Review of Legal Asspects of Jordan's Accession to Government Agreement  

The existing WTO Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) is a plurilateral agreement that
has been signed by some of the members of the WTO in 1994 and came into force in 1 January
1996 (hereinafter “the 1994 text”). Upon joining the WTO, Jordan undertook to negotiate
accession to the GPA. This commitment is recorded in the Party Working Report, which was
referred to in the accession Protocol signed by the Government of Jordan and ratified by the
Parliament