Documents concerning the GATT Government Procument Agreement the divergence of opinion of the EC and the US on the agreement, includes: Note on priorities for the Portuguese Presidency in public procurement; Public services directive – declaration for the minutes of the Council; Note on work on procurement in the defence sector; Press release: The US should match the Community’s offer in the GATT Government Procurement Agreement and eliminate the Buy America Act; Speaking note for the EP plenary session 12.03.92 regarding the Commission’s report on US Trade Barriers and Unfair Practices; Briefing note on the enlargement of the Community – Public Markets; Note – GATT: EC-US panel on sonar mapping systems; Information note – The bilateral approach provides the US with the same benefits as the Code; Draft Directive of the Commission Advisory Committee for Public Procurment –Interpretation of the obligation to refer to European standards in the framework of the public procurement directives; Report on a mission to a colloquium on public procurement in Eastern Europe, organised by the OECD, Paris, April 1992; Press release on US threat of trade sanctions against EC under Title VII of the US Trade Act; Guidelines for measures relating to the industries supplying the utilities sectors in the weaker regions of the Community; draft guidelines on "Utilities Directives"; Organisational chart of DG III procument policy unit

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