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  "legislation_title": "Decision of the Council and the Commission of 13 December 1993 on the conclusion of the Agreement on the European Economic Area between the European Communities, their Member States and the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland, the Republic of Iceland, the Principality of Liechtenstein, the Kingdom of Norway, the Kingdom of Sweden and the Swiss Confederation (94/1/ECSC, EC)",
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  "number": "ANNEX XVI",
  "heading": "PROCUREMENT",
  "text": "List provided for in Article 65(1)\nINTRODUCTION\nWhen the acts referred to in this Annex contain notions or refer to procedures which are specific to the Community legal order, such as\npreambles;\nthe addressees of the Community acts;\nreferences to territories or languages of the EC;\nreferences to rights and obligations of EC Member States, their public entities, undertakings or individuals in relation to each other; and\nreferences to information and notification procedures;\nProtocol 1 on horizontal adaptations shall apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Annex.\nSECTORAL ADAPTATIONS\n1.\nFor the purposes of applying Directives 71/305/EEC, 89/440/EEC and 90/531/EEC referred to in this Annex, the following shall apply:\nUntil such time as they apply free movement of labour in accordance with Article 28 of the Agreement, the Contracting Parties shall ensure;\neffective free access for key employees of contractors of any Contracting Parties who have obtained public works contracts;\nnon-discriminatory access to work-permits for contractors from any Contracting Parties who have obtained public works contracts.\n2.\nWhen the acts referred to in this Annex require the publication of notices or documents the following shall apply:\n(a) the publication of notices and other documents as required by the acts referred to in this Annex in the Official Journal of the European Communities and in the Tenders Electronic Daily shall be carried out by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities;\n(b) notices from the EFTA States shall be sent in at least one of the Community languages to the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities. They shall be published in the Community languages in the S-series of the Official Journal of the European Communities and in the Tenders Electronic Daily. EC notices need not be translated into the languages of the EFTA States.\n3.\nWhen applying Part VII, Chapter 3, of the Agreement to surveillance for the purposes of this Annex, the competence for surveillance of alleged infringements lies with the EC Commission if the alleged infringement is committed by a contracting entity in the Community and with the EFTA Surveillance Authority if it is committed by a contracting entity in an EFTA State.\nACTS REFERRED TO\n1.\n371 L 0304: Council Directive 71/304/EEC of 26 July 1971 concerning the abolition of restrictions on freedom to provide services in respect of public works contracts and on the award of public works contracts to contractors acting through agencies of branches (OJ No L 185, 16.8.1971, p. 1).\nThe provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:\n(a) the list of professional trade activities shall be replaced by Annex II of Directive 89/440/EEC;\n(b) with regard to Liechtenstein, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1995;\nwith regard to Switzerland, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1994;\nduring these transition periods the application of the Directive will be reciprocally suspended between these States and the other Contracting Parties.\n2.\n371 L 0305: Council Directive 71/305/EEC of 26 July 1971 concerning the coordination of procedure for the award of public works contracts (OJ No L 185, 25.8.1971, p. 5), as amended by:\n389 L 0440: Council Directive 89/440/EEC of 18 July 1989 (OJ No L 210, 21.7.1989, p. 1),\n390 D 0380: Commission Decision 90/380/EEC of 13 July 1990 concerning the updating of Annex I to Council Directive 89/440/EEC (OJ No L 187, 19.7.1990, p. 55).\nThe provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:\n(a) with regard to Liechtenstein, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1995;\nwith regard to Switzerland, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1994;\nduring these transistion periods, the application of the Directive will be reciprocally suspended between these States and the other Contracting Parties;\n(b) in Article 4(a), the phrase ‘in conformity with the EEC Treaty’ shall read ‘in conformity with the EEA Agreement’;\n(c) in Article 4(a)(l) and 4(a)(3), in so far as it is not introduced in Finland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, VAT shall mean:\n‘liikevaihtovero/ omsättningsskatt’ in Finland;\n‘Warenumsatzsteuer’ in Liechtenstein;\n‘Warenumsatzsteuer/ impot sur le chiffre d'affaires/imposta sulla cifra d'affari’ in Switzerland;\n(d) in Article 4(a)(2), the value of the thresholds in national currencies of the EFTA States shall be calculated so as to come into effect on 1 January 1993 and shall in principle be revised every two years with effect from 1 January 1995 and published in the Official Journal of the European Communities;\n(e) Article 24 shall be supplemented as follows:\n‘in Austria, the Firmenbuch, the Gewerberegister, the Mitgliederverzeichnisse der Landes-kammern;\nin Finland, the Kaupparekisteri, Handelsregistret;\nin Iceland, the Firmaskrà;\nin Liechtenstein, the Gewerberegister;\nin Norway, the Foretaksregisteret;\nin Sweden, the Aktiebolagsregistret, Handelsregistret;\nin Switzerland, the Handelsregister, the Registre du Commerce, Registro di Commercio.’;\n(f) in Article 30(a)(1), the date of 31 October 1993 shall be replaced by 31 October 1995;\n(g) Annex I is supplemented by Appendix 1 to this Annex.\n3.\n377 L 0062: Council Directive 77/62/EEC of 21 December 1976 coordinating procedures for the award of public supply contracts (OJ No L 13, 15.1.1977, p. 1) as amended by Directive 80/767/EEC and Directive 88/295/EEC, as amended and supplemented by:\n380 L 0767: Council Directive 80/767/EEC of 22 July 1980 adapting and supplementing in respect of certain contracting authorities Directive 77/62/EEC coordinating procedures for the award of public supply contracts (OJ No L 215, 18.8.1980, p. 1), as amended by Directive 88/295/EEC,\n388 L 0295: Council Directive 88/295/EEC of 22 March 1988 amending Directive 77/62/EEC relating to the coordination of procedures on the award of public supply contracts and repealing certain provisions of Directive 80/767/EEC (OJ No L 127, 20.5.1988, p. 1),\nThe provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:\n(a) with regard to Liechtenstein, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1995;\nwith regard to Switzerland, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1994;\nduring these transistion periods, the application of the Directive will be reciprocally suspended between these States and the other Contracting Parties;\n(b) in Article 2(a), the reference to ‘Article 223(l)(b) of the Treaty’ shall be replaced by reference to ‘Article 123 of the EEA Agreement’;\n(c) In Article 5(l)(a), in so far as it is not introduced in Finland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland, VAT shall mean:\n‘Liikevaihtovero/ omsättningsskatt’ in Finland,\n‘Warenumsatzsteuer’ in Liechtenstein,\n‘Warenumsatzsteuer/ impôt sur le chiffre d'affaires/imposta sulla cifra d'affari’ in Switzerland;\n(d) on the understanding that the threshold expressed in ECU shall only apply within the EEA, the following words shall be deleted in Article 5(1)(c):\nin the first sentence, the words ‘and the threshold of the GATT Agreement expressed in ECU’;\nin the second sentence, the words ‘and of the ECU expressed in SDRs’;\n(e) in Article 5(l)(c), the value of the thresholds in the national currencies of the EFTA States shall be calculated so as to come into effect on 1 January 1993;\n(f) in Article 9(1), the date of 1 January 1989 shall be replaced by 1 January 1993;\n(g) in Article 20(4) the sentence ‘within the time limit laid down in Article 30’ shall read ‘before 1 January 1993’;\n(h) Article 21 shall be supplemented as follows:\nin Austria, the Firmenbuch, the Gewerberegister, the der Landeskamern,\nin Finland, the Kaupparekisteri, the Handelsregistret,\nin Iceland, the Firmaskrà,\nin Liechtenstein, the Gewerberegister,\nin Norway, the Foretaksregisteret,\nin Sweden, the Aktiebolagsregistret, the Handelsregistret,\nin Switzerland, the Handelsregister, the Registre du Commerce, the Registro di Commercio;\n(i) in Article 29(l)(b), the date of 31 October 1991 shall be replaced by 31 October 1994;\n(j) Annex I to Directive 80/767/EEC shall be supplemented by Appendix 2 to this Annex;\n(k) Annex I to Directive 88/295/EEC shall be supplemented by Appendix 3 to this Annex.\n4.\n390 L 0531: Council Directive 90/531/EEC of 17 September 1990 on the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors (OJ No L 297, 29.10.1990, p. 1).\nThe provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:\n(a) with regard to Liechtenstein, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1995,\nwith regard to Switzerland, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1994;\nduring these transition periods the application of the Directive will be reciprocally suspended between these States and the other Contracting Parties;\n(b) with regard to Norway, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force on 1 January 1995 or before upon notification by Norway of having complied with this Directive. During this transition period the application of the Directive will be reciprocally suspended between Norway and the other Contracting Parties;\n(c) in Article 3(1 )(e) the reference to ‘Article 36 of the Treaty’ shall be read as a reference to ‘Article 13 of the EEA Agreement’;\n(d) in Article 11, point 1, the phrase ‘in conformity with the Treaty’ shall read ‘in conformity with the EEA Agreement’;\n(e) in Article 12(1) and 12(6), in so far as it is not introduced in Finland, Liechtenstein and Switzerland VAT shall mean:\n‘Liikevaihtovero/omsättningsskatt’ in Finland,\n‘Warenumsatzsteuer’ in Liechtenstein,\n‘Warenumsatzsteuer/impôt sur le chiffre d'affaires/imposta sulla cifra d'affari’ in Switzerland;\n(f) in Article 27(5) the reference to ‘Article 93(3) of the Treaty’ shall be replaced by a reference to ‘Article 62 of the EEA Agreement’;\n(g) in Article 29, the term ‘third countries’ shall be understood as ‘countries other than the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement’;\n(h) in Article 29(1) the term ‘Community’ shall read ‘Community, as regards Community entities, or the EFTA States, as regards their entities’;\n(i) in Article 29(1) the term ‘Community undertakings’ shall read ‘Community undertakings, as regards Community agreements, or EFTA States' undertakings, as regards EFTA States' agreements’;\n(j) in Article 29(1) the words ‘the Community or its Member States in respect of third countries’ shall read ‘either the Community or its Member States in respect of third countries or the EFTA States in respect of third countries’;\n(k) in Article 29(5), the words ‘by a Council decision’ shall read by a ‘decision in the context of the general decision-making procedure of the EEA Agreement’;\n(l) Article 29(6) shall read as follows:\n‘6.\nIn the context of the general institutional provisions of the EEA Agreement, annual reports shall be submitted on the progress made in multilateral or bilateral negotiations regarding access for Community and EFTA undertakings to the markets of third countries in the fields covered by this Directive, on any result which such negotiations may have achieved, and on the implementation in practice of all the agreements which have been concluded.\nIn the context of the general decision-making procedure of the EEA Agreement the provisions of this Article may be amended in the light of such developments.’;\n(m) in order to enable the contracting entities in the EEA to apply Article 29(2) and (3), the Contracting Parties shall ensure that the suppliers established in their respective territories determine the origin of the products in their tenders for supply contracts in conformity with Regulation (EEC) No 802/68 of the Council of 17 June 1968 on the common definition of the concept of the origin of goods (OJ No L 148, 28.6.1968, p. 1);\n(n) in order to obtain maximum convergence Article 29 will be applied in the EEA context on the understanding that:\nthe operation of paragraph (3) is without prejudice to the existing degree of liberalization towards third countries,\nthe Contracting Parties consult closely in their negotiations with third countries. The application of this regime will be jointly reviewed during 1996;\n(o) in Article 30, the values of the thresholds in national currencies of the EFTA States shall be calculated so as to come into effect on 1 January 1993. They shall in principle be revised every two years with effect from 1 January 1995;\n(p) Annexes I to X are supplemented by Appendices 4 to 13 to this Annex, respectively.\n5.\n389 L 0665: Council Directive 89/665/EEC of 21 December 1989 on the coordination of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the application of review procedures to the award of public supply and public works contracts (OJ No L 395, 30.12.1989, p. 33).\nThe provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:\n(a) with regard to Liechtenstein, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1995;\nwith regard to Switzerland, the measures necessary to comply with this Directive shall enter into force by 1 January 1994;\nduring these transition periods the application of the Directive will be reciprocally suspended between these States and the other Contracting Parties;\n(b) in Article 2(8), the reference to ‘Article 177 of the EEC Treaty’ shall be read as by a reference to the ‘criteria laid down by the Court of Justice in its interpretation of Article 177 of the EEC Treaty’.\n6.\n371 R 1182: Regulation (EEC/Euratom) No 1182 of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to periods, dates and time limits (OJ No L 124, 8.6.1971, p. 1).\nThe provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:\n(a) with regard to Liechtenstein, the measures necessary to comply with this Regulation shall enter into force by 1 January 1995;\nwith regard to Switzerland, the measures necessary to comply with this Regulation shall enter into force by 1 January 1994;\nduring these transition periods the application of the Regulation will be reciprocally suspended between these States and the other Contracting Parties;\n(b) the words ‘Council and Commission acts’ shall mean acts referred to in this Annex.\nACTS OF WHICH THE CONTRACTING PARTIES SHALL TAKE NOTE\nIn the application of the provisions of this Annex, the Contracting Parties shall take note of the contents of the following acts:\n7.\nGuide to the Community rules on open public procurement (OJ No C 358, 21,12.1987, p. 1).\n8.\nCommission communication (COM(89) 400 of 27.7.1989) on regional and social aspects (OJ No C 311, 12.12.1989, p. 7).",
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      "text": "Examples: Case 61/65 Vaassen v Beambtenfonds Mijnbedrijf [1966] ECR 261; [1966] CMLR 508: Case 36/73 Nederlandse Spoorwegen v Minister van Verkeer en Waterstaat [1973] ECR 1299; [1974] 2 CMLR 148; Case 246/80 Broekmeulen v Huisarts Registratie Commissie [1981] ECR 2311: [1982] 1 CMLR 91."
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      "text": "Article 30 of Directive 71/305/EEC and Article 28 of Directive 77/62/EEC refer to this Regulation which needs therefore to be part of the ‘acquis’."
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