## “Duty owed to economic operators from GPA parties 

51A. —(1) The duty owed in accordance with regulation 50 is a duty owed also to an economic operator from a GPA party, but only where the agreement applies to the procurement concerned. 

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), the GPA applies to a procurement if— 

(a) the procurement may result in the award of a contract of any description; and 

(b) at the relevant time— 

(i) a GPA party has agreed with the United Kingdom that the GPA shall apply to a contract of that description; and 

(ii) the economic operator is from that GPA party. 

(3) In this regulation, “relevant time” means the date on which the contracting authority submitted a call for competition in respect of the contract to the UK e-notification service or would have done so if it has been required by these Regulations to do so.”. 

(5) After Schedule 1 (activities constituting works) insert— 

Armenia 

Australia 

Canada 

European Union 

Hong Kong, China 

Iceland 

Israel 

Japan 

Korea, Republic of 

Liechtenstein 

Moldova, Republic of 

Montenegro 

Netherlands with respect to Aruba 

New Zealand 

Norway 

the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu 

Singapore 

Switzerland 

Ukraine 

United States”. 

## “SCHEDULE 1A 

## PARTIES TO THE GPA 

Regulation 2(1) 

