Article 3

The Commission is hereby authorized to approve, on behalf of the Community, modifications to Annexes I and II to the Agreement on procurement by telecommunications operators referred to in Article 1.

The Commission shall be assisted in this task by a special committee appointed by the Council.

The authorization referred to in the first subparagraph shall be limited, as far as Annex I is concerned, to the modifications that will be necessary if the procedures laid down in Article 8 of Directive 93/38/EEC were to be applied and, as far as Annex II is concerned, to the results of future negotiations to be conducted in the framework of the 1996 Governement Procurement Agreement.