Trade: Orgalim Position Paper on the International Procurement Instrument
(WorldNews Belgium)

Brussels, 3 July 2020 Orgalim Position Paper on the International Procurement Instrument (IPI) 1. Introduction The European procurement market is generally open to bidders, goods, and services from third countries. The EU is advocating for the opening up of public procurement markets in third countries, both at the plurilateral level through a revised Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA)1, and in its bilateral trade negotiations, to grant European companies equivalent market access in non-EU countries. In this context, the European Commission proposed a Regulation on an International Procurement Instrument (IPI) in 20122, and then revised the proposal in 20163. Under the proposal, the...