GPA/W/336/Add.9  
 
1 March 2016  
(16-1245)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
THE THRESHOLDS IN APPENDIX I OF THE AGREEMENT AS EXPRESSED 
IN NATIONAL CURRENCIES FOR 2016-2017 
EUROPEAN UNION 
Addendum 
Pursuant to the agreed procedures (GPA/1, Annex 3) , delegations have been invited to notify their 
respective threshold values in national currencies. 
 
The information notified by the European Union for the period 2016-2017 is reproduced below.1 
 
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 These thresholds are effective via: 
 
 Commission Regulations (EU) No. 2015/2341, No. 2015/2342 and No. 2015/2340 of 
15 December 2015 published in the EU Official Journal of 16 December 2015 (p.14 to 
p.19) amending respectively Directives 2004/17/EC, 2004/18/EC and 2009/81/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council (" http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-
content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2015:330:TOC "). 
 Commission delegated Regulations (EU) No. 2015/2172, No. 2015/2170 and 
No. 2015/2171 of 24 November 2015 publishe d in the EU Official Journal of 
25 November 2015 (p.5 to p.10) amending respectively Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 
(http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2015:307:TOC ). 
 Commission Communication on the Corresponding values of the thresholds in other EU 
currencies ( http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:C:2015:418:TOC ). 
1  THRESHOLDS IN APPENDIX I OF THE GP A, AS EXPRESSED IN NATIONAL CURRENCIES 
1.1  Central Government Entities (Annex 1) 
 Special 
Drawing 
Right (SDR) Euro (EUR) New 
Bulgarian Lev 
(BGN) Czech Koruna 
(CZK) Danish Krone 
(DKK) Pound 
Sterling 
(GBP) 
Goods  130,000 135,000  264,033  3,686,175  1,006,628 106,047  
Services 130,000 135,000  264,033  3,686,175  1,006,628 106,047  
Construction 
Services 5,000,000 5,225,000  10,219,055  142,668,625  38,960,213 4,104,394  
 
                                               
1 The Secretariat notes that the Protocol amending the Agreement on Government Procurement has 
entered into force for the European Union on 6 April 2014 and that the European Union's threshold values as 
expressed in SDR are the same under the revised and the 1994 Agreement. GPA/W/336/Add.9 
 
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   Special 
Drawing 
Right (SDR) Croatian 
Kuna (HRK) Hungarian 
Forint (HUF) New Polish 
Zloty (PLN) New 
Romanian 
Leu (RON) Swedish 
Krona (SEK) 
Goods  130,000 1,029,416  41,427,450  563,612  600,129 1,233,941  
Services 130,000 1,029,416  41,427,450  563,612  600,129 1,233,941  
Construction 
Services 5,000,000 39,842,193  1,603,395,750  21,813,853  23,227,215 47,758,068  
 
1.2  Sub-central Government Entities (Annex 2) 
 SDR EUR BGN CZK DKK GBP 
Goods  200,000 209,000  408,762  5,706,745  1,558,409 164,176  
Services 200,000 209,000  408,762  5,706,745  1,558,409 164,176  
Construction 
Services 5,000,000 5,225,000  10,219,055  142,668,625  38,960,213 4,104,394  
 
 SDR HRK HUF PLN RON SEK 
Goods  200,000 1,593,688  64,135,830  872,554  929,089 1,910,323  
Services 200,000 1,593,688  64,135,830  872,554  929,089 1,910,323  
Construction 
Services 5,000,000 39,842,193  1,603,395,750  21,813,853  23,227,215 47,758,068  
 
1.3  Other Entities (Annex 3) 
 SDR EUR BGN CZK DKK GBP 
Goods  400,000 418,000  817,524  11,413,790  3,116,817 328,352  
Services 400,000 418,000  817,524  11,413,790  3,116,817 328,352  
Construction 
Services 5,000,000 5,225,000  10,219,055  142,668,625  38,960,213 4,104,394  
 
 SDR HRK HUF PLN RON SEK 
Goods  400,000 3,187,375  128,271,660  1,745,108  1,828,177 3,820,645  
Services 400,000 3,187,375  128,271,660  1,745,108  1,828,177 3,820,645  
Construction 
Services 5,000,000 39,842,193  1,603,395,750  21,813,853  23,227,215 47,758,068  
 
2  PERIOD OF VALIDI TY FOR THE THRESHOLD 
The threshold levels provided above will apply to  the period starting on 1 January 2016 and ending 
on 31 December 2017. 
 3  METHOD OF CALCULATION 
The calculation of the thresholds of the Agreem ent on Government Procurement, expressed in 
Euro (EUR) and in national currencies, has been based on the average monthly Special Drawing Right (SDR) to EUR exchange rate over 24 months from September 2013 through August 2015 (SDR 1 = EUR 1,18091). 
 
The value of the thresholds in Euro and in na tional currencies has been expressed without the 
value-added tax (VAT) because the European Union excludes VAT when calculating the value of 
contracts. 
 
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