Following discussion of an informal text submitted by the representative of Japan on the procurement procedures of the implementing agencies, the Executive Committee decided:
(a) To request the implementing agencies to update rosters of competent suppliers regularly, taking into consideration the need to add new competent suppliers;
(b) Also to request the Secretariat, in consultation with the implementing agencies, to provide citations to allow countries to find the following information:
(i) The criteria applied by each implementing agency when establishing the rosters;
(ii) The procedure applied by each implementing agency when inviting new competent suppliers to be included in the rosters;
(iii) The contact point of each implementing agency for information on the international competitive bidding and procurement procedure;
(iv) The current rosters established by each implementing agency (or how to access the list of rosters).