GPA/124
3 November 2014
(14-6370)  Page: 1/24
Committee on Government Procurement  
 
ACCESSION OF MONTENEGRO TO THE  
AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
Decision of the Committee of 29 October 2014 
The Committee on Government Procurement, 
Having regard to Article XXIV:2 of the Agreement on Government Procurement done at 
Marrakesh on 15 April 1994 (the "1994 Agreement"),  and Article XXII:2 of the 1994 Agreement on 
Government Procurement as amended by the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government 
Procurement, done at Geneva on 30 March 2012 (the "amended Agreement")1; 
Having regard to the decision of the Committee on Government Procurement on adoption of 
the text of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, taken on 
30 March 2012 (Appendix 1 to GPA/113 of 2 April 2012), and in particular its paragraphs 3 and 4;  
Having regard to the entry into force of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on 
Government Procurement on 6 April 2014 in accordance with paragraph 3 of the said Protocol, and 
to the subsequent acceptance of the Protoc ol Amending the Agreement on Government 
Procurement by two additional Parties;  
Noting  also that three other Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement have still 
to accept the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement; and 
Considering Montenegro's application for accession to the Agreement on Government 
Procurement, contained in document GPA/120 of 4 October 2013, and the consultations held with the Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement and additional documentation 
submitted in pursuance thereof; 
Decides as follows:  
1. In accordance with the provisions of Article XXIV:2 of the 1994 Agreement and 
Article XXII:2 of the amended Agreement, Montenegro may accede to the Agreement on 
Government Procurement on the terms of this decision including its attachments. 
2. The Agreement on Government Procurement shall enter into force for Montenegro on the 
thirtieth day following the date of its accession, i. e. the date on which the instrument of accession 
reproducing the terms of this decision, including its Attachment A, has been received by the Director-General. 
3. Pursuant to paragraph 4 of the decision of the Committee on Government Procurement on 
adoption of the text of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement, taken 
on 30 March 2012 (Appendix 1 to GPA/113 of 2 April 2012), Montenegro shall be bound by said Protocol from the date of entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for it.  
4. From the date of entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for it, 
Montenegro shall provide access to the procurement that it covers under Appendix I as set out in 
Attachment A to this decision to all Parties to the Agreement on Government Procurement.  
                                               
1 The 1994 Agreement and the amended Agreement are hereafter referred to together as the 
"Agreement on Govern ment Procurement". GPA/124 
 
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  5. From the date of entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for 
Montenegro, the European Union's Appendix I Annexes will apply subject to the terms set out in Attachment B to this Decision. 
6. Until the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement has entered into 
force for all Parties to the 1994 Agreement, as between Montenegro and a Party only to the 
1994 Agreement, the latter Party's Appendix I to the 1994 Agreement shall apply. 
7. This Decision shall expire six months after the date of its adoption by the Committee on 
Government Procurement unless it is extended by that Committee by mutual consent between the 
Committee and Montenegro. 
8. From the date of entry into force of the Agreement on Government Procurement for 
Montenegro, the terms attached to its instrument of accession shall become an integral part of the 
Agreement on Government Procurement as the Appendices with regard to Montenegro. GPA/124 
 
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ATTACHMENT A 
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      SDR 130,000 
 Services     SDR 130,000 
 
Construction Services   SDR 5,000,000 
List of 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 Transport 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 Labour 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; 
26. Directorate for Development of Small and Medium Sized Enterprise; 
27. Port Administration; 
28. Maritime Safety Department; 
                                               
∗ In English only. GPA/124 
 
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  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 Administration; 
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; 
59. Secretariat General of the Government of Montenegro; 
60. Central Bank of Montenegro; 
61. Protector of Human Rights and Freedoms (Ombudsman); 
62. Commission for the Control of Public Procurement Procedures; 
63. Supreme Court of Montenegro; 
64. Public Prosecutor's Office; 
65. Council for Privatization and Capital Projects; 
66. Administrative Court; 
67. Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office; 
68. Agency for Electronic Communications and Postal Services; 
69. Agency for Electronic Media; 
70. Agency for Medicines and Medical Devices; 
71. Agency for Amicable Settle ment of Labour Disputes; 
72. National Security Agency; 
73. Insurance Supervision Agency; 
74. Montenegrin Investment Promotion Agency (MIPA); 
75. Accreditation Body; 
76. Appellate Court; 
77. Montenegrin Academy of Sciences and Arts; 
78. Pension and Disability Insurance Fund/PIO; 
79. Health Insurance Fund; 
80. Healthcare Institution Pharmacies of Montenegro Montefarm; 
81. Securities Commission of Montenegro; 
82. MDI/Montenegro Defence Industry; 
83. National Tourism Organization; 
84. Radio and Television of Montenegro; 
85. Employment Agency. GPA/124 
 
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  Notes to Annex 1 
1.  The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
a. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of air traffic control 
equipment in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
b. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of good or service 
components of procurement which are not th emselves covered by this Agreement in 
regard of suppliers and services provid ers from the United States and Canada; 
until such time as Montenegro has accepted that the Parties concerned provide satisfactory 
reciprocal access for the Montenegrin goods, suppli ers, services and service providers to their own 
procurement markets.  
2.  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 Montenegrin law, until such time as Montenegro accepts that they no longer operate 
discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small and minority businesses. 
3.  "Central Government Entities" covers also any subordinated entity of any contracting authority 
of Montenegro provided it does not have separate legal personality. 
4.  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. 
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ANNEX 2 
SUB-CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES 
Thresholds: 
Goods      SDR 200,000 
 
Services     SDR 200,000  
Construction Services   SDR 5,000,000 
 List of Entities: 
1. All regional or local contracting authorities. 
All sub-central government entities (local self-government units) and subordinated organizations. 
Sub-central government entities shall be understood as contracting entities of administrative units with population between 7 million and 3 milli on, between 3 million and 800 000 and between 
800 000 and 150 000 inhabitants and smaller administrative units such as municipalities. 
 2. All contracting authorities which are bodies governed by public law. 
a. A "body governed by public law" means any body: 
i. established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not 
having an industrial or commercial character; and 
ii. having legal personality; and 
iii. 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. 
b. An indicative list of contracting authorities which are bodies governed by public law 
follows. GPA/124 
 
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  INDICATIVE LIST OF MONTENEGRO 'S CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES  
WHICH ARE BODIES GOVE RNED BY PUBLIC LAW 
1. Agency for Investment and Property, Bar; 
2. Directorate for Property and Protection of rights of the Municipality of Bijelo Polje; 
3. Directorate for Construction and Investment of Bijelo Polje; 
4. Budva Holding Ltd, Budva; 
5. Directorate for Investment and Development, Cetinje; 
6. Directorate for Traffic, Maintenance and Construction of Roads, Danilovgrad; 
7. Agency for Construction and Development, Herceg Novi; 
8. Agency for Managing the City Harbour, Herceg Novi; 
9. Agency for Protection and Development of Mount Orjen, Herceg Novi; 
10. Directorate for Development and Construction of Kotor; 
11. Foundation Kotor Festival of Children's Theatre; 
12. Agency for Investment, Construction Land and Development of Mojkovac; 
13. Housing Fund Agency Ltd, Pljevlja; 
14. Housing Agency Ltd, Podgorica; 
15. Agency for Construction and Development of Podgorica; 
16. Plodovi Crne Gore JSC, Podgorica  (Fruits of Montenegro JSC); 
17. Agency for Construction and Development, Ulcinj. 
Notes to Annex 2 1.  The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
a. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex in regard of suppliers, 
services and service providers from the United States; 
b. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of air traffic control 
equipment in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
c. procurement by cities-regions with a population between 7 million and 3 million, 
3 million and 800,000, local procuring enti ties and bodies governed by public law 
covered under this Annex in regard of goods, services, suppliers and service providers 
from Canada; 
d. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of good or service 
components of procurement which are not th emselves covered by this Agreement in 
regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States and Canada; 
e. 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 Montenegro has accepted that the Parties concerned provide satisfactory 
reciprocal access to Montenegrin goods, suppliers , services and service providers to their own 
procurement markets. 
 
2.  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 Montenegrin law, until such time as Montenegro accepts that they no longer operate 
discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small and minority businesses. 
3.  The provisions of Article XVIII shall not appl y to Japan and Korea in contesting the award of 
contracts by entities listed under Annex 2 paragraph 2, until such time as Montenegro accepts that 
they have completed coverage of sub-central entities. 
4.  The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to Japan and Korea in contesting that award of 
contracts by Montenegrin entities, whose value is  less than the threshold applied for the same 
category of contracts awarded by these Parties. GPA/124 
 
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ANNEX 3 
OTHER ENTITIES 
Thresholds: 
Goods      SDR 400,000 
 
Services     SDR 400,000  
Construction Services   SDR 5,000,000 
List of Entities: 1. All contracting entities whose procurement is covered by the public procurement legislation 
of Montenegro 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; 
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 
2. An indicative list of contracting authorities and public undertakings fulfilling the criteria set 
out above follows. 
                                               
1 A public 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: 
i. hold the majority of the undertaking's subscribed capital, or ii. control the majority of the votes attachin g to shares issued by the undertaking, or 
iii. can appoint more than half of the undertaking's administrative, management or supervisory 
body. 
2 As regards transport services, a network shall be considered to exist where the service is provided 
under operating conditions laid down by a competent auth ority of Montenegro, such as  conditions on the routes 
to be served, the capacity to be made av ailable or the frequency 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. GPA/124 
 
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  INDICATIVE LIST OF MONTENEGRO'S CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC 
UNDERTAKINGS FULFILLING THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN UNDER ANNEX 3 
1. Electric Power Company of Montenegro (EPCG); 
2. Montenegrin Electric Power Transmission System JSC Podgorica; 
3. Montenegrin Electric Energy Market Operator; 
4. Airports of Montenegro; 
5. Railway Infrastructure of Montenegro; 
6. Railway Transport of Montenegro; 
7. Monteput Ltd. Podgorica; 
8. Montecargo JSC Podgorica; 
9. Montenegro Post; 
10. PC Regional Water Supply System for Montenegrin Coast, Budva; 
11. Zeta Energy Ltd. Danilovgrad. 
Notes to Annex 3 
1.  Procurement for the pursuit of an activity li sted above when exposed to competitive forces in 
the market concerned are not covered by this Agreement. 
2.  This Agreement does not cover procurement by procuring entities included in this Annex: 
a. for the purchase of water and for the supply of energy or of fuels for the production of 
energy; 
b. 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; 
c. for purposes of re-sale or hire to third partie s, 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. 
3.  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 paragraphs a. or b. of this Annex where: 
a. the production of drinking water or electricity by the entity concerned takes place 
because its consumption is necessary for carryin g out an activity other than that referred 
to in paragraphs a. to f. of this Annex; and 
b. supply to the public network depends only on the entity's own consumption and has not 
exceeded 30% of the entity's total production of drinking water or energy, having regard 
to the average for the preceding three years, including the current year. 
4.  I. Provided that the conditions in paragraph II are met, this Agreement does not cover 
procurement: 
a. by a procuring entity to an affiliated undertaking
4, or 
b. 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. 
                                               
4 "affiliated undertaking" means 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 virtue of ownership, financial particip ation, or the rules which govern it. GPA/124 
 
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   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 provisio n of such services or supplies to undertakings 
with which it is affiliated.
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5.  This Agreement does not cover procurement: 
a. by a joint venture, formed exclusively by a number of procuring entities for the purposes 
of carrying out activities within the meaning of paragraphs a. to f. of this Annex, to one 
of these procuring entities, or 
b. 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. 
6.  The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
a. 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; 
b. procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of production, transport or 
distribution of drinking water covered under th is Annex in regard of suppliers and service 
providers from the United States; 
c. 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; 
d. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of air traffic control 
equipment in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
e. 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; 
f. 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; 
g. procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of urban railway covered under 
this Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from Japan; 
h. procurement by procuring entities operating 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; 
                                               
5 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 th at undertaking to show that 
the turnover referred to in this pa ragraph is credible, in particular by means of business projections. GPA/124 
 
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  i. 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; 
j. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of good or service 
components of procurement which are not them selves covered procurement in regard of 
suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
k. 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; 
l. 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, switch es and insulated cables) in regard of 
suppliers from Korea; 
m. 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; 
n. procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of bus services covered under 
this Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from Israel; 
until such time, Montenegro has accepted that the Parties concerned provide satisfactory 
reciprocal access to Montenegrin goods, suppliers , services and service providers to their own 
procurement markets. 
 7.  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 Montenegrin law, until such time as Montenegro 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 Montenegrin entities, whose value is  less than the threshold applied for the same 
category of contracts awarded by these Parties. 
8.  The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
a. procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of urban transport covered 
under this Annex of the following goods and services: 
i. H.S. 44.06 Railway or tramway sleepers of (cross-ties) wood; 
ii. H.S. 68.10 Railway or tramway sleepers of concrete and concrete guide-track 
sections for hovertrains; 
iii. 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; 
iv. H.S. 85.30.10 Electrical signalling, safety or traffic control equipment for railways, 
tramways; 
v. 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; GPA/124 
 
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  vi. Construction work for civil engineering for railways falling under CPC prov. 51310 
(Construction work for civil engineering for highways (except elevated highways), streets, roads, railways and airfield runways); 
vii. Construction work for civil engineering for railway tunnels and subways falling under 
CPC prov. 51320 (Construction work for civ il engineering for bridges, elevated 
highways, tunnels and subways); 
viii. 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 Montenegro has accepted that Japan has fully open its procurement of urban transport to Montenegrin suppliers, supplies, 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: 
CN Chapter   Description 
1. Chapter 25:    Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, lime  
and cement; 
2. Chapter 26:    Metallic ores, slag and ash; 
3. Chapter 27:   Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of their distillation,  
bituminous substances, mineral waxes, except: 
a. ex 27.10:   special engine fuels. 
4. Chapter 28:   Inorganic chemicals, organic and inorganic compounds of  
precious metals, of rare-earth metals, of  radio-active elements and isotopes, except: 
a. ex 28.09:   explosives; 
b. ex 28.13:   explosives; c. ex 28.14:   tear gas; d. ex 28.28:   explosives; 
e. ex 28.32:   explosives; 
f. ex 28.39:   explosives; g. ex 28.50:   toxic products; 
h. ex 28.51:   toxic products; 
i. ex 28.54:   explosives. 
5. Chapter 29:    Organic chemicals, except: 
a. ex 29.03:   explosives; 
b. ex 29.04:   explosives; c. ex 29.07:   explosives; d. ex 29.08:   explosives; 
e. ex 29.11:   explosives; 
f. ex 29.12:   explosives; g. ex 29.13:   toxic products; 
h. ex 29.14:   toxic products; 
i. ex 29.15:   toxic products; j. ex 29.21:   toxic products; 
k. ex 29.22:   toxic products; 
l. ex 29.23:   toxic products; m. ex 29.26:   explosives; n. ex 29.27:   toxic products; 
o. ex 29.29:   explosives. 
6. Chapter 30:    Pharmaceutical products; 
7. Chapter 31:    Fertilizers; 
8. Chapter 32:   Tanning and dyeing extracts, tannings and their derivatives,  
dyes, colours, paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and  stoppings, inks; 
9. Chapter 33:    Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or  
toilet preparations; GPA/124 
 
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  CN Chapter   Description 
10. 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"; 
11. Chapter 35:    Albuminoidal substances, glues, enzymes; 
12. Chapter 37:    Photographic and cinematographic goods; 
13. Chapter 38:    Miscellaneous chemical products, except: 
a. ex 38.19:   toxic products. 
14. Chapter 39: Artificial resins and plastic materials, cellulose esters and 
ethers, articles thereof, except: 
a. ex 39.03:   explosives. 
15. Chapter 40:    Rubber, synthetic rubber, factice, and articles thereof,  
except: 
a. ex 40.11:   bullet-proof tyres. 
16. Chapter 41:    Raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather; 
17. Chapter 42: Articles of leather, saddlery and harness, travel goods, 
handbags and similar containers, articles of animal gut (other 
than silk-worm gut); 
18. Chapter 43:    Furskins and artificial fur, manufactures thereof; 
19. Chapter 44:    Wood and articles of wood, wood charcoal; 
20. Chapter 45:    Cork and articles of cork; 
21. Chapter 46: Manufactures of straw of esparto and of other plaiting 
materials, basket ware and wickerwork; 
22. Chapter 47:    Paper-making material; 
23. Chapter 48:    Paper and paperboard, articles of paper pulp, of paper or of  
paperboard; 
24. Chapter 49: Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of 
the printing industry, manuscripts, typescripts and plans; 
25. Chapter 65:    Headgear and parts thereof; 
26. Chapter 66: Umbrellas, sunshades, walking-sticks, whips, riding-crops 
and parts thereof; 
27. Chapter 67: Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or 
of down, artificial flowers, articles of human hair; 
28. Chapter 68: Articles of stone, of plaster, of cement, of asbestos, of mica 
and of similar materials; 
29. Chapter 69:    Ceramic products; 
30. Chapter 70:    Glass and glassware; 
31. Chapter 71: Pearls, precious and semi-precious stones, precious metals, 
rolled precious metals, and articles thereof; imitation jewellery; 
32. Chapter 73:    Iron and steel and articles thereof; 
33. Chapter 74:    Copper and articles thereof; 
34. Chapter 75:    Nickel and articles thereof; 
35. Chapter 76:    Aluminium and articles thereof; 
36. Chapter 77:    Magnesium and beryllium and articles thereof; 
37.
 Chapter 78:    Lead and articles thereof; 
38. Chapter 79:    Zinc and articles thereof; 
39. Chapter 80:    Tin and articles thereof; GPA/124 
 
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  CN Chapter   Description 
40. Chapter 81:    Other base metals employed in metallurgy and  
articles thereof; 
41. Chapter 82: Tools, implements, cutlery, spoons and forks, of base metal, 
parts thereof, except: 
a. ex 82.05:   tools; b. ex 82.07:   tools, parts. 
42. Chapter 83:    Miscellaneous articles of base metal; 
43. Chapter 84:    Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances, parts thereof,  
except: 
a. ex 84.06:   engines; 
b. ex 84.08:   other engines; 
c. ex 84.45:   machinery; d. ex 84.53:   automatic data-processing machines; 
e. ex 84.55:   parts of machines under heading No 84.53; 
f. ex 84.59:   nuclear reactors. 
44. Chapter 85:    Electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof, except: 
a. ex 85.13:   telecommunication equipment; 
b. ex 85.15:   transmission apparatus. 
45. Chapter 86: Railway and tramway loco motives, rolling-stock and parts 
thereof; railway and tramway tracks fixtures and fittings, 
traffic signalling equipment of all kinds (not electrically 
powered), except: 
a. ex 86.02:   armoured locomotives, electric; 
b. ex 86.03:   other armoured locomotives; 
c. ex 86.05:   armoured wagons; d. ex 86.06:   repair wagons; 
e. ex 86.07:   wagons. 
46. Chapter 87: Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling-stock, and 
parts thereof, except: 
a. ex 87.08:   tanks and other armoured vehicles; 
b. ex 87.01:   tractors; 
c. ex 87.02:   military vehicles; d. ex 87.03:   breakdown lorries; 
e. ex 87.09:   motorcycles; 
f. ex 87.14:   trailers. 
47. Chapter 89:    Ships, boats and floating structures, except: 
a. ex 89.01 A:   warships. 
48. Chapter 90: Optical, photographic, cinematographic, measuring, checking, 
precision, medical and surgical instruments and apparatus, parts thereof, except: 
a. ex 90.05:   binoculars; 
b. ex 90.13:   miscellaneous instruments, lasers; c. ex 90.14:   telemeters; 
d. ex 90.28:   electrical and electronic measuring instruments; 
e. ex 90.11:   microscopes; f. ex 90.17:   medical instruments; 
g. ex 90.18:   mechano-therapy appliances; 
h. ex 90.19:   orthopaedic appliances; i. ex 90.20:   X-ray apparatus. 
49. Chapter 91:    Manufacture of watches and clocks; 
50. Chapter 92: Musical instruments, sound recorders or reproducers, 
television image and sound recorders or reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles; 
51. Chapter 94: Furniture and parts thereof, bedding, mattresses, mattress 
supports, cushions and similar stuffed furnishings, except: 
a. ex 94.01 A:   aircraft seats. GPA/124 
 
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  CN Chapter   Description 
52. Chapter 95:    Articles and manufactures of carving or moulding material; 
53. Chapter 96:    Brooms, brushes, powder-puffs and sieves; 
54. Chapter 98:    Miscellaneous manufactured articles. 
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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 Prov.) as contained in 
document MTN.GNS/W/1201: 
 
Description     CPC Prov. Reference No. 
1. Maintenance and repair services  6112, 6122, 633,  
886 
2. Land transport services,     712 (except 71235),  
including armoured car     7512, 87304 
services, and courier  
services, except transport  of mail 
3. Air transport services of    73 (except 7321) 
passengers and freight,  except transport of mail 
4. Transport of mail by land,    71235, 7321 
except rail, and by air 
5. Telecommunications services   752 
6. Financial services 
a. Insurance services    ex 81 
b. Banking and investments   812, 814 
services
2 
7. Computer and related services   84 
8. Accounting, auditing and    862 
bookkeeping services 
9. Market research and public opinion   864 
polling services 
10. Management consulting services  865, 8663 
and related services 
11. Architectural services;    867 
engineering services  and integrated engineering  
services, urban planning  
and landscape architectural  services; related scientific  
and technical consulting  
services; technical testing  and analysis services 
12. Advertising services    871 
13. Building-cleaning services and    874,  
property management services   82201-82206 
14. Publishing and printing services   88442 
on a fee or contract basis 
                                               
1 Except for services which entities have to procur e from another entity pursuant to an exclusive right 
established by a published law, regula tion or administrative provision. 
2 Except for the procurement or acquisition of fisca l agency or depository services, liquidation, and 
management services for regulated financial institutio ns or services related to the sale, redemption and 
distribution of public debt, including loans an d government bonds, note s and other securities. 
3 Except arbitration and conciliation services. GPA/124 
 
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  Description     CPC Prov. Reference No. 
15. Sewage and refuse disposal;   94 
sanitation and similar services 
Note to Annex 5 
Procurement by procuring entities covered under  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. 
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ANNEX 6 
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 
List of Construction Servic es (Division 51, CPC Prov.): 
1  CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 
All services listed in Division 51. 
 
2  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 the EU, Iceland, Liechtenstein, 
Norway, the Netherlands on behalf of Aruba and Switzerland, provided their value equals or 
exceeds SDR 5,000,000 and for the construction serv ice providers of Korea; provided their value 
equals or exceeds SDR 15,000,000. 
Note to Annex 6 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. GPA/124 
 
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  LIST OF DIVISION 51, CPC PROV. 
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 
water works 4520 
 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 GPA/124 
 
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  Group Class Subclass Title Corresponding 
ISCI 
 5164  Electrical work  
  51641 Electrical wiring and fitting work 4530 
  51642 Fire alarm construction work 4530 
  51643 Burglar alarm system construction work 4530 
  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 
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ANNEX 7 
GENERAL NOTES 
1.  This Agreement does not cover: 
a. procurement of agricultural products made in furtherance of agricultural support 
programmes and human feeding programmes (e.g. food aid including urgent relief aid); 
and 
b. 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. 
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APPENDIX II 
ELECTRONIC OR PAPER MEDIA UTILIZED BY PARTIES FOR THE PUBLICATION OF 
LAWS, REGULATIONS, JUDICIAL DECISIONS, ADMINISTRATIVE RULINGS OF GENERAL 
APPLICATION, STANDARD CONTRACT CLAUSES, AND PROCEDURES REGARDING GOVERNMENT 
PROCUREMENT COVERED BY THIS AGREEMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VI3 
MONTENEGRO  
1. Legislation: 
1. Službeni list Crne Gore (Offi cial Gazette of Montenegro) – http://www.sluzbenilist.me . 
2. Judicial decisions: 
1. Sudovi Crne Gore (the courts of Montenegro) – http://www.sudovi.me . 
 
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APPENDIX III 
ELECTRONIC OR PAPER MEDIA UTILIZED BY PARTIES FOR THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICES 
REQUIRED BY ARTICLES VII, IX:7 AND XVI:2 PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VI 
MONTENEGRO  
1. Portal javnih nabavki Crne Gore (Public Procurement Portal) – http://www.ujn.gov.me . 
 
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APPENDIX IV 
WEBSITE ADDRESS OR ADDRES SES WHERE PARTIES PUBLISH PROCUREMENT STATISTICS 
PURSUANT TO ARTICLE XVI:5 AND NOTICES CO NCERNING AWARDED CONT RACTS PURSUANT TO 
ARTICLE XVI:6 
MONTENEGRO  
1. Portal javnih nabavki Crne Gore (Public Procurement Portal) – http://www.ujn.gov.me . 
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ATTACHMENT B 
EUROPEAN UNION TERMS OF MONTENEGRO'S ACCESSION TO THE GPA 
1.  Upon Montenegro's accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement, point 2 of 
Section 2 (The Central Government contracting auth orities of the EU Member States) of Annex 1 to 
Appendix I for the European Union shall read as follows: 
"2. For the goods, services, suppliers and service providers of Israel and 
Montenegro, procurement by the following central government contracting 
authorities." 
2.  Upon Montenegro's accession to the Agreement on Government Procurement, section 2 of 
Annex 6 shall read as follows: 
"2. Works concessions contracts, when awarded by Annex 1 and 2 entities, are 
included under the national treatment regime for the construction service providers of 
Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, the Netherlands on behalf of Aruba, Switzerland and Montenegro, provided their value equals or exceeds 5,000,000 SDR and for the 
construction service providers of Korea; provided their value equals or exceeds 
15,000,000 SDR." 
 
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