Mr. Byungtae Kang, Director General for Planning and Management, Public Procurement Services of the Republic of Korea, noted that corruption in procurement, among other things, allows preferential treatment for certain firms, provides preferential access to tender information, limits competition unnecessarily, etc.

In reporting such practices in his 2000 report on procurement reform, the Secretary General noted that only UNESCO and UNHCR practise some form of preferential treatment in their procurement activities.

Shanghai introduced preferential policies

He asked her to give him preferential treatment.

Tajikistan hopes to provide preferential policy support for Chinese enterprises.

Another thing worth attention is that the range of the preferential railway tickets for college freshmen is between their homes and their universities. Otherwise, they cannot enjoy the preferential policy.

According to Li Yan, an analyst at OilChem, there is no big changes in the preferential sales promotion strategy for gas stations. At present, the preferential price of main stations such as Sinopec is 0.5 0.7 yuan liter, while the preferential rate for private gas stations is 0.5 . 1.2 yuan liter.

Preferential tariff rate is applicable to imported goods originated from countries or regions with which the People's Republic of China has a signed trade agreement containing provisions on special preferential tariff rates.

The law on pension support for citizens of the Republic of Tajikistan provides for awarding retirement pensions under preferential conditions and in preferential amounts. These privileges are given both to men and women.

Under the Economic Complementarities Agreement 22 between Chile and Bolivia, Chile granted preferential access to Bolivia for some 500 customs tariff lines and Bolivia granted preferential access to Chile for about 480 tariff lines.

Such preferential treatment obliterates the objectivity and neutrality required from the judicial process.

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In the debate on improving preferential modalities, particular attention was given to rules of origin.

Other courts are granting priority or preferential status to trials of cases involving child victims.

It would seem that UNESCO also gives preferential treatment to local sourcing as deliberate policy.

At UNDP, procurement staff also receives training on legal aspects of procurement.

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Despite various preferential trade arrangements with its main trading partners, Africa's external trade continues to be hindered by a host of non tariff barriers and excessive market entry requirements that nullify the market access granted under preferential tariff regimes.

Thirdly, it should considerably facilitate procurement reform and the pooling of procurement services.

Another issue is the notion of preferential treatment for developing countries and, perhaps, economies in transition.

The African Growth and Opportunity Act is a different example of a bilateral preferential trade agreement.

Responses to those issues necessitated corrective price mechanisms and preferential terms in the area of investment.

Our country continues to provide a preferential customs tariff regime for goods produced in African countries.

The preferential treatment covers about 75 per cent of bilateral trade turnaround between the two countries.

The Procurement Services should investigate ways in which the procurement plan can be enhanced as a tool in the management of the entire procurement process.

UNDP Inter Agency Procurement Services Office (IAPSO) already has an advanced e procurement platform.

UNDP supports such a procurement policy and has incorporated it into the Procurement Manual.

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The law should limit, both in number and amount, preferential claims that have priority over security rights that are effective against third parties, and to the extent preferential claims exist, they should be described in the law in a clear and specific way.

African nations have been a part of the recent proliferation of bilateral and subregional preferential trade agreements.