General procurement rules should apply to SOEs as well as to any other companies.

Until the Law on Public Acquisition is adopted, the purchase of equipment, investment and maintenance works and services should be based on agreements and should comply with regulations relating to the state budget.

with aim to protect classified information that were specified by the legislation of the state of one of the Parties such as marked and handed to the state of the other Party through competent bodies or subjects in accordance with the need to meet the requirements of the state administration and self-administration or within agreements on co-operation, business contracts and orders concluded between bodies of state administration and self-administration, corporate entities and individuals of both states,

Considering that public finance reforms, aiming at updating the system of collecting, managing and disbursing public finance, including the design of the Customs and Tax Administrations and public procurement procedures, are of exceptional importance for future economic development at the national and regional level; the contracting parties hereto have agreed on technical assistance, provided by the Government of the Republic of Slovenia to the Government of the Republic of Macedonia.

National Review Commission for the Review of Public Procurement Award Procedures

15. failing to carry out a resolution of the National Review Body for Public Contracts.

2. the National Review Commission for reviewing public procurement procedures.

15. notify the National Review Commission on infringements of contractors in implementing the public procurement rules;

procurement procedures in order to ensure on a reciprocal basis non-discrimination on the basis of nationality;

(1) Legal remedy of tenderers shall be ensured in all phases of the award procedures by a special, independent and autonomous national body monitoring the lawfulness of award procedures - the National Review Commission - responsible for the review of public procurement award procedures (briefly: the National Review Commission).

Bodies and entities governed by public law which are subject to the "Ley de Contratos de las Administraciones Públicas",/[Spanish State legislation on procurement]other than those which are part of the /Administración General del Estado/(general national administration).

(2) The National Review Commission shall have a round stamp with the following text: " The Republic of Slovenia - the National Review Commission for the review of public procurement award procedures " with the coat of arms of the Republic of Slovenia in the centre.

- statement confirming that the Contracting Authority has been allocated the funds in the national budget to implement the public contract, and statement of the budget item for this purpose;

(2) The National Review Commission may, on the proposal of the contracting entity or the person submitting the claim, make a conclusion that the submitted claim does not suspend the procedure of awarding a public contract.

EUR 162000 for public supply and service contracts others than those covered by point (b), third indent, awarded by contracting authorities which are listed as central government authorities in Annex IV;

(1) The National Review Commission shall inform the Government of the Republic of Slovenia, not later than by the end of February for the previous year, the following data by individual types of procedures and the object of the public procurement:

As they stated in the letter, the analysis of production contracts for a number of broadcasts indicated that contracts were not secured through public invitations, even though the sums considerably exceeded the legally prescribed limit of 5 million tolars (allegations pertained to the violation of regulations on co-production and the Public Procurement Act).

(3) Until the appointment of the President and members of the National Review Commission the work shall be done by the members of the National Review Commission appointed by the decree on appointing the President and members of the National Review Commission pursuant to the Public Procurement Act (Uradni list RS, št. 50/97).

(1) Tenders in open procedures and in the second phase of restricted procedure shall be opened in public. Contractors may determine, for reasons of protecting the trade, official, military or state secrets, that tenders shall not be opened in public. Such decision shall be made known in the published contract notice.

3. the number of annulled contract award procedures with explicit information whether the conclusion on annulment is the result of the failure to respect the decision of the National Review Commission on the correction of infringements in the procedure before having made the decision on the award of a public contract;

One major reason for the introduction of rules coordinating procedures for the award of contracts in these sectors is the variety of ways in which national authorities can influence the behaviour of these entities, including participation in their capital and representation in the entities' administrative, managerial or supervisory bodies.

Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters within its competence, of the Agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (1986 to 1994)(10), approved in particular the WTO Agreement on Government Procurement (hereinafter referred to as the "Agreement"), the aim of which is to establish a multilateral framework of balanced rights and obligations relating to public contracts with the aim of achieving the liberalisation and expansion of world trade.

Provision should be made for cases in which it is possible to refrain from applying the measures for coordinating procedures on grounds relating to State security or secrecy, or because specific rules on the awarding of contracts which derive from international agreements, relating to the stationing of troops, or which are specific to international organisations are applicable.

(2) In awarding public contracts the value of which exceeds SIT 1,000,000,000, tenderers shall submit their tenders and a copy of tender in two separate envelopes. The tender shall be opened in accordance with the provisions of this Act, and the copy shall remain unopened and shall be submitted simultaneously and directly to the National Review Committee. Authenticity of both copies shall be guaranteed by the tenderer. If the review request was not submitted, the deposited copy shall be returned to the tenderer immediately after the expiration of the period for submission of the review request. If, however, tenderers submit a request for a review, the deposited copy shall be returned to the tenderers immediately after the finished review procedure.

(National Railways (for the procurement of)

Establish a State agency on public procurement.

(All non-commercial bodies whose procurement is subject to supervision by the National Audit Bureau.)

Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Certain Aspects of Government Procurement,

Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on Certain Aspects of Government Procurement.

Other legal persons governed by public law whose public works contracts are subject to State control.

- Otras entidades sometidas a la legislación de contratos del Estado espańol (other entities subject to Spanish State legislation on procurement).

Under existing national arrangements, the bodies included in this list must, following special procedures, award contracts to certain groups in order to remove the difficulties caused by the last war.

The technical documentation needed for the procurement process has been developed and made available by the Russian Federal State Design Institute "SoyuzpromNIIproekt".

As regards the Agreement on Certain Aspects of Government Procurement, the Community shall be represented in the Joint Committee set up under Article 11 of the Agreement by the Commission assisted by representatives of the Member States.

These notices, or a summary of the important elements thereof, shall be published in at least one of the official languages of the GPA at national level in the case of Switzerland, on the one hand, and at Community level, on the other hand.

whereas, nevertheless, certain contracts awarded by carriers by land, air, sea, inshore or inland waterway which belong to the State administration and are carried out only for reasons of public service should be covered by those Directives;

Whereas this Directive should not apply to procurement contracts which are declared secret or may affect basic State security interests or are concluded according to other rules set up by existing international agreements or international organizations;

whereas the scope of Directives 71/305/EEC and 77/62/EEC should not, however, be extended to contracts awarded by carriers by land, air, sea, inshore or inland waterway which, although carrying out economic activities of an industrial or commercial nature, belong to the State administration;

The Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that, as regards contract award procedures falling within the scope of Directives 71/305/EEC and 77/62/EEC, decisions taken by the contracting authorities may be reviewed effectively and, in particular, as rapidly as possible in accordance with the conditions set out in the following Articles, and, in particular, Article 2 (7) on the grounds that such decisions have infringed Community law in the field of public procurement or national rules implementing that law.

CONSIDERING the Parties' efforts and commitments to liberalise their respective public procurement markets, notably through the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA) concluded in Marrakesh on 15 April 1994, which entered into force on 1 January 1996, and through the adoption of national rules providing for effective market opening in the field of government procurement through progressive liberalisation,

government budget expenditures to support reforms and policy implementation in the priority sectors identified through a policy dialogue, using the most appropriate instruments including the form of direct targeted budget support in specific sectors where appropriate conditions (e.g. accountability for, and transparency of, the government budget, sound procurement procedures) are met;

The authorisation referred to in the first sentence 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, as far as Annexes II, III and IV are concerned, to the modifications that will be necessary if similar procedures were to be applied to the sectors concerned by these annexes and, as far as Annexes VI and VII are concerned, to the results of future negotiations to be conducted in the framework of the 1996 Government Procurement Agreement.

procurement procedures in order to ensure on a reciprocal basis non-discrimination on the basis of nationality;

The Agreement shall not apply to any procurement made by a covered entity on behalf of non-covered entities at a different level of government.

free movement of goods, competition, State aid, State monopolies of a commercial character, intellectual property and procurement;

Bodies and entities governed by public law which are subject to the "Ley de Contratos de las Administraciones Públicas",/[Spanish State legislation on procurement]other than those which are part of the /Administración General del Estado/(general national administration).

"public authority" means any contracting authority or entity, as defined by the Public Procurement Directives (92/50/EEC(9), 93/36/EEC(10), 93/37/EEC(11) and 93/38/EEC(12)),

EUR 162000 for public supply and service contracts others than those covered by point (b), third indent, awarded by contracting authorities which are listed as central government authorities in Annex IV;

voluntary agreements to which a public authority is a contracting party and which provide, in the public interest, for compliance with technical specifications or other requirements, excluding public procurement tender specifications,

One major reason for the introduction of rules coordinating procedures for the award of contracts in these sectors is the variety of ways in which national authorities can influence the behaviour of these entities, including participation in their capital and representation in the entities' administrative, managerial or supervisory bodies.