Council Decision (EU) 2023/663 of 20 March 2023 establishing the position to be taken on behalf of the European Union within the WTO Committee on Government Procurement on the accession of the Republic of North Macedonia to the WTO Revised Agreement on Government Procurement (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Decision (EU) 2023/663
• Articles: 3

Article 1

The position to be taken on the Union’s behalf within the Committee on Government Procurement of the World Trade Organization (‘WTO’) shall be to approve the accession of the Republic of North Macedonia (‘North Macedonia’) to the WTO Revised Agreement on Government Procurement (‘Revised GPA’), subject to the modifications to the European Union’s schedule following the accession of North Macedonia to the Revised GPA as set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

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

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

MODIFICATIONS TO THE EU SCHEDULE FOLLOWING THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF NORTH MACEDONIA TO THE WTO REVISED AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Upon the accession of the Republic of North Macedonia (‘North Macedonia’) to the Revised Agreement on Government Procurement (‘Revised GPA’), point 1 of Section 2 (“The Central Government contracting authorities of EU Member States”) of Annex 1 to Appendix I to the Revised GPA for the European Union shall read as follows:

‘1.

For the goods, services, suppliers and service providers of Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands with respect to Aruba, the United Kingdom and North Macedonia, procurement by all central government contracting authorities of EU member States. The list below is indicative.’.

Upon the accession of North Macedonia to the Revised GPA, Section 2 of Annex 6 to Appendix I for the European Union 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, Montenegro, the United Kingdom and North Macedonia, 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.’.