Government Procurement Legal Regulatory Regime in the WTO System: Consequences of Accession to Revised Agreement on Government Procurement by Russian Federation

Annotation The Russian Federation is in the process of negotiating accession to the Revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement. In this regard, there is a need to study the possible legal, as well as economic and political consequences for the Russian Federation, because of the implementation of the norms of the Revised Agreement into national legislation on government procurement. It is required to conduct the legal analysis of the national legislation of the Russian Federation in the field of government procurement, in particular, the Federal Law of April 5, 2013 No. 44-ФЗ “On the contractual system in the field of procurement of goods, works, services for state and municipal needs” and N 223 -FZ "On the procurement of goods, works, services by certain types of legal entities", as the most common and widly used normative act in the field of government procurement in the Russian Federation. The master's thesis was carried out in the light of the negotiation process on the accession of the Russian Federation to the Revised Agreement on Government Procurement of the WTO in 2012. The purpose of the study is to identify possible legal consequences of the Russian Federation joining the RGPA, and to develop the necessary measures to modify Russian legislation in line with the World Trade Organization in government procurement. The study examines the history of the formation of the government procurement regulatory system in the WTO, the stages of modernization of the basic document regulating government procurement activities. In order to meet this goal, a comparative analysis of the regulatory framework of the Russian Federation in the field of government procurement was carried out, in particular, the Federal Law-44 and Federal Law-223 were considered as the most effective and practical legislative acts. As part of this master's work, an analysis was made of the possible consequences of Russia's accession to the Revised WTO Agreement on Government Procurement, and based on the study were developed general recommendations on the successful implementation of the norms of the Revised 2012 WTO Agreement. (RGPA) in the legislation of the Russian Federation.