GPA (Government Procurement Agreement) information
Summary:
The Netherlands, as a member state of European Union, is a party to the revised Agreement on Government Procurement. Procurement activities that are carried out by covered entities purchasing listed goods, services or construction services of a value exceeding specified threshold values are covered by the Agreement.
<Thresholds of Netherlands>
|
Entities |
Central Government |
Sub-Central Government |
Other |
|
Goods |
130,000 SDR* |
200,000 SDR |
400,000 SDR |
|
Services |
130,000 SDR |
200,000 SDR |
400,000 SDR |
|
Construction services |
5,000,000 SDR |
5,000,000 SDR |
5,000,000 SDR |
* SDR (Special Drawing Right): The SDR is an international reserve asset, created by the IMF in 1969 to supplement its member countries’ official reserves. The value of the SDR is based on a basket of five currencies—the U.S. dollar, the euro, the Chinese renminbi, the Japanese yen, and the British pound sterling.
For more information, the integrated Government Procurement Market Access Information Resource (e-GPA) portal of the WTO provides information on coverage, including on the applicable thresholds, under the Revised GPA.
Source:
WTO e-GPA Portal
(https://e-gpa.wto.org/en/Appendix/Details?Agreement=GPA113&Party=EuropeanUnion)
RTA (Regional Trade Agreement) Information
Summary:
Netherlands is one of member state of European Union (EU). EU has 41 Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) in force. Unlike the revised GPA, procurement thresholds for each party can be changed according to the RTAs.
<List of notified RTAs in force>
1. EU – Albania Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Parties consider the opening-up of the award of public contracts on the basis of non-discrimination and reciprocity, in particular in the WTO context.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/downloadFile.do?fullText=yes&treatyTransId=13127 (Page 22 of document)
2. EU – Algeria Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22005A1010(01)&from=EN(Page 12 of document)
3. EU – Andorra Free Trade Agreement
- There is no agreement regarding the public procurement
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
4. EU- Bosnia and Herzegovina Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Parties consider the opening-up of the award of public contracts on the basis of non-discrimination and reciprocity, in particular in the WTO context.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
http://europa.ba/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/delegacijaEU_2011121405063686eng.pdf (Page 80 of document)
5. EU - Cameroon Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Parties recognise the contribution of transparent and competitive tendering to economic development.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22009A0228(01)&from=EN (Page 19 of document)
6. EU - Canada Free Trade Agreement
- The thresholds in CETA for the procurement of goods and services are the same as those under the GPA. All Parties are party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) at entry into force.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/HTML/?uri=OJ:L:2017:011:FULL&from=EN
7. EU - CARIFORUM States EPA (Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago) Free Trade Agreement
- This agreement applies to the entities listed in each Party’s Schedule on agreement where the value of the contract to be awarded is estimated to be equal to or greater than a threshold mentioned in the following table:
|
Party |
CARIFORUM States |
EU |
|
Supplies (Goods) |
155,000 SDR |
130,000 SDR |
|
Services |
155,000 SDR |
130,000 SDR |
|
Works (Construction services) |
6,500,000 SDR |
5,000,000 SDR |
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22008A1030(01)&from=EN (Page 56 and 1,792 of document)
8. EU – Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama) Free Trade Agreement
- This agreement applies to the entities listed in each Party’s Schedule on agreement where the value of the procurement is estimated to equal or exceed the value mentioned in the following table:
|
Entities |
Central Government |
Sub-Central Government |
Other |
|
Goods |
130,000 SDR |
355,000 SDR |
200,000 or 400,000 SDR |
|
Services |
130,000 SDR |
355,000 SDR |
200,000 or 400,000 SDR |
|
Construction services |
5,000,000 SDR |
5,000,000 SDR |
5,000,000 SDR |
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22012A1215(01)&from=ENng (Page 59 and 2,432 of document)
9. EU - Chile Free Trade Agreement
- This agreement applies to the entities listed in each Party’s Schedule on agreement where the value of the procurement is estimated to equal or exceed the value mentioned in the following table:
|
Entities |
Central Government |
Sub-Central Government |
Operating in the Utilities Sector |
|
Goods |
130,000 SDR |
200,000 SDR |
400,000 SDR |
|
Services |
130,000 SDR |
200,000 SDR |
400,000 SDR |
|
Construction services |
5,000,000 SDR |
5,000,000 SDR |
5,000,000 SDR |
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:f83a503c-fa20-4b3a-9535-f1074175eaf0.0004.02/DOC_2&format=PDF (Page 44 of document)
10. EU – Colombia, Peru and Ecuador Free Trade Agreement
- This agreement applies to the entities listed in each Party’s Schedule on agreement where the value of the procurement is estimated to equal or exceed the value mentioned in the following table:
|
Entities |
Central Government |
Sub-Central Government |
Utilities |
|
Goods |
130,000 SDR |
200,000 SDR |
400,000 SDR |
|
Services |
130,000 SDR |
200,000 SDR |
400,000 SDR |
|
Construction services |
5,000,000 SDR |
5,000,000 SDR |
5,000,000 SDR |
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/43b556e9-c96b-11e6-ad7c-01aa75ed71a1.0006.03/DOC_1
11. EU – Côte d'Ivoire Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22009A0303(01)&from=EN
12. EU - Eastern and Southern Africa States Interim EPA (Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe) Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22012A0424(01)&from=EN
13. EU - Egypt Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22004A0930(03)&from=EN
14. EU – Faroe Islands Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:21997A0222(01)&from=EN
15. EU – Georgia Free Trade Agreement
- This agreement applies to the entities listed in each Party’s Schedule on agreement where the value of the procurement is estimated to equal or exceed the value mentioned in the following table:
|
Entities |
Central Government |
|
Goods |
130,000 EUR* |
|
Services |
130,000 EUR |
|
Construction services |
5,000,000 EUR |
* Value thresholds shall be revised regularly every two years, beginning in the year of entry into force of this Agreement, based on the average daily value of the euro, expressed in Special Drawing Rights
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:2014:261:FULL&from=EN (Page 63 of document)
16. EU – Ghana Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22016A1021(01)&from=EN
17. EU – Iceland Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. All Parties are party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) at entry into force.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:21972A0722(05)&from=EN
18. EU – Israel Free Trade Agreement
- The Parties shall take measures with a view to a mutual opening of their respective government procurement markets and the procurement markets of undertakings operating in the utilities sectors for purchase of goods, works and services beyond the scope of what has been mutually and reciprocally covered under the Government Procurement Agreement concluded in the framework of the WTO.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
http://eeas.europa.eu/archives/delegations/israel/documents/eu_israel/asso_agree_en.pdf (Page 9 of document)
19. EU – Japan Free Trade Agreement
- Both parties are the member of the GPA and the GPA is incorporated into and made part of this agreement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/5805924c-09a3-11e9-81b4-01aa75ed71a1.0006.01/DOC_1 (Page 96 of document)
20. EU – Jordan Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Parties agree on the objective of a gradual liberalisation of public procurement. The Association Council will hold consultations on the implementation of this objective.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
http://eeas.europa.eu/archives/delegations/jordan/documents/eu_jordan/eu_jordan_assoc_agrmt.pdf (Page 16 of document)
21. EU – Republic of Korea Free Trade Agreement
- The rights and obligations of the parties in respect of government procurement shall be governed by the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22011A0514(01)&from=EN (Page 37 of document)
22. EU – Lebanon Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Parties shall take as their aim a reciprocal and gradual liberalisation of public procurement contracts.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:2006:143:FULL&from=EN (Page 9 of document)
23. EU – Mexico Free Trade Agreement
- This agreement applies to the entities listed in each Party’s Schedule on agreement where the value of the procurement is estimated to equal or exceed the value mentioned in the following table:
|
Entities |
Federal Government |
Government Enterprise |
||
|
EU |
Mexico |
EU |
Mexico |
|
|
Goods |
130,000 SDR |
100,000 USD |
400,000 SDR |
250,000 USD |
|
Services |
130,000 SDR |
100,000 USD |
400,000 SDR |
250,000 USD |
|
Construction services |
5,000,000 SDR |
6,500,000 USD |
5,000,000 SDR |
8,000,000 USD |
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
http://www.sice.oas.org/Trade/mex_eu/english/FinalAct_e.asp
24. EU – Republic of Moldova Free Trade Agreement
- This agreement applies to the entities listed in each Party’s Schedule on agreement where the value of the procurement is estimated to equal or exceed the value mentioned in the following table:
|
Entities |
Central Government |
Sub-Central Government |
Utilities |
|
Goods |
130,000 EUR |
200,000 EUR |
400,000 EUR |
|
Services |
130,000 EUR |
200,000 EUR |
400,000 EUR |
|
Construction services |
5,000,000 EUR |
5,000,000 EUR |
5,000,000 EUR |
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22014A0830(01)&from=EN (Page 90 of document)
25. EU – Montenegro Free Trade Agreement
- Both parties are the member of the GPA and the parties consider the opening-up of the award of public contracts on the basis of non-discrimination and reciprocity, following in particular the WTO.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:02010A0429(01)-20150201&from=EN (Page 39 of document)
26. EU – Morocco Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Parties shall take appropriate steps to promote the use by Morocco of Community technical rules and European standards for industrial and agri-food products and certification procedures.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:ecefc61a-c8d6-48ba-8070-893cc8f5e81d.0006.02/DOC_1&format=PDF (Page 11 of document)
27. EU – Norway Free Trade Agreement
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- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. All Parties are party to the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (GPA) at entry into force.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:21973A0514(01)&from=EN
28. EU – Overseas Countries and Territories (Anguilla, Aruba,Bermuda, Bonaire, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curação, Falkland Islands, French Polynesia, French Southern -and Antarctic Territories, Greenland, Montserrat, New Caledonia and Dependencies, Pitcairn, Saba, Saint Barthelemy, Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Tristan da Cunha, St. Pierre and Miquelon, Turks and Caicos Islands, Wallis and Futuna Islands) Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32013D0755&from=ES
29. EU – Palestinian Authority Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Parties agree on the objective of reciprocal and gradual liberalization of public procurement contracts.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:76ffc73f-884a-4041-9d8b-b04b34ef7bf2.0008.02/DOC_1&format=PDF (Page 9 of document)
30. EU – Papua New Guinea / Fiji Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22009A1016(01)&from=EN
31. EU – SADC (Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Mozambique and Eswatini) Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Parties may consider entering into negotiations on public procurement in future.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2016:250:0003:2120:EN:PDF (Page 12 of document)
32. EU – San Marino Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicShowMemberRTAIDCard.aspx?rtaid=386
33. EU – Serbia Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Community and Serbia consider the opening-up of the award of public contracts on the basis of non-discrimination and reciprocity, following in particular the WTO rules, to be a desirable objective.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22013A1018(01)&from=EN (Page 36 of document)
34. EU – South Africa Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement. The Parties agree to cooperate to ensure that access to the Parties' procurement contracts is governed by a system which is fair, equitable and transparent.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:df28bbd2-29f1-4cea-86ab-81d81c47903b.0004.02/DOC_3&format=PDF (Page 17 of document)
35. EU – Switzerland - Liechtenstein Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:21972A0722(03)&from=EN
36. EU – Syria Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
37. EU – The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:22001A0504(01)&from=EN
38. EU – Tunisia Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement thresholds. The Parties shall set as their objective a reciprocal and gradual liberalization of public procurement contracts.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:d3eef257-9b3f-4adb-a4ed-941203546998.0008.02/DOC_4&format=PDF (Page 12 of document)
39. EU – Turkey Free Trade Agreement
- There is no specific agreement regarding the public procurement thresholds. The Association Council will set a date for the initiation of negotiations aiming at the mutual opening of the Parties' respective government procurement markets.
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:1996:035:FULL&from=EN (Page 11 of document)
40. EU – Ukraine Free Trade Agreement
- This agreement applies to the entities listed in each Party’s Schedule on agreement where the value of the procurement is estimated to equal or exceed the value mentioned in the following table:
|
Entities |
Central Government |
Utilities |
|
Goods |
133,000 EUR |
412,000 EUR |
|
Services |
133,000 EUR |
412,000 EUR |
|
Construction services |
5,150,000 EUR |
5,150,000 EUR |
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=OJ:L:2014:161:FULL&from=EN (Page 71 of document)
41. European Economic Area (EEA) Free Trade Agreement
- This agreement applies to the entities listed in each Party’s Schedule on agreement where the value of the procurement is estimated to equal or exceed the value mentioned in the following table:
|
Entities |
Central Government |
Sub-central Government |
Utilities |
|
Goods |
144,000 EUR |
221,000 EUR |
443,000 EUR |
|
Services |
144,000 EUR |
221,000 EUR |
443,000 EUR |
|
Construction services |
5,548,000 EUR |
5,548,000 EUR |
5,548,000 EUR |
- Detailed information about government procurement is accessible through a following link:
https://www.efta.int/sites/default/files/documents/legal-texts/eea/the-eea-agreement/Main%20Text%20of%20the%20Agreement/EEAagreement.pdf (Page 23 of document)
Source:
WTO RTA Database (http://rtais.wto.org/UI/PublicSearchByMemberResult.aspx?MemberCode=918&lang=1&redirect=1)