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THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT,

NOTING that Article XXII:8(a) of the Agreement on Government Procurement (Agreement) provides that the Parties shall adopt and periodically review a work programme, including a work programme on small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs);

RECOGNISING the importance of facilitating the participation of SMEs in government procurement; and

RECOGNISING that Parties have agreed in Article XXII:6 to seek to avoid introducing or continuing discriminatory measures that distort open procurement;

HEREBY ADOPTS THE FOLLOWING WORK PROGRAMME WITH RESPECT TO SMES: