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Panels shall use such report of the Technical Committee as may have been issued under Article 20.4 of this Agreement as the basis for their consideration of issues that involve questions of a technical nature. 6. The time required by panels will vary with the particular case. should aim to deliver their findings, and where appropriate, recommendations, to the Committee without undue delay, normally within a period of three months from the date that the panel was established.

7. To encourage development of mutually satisfactory solutions between the parties to a dispute and with a view to obtaining their comments, each panel should first submit the descriptive part of its report to the parties concerned, and should subsequently submit to the parties to the dispute its conclusions, or an outline thereof, a reasonable period of time before they are circulated to the parties to this Agreement.

Following further consultations and negotiations since the last meeting of the Sub-Group, a revision of document MTN/NTM/W/211 - "Agreement on Government Procurement" is hereby circulated for consideration of the Sub-Group.

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ANNEX I

Lists of Entities referred to in Part I, Paragraph 1(c)
ANNEX II Publications utilized by Parties to this Agreement for the
Publication of Notices of proposed Purchases
Part V,
Paragraph 3

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ANNEX III Publications utilized by Parties to this Agreement for the 101
Publication annually of Information on Permanent Lists of
Suppliers in the case of Selective Tendering Procedures
Part V, Paragraph 6

ANNEX IV Publications utilized by Parties to this Agreement for the 102
Prompt Publication of Laws, Regulations, Judicial Decisions,
Administrative rulings of General Application and any
Procedure regarding Government Procurement covered by this
Agreement Part VI, Paragraph 1