Approved by the Board on: 31 January 2003
The PMPC recommends that PSM Advisory Panel consider necessary policies for the Global Fund related to the procurement of diagnostics and other products related to the provision of medications. Refer to GF/B4/7) for further details.
(No options are approved by a 2/3 majority vote) The PMPC requests that the Board adopt one of the three policies on domestic production as discussed GF/B4/7).
The PMPC recommends that the Board amend the policy adopted on exemption on duties, tariffs and taxes to allow but not to encourage that Fund resources be used to pay possible product duties, tariffs and taxes. The amended policy should read as follows: "The Fund strongly encourages the relevant national authorities in recipient countries to exempt from duties and taxes all products financed by Global Fund grants and procured by NGOs or any other Principal Recipient or sub-recipient."
The Board is invited to acknowledge PMPC's decisions 4.a - 4.l on pages 6-10.