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4 November 2013  
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Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
ACCESSION OF MONTENEGRO TO THE  
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
INITIAL OFFER 
 
The following communication, dated 4 November 2013,  is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Montenegro. 
 
 
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The Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the WTO and Special Representative to the HRC presents her compliments to the Chairman of the Committee on Government Procurement. 
 
Further to the commitment made at the time of Mo ntenegro's accession to the WTO, it is recalled 
that Montenegro submitted both its application for accession and its Replies to the Checklist of 
Issues, together with additional documentation on  its legislative framework, on 7 October 2013. 
Furthermore, it is recalled that, in the course of the informal session of the Committee on Government Procurement, which took place in Geneva from 7-9 October, Montenegro's chief negotiator for GPA accession made a substantive statement on the reforms that have been made 
to its procurement system and that system's alignment with the GPA. 
 During the Committee's session in October 2013, both Montenegro's chief negotiator for GPA 
accession and I affirmed the goal of acceding to the GPA before the end of this year, subject to 
satisfactory negotiations.  
Further to the commitments made during the Committee's session in October 2013, we herewith 
attach Montenegro's initial Appendix I offer. Please note that Montenegro reserves the right to modify its initial Appendix I offer at any time (this particularly relates to the structure of Annexes 1-3). 
 
Together with this letter, we submit brief explanatory notes regarding Montenegro's initial Appendix I offer. 
 
We would like to take this opportunity to thank you and the GPA Parties for our good working relationship. In particular, we would like to thank you and the GPA Parties for the public 
statements of support for Montenegro's goal of concluding GPA accession in 2013 during the 
Committee's session in October.  In order to achieve this goal, we would be gratef ul for both your and the GPA Parties' on-going 
assistance in this regard. Given the timeframe for completing accession negotiations by the end of 
2013, we hereby request that the GPA Parties send us their comments, if any, regarding Montenegro's initial Appendix I offer as well as regarding our Replies to the Checklist of Issues in 
due time before the upcoming informal session of the Committee on Government Procurement, 
which will be taking place in Geneva from 18-20 November. A capital-based delegation from Montenegro will be present at this session. 
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  With your help, we are looking forward to completing negotiations for accession to the GPA, 
subject to satisfactory negotiations, by the end of 2013.   
Zorica Maric-Djordjevic 
Permanent Representative of Montenegro to the WTO and Special Representative to the HRC 
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  EXPLANATORY NOTES REGARDING  
MONTENEGRO'S INITIAL APPENDIX I OFFER 
1  INTRODUCTION According to the last Census of Population, Households and Dwellings in 2011, Montenegro has 
620,029 inhabitants . According to the World Bank, Montenegro is an upper-middle-income 
country with a GDP per capita as follows:  
Year 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 
GDP per 
capita 
(in EUR) 2912 3443 4280 4908 4720 5006 5211 5063 
Source: MONSTAT 
 
Public procurement in Montenegro has amounted to between 18.92% of GDP in 2007 and 9.72% 
in 2012. In absolute numbers, Montenegro spent approximately EUR 323 million on public 
procurement in 2012. Of this, 61.98% of total public procurement in 2012 related to goods, 
23.94% to works, and 14.08% to services. 
 
2  LEGAL FRAMEWORK 
Legislation in the area of public procurement law in Montenegro is based on international best 
public procurement practice. Montenegro's legal fr amework in the area of public procurement is 
substantially harmonized with the European Un ion's public procurement directives, and was 
developed with input from SIGMA (Support for Improvement in Governance and Management; this being a joint initiative of the European Union and the OECD). We believe that Montenegro's 
public procurement legislation is fu lly compliant with GPA requirements . Together with 
these explanatory notes, we submit supportin g information confirming the compliance of 
Montenegro's public procurement law with international best public procurement standards (see 
European Commission , Screening Report Montenegro 2013: Chapter 5 – Public Procurement; 
available at: " http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/pdf /montenegro/screening_reports/ 
screening_report_montenegro_ch05.pdf "). 
 
Importantly, public procurement legislation and practice in Montenegro does not distinguish 
between domestic and foreign companies. This means that foreign companies are treated as 
favorably as domestic companies when partic ipating in public tender procedures in 
Montenegro (principle of non-discrimination). Foreign companies therefore enjoy access to the 
Montenegrin public procurement market on the same terms and conditions applicable to domestic companies (see also item 3 below). 
 
Further information regarding the public procurement regime in Montenegro (including primary and secondary legislation, reports, strategic documents, etc) is available on the webpage of the 
Public Procurement Administration of Montenegro at http://www.ujn.gov.me/en . 
 
3  RELATION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION 
Montenegro, when it joined the WTO in 2012, undertook a commitment to complete its accession 
to the GPA by December 2013. At the same time, Mo ntenegro is currently an official candidate for 
membership of the European Union. It is Monteneg ro's hope and expectation that it will join the 
European Union in the coming few years. 
 
To this end, Montenegro decided to table its initial Appendix I offer as close as possible to the Appendix I offer of the European Union. At the same time, it is ne cessary to define coverage 
for the period between the time of Montenegro's accession to the GPA and the time of 
Montenegro's accession to the European Union . Therefore, certain annexes (particularly 
Annexes 1-3) of Montenegro's initial Appendix I offer are divided into two sections ( sections A 
and B ). Sections A refer to Montenegro's coverage before its accession to the European Union; GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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  sections B mirror the European Union's coverage. Montenegro's initial Appendix I offer also 
includes the respective European Un ion's notes (notes to Annexes 1-7). It follows from 
Montenegro's initial Appendix I offer that, up on Montenegro's accession to the European 
Union, (a)  Annexes in Montenegro's initial Appendix  I offer will be merged with Annexes 
of the European Union's Appendix I offer; and (b)  the respective European Union's notes 
will only apply upon Montenegro's accession to the European Union . 
 
This approach (i.e. dividing Annexes of Montenegro's initial Appendix I in sections A and B as well 
as mirroring the respective European Union's notes) was taken in order to avoid any conflict 
upon Montenegro's accession to the European Union . This approach was also taken because 
a modification of a GPA Party's Appendix I offer which reduces market access coverage could, in 
p r i n c i p l e ,  r e s u l t  i n  c o m p e n s a t i o n  c l a i m s  b y  o t h e r  G P A  P a r t i e s .  I t  i s  M o n t e n e g r o ' s  v i e w  t h a t  n o  
modification of Montenegro's Appendix I offer would take place upon accession to the European Union given that Montenegro's Appendix I explicitly – and in a fully transparent manner – 
stipulates (modified) coverage upon Montenegro's accession to the European Union already now 
(this by dividing Annexes of Montenegro's initial Appendix I in sections A and B as well as mirroring the respective European Union's notes). We consider this approach legally acceptable 
and practicable. 
 4  COVERAGE 
Montenegro's initial Appendix I offer includes the following (standard) monetary thresholds : 
 
ANNEX 1  ANNEX 2  ANNEX 3  
Goods Services Construction 
services Goods Services Construction 
services Goods Services Construction 
services 
130,000 130,000 5,000,000 200,000 200,000 5,000,000 400,000 400,000 5,000,000 
 
Montenegro's initial Appendix I offer includes approximately 700 procuring entities (ministries, 
hospitals, public schools, state-owned enterprises, airports, energy providers, etc – for a list of 
covered entities see the webpage of the Public Procurement Administration of Montenegro at 
http://www.ujn.gov.me/en ). Montenegro decided to opt for a definition of entities plus a reference 
to an indicative list particularly for two reasons: first, listing 700 entities in its Appendix I offer did 
not seem practical for both existing GPA Parties and Montenegro. Second, it is Montenegro's intention that also newly established procuring entities (for instance, a newly established body 
governed by public law as defined by the law on  public procurement of Montenegro or a newly 
established Ministry) are covered by the GPA. The latter would not be the case when incorporating an exhaustive list without definitions in Montenegro 's (initial) Appendix I offer. Montenegro likes to 
note that central government entities include thei r regional and local sub-divisions provided that 
they do not have an industrial or commercial character. 
 Montenegro's initial Appendix I offer in Annexes 4-6 includes all goods, services and 
construction services  (with the exception of sensitive proc urement by the Ministry of Defence 
and Agencies for Defence or security activities in Montenegro).  
Annex 7 of Montenegro's initial Appendix I lists some exceptions. These exceptions are only 
applied under exceptional circumstances. In particular, these exceptions are not relevant from a cross-border procurement perspective given that the contract value of procurements under these 
exceptions is generally very low (usually, in  the range of EUR 10,000 to EUR 50,000 and thus far 
below the applicable (standar d) monetary GPA thresholds . 
 Coverage will be modified upon Montenegro's accession to the European Union (see item 3). GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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TERMS OF ACCESSION OF MONTENEGRO TO THE  
REVISED AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
APPENDIX I 
MONTENEGRO 
(Authentic in the English Language) 
ANNEX 1 
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES 
Thresholds: 
 
Goods  (specified in Annex 4)   SDR 130,000 
 Services  (specified in Annex 5)  SDR 130,000 
 
Works  (specified in Annex 6)   SDR 5,000,000 
  
A. COVERAGE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OF MONTENEGRO BEFORE ITS 
ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION 
 
All Central Government Entities. 
 An indicative list of covered entities including central government entities is available on the 
webpage of the Public Procurement Administration of Montenegro at http://www.ujn.gov.me/en/  
and includes the central government entities in the list attached to Annex 1. 
 
B. COVERAGE OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OF MONTENEGRO UPON ITS ACCESSION 
TO THE EUROPEAN UNION 
 
Upon Montenegro's eventual accession to the European Union, this Annex will be merged with 
Annex 1 of the European Union's Appendix I. Montenegro's coverage under Part A above will be 
modified to provide as follows: 
 
a. For the goods, services, suppliers and servic e providers of Liechtenstein, Switzerland, 
Iceland, Norway, the Netherlands with resp ect to Aruba, procurement by all central 
government contracting authorities of EU member States. The list attached is indicative. 
b. For the goods, services, suppliers and servic e providers of Israel, procurement by the 
following central government contracting authorities. 
c. For the goods, services, suppliers and servic e providers of the United States; Canada; 
Japan; Hong Kong, China; Singapore; Korea; Armenia and the Separate Customs 
Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Ma tsu, procurement by the following central 
government contracting authorities, provided they are not marked by an asterisk.1 
d. Without prejudice to item c., for the goods, services, suppliers and service providers of 
the United States, Japan and the Separate Cu stoms Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen 
and Matsu, procurement by the attached central government contracting authorities of EU Member States provided that they are marked by a double asterisk.
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 In English only. 
1 Asterisks to the attached list will be notified by  the European Union to other GPA Parties and will be 
subject to consultation s, as appropriate.  GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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  Notes to Annex 1 
 1.  As far as procurement by entities in the fi eld of defence and security is concerned, only 
non-sensitive and non-warlike materials contained in the list attached to Annex 4 are covered. 
2.  The conditions specified in the General Notes apply to this Annex. 
3.  Section B of Annex 1 and the following no tes 3.a. to c. to Annex 1 apply only upon 
Montenegro's accession to the European Union. 
a. The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
 procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of air traffic control 
equipment in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States;  
 procurement by procuring entities covere d under this Annex of good or service 
components of procurement which are not themselves covered by this Agreement in 
regard of suppliers and services provid ers from the United States and Canada; 
until such time as the EU has accepted that the Parties concerned provide satisfactory 
reciprocal access for the EU goods, suppliers, services and service providers to their own 
procurement markets. 
 
b. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to suppliers and service providers of Japan, 
Korea and the US in contesting the award of contracts to a supplier or service provider of Parties other than those mentioned, which are small or medium sized enterprises under the relevant provisions of EU law, until such time as the EU accepts that they no longer 
operate discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small and minority 
businesses. 
c. "Contracting authorities of EU Member States" covers also any subordinated entity of 
any contracting authority of an EU Member State provided it does not have separate 
legal personality. 
List of Montenegro's central government entities: 
 
1.  Ministry of Justice 2.  Ministry of the Interior 3.  Ministry of Defense 
4.  Ministry of Finance 
5.  Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration 6.  Ministry of Education 
7.  Ministry of Culture 
8.  Ministry of Economy 9.  Ministry of Transp ort and Maritime Affairs 
10.  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development 
11.  Ministry of Sustainable Development and Tourism 12.  Ministry of Health 13.  Ministry for Human and Minority Rights 
14.  Ministry for Information Society and Telecommunications 
15.  Ministry of Labo ur and Social Welfare 
16.  Ministry of Science 
17.  Directorate for Anti-Corruption Initiative  
18.  Institute for Execution of Criminal Sanctions 19.  Police Directorate 
20.  Department of Public Revenues 
21.  Customs Administration 22.  Games of Chance Administration 23.  Property Administration 
24.  Real Estate Administration 
25.  Directorate for Protection of Cultural Property GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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  26.  Directorate for Development of Small and Medium Sized Enterprise 
27.  Port Administration 28.  Maritime Safety Department 29.  Transport Directorate 
30.  Railway Directorate 
31.  Phytosanitary Administration 32.  Veterinary Directorate 
33.  Forest Administration 
34.  Water Directorate 35.  Tobacco Agency 36.  Directorate of Public Works 
37.  Bureau for Care of Refugees 
38.  Human Resources Administration 39.  Administration for Prevention of Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism 
40.  Public Procurement Directorate 
41.  Administration for Competition Protection 42.  Inspection Directorate 
43.  Directorate for Youth and Sports 
44.  Secretariat for Legislation 45.  Secretariat for Development Projects 46.  Statistical Office - MONSTAT 
47.  Hydrological and Meteorological Service 
48.  Bureau for Education Services 49.  Intellectual Property Office 
50.  Bureau of Metrology 
51.  State Archive 52.  Direction for Protection of Confidential Data 
53.  Environmental Protection Agency 
54.  Parliament of Montenegro 55.  President of Montenegro 56.  Constitutional Court of Montenegro 
57.  State Audit Institution 
58.  University of Montenegro 
 
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ANNEX 2 
SUB-CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES 
Thresholds: 
 
Goods  (specified in Annex 4)   SDR 200,000 
 Services  (specified in Annex 5)  SDR 200,000 
 
Works  (specified in Annex 6)   SDR 5,000,000 
  
A. COVERAGE OF SUB-CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OF MONTENEGRO BEFORE ITS 
ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION 
 
1. ALL REGIONAL OR LOCA L CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
 
All sub-central government entities (local self-government units) and subordinated organizations 
covered by the Law on Public Procurement of Montenegro. 
 An indicative list of covered entities including sub-central government entities is available on the webpage of the Public Procurement Administration of Montenegro at http://www.ujn.gov.me/en . 
 
2. ALL CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES WHICH ARE BODIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW AS 
DEFINED BY THE LAW ON PUBLIC PROCUREMENT OF MONTENEGRO 
 
a. business organizations and legal entities performing tasks of public interest: 
 where the state, or a local self-governmen t unit possesses over 50% of the shares or 
stake in that business organization or legal entity; or 
 where more than half the members of that business organization or legal entity's 
managing body are representatives of the st ate administration body or the local self-
government body; or 
 where the representatives of the state ad ministration body or the local self-
government body authority have more than half the votes in the managing body of that business organization or legal entity; 
 where the body referred to in item 1 of th is paragraph supervises the operation of 
that business organization, or legal entity. 
b. business organizations, legal entities, entrepreneurs and natural persons for 
procurement of goods, services and awardi ng work assignments that are funded by 
more than 50% from the Budget of Montenegro, local self-government unit and other public funds or by the funds of the business or ganization or the legal entity referred to in 
item a) of this section. 
An indicative list of bodies governed by public law is available on the webpage of the Public 
Procurement Administration of Montenegro at http://www.ujn.gov.me/en . 
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  B. COVERAGE OF SUB-CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES OF MONTENEGRO UPON ITS 
ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION 
 
Upon Montenegro's eventual accession to the European Union, this Annex will be merged with 
Annex 2 of the European Union's Appendix I. Montenegro's coverage under Part A above will be 
modified to provide as follows: 
 
1. ALL REGIONAL OR LOCA L CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES 
 All contracting authorities of the administrative units as defined by Regulation 
 1059/2003 – NUTS Regulation.1 
 
 For the purposes of the Agreement, "Regional contracting authorities" shall be 
 understood as contracting authorities of the administrative units falling under NUTS 
 1 and 2, as referred to by Regulation 1059/2003 – NUTS Regulation. 
 
 For the purposes of the Agreement, "Local contracting authorities" shall be 
 understood as contracting authorities of the administrative units falling under NUTS 
 3 and smaller administrative units, as referred to by Regulation 1059/2003 – NUTS 
 Regulation. 
 
2. ALL CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES WHICH ARE BODIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW 
AS DEFINED BY EU PROCUREMENT DIRECTIVE 
 
A "body governed by pub lic law" means anybody: 
 
 established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not 
having an industrial or commercial character, and 
 having legal personality, and 
 financed, for the most part, by the State, or regional or local authorities, or other 
bodies governed by public law, or subject to management supervision by those bodies, or having an administrative, managerial or supervisory board; more than half 
of whose members are appointed by the Stat e, regional or local authorities or by 
other bodies governed by public law. 
An indicative list of contracting authorities which are bodies governed by public law will be 
attached.
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Notes to Annex 2 
 1.  The conditions specified in the General Notes apply to this Annex. 
2.  Section B of Annex 2 and the following no tes 2.a. to d. to Annex 2 apply only upon 
Montenegro's accession to the European Union. 
a. The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
 procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex in regard of suppliers, 
services and service providers from the United States; 
 procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of air traffic control 
equipment in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
                                               
1 Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 May 2003 on the 
establishment of a common classification  of territorial units for statistics ( NUTS ) OJ L154 21.06.2003 as last 
amended by Regulation (EC) N° 1137/2008. 
2 An indicative list of Montenegro's  contracting authorities which are bodies governed by public law will 
be notified by the European Union to other GPA Parties and will be subject to cons ultations, as appropriate. GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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   procurement by cities-regions listed under  NUTS 1 and NUTS 2 in the Regulation 
1059/2003 (as amended - NUTS Regulation), local procuring entitiesand bodies governed by public law covered under this Annex in regard of goods, services, suppliers and service providers from Canada; 
 procurement by procuring entities covere d under this Annex of good or service 
components of procurement which are not themselves covered by this Agreement in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States and Canada; 
 procurement between SDR 200,000 and SDR 355,000 by procuring entities covered 
under this Annex of goods and services for suppliers and service providers from 
Canada; 
until such time as the EU has accepted that the Parties concerned provide satisfactory 
reciprocal access to EU goods, suppliers, services and service providers to their own 
procurement markets. 
 
b. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to suppliers and service providers of Japan, 
Korea and the US in contesting the award of contracts to a supplier or service provider of Parties other than those mentioned, which are small or medium sized enterprises under 
the relevant provisions of EU law, until such time as the EU accepts that they no longer 
operate discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small and minority businesses. 
c. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to Japan and Korea in contesting the award 
of contracts by entities listed under Annex 2 paragraph 2, until such time as the EU 
accepts that they have completed coverage of sub-central entities. 
d. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to Japan and Korea in contesting that 
award of contracts by EU entities, whose value is less than the threshold applied for the 
same category of contracts awarded by these Parties. 
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ANNEX 3 
ALL OTHER ENTITIES WHOSE PROCUREMEN T IS COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT 
Thresholds: 
 
Goods  (specified in Annex 4)   SDR 400,000 
 Services  (specified in Annex 5)  SDR 400,000 
 
Works  (specified in Annex 6)   SDR 5,000,000 
  
A. COVERAGE OF "OTHER ENTITIES" OF MO NTENEGRO BEFORE ITS ACCESSION TO THE 
EUROPEAN UNION 
 
Procurement of goods services and works for operations in areas of water management, energy, 
postal services and transport, when these operations are performed in accordance with the law on Public Procurement of Montenegro. 
 
An indicative list of covered entities including contracting authorities, public undertakings and other procuring entities fulfilling the criteria set out above is available under the webpage of the Public Procurement Administration of Montenegro at http://www.ujn.gov.me/en . 
 
B. COVERAGE OF "OTHER ENTITIES" OF MONTENEGRO UPON ITS ACCESSION TO THE 
EUROPEAN UNION 
 
Upon Montenegro's eventual accession to the European Union, this Annex will be merged with Annex 3 of the European Union's Appendix I. Montenegro's coverage under Part A above will be 
modified to provide as follows: 
 
All contracting entities whose procurement is covered by the EU utilities directive which are contracting authorities (e.g. those covered under Annex 1 and Annex 2) or public 
undertakings
1 and which have as one of their activities any of those referred to below or any 
combination thereof: 
 
a. the provision or operation of fixed networks intended to provide a service to the public in 
connection with the production, transport or distribution of drinking water or the supply of drinking water to such networks; 
b. the provision or operation of fixed networks intended to provide a service to the public in 
connection with the production, transport or distribution of electricity or the supply of electricity to such networks; 
c. the provision of airport or other terminal facilities to carriers by air; 
d. the provision of maritime or inland port or other terminal facilities to carriers by sea or 
inland waterway; 
                                               
1 According to the EU utilities directive, a publ ic undertaking is any undertaking over which the 
contracting authorities may exercise directly or indirectly  a dominant influence by virtue of their ownership of 
it, their financial participation therein, or the rules which govern it. 
A dominant influence on the part of the contracting authorities shall be presumed when these 
authorities, directly or indirectly, in relation to an undertaking: 
- hold the majority of the undert aking's subscribed capital, or 
- control the majority of the votes attaching to shares issued by the undertaking, or 
- can appoint more than half of the undertaking's administrative, management or supervisory 
body. GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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  e. the provision or operation of networks2 providing a service to the public in the field of 
transport by urban railway, automated system s, tramway, trolley bus, bus or cable. 
f. the provision or operation of networks providing a service to the public in the field of 
transport by railways.3 
Indicative lists of contracting authorities and pub lic undertakings fulfilling the criteria set out above 
will be attached.4 
 
 
Notes to Annex 3  1.  The conditions specified in the General Notes apply to this Annex. 
2.  Section B of Annex 3 and the following no tes 2.a. to h. to Annex 3 apply only upon 
Montenegro's accession to the European Union. 
a. Procurement for the pursuit of an activity  listed above when exposed to competitive 
forces in the market concerned are not covered by this Agreement. 
b. This Agreement does not cover procurement by procuring entities included in this Annex: 
 for the purchase of water and for the supply of energy or of fuels for the production 
of energy; 
 for purposes other than the pursuit of their activities as listed in this Annex or for the 
pursuit of such activities in a non-EEA country; 
 for purposes of re-sale or hire to third pa rties, provided that the procuring entity 
enjoys no special or exclusive right to sell or hire the subject of such contracts and 
other entities are free to sell or hire it under the same conditions as the procuring entity. 
c. The supply of drinking water or electricity to networks which provide a service to the 
public by a procuring entity other than a contracting authority shall not be considered as an activity within the meaning of paragr aphs a. or b. of this Annex where: 
 the production of drinking water or electr icity by the entity concerned takes place 
because its consumption is necessary for carrying out an activity other than that referred to in paragraphs a. to f. of this Annex; and 
 supply to the public network depends only on the entity's own consumption and has 
not exceeded 30 per cent of the entity's tota l production of drinking water or energy, 
having regard to the average for the preceding three years, including the current year. 
d. I. Provided that the conditions in paragrap h II are met, this Agreement does not cover 
 procurement: 
i. by a procuring entity to an affiliated undertaking
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2 As regards transport services, a network shall be considered to ex ist where the service is provided 
under operating conditions laid down by a competent authority of an EU Member State, such as conditions on the routes to be served, the capacity to be ma de available or the frequ ency of the service. 
3 E.g. the provision or operation of networks (withi n the meaning of footnote 4) providing a service to 
the public in the field of transport by high-speed or conventional trains. 
4 An indicative list of Montenegro's contracting au thorities which are contracting authorities and public 
undertakings fulfilling the criteria set out above will be notified by the European Un ion to other GPA Parties and 
will be subject to consultations, as appropriate. 
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  ii. by a joint venture, formed exclusively by a number of procuring entities for the 
purpose of carrying out activities within the meaning of paragraphs a. to f. of 
this Annex, to an undertaking which is affiliated with one of these procuring entities. 
II. Paragraph I shall apply to services or supplies contracts provided that at least 80% 
of the average turnover of the affiliated undertaking with respect to services or supplies for the preceding three years derives respectively from the provision of such 
services or supplies to undertakings with which it is affiliated.
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e. This Agreement does not cover procurement: 
i. by a joint venture, formed exclusively by  a number of procuring entities for the 
purposes of carrying out activities within th e meaning of paragraphs a. to f. of this 
Annex, to one of these procuring entities, or 
ii. by a procuring entity to such a joint venture of which it forms part, provided that the 
joint venture has been set up to carry out the activity concerned over a period of at 
least three years and the instrument setting up the joint venture stipulates that the procuring entities, which form it, will be part thereof for at least the same period. 
f. The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in the fields of: 
i. production, transport or distribution of drinking water covered under this 
Annex; 
ii. production, transport or distribution of  electricity covered under this Annex; 
iii. airport facilities covered under this Annex; 
iv. maritime or inland port or other terminal facilities covered under this Annex; 
and 
v. urban railway, tramway, trolley bus or bus services covered under this Annex in 
regard of supplies, services, suppliers and service providers from Canada; 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of production, transport or 
distribution of drinking water covered under this Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in  the field of maritime or inland port or 
other terminal facilities covered under this Annex of dredging services or related to 
shipbuilding in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
 procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of air traffic control 
equipment in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of airport facilities covered 
under this Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States 
and Korea; 
                                                                                                                                               
5 "affiliated undertaking" means any undertaking the annual accounts of which are consolidated with 
those of the procuring entity in accordance with the requirements of Council Directive 83/349/EEC on 
consolidated accounts, or in case of entities not subj ect to that Directive, any undertaking over which the 
procuring entity may exercise, directly  or indirectly, a dominant influence,  or which may exercise a dominant 
influence over the procuring entity, or which, in common with the procuring entity, is subject to the dominant influence of another undertaking by vi rtue of ownership, financial particip ation, or the rules which govern it. 
6 When, because of the date on which an affiliated undertaking was created or commenced activities, 
the turnover is not available for the preceding three years, it will be sufficient for that  undertaking to show that 
the turnover referred to in this pa ragraph is credible, in particular by means of business projections. GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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   procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of urban railway, tramway, 
trolleybus or bus services covered under this Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of urban railway covered 
under this Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from Japan; 
 procurement by procuring entities operatin g in the field of railways covered under 
this Annex in regard of goods, suppliers, services and service providers from 
Armenia; Canada; Japan; the United States; Hong Kong, China; Singapore and the 
Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu; 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of high-speed railways and 
high-speed railways infrastructure in regard  of goods, suppliers, services and service 
providers from Korea; 
 procurement by procuring entities covere d under this Annex of good or service 
components of procurement which are no t themselves covered procurement in 
regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of production, transport or 
distribution of electricity covered under this Annex in regard of suppliers and services 
providers from Japan; 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of production, transport and 
distribution of electricity covered under this Annex of HS Nos 8504, 8535, 8537 and 8544 (electrical transformers, plugs, switches and insulated cables) in regard of 
suppliers from Korea; 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of production, transport and 
distribution of electricity covered under this Annex of HS Nos 85012099, 85015299, 
85015199, 85015290, 85014099, 85015390, 8504, 8535, 8536, 8537, and 8544 in 
regard of suppliers from Israel; 
 procurement by procuring entities operatin g in the field of bus services covered 
under this Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from Israel; 
until such time, the EU has accepted that the Parties concerned provide satisfactory 
reciprocal access to EU goods, suppliers, services and service providers to their own procurement markets. 
 
g. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to suppliers and service providers of Japan, 
Korea and the US in contesting the award of contracts to a supplier or service provider of 
Parties other than those mentioned, which are small or medium sized enterprises under 
the relevant provisions of EU law, until such time as the EU accepts that they no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small and minority 
businesses; 
The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to Japan and Korea in contesting that 
award of contracts by EU entities, whose value is less than the threshold applied for the same category of contracts awarded by these Parties. 
 
h. The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
 procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of urban transport covered 
under this Annex of the following goods and services: 
a. H.S. 44.06 Railway or tramway sleepers of (cross-ties) wood; 
b. H.S. 68.10 Railway or tramway sleepers of concrete and concrete guide-track 
sections for hovertrains; GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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  c. H.S. 73.02 Railway or tramway track construction material of iron or steel, the 
following: rails, check-rails and rack rails, switch blades, crossing frogs, point rods and other crossing pieces, sleepers (cross-ties), fish-plates, chairs, chair wedges, sole plates (base plates), rail clips, bedplates, ties and other material 
specialized for jointing or fixing rails; 
d. H.S. 85.30.10 Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for 
railways, tramways; 
e. H.S. Chapter 86 - Railway or tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts 
thereof; railway or tramway track fixtures and fittings and parts thereof; mechanical (including electro-mechanical) traffic signalling equipment of all kinds; 
f. Construction work for civil engineerin g for railways falling under CPC prov. 
51310 (Construction work for civil engin eering for highways (except elevated 
highways), streets, roads, railways and airfield runways); 
g. Construction work for civil engineering for railway tunnels and subways falling 
under CPC prov. 51320 (Construction work for civil engineering for bridges, elevated highways, tunnels and subways); 
h. Repair and maintenance services of locomotives (including reconditioning), 
rolling stock (including reconditioning), railway tracks, traffic signals and installation services of railway engines falling under CPC prov. 88680 (Repair services of other transport equipment, on a fee or contract basis). 
in regard of suppliers and service providers from Japan, 
 until such time as the EU has accepted that Japan has fully open its procurement of 
urban transport to EU suppliers, supp lies, service providers and services. 
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ANNEX 4 
GOODS 
1.  This Agreement covers the procurement of all goods procured by the entities listed in Annexes 
1 through 3, unless otherwise specified in this Agreement. 
2.  This Agreement covers only the goods that are described in the Chapters of the Combined 
Nomenclature (CN) specified below and that are pr ocured by the Ministry of Defence and Agencies 
for defence or security activities in Montenegro: 
Chapter 25: Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime and cement 
 
Chapter 26: Metallic ores, slag and ash 
 
Chapter 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation, bituminous 
substances, mineral waxes 
 
except: 
ex 27.10: special engine fuels 
 
Chapter 28: Inorganic chemicals, organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals, 
of rare-earth metals, of radio-active elements and isotopes  except: 
ex 28.09: explosives 
ex 28.13: explosives ex 28.14: tear gas 
ex 28.28: explosives 
ex 28.32: explosives ex 28.39: explosives 
ex 28.50: toxic products 
ex 28.51: toxic products ex 28.54: explosives 
 
Chapter 29: Organic chemicals 
 
except: 
ex 29.03: explosives 
ex 29.04: explosives ex 29.07: explosives 
ex 29.08: explosives 
ex 29.11: explosives ex 29.12: explosives ex 29.13: toxic products 
ex 29.14: toxic products 
ex 29.15: toxic products ex 29.21: toxic products 
ex 29.22: toxic products 
ex 29.23: toxic products ex 29.26: explosives 
ex 29.27: toxic products 
ex 29.29: explosives 
 
Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical products 
 
Chapter 31: Fertilizers 
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  Chapter 32: Tanning and dyeing extracts, tannings and their derivatives, dyes, colours, 
paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and stoppings, inks 
 
Chapter 33: Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 
 
Chapter 34: Soap, organic surface-active agents, washing preparations, lubricating 
preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing and scouring 
preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes and "dental 
waxes" 
 
Chapter 35: Albuminoidal substances, glues, enzymes 
 
Chapter 37: Photographic and cinematographic goods 
 
Chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products 
 
except: 
ex 38.19: toxic products 
 
Chapter 39: Artificial resins and plastic materials, cellulose esters and ethers, articles 
thereof 
 
except: ex 39.03: explosives 
 
Chapter 40: Rubber, synthetic rubber, factice, and articles thereof 
 
except: 
ex 40.11: bullet-proof tyres 
 
Chapter 41: Raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather 
 
Chapter 42: Articles of leather, saddlery and harness, travel goods, handbags and 
similar containers, articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) 
 
Chapter 43: Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures thereof 
 
Chapter 44: Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal 
 
Chapter 45: Cork and articles of cork 
 
Chapter 46: Manufactures of straw of esparto and of other plaiting materials, basket 
ware and wickerwork 
 
Chapter 47: Paper-making material 
 
Chapter 48: Paper and paperboard, articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard 
 
Chapter 49: Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing 
industry, manuscripts, typescripts and plans 
 
Chapter 65: Headgear and parts thereof 
 
Chapter 66: Umbrellas, sunshades, walking-sticks, whips, riding-crops and parts 
thereof 
 
Chapter 67: Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down, 
artificial flowers, articles of human hair 
 
Chapter 68: Articles of stone, of plaster, of  cement, of asbestos, of mica and of similar 
materials 
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  Chapter 69: Ceramic products 
 
Chapter 70: Glass and glassware 
 
Chapter 71: Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, precious metals, rolled precious 
metals, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery 
 
Chapter 73: Iron and steel and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 74: Copper and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 75: Nickel and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 76: Aluminium and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 77: Magnesium and beryllium and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 78: Lead and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 79: Zinc and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 80: Tin and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 81: Other base metals employed in metallurgy and articles thereof 
 
Chapter 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoon s and forks, of base metal, parts thereof 
 
except: 
ex 82.05: tools ex 82.07: tools, parts 
 
Chapter 83: Miscellaneous articles of base metal 
 
Chapter 84: Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof 
 
except: ex 84.06: engines 
ex 84.08: other engines 
ex 84.45: machinery ex 84.53: automatic data-processing machines  ex 84.55: parts of machines under heading No 84.53 
ex 84.59: nuclear reactors 
 
Chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof 
 
except: ex 85.13: telecommunication equipment 
ex 85.15: transmission apparatus 
 
Chapter 86: Railway and tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway 
and tramway tracks fixtures and fittings, traffic signalling equipment of all 
kinds (not electrically powered) 
 
except: 
ex 86.02: armoured locomotives, electric 
ex 86.03: other armoured locomotives ex 86.05: armoured wagons 
ex 86.06: repair wagons 
ex 86.07: wagons 
 
Chapter 87: Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and parts thereof 
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  except: 
ex 87.08: tanks and other armoured vehicles ex 87.01: tractors ex 87.02: military vehicles 
ex 87.03: breakdown lorries 
ex 87.09: motorcycles ex 87.14: trailers 
 
Chapter 89: Ships, boats and floating structures 
 
except: 
ex 89.01 A: warships 
 
Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, precision, 
medical and surgical instruments and apparatus, parts thereof 
 
except: 
ex 90.05: binoculars 
ex 90.13: miscellaneous instruments, lasers ex 90.14: telemeters ex 90.28: electrical and electronic measuring instruments 
ex 90.11: microscopes 
ex 90.17: medical instruments  ex 90.18: mechano-therapy appliances  
ex 90.19: orthopaedic appliances 
ex 90.20: X-ray apparatus 
 
Chapter 91: Manufacture of watches and clocks 
 
Chapter 92: Musical instruments, sound recorders or reproducers, television image and 
sound recorders or reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles 
 
Chapter 94: Furniture and parts thereof, bedding, mattresses, mattress supports, 
cushions and similar stuffed furnishings 
 
except: ex 94.01 A: aircraft seats 
 
Chapter 95: Articles and manufactures of carving or moulding material Chapter 96: Brooms, brushes, powder-puffs and sieves Chapter 98: Miscellaneous manufactured articles 
 
 Notes to Annex 4  
 
1.  Procurement by procuring entities covered under Annexes 1, 2 and 3 of any of the goods 
covered under this Annex is a covered procurement in regard of a particular Party's supplier of 
goods only to the extent that such Party has covered that good under its Annex 4. 
2.  The conditions specified in the General Notes apply to this Annex. 3.  Upon Montenegro's eventual accession to the European Union, this Annex will be merged with 
Annex 4 of the European Union's Appendix I. 
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ANNEX 5 
SERVICES 
This Agreement covers the following services, whic h are identified in accordance with the United 
Nations Provisional Central Product Classification (CPC) as contained in 
document MTN.GNS/W/120*: 
 
Subject CPC Reference No. 
Maintenance and repair services  6112, 6122, 633, 886  
Land transport services, including armoured car services, 
and courier services, except transport of mail 712 (except 71235), 7512, 
87304 
Air transport services of passengers and freight, except transport of mail 73 (except 7321) 
Transport of mail by land, except rail, and by air 71235, 7321 
Telecommunications services 752  
Financial services ex 81 
 (a) Insurance services 812, 814 
 (b) Banking and investments 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 services 865, 866**** 
Architectural services; engineering services and integrated 
engineering services, urban planning and landscape 
architectural services; related scientific and technical consulting services; technical testing and analysis services 867 
Advertising services 871 
Building-cleaning services and property management 
services 874, 82201 to 82206 
Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis 88442 
Sewage and refuse disposal; sanitation and similar services 94 
 
 
Notes to Annex 5  
 
1.  Procurement by procuring entities covered und er Annexes 1, 2 and 3 of any of the services 
covered under this Annex is a covered procurement in regard of a particular Party's provider of service only to the extent that such Party has covered that service under its Annex 5. 
2.  *Except for services which entities have to procure from another entity pursuant to an 
exclusive right established by a published law, regulation or administrative provision. GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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  3.  *** - Except for the procurement or acquisition of fiscal agency or depository 
services, liquidation, and management services for regulated financial institutions or services related to the sale, redemption and distribution of public debt, including loans and government 
bonds, notes and other securities. 
4.  ****Except arbitration and conciliation services. 
5.  Notes 1 to 4 to Annex 5 do not apply to the European Union. 6.  The conditions specified in the General Notes apply to this Annex. 
7.  Upon Montenegro's eventual accession to the European Union, this Annex will be merged with 
Annex 5 of the European Union's Appendix I. 
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ANNEX 6 
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 
A. COVERAGE OF CONSTRUCTION SERVICES COVERED BY MONTENEGRO BEFORE ITS 
ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION 
 
List of construction services offered : 
 
All services listed under Division 51. 
 
B. COVERAGE OF CONSTRUCTION SERVIC ES COVERED BY MONTENEGRO UPON ITS 
ACCESSION TO THE EUROPEAN UNION 
 
Upon Montenegro's eventual accession to the European Union, this Annex will be merged with Annex 6 of the European Union's Appendix I. Montenegro's coverage under Part A above will be 
modified to provide as follows: 
 
A/ Construction services 
 
List of Division 51, CPC : 
 All services listed in Division 51. 
 
B/ Works concessions 
 
Works concessions contracts, when awarded by Annex 1 and 2 entities, are included under the 
national treatment regime for the construction serv ice providers of Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, 
the Netherlands on behalf of Aruba and Switzerl and, provided their value equals or exceeds 
SDR 5,000,000 and for the construction service providers of Korea; provided their value equals or 
exceeds SDR 15,000,000.   
Notes to Annex 6  
 1.  Procurement by procuring entities covered under  Annexes 1, 2 and 3 of any of the construction 
services covered under this Annex is a covered procurement in regard of a particular Party's 
provider of service only to the extent that such  Party has covered that service under its Annex 6. 
2.  The conditions specified in the General Notes apply to this Annex. 
3.  Section B of Annex 6 only applies upon Montenegro's accession to the European Union. GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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 List of Division 51, CPC 
 
 
Group Class Subclass Title Corresponding 
ISCI 
SECTION 5   CONSTRUCTION WORK AND 
CONSTRUCTIONS: LAND  
DIVISION 51   CONSTRUCTION WORK  
511   Pre-erection work at construction sites  
 5111 51110 Site investigation work 4510  5112 51120 Demolition work 4510  5113 51130 Site formation and clearance work 4510 
 5114 51140 Excavating and earthmoving work 4510 
 5115 51150 Site preparation work for mining 4510  5116 51160 Scaffolding work 4520 
512   Construction work for buildings  
 5121 51210 For one- and two-dwelling buildings 4520  5122 51220 For multi-dwelling buildings 4520 
 5123 51230 For warehouses and industrial buildings 4520 
 5124 51240 For commercial buildings 4520  5125 51250 For public entertainment buildings 4520  5126 51260 For hotel, restaurant and similar buildings 4520 
 5127 51270 For educational buildings 4520 
 5128 51280 For health buildings 4520  5129 51290 For other buildings 4520 
513   Construction work for civil engineering  
 5131 51310 For highways (except elevated highways), 
street, roads, railways and airfield 
runways 4520 
 5132 51320 For bridges, elevated highways, tunnels 
and subways 4520 
 5133 51330 For waterways, harbours, dams and other 
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 Group Class Subclass Title Corresponding 
ISCI 
 5134 51340 For long distance pipelines, 
communication and power lines (cables) 4520 
 5135 51350 For local pipelines and cables; ancillary 
works 4520 
 5136 51360 For constructions for mining and 
manufacturing 4520 
 5137  For constructions for sport and recreation  
  51371 For stadia and sports grounds 4520   51372 For other sport and recreation installations 
(e.g. swimming pools, tennis courts, golf 
courses) 4520 
 5139 51390 For engineering works n.e.c. 4520 
514 5140 51400 Assembly and erection of prefabricated 
constructions 4520 
515   Special trade construction work  
 5151 51510 Foundation work, including pile driving 4520 
 5152 51520 Water well drilling 4520  5153 51530 Roofing and water proofing 4520  5154 51540 Concrete work 4520 
 5155 51550 Steel bending and erection (including 
welding) 4520 
 5156 51560 Masonry work 4520 
 5159 51590 Other special trade construction work 4520 
516   Installation work   5161 51610 Heating, ventilation and air conditioning 
work 4530 
 5162 51620 Water plumbing and drain laying work 4530 
 5163 51630 Gas fitting construction work 4530  5164  Electrical work  
  51641 Electrical wiring and fitting work 4530 
  51642 Fire alarm construction work 4530   51643 Burglar alarm system construction work 4530 GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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 Group Class Subclass Title Corresponding 
ISCI 
  51644 Residential antenna construction work 4530 
  51649 Other electrical construction work 4530 
 5165 51650 Insulation work (electrical wiring, 
water,heat, sound) 4530 
 5166 51660 Fencing and railing construction work 4530 
 5169  Other installation work  
  51691 Lift and escalator construction work 4530   51699 Other installation work n.e.c. 4530 517   Building completion and finishing work  
 5171 51710 Glazing work and window glass installation 
work 4540 
 5172 51720 Plastering work 4540 
 5173 51730 Painting work 4540 
 5174 51740 Floor and wall tiling work 4540  5175 51750 Other floor laying, wall covering and wall 
papering work 4540 
 5176 51760 Wood and metal joinery and carpentry 
work 4540 
 5177 51770 Interior fitting decoration work 4540 
 5178 51780 Ornamentation fitting work 4540 
 5179 51790 Other building completion and finishing 
work 4540 
518 5180 51800 Renting services related to equipment for 
construction or demolition of buildings or civil engineering works, with operator 4550 GPA/ACC/MNE/2 
 
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ANNEX 7 
GENERAL NOTES 
1.  This Agreement does not cover: 
 procurement of agricultural products made in furtherance of agricultural support 
programmes and human feeding programmes (e.g. food aid including urgent relief aid), 
and 
 procurement for the acquisition, development, production or co-production of 
programme material by broadcasters and contracts for broadcasting time. 
2.  Procurement by procuring entities covered under Annexes 1 and 2 in connection with activities 
in the fields of drinking water, energy, transport and the postal sector are not covered by this Agreement, unless covered under Annex 3. 
3.  This Agreement does not cover:  
 procurement aimed at protection and recovery from catastrophes and major disasters – 
state of emergency; 
 confidential procurement, in accordance with Montenegrin Law; 
 procurement of financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer 
of securities or other financial instruments, in particular transactions by the contracting 
authorities to raise funds, capital and services of the Central Bank of Montenegro; 
 procurement of arbitration services; 
 procurement of services related to employment; 
 procurement of election materials; 
 the process of granting concessions and privatisation of the economy, as well as the sale 
and renting of land, existing buildings or other real estate or the rights deriving from them. 
4.  Upon Montenegro's eventual accession to the European Union, this Annex will be merged with 
Annex 7 of the European Union's Appendix I. 
 
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