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  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1876",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision (EU) 2016/1876 of 13 October 2016 on the position to be adopted on behalf of the European Union within the Association Committee in Trade configuration established by the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other",
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  "text": "DRAFT\nDECISION No 2/2016 OF THE EU-REPUBLIC OF MOLDOVA ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IN TRADE CONFIGURATION\nof …\nupdating Annex XXIX to the Association Agreement\nTHE ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE IN TRADE CONFIGURATION,\nHaving regard to the Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part, and in particular Article 269, Article 273 and Article 436 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nThe Association Agreement between the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community and their Member States of the one part, and the Republic of Moldova, of the other part (‘the Agreement’) entered into force on 1 July 2016.\n(2)\nIn accordance with Article 269(5) of the Agreement the value thresholds for public procurement contracts provided for in Annex XXIX-A are to be revised regularly every two years, beginning in the year of entry into force of the Agreement and such revision is to be adopted by decision of the Association Committee in Trade configuration, as set out in Article 438(4) of the Agreement.\n(3)\nIn accordance with Article 273 of the Agreement the Republic of Moldova is to ensure that its public procurement legislation is gradually made compatible with the relevant Union acquis, in line with the schedule provided in Annex XXIX to the Agreement.\n(4)\nSeveral Union acts listed in Annex XXIX to the Agreement have been amended, recast or repealed and replaced by new Union acts since the initialling of the Agreement on 29 November 2013. In particular, the Union adopted and notified to the Republic of Moldova the following acts:\n(a) Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts;\n(b) Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC;\n(c) Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC.\n(5)\nThe above-mentioned new Directives amended the value thresholds for public procurement contracts provided for in Annex XXIX-A.\n(6)\nIt is therefore necessary to update Annex XXIX to the Agreement in order to reflect the changes made to the Union acquis listed in that Annex, in accordance with Article 269, Article 273 and Article 436 of the Agreement.\n(7)\nThe new Union acquis on public procurement has a new structure. It is appropriate to reflect this new structure in Annex XXIX. In the interest of clarity, Annex XXIX should be updated in its entirety and replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Decision. It is furthermore appropriate to take into account the progress made by the Republic of Moldova in the process of approximation to the Union acquis.\n(8)\nIn accordance with Article 436(3) of the Agreement the EU-Republic of Moldova Association Council shall have the power to update or amend the Annexes to the Agreement. The Association Council empowered the Association Committee in Trade configuration by Decision No 3/2014 of 16 December 2014 to update or amend certain trade-related annexes,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:\nDone at …,\nFor the Association Committee in Trade configuration\nThe Chair",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ EU L 260, 30.8.2014, p. 4."
    },
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ EU L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 1."
    },
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      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ EU L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ EU L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243."
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