Germany's Interior Ministry has framework agreements with Microsoft and I.B.M., which sells computers with Linux.
Those framework agreements are then likely to be subjected to ballots by trade union members.
Categories that could be subject to compulsory national framework agreements in future include mobile phones, utilities and consultants.
Ghosh told the committee that the Home Office would consult on extending compulsory national framework agreements for police procurement.
"They will all be part of the future framework agreements between us and the EU," he said.
Since negotiations began with Bahrain, five other countries in the Middle East have reached trade and investment framework agreements with the United States.
The contracts turned out to be little more than "framework" agreements, leading to a subsequent plunge in the shares, according to the commission.
On organic growth she said: Visibility is much reduced with flow through the bid pipeline slowing and framework agreements becoming more important.
In some cases, we have seen a subsequent reduction in those framework agreements in favour of new agreements that place more emphasis on specialist skills.
ETUC has scored some successes in Europe, including framework agreements defining minimum rights for workers and, more notably, the introduction of a directive on European works councils.
A Russian presidential spokesman, Sergei Prikhodko, said Obama and Medvedev would sign "framework agreements" on Monday, covering nuclear arms reduction, military co-operation and the transit of US supplies to Afghanistan.
