(fra kommisjonsforordningen)

(1) By Decision 2014/115/EU (2), the Council approved the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement (3) concluded within the framework of the World Trade Organization. The amended Agreement on Government Procurement (‘the Agreement’) is a plurilateral instrument and its purpose is to mutually open government procurement markets among its parties. The Agreement applies to any procurement contract with a value greater than or equal to the amounts (‘thresholds’) set therein, expressed in terms of special drawing rights.

(2) One of the objectives of Directive 2014/23/EU is to allow the contracting entities and contracting authorities applying that Directive to comply at the same time with the obligations laid down in the Agreement. To ensure that the threshold for concessions set in Article 8(1) of Directive 2014/23/EU corresponds to the threshold for concessions set in the Agreement, the threshold set in that Directive should be revised.

(3) Article 9(1) of Directive 2014/23/EU requires the Commission to revise the thresholds every two years, with effect from 1 January. Consequently, the thresholds for 2026-2027 should apply from 1 January 2026.

(4) Directive 2014/23/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,