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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES
TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Determination Regarding Waiver of
Discriminatory Purchasing
Requirements With Respect to Goods
and Services of Armenia
Office of the United States
Trade Representative.
ACTION: Determination Regarding
Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing
Requirements under the Trade
Agreements Act of 1979.
AGENCY:
DATES:
Effective Date: September 15,
2011.
Jean
Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement
Negotiator, Office of the United States
Trade Representative, (202) 395–9476.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On
December 7, 2010, the WTO Committee
on Government Procurement approved
the accession of Armenia to the World
Trade Organization (‘‘WTO’’) Agreement
on Government Procurement (‘‘GPA’’).
Armenia submitted its instrument of
accession to the Secretary-General of the
WTO on August 16, 2011. The GPA will
enter into force for Armenia on
September 15, 2011. The United States,
which is also a party to the GPA, has
agreed to waive discriminatory
purchasing requirements for eligible
products and suppliers of Armenia
beginning on September 15, 2011.
Section 1–201 of Executive Order
12260 of December 31, 1980 delegated
the functions of the President under
sections 301 and 302 of the Trade
Agreements Act of 1979 (‘‘the Trade
Agreements Act’’) (19 U.S.C. 2511,
2512) to the United States Trade
Representative.
Determination: In conformity with
sections 301 and 302 of the Trade
Agreements Act, and in order to carry
out U.S. obligations under the GPA, I
hereby determine that:
1. Armenia has become a party to the
GPA and will provide appropriate
reciprocal competitive government
procurement opportunities to United
States products and services and
suppliers of such products and services.
In accordance with section 301(b)(1) of
the Trade Agreements Act, Armenia is
so designated for purposes of section
301(a) of the Trade Agreements Act.
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2. Accordingly, beginning on
September 15, 2011, with respect to
eligible products (namely, those goods
and services covered under the GPA for
procurement by the United States) of
Armenia and suppliers of such
products, the application of any law,
regulation, procedure, or practice
regarding government procurement that
would, if applied to such products and
suppliers, result in treatment less
favorable than that accorded—
(A) To United States products and
suppliers of such products, or
(B) To eligible products of another
foreign country or instrumentality
which is a party to the GPA and
suppliers of such products,
shall be waived. This waiver shall be
applied by all entities listed in United
States Annexes 1 and 3 of GPA
Appendix 1.
3. The Trade Representative may
modify or withdraw the designation in
paragraph 1 and the waiver in paragraph
2.
Ronald Kirk,
United States Trade Representative.
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OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES TRADE REPRESENTATIVE
Determination Regarding Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing
Requirements With Respect to Goods and Services of Armenia
AGENCY: Office of the United States Trade Representative.
ACTION: Determination Regarding Waiver of Discriminatory Purchasing
Requirements under the Trade Agreements Act of 1979.
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DATES: Effective Date: September 15, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jean Heilman Grier, Senior Procurement
Negotiator, Office of the United States Trade Representative, (202)
395-9476.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On December 7, 2010, the WTO Committee on
Government Procurement approved the accession of Armenia to the World
Trade Organization (``WTO'') Agreement on Government Procurement
(``GPA''). Armenia submitted its instrument of accession to the
Secretary-General of the WTO on August 16, 2011. The GPA will enter
into force for Armenia on September 15, 2011. The United States, which
is also a party to the GPA, has agreed to waive discriminatory
purchasing requirements for eligible products and suppliers of Armenia
beginning on September 15, 2011.
Section 1-201 of Executive Order 12260 of December 31, 1980
delegated the functions of the President under sections 301 and 302 of
the Trade Agreements Act of 1979 (``the Trade Agreements Act'') (19
U.S.C. 2511, 2512) to the United States Trade Representative.
Determination: In conformity with sections 301 and 302 of the Trade
Agreements Act, and in order to carry out U.S. obligations under the
GPA, I hereby determine that:
1. Armenia has become a party to the GPA and will provide
appropriate reciprocal competitive government procurement opportunities
to United States products and services and suppliers of such products
and services. In accordance with section 301(b)(1) of the Trade
Agreements Act, Armenia is so designated for purposes of section 301(a)
of the Trade Agreements Act.
2. Accordingly, beginning on September 15, 2011, with respect to
eligible products (namely, those goods and services covered under the
GPA for procurement by the United States) of Armenia and suppliers of
such products, the application of any law, regulation, procedure, or
practice regarding government procurement that would, if applied to
such products and suppliers, result in treatment less favorable than
that accorded--
(A) To United States products and suppliers of such products, or
(B) To eligible products of another foreign country or
instrumentality which is a party to the GPA and suppliers of such
products,
shall be waived. This waiver shall be applied by all entities listed in
United States Annexes 1 and 3 of GPA Appendix 1.
3. The Trade Representative may modify or withdraw the designation
in paragraph 1 and the waiver in paragraph 2.
Ronald Kirk,
United States Trade Representative.
[FR Doc. 2011-24313 Filed 9-21-11; 8:45 am]
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