# Council Decision of 2 December 2013 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Government Procurement with respect to the decisions implementing certain provisions of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement (2013/756/EU), Division

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

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:

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2013/756/annex/C/division/1/division/n1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2013-756/annex-C/division-1/division-n1
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