2014/720/EU: Council Decision of 13 October 2014 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the Committee on Government Procurement on the accession of Montenegro to the Revised Agreement on Government Procurement

• Articles: 3

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union's behalf within the Committee on Government Procurement shall be to approve the accession of Montenegro to the Revised Agreement on Government Procurement, subject to specific terms of accession set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its adoption.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX EU TERMS OF MONTENEGRO'S ACCESSION TO THE REVISED GPA ( 1 )

ANNEX

EU TERMS OF MONTENEGRO'S ACCESSION TO THE REVISED GPA  ( 1 )

Upon Montenegro's accession to the Revised GPA, point 2 of section 2 (The Central Government contracting authorities of the EU Member States) of Annex 1 to Appendix I for the European Union shall read as follows:

‘2.

For the goods, services, suppliers and service providers of Israel and Montenegro, procurement by the following central government contracting authorities.’

. Upon Montenegro's accession to the Revised GPA, section 2 of Annex 6 shall read as follows:

‘2.

Works concessions contracts, when awarded by Annex 1 and 2 entities, are included under the national treatment regime for the construction service providers of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the Netherlands on behalf of Aruba, Switzerland and Montenegro, provided their value equals or exceeds 5 000 000 SDR and for the construction service providers of Korea; provided their value equals or exceeds 15 000 000 SDR.’

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( 1 )   The numbering of the coverage Schedules of the Parties to the Revised GPA has been changed by the WTO secretariat in agreement with the Parties to the Revised GPA. The numbering used in this Annex corresponds to the numbering of the latest true certified copy of coverage schedules of the Parties to the Revised GPA, which has been transmitted by the WTO to the Parties to the Revised GPA by way of official notification and is available at http://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/gproc_e/gp_app_agree_e.htm#revisedGPA. The numbering of the coverage schedules of the Parties to the Revised GPA published in OJ L 68, 7.3.2014, p. 2 is obsolete.