欧盟委员会欢迎修订版的世界贸易组织（WTO）政府采购协定（GPA）。

　　欧盟委员会欢迎世界贸易组织于2014年4月6日使其修订的政府采购协定付诸实施，这是WTO框架内有关政府采购事项的唯一合法多边协定。

　　欧盟内务市场和服务委员米歇尔·巴尼耶说：“我热烈欢迎2011年12月通过的GPA协定修订稿进入实施阶段。修订的GPA协定将为协定参加方各国带来生意，明显增加互相之间的公共采购市场机会。它还将在GPA的管辖范围内，使公共采购规则更加透明可期，这跟欧盟最近通过的公共采购法律法规改革的精神是一致的。我邀请尚未签署（这一修订案）的GPA成员如法照办，并希望修正案的实施将为其他WTO成员国近期加入该协定铺平道路。”

　　背景：

　　GPA是世界贸易组织（WTO）范围内关于政府采购事项的唯一合法多边协议。目前，总共有15个成员国是GPA协议的参加方（欧盟作为一个整体携同其28个成员国作为一方，连同亚美尼亚、加拿大，中国香港、冰岛、爱尔兰、日本，韩国、列支敦士登、荷兰（特指阿鲁巴群岛）、挪威、新加坡、瑞士、中国台北以及美国）。

　　2011年12月15日，有关更新投标规则和附加市场准入承诺的系列谈判圆满结束，有关GPA修订的最终文件于2012年3月30日签署。

　　在其三分之二的成员国批准之后30日，GPA协定修订案自动付诸实施。十个GPA成员国已经接受了协定草案：欧盟、列支敦士登、中国台北、美国、中国香港、冰岛、新加坡和以色列。2014年4月6日，GPA修订案在这些国家生效。日本于2014年3月17日签署同意该修订案，因此该协定于2014年4月16日对该国生效。

　　GPA修订案是政府采购协定文本更加流畅和现代化。由于大量政府实体（政府部门和机构）、新的服务项目和其他公共采购活动领域进入GPA出价清单的适用范围，因此，凡是参加该协定的各国，商界将获得更好的市场准入。根据WTO的预测，修订版将带来超过800亿欧元的额外采购市场额。

　　而且，修订的政府采购协定将吸引更多新成员方便加入。世界贸易组织成员国包括中国、摩尔多瓦、黑山、新西兰和乌克兰等，都在进行加入GPA的谈判程序。

　　了解更多信息请看 IP/11/1556和MEMO/13/1016备忘录。

附原文：

　　Commission welcomes the revised World Trade Organisation Agreement on Government Procurement

　　The European Commission welcomes the entry into force on 6 April 2014 of the revised World Trade Organisation's Agreement on Government Procurement （GPA）， the only legally binding agreement in the WTO on the subject of government procurement.

　　Internal Market and Services Commissioner Michel Barnier said: “I warmly welcome the entry into force of the revised GPA concluded in December 2011. The revised GPA will give businesses in the countries that are party to the agreement significant additional opportunities on each other’s’ public procurement markets. It will also make public procurement rules in the GPA jurisdictions more transparent and predictable, in line with the spirit of the recently adopted reforms of EU public procurement rules. I invite all the GPA parties that have not yet ratified it to do so and hope that the entry into force of the revised GPA will pave the way for other WTO members to join in the near future.”

　　Background

　　The GPA is the only legally binding agreement in the WTO on the subject of government procurement. In total, 15 parties are currently part of the agreement （the EU with respect to its 28 Member States along with Armenia, Canada, Hong Kong （China）， Iceland, Israel, Japan, Korea, Liechtenstein, The Netherlands with respect to Aruba, Norway, Singapore, Switzerland, Chinese Taipei and the United States）。

　　The negotiations on an updated set of tender rules and additional market access commitments were concluded successfully on 15 December 2011, with the final text of the revised GPA being signed on 30 March 2012.

　　The revised GPA enters into force 30 days following the deposit by two-thirds of GPA parties of their instruments of ratification. Ten GPA parties have accepted the protocol: the European Union, Liechtenstein, Norway, Chinese Taipei, the United States, Hong Kong （China）， Iceland, Singapore and Israel. On 6 April 2014 the revised GPA will enter into force for those GPA parties. As Japan ratified the revised GPA on 17 March 2014, the revised GPA will enter into force for Japan on 16 April 2014.

　　The revised GPA streamlines and modernises the text of the GPA. Businesses in countries that are party to the agreement will gain better market access because numerous government entities （ministries and agencies） and new services and other areas of the public procurement activities have been added to the GPA’s scope of application. According to WTO estimates, the revision of the GPA will bring extra procurement opportunities worth around € 80 billion.

　　Moreover, the revised GPA should attract and make it easier for new members to join. Ten WTO Members including China, Moldova, Montenegro, New Zealand and Ukraine, are in the process of negotiating accession to the GPA.

 
　　For more information on the GPA agreement, see IP/11/1556 and MEMO/13/1016