Council Decision (EU) 2017/2105 of 10 November 2017 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Trade Committee regarding the amendment of Annex XII of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part, setting out the list of Colombian procuring entities in accordance with the provisions of Title VI (‘Government Procurement’)

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2017/2105
• Articles: 6

Article 1

The position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union within the Trade Committee shall be based on the draft Decision of the Trade Committee attached to this Decision.

Article 1

The notes to Subsection 2 of Section A to Appendix 1 of Annex XII (‘Government Procurement’) to the Trade Agreement shall be replaced as follows:

‘Notes to this Subsection

1.

For the purposes of this Subsection “procuring entities” cover all sub-central public procuring entities, not having an industrial or commercial character.

2.

Title VI of this Agreement does not cover:

(a)

procurements of food, agricultural raw materials/inputs and live animals related to agricultural support programmes and food assistance; and

(b)

procurements of goods classified under Section 2 (food products, beverages and tobacco; textiles, apparel and leather products) of the CPC version 1.0 for social assistance programmes.’

Article 2

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

Article 2

The modification laid down in Article 1 shall not entail compensatory adjustment since it does not lead to a reduction of coverage.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Commission.

Article 3

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