Common use of Further Negotiations Clause in Contracts

Further Negotiations. 1. Upon conclusion of bilateral negotiations between the Parties on further liberalisation of their respective government procurement markets in the framework of the negotiations aimed at amending the GPA, such liberalisation, including provisions from the agreement amending the main part of the GPA in so far as they are relevant for these additional liberalisations, shall be included in this Agreement. The Joint Committee shall take a decision to this effect within three months after conclusion of these bilateral negotiations. This decision shall be subject to ratification or acceptance by the Parties. 2. If a Party grants to a non-Party, after the entry into force of this Agreement, additional benefits with regard to the access to its government procurement markets, this Party shall agree to enter into negotiations on the possible extension of these benefits to another Party on a reciprocal basis.