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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 exclusions and restrictions in Parties’ Annexes;

RECOGNISING that Parties have included exclusions and restrictions in their respective Annexes to Appendix I of the Agreement (exclusions and restrictions);

RECOGNISING the importance of transparent measures regarding government procurement; and

CONSIDERING the importance of progressively reducing and eliminating exclusions and restrictions in future negotiations provided for in Article XXII:7 of the Agreement;

HEREBY ADOPTS THE FOLLOWING WORK PROGRAMME WITH RESPECT TO EXCLUSIONS AND RESTRICTIONS IN PARTIES’ ANNEXES: