By Decision 2014/115/EU (2), the Council approved the Protocol amending the Agreement on Government Procurement (‘the Agreement’) (3) concluded in the framework of the World Trade Organisation. The Agreement is a plurilateral instrument and its purpose is to mutually open government procurement markets among its parties. It applies to any procurement contract with a value that reaches or exceeds the amounts (‘thresholds’) set in it and expressed as special drawing rights.
For reasons of coherence, it is appropriate to align also the thresholds laid down in Directive 2014/25/EU which are not covered by the Agreement.
in point (b), the amount ‘EUR 5 225 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 5 548 000’.
This Regulation shall enter into force on 1 January 2018.
Done at Brussels, 18 December 2017.
(2) Council Decision 2014/115/EU of 2 December 2013 on the conclusion of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement (OJ L 68, 7.3.2014, p. 1).
(3) OJ L 68, 7.3.2014, p. 4.