Agreement on Government Procurement

Agreement on Government Procurement

Parties to the Marrakesh Agreement, as amended:   Parties   Observers negotiating accession   Observers only
Signed	12 April 1979 (Geneva) 2 February 1987 (amendment) 15 April 1994 (Marrakesh) 30 March 2012 (amendment)
Location	Geneva (1979), Marrakesh (1996)
Effective	1 January 1981 (Geneva) 14 February 1988 (amendment) 1 January 1996 (Marrakesh) 6 April 2014 (amendment)
Parties	12 (Geneva, as amended) 21 (Marrakesh, as amended)
Depositary	Director-General of the World Trade Organization
Languages	English, French and Spanish

The Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) is a plurilateral agreement under the auspices of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which regulates the procurement of goods and services by the public authorities of the parties to the agreement, based on the principles of openness, transparency and non-discrimination.

The agreement was originally established in 1979 as the Tokyo Round Code on Government Procurement,^[1] which entered into force in 1981 under the auspices of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade.^[2] It was then renegotiated in parallel with the Uruguay Round in 1994, and this version entered into force on 1 January 1996.

The text adopted in 1996 anticipated that there would be subsequent improvements. An understanding on the expected revisions was reached in December 2006, and the agreement was subsequently revised on 30 March 2012. The revised GPA came into effect on 6 July 2014 and has applied since 1 January 2021 to all members.