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 Referencia:   WLI/100 6 de abril de 2001 
  
 
 
 
 
  
ACUERDO SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA HECHO 
EN MARRAKECH EL 15 DE ABRIL DE 1994  
 
ENVÍO DE COPIA AUTENTIC ADA DE LAS CONDICIONES
 
DE ADHESIÓN DE ISLANDIA  
 
NOTIFICACIÓN DE ACEPTACIÓN  
   Tengo el honor de remitirle adjunta una copia autenticada de las condiciones de adhesión de Islandia
 al citado Acuerdo. 
  Tengo asimismo el honor de comunicarle que en fecha de 29 de marzo de 2001 recibí del Gobierno de Islandia
 un instrumento de adhesión al Acuerdo de referencia. 
  De conformidad con el párrafo 2 de su ar tículo XXIV, el Acuerdo entrará en vigor para 
Islandia el 28 de abril de 2001
. 
 
 Esta notificación se hace de conformidad c on el párrafo 14 del artículo XXIV del Acuerdo. 
 
 
  
 
  
 
  Mike Moore 
 Director General 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
01-1988   WT/Let/388  
 
  
 
TERMS OF ACCESSION OF ICELAND TO THE 
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMEN T PROCUREMENT (1994) 
 
APPENDIX I 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Entities which Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement 
 
 
Supplies 
Threshold : SDR 130,000 
 Services (specified in Annex 4) 
Threshold : SDR 130,000 
 Works  (specified in Annex 5) 
Threshold : SDR 5,000,000 
  
List of Entities : 
 The following central government entities including:  Central purchasing entities not having an industrial or commercial character governed by 
Act no. 63/1970 on the arrangement of public works contracts, and Act no. 52/1987, on government 
procurement, as amended.  The entities in charge of government procurement are the following bodies: 
Ríkiskaup (State Trading Center) Framkvæmdasýslan (Government  Construction Contracts) 
Vegagerð ríkisins (Public Road Administration) 
Siglingastofnun (Icelandic Maritime Administration)    
 
     
 
    
 
    
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ANNEX 2 
 
Entities which Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement 
 
 
Supplies 
Threshold : SDR 200,000 
 Services (specified in Annex 4) 
Threshold : SDR 200,000 
 Works  (specified in Annex 5) 
Threshold : SDR 5,000,000 
 
 
List of Entities : 
 1. Contracting local public authorities, including all municipalities.  2. Public bodies at the local level not ha ving an industrial or commercial character. 
 
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 ANNEX 3 
 
Other Entities which Procure in Accordance 
With the Provisions of this Agreement 
  
Supplies 
Threshold : SDR 400,000 
 Services (specified in Annex 4)* 
Threshold : SDR 400,000 
 
Works  (specified in Annex 5) 
Threshold : SDR 5,000,000 
  List of Sectors : 
 
1. The electricity sector : 
  Landvirkjun (The National Power Company), lög nr. 42/1983. 
 Rafmagnsveitur ríkisins (The State Electric Power Works), orkulög nr. 58/1967 
 Orkuveita Reykjavíkur (Reykjavík Energy) . 
 Orkubú Vestfjarða (Vestfjord Power Company), lög nr. 66/1976. 
Other entities producing, transporting or distributing electricity pursuant to 
orkulög nr. 58/1967. 
  
2. Urban transport : 
  Strætisvagnar Reykjavíkur (The Re ykjavík Municipal Bus Service). 
 Almenningsvagnar bs.  Other Municipal bus services.  
 
3. Airports : 
  Flugmálastjórn (Directorate of Civil Aviation)  
 
4. Ports : 
  Siglingastofnun, (Icelandic Maritime Administration).  Other entities operating pursuant to Hafnalög nr. 23/1994. 
 
5. Water supply :** 
 
Public entities producing or distribu ting drinking water pursuant to lög nr 81/1991, um 
vatnsveitur sveitarfélaga. 
 
 
    
 
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 Notes to Annex 3 
 * This Agreement shall not apply to service contracts which: 
  (a) a contracting entity awards to an affiliated undertaking;   (b) are awarded by a joint venture formed by a number of contracting entities for 
the purpose of carrying out a relevant activit y within the meaning of paragraphs 1-5 
of this Annex to one of those contracting entities or to an undertaking which is affiliated with one of these contracting entities; 
 
Provided that at least 80 per cent of the average turnover of that undertaking with 
respect to services arising within the EEA for the three preceding years derives from 
the provision of such services to undertakings with which it is affiliated.  When more than one undertaking affiliated with the c ontracting entity provides the same service 
or similar services, the total turnover deriving from the provision of services by those undertakings shall be taken into account. 
 
** The supply of drinking water and electricity to  networks which provide a service to the public 
by a contracting entity other than a public au thority shall not be considered as a relevant 
activity within the meaning of paragraphs 1 and 5 of Annex 3 where: 
  - the production of drinking water or el ectricity by the entity concerned takes 
place because  its consumption is necessary for carrying out an activity other than that 
referred to in paragraphs 1 and 5 of this Annex;  and 
  - supply to the public network depend s only on the entity's own consumption 
and has not exceeded 30 per cent of the en tity's total production of drinking water or 
energy, having regard to the average for the preceding three years, including the 
current year. 
   
 
 
    
 
     
 
 
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ANNEX 4 
 
Services 
 
 Of the Universal List of Services, as contained in document MTN.GNS/W/120, the following 
services are included:* 
 
 
Subject         CPC Reference N 
 
Maintenance and repair services      6112, 6122, 633, 886  
Land transport services, including armoured car services,  712 (except 71235), 7512, and courier services, except transport of mail 87304   Air transport services of passengers and freight,    73 (except 7321) 
except transport of mail 
 Transport of mail by land, except rail, and by air    71235, 7321  Telecommunications services 752** (except 7524, 7525, 
7526) 
 
Financial services       ex 81  (a) Insurance services      812, 814 (b) Banking and investment services***    
 
Computer and related services      84  Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services    862  Market research and public opinion polling services   864 
 
Management consulting services and related     865, 866**** services  Architectural services;  engineering services     867 
and integrated engineering services, urban planning 
and landscape architectural services;  related  scientific and technical consulting services;  technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services  
Advertising services       871 
 Building-cleaning services and property      874,  82201-82206 management services  
 
 
  
 
 
  
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 Subject        CPC Reference N 
 Publishing and printing services     88442 
on a fee or contract basis  Sewage and refuse disposal;      94 sanitation and similar services 
 
  
Notes to Annex 4 
 
* except for services which entities have to procur e from another entity pursuant to an exclusive 
right established by a published law, regulation or administrative provision  ** except voice telephony, telex, radiot elephony, paging and satellite services 
 
*** except contracts for financial services in connec tion with the issue, sale, purchase, or transfer 
of securities or other financial instruments, and central bank services  **** except arbitrations and conciliation services   
 
    
 
     
 
  
  
 
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ANNEX 5 
 
Construction Services 
  
Definition : 
 
 A construction service contract is a contract which has as its objective the realization by whatever means of civil or building works, in  the sense of Division 51 of the Central Product 
Classification (CPC).  
 
List of Division 51, CPC : 
  All public works/construction services of Division 51.  
 
 
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GENERAL NOTES AND DEROGATIONS FROM THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE III 
 
 1. Iceland will not extend the be nefits of this Agreement: 
  - as regards the award of contracts by en tities listed in Annex 2 to the suppliers 
and service providers of Canada; 
  - as regards the award of contracts, othe r than for supplies, listed in Annex 2 to 
the suppliers and service providers of the USA; 
 
 - as regards the award of contracts by  entities listed in Annex 3 paragraph 
 
(1) (electricity), to the suppliers  and service providers of Canada, 
Singapore and Japan; 
 
(2) (urban transport), to the supplie rs and service providers of Canada,  
Japan, Korea and the USA; 
 
(3) (airports), to the suppliers and service providers of Canada, Korea 
and the USA; 
 
(4) (ports), to the suppliers and service providers of Canada; 
 
(5) (water), to the suppliers and service providers of Canada and the 
USA; 
 
until such time as Iceland has ac cepted that the Parties concerned give comparable and 
effective access for Icelandic undertak ings to the relevant markets; 
 
- to service providers of Parties which do not include the relevant service contracts for 
the relevant entities in Annexes 1 to 3 and the relevant service category under 
Annexes 4 and 5 in their own coverage. 
 
2. The provisions of Article XX shall not ap ply to suppliers and service providers of: 
  - Japan, Korea and Switzerland in contesting the award of contracts by entities 
listed under Annex 2, paragraph 2, until su ch time as Iceland accepts that they have 
completed coverage of sub-central entities; 
  - Japan and Korea  in contesting the awar d of contracts to a supplier or service 
provider of Parties other than those men tioned, which are small or medium-sized 
enterprises under the relevant provisions in Iceland, until such time as Iceland accepts 
that they no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic 
small and minority businesses; 
  - Israel, Japan and Korea in contesting the award of contracts by Icelandic 
entities, whose value is less than the thr eshold applied for the same category of 
contracts awarded by these Parties. 
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 3. Until such time as Iceland has accepted th at the Parties concerned provide access for 
Icelandic suppliers and service providers to th eir own markets, Iceland will not extend the 
benefits of this Agreement to suppliers and service providers of: 
 
 - Canada as regards procurement of FSC 58 (communications, protection and 
coherent radiation equipment) and the US A as regards air traffic control equipment; 
  - Israel and Korea as regards procurement by entities listed in Annex 3, 
paragraph 1, as regard s procurement of HS Nos 8504, 8535, 8537 and 8544 
(electrical transformers, plugs, switches and insulated cables); and for Israel, HS Nos 8501, 8536 and 902830; 
  - Canada and the USA as regards contracts for good or service components of 
contracts which, although awarded by an en tity covered by this Agreement, are not 
themselves subject to this Agreement. 
 4. Contracts awarded by entities in Annexes 1 and 2 in connection with activities in the fields of 
drinking water, energy, transport or telecommunications, are not included. 
 
5. With regard to Annex 3, this Agreemen t shall not apply to the following contracts: 
  - contracts which the contracting entities under paragraph 5 award for the 
purchase of water; 
 
 - contracts which the contracting entities under paragraph 1 award for the 
supply of energy or of fuels for the production of energy; 
  - contracts which the contracting entities award for purposes other than  the 
pursuit of their activities as described in this Annex or for the pursuit of such 
activities in a non-EEA country; 
 
 - contracts awarded for purposes of re-sale or hire to third parties provided that 
the contracting entity enjoys no special or excl usive right to sell or hire the subject of 
such contracts and that other entities are free to sell or hire it under the same 
conditions as the contracting entity; 
 
 - contracting entities exercising activities in the bus transportation sector where 
other  entities are free to offer the same ser vices in the same geographical area and 
under substantially the same conditions. 
 6. With regard to Annex 4, this Agre ement shall not apply to the following: 
 
 - contracts for the acquisition or rental, by whatever financial means, of land, 
existing buildings, or other immovable property or concerning rights thereon; 
  - contracts for the acquisition, deve lopment, production or co-production of 
programme material by broadcasters and contracts for broadcasting time; 
  - contracts awarded to an entity which is itself a contracting authority within 
the meaning of the Public Procurement Act: "Lög um opinber innkaup (52/1997) and 
Regulation (302/1996) on the basis of an exclusive right which it enjoys pursuant to a published law, regulation or administrative provision; 
 
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7. The Agreement shall not apply to contracts awarded under:   - an international agreement and in tended for the joint implementation or 
exploitation of a project by the signatory States; 
 
 - an international agreement re lating to the stationing of troops; 
  - the particular procedure of an international organization.  
8. The Agreement shall not apply to procurement of  agricultural products made in furtherance of 
agricultural support programmes and human feeding programmes. 
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APÉNDICE II 
 
 
 Medios utilizados por las Partes para la publi cación de los anuncios de los contratos previstos 
(párrafo 1 del artículo IX) y los anuncios de las adjudicaciones (párrafo 1 del artículo XVIII). 
 
Periódicos islandeses : 
 
Morgunbladid 
Dagbladid 
Dagur 
 
Otras publicaciones : 
 
Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas. 
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 APÉNDICE III 
 
 
 Medios utilizados por las Partes para la publicación anual de información sobre las listas 
permanentes de proveedores calificados en caso de licitaciones selectivas (párrafo 9 del artículo IX). 
 
Diario Oficial de las Comunidades Europeas 
(Actualmente no existe esa lista) 
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 APÉNDICE IV 
 
 
 Medios utilizados por las Partes para la publicación de leyes, reglamentos, decisiones 
judiciales y resoluciones administrativas de aplicación general, así como de los procedimientos para la 
adjudicación de los contratos públicos comprendidos en  el ámbito del presente Acuerdo (párrafo 1 del 
artículo XIX).  
Leyes, reglamentos y normas: Stjórnartí δindi (Gaceta Oficial) 
 
Decisiones judiciales y resoluciones admini strativas: Haestaréttardómar (Informe del 
Tribunal Supremo) 
  (Los tribunales de distrito no publican informes , pero toda parte interesada puede obtener una 
copia del documento original relativo a un determ inado caso.  Las resoluciones administrativas no se 
publican, pero pueden obtenerse dirigiéndose a la autoridad competente.)   
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