until 30 days following the deposit by such Party of its instrument of
acceptance of the Protocol.
For the full text of the Government Procurement Agreement as
amended by the Protocol and the new annexes that set out the
procurement covered by all of the Government Procurement Agreement
Parties, see GPA-113: http://www.ustr.gov/sites/default/files/GPA%20113%20Decision%20on%20the%20outcomes%20of%20the%20negotiations%20under%20Article%20XXIV%207.pdf.
Michael B.G. Froman,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2016-00437 Filed 1-11-16; 8:45 am]
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