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26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948)  PRINCIPALITY OF LIEC HTENSTEIN  
(Authentic in the English Language only)  
ANNEX 1  
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT E NTITIES  
Threshold s: 
Goods       SDR 130,000  
 
Services      SDR 130,000  
 
Construction Services    SDR 5,000,000  
List of Entities:  
1. Government of the Principality of Liechtenstein;  
2. Courts of the Principality of Liechtenstein;  
3. Parliament of the Principality of Liechtenstein.  
Notes to Annex 1  
1.  Central government entities covers also any subordinate entity of any central government 
entity provided it does not have a sep arate legal personality.  
2.  The following shall not be considered as covered procurement:  
a. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex in regard of procurement of 
FSC 58 (communications, protection and coherent radiation equipment) from Canada;  
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;  
until such time as the Principality of Liechtenstein has accepted that the Parties concerned pr ovide 
satisfactory reciprocal access for goods, suppliers, services and service providers of the Principality 
of Liechtenstein to their own procurement market.  
3.  The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to suppliers and service providers of Japan, Kor ea 
and the United States of America 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 the law of Liechtenstein until s uch time as the Principality of 
Liechtenstein accepts that they no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of certain 
domestic small and minority businesses.  APPENDIX I LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 2 Page 1/1  
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948) 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. Public Authorities at local level; 
2. All Bodies governed by public law.
1 
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 in regard of goods, services, 
suppliers and services suppliers from Canada; 
c. procurement by procuring entities covered under  this Annex in regard of procurement of 
FSC 58 (communications, protection and coherent radiation equipment) from Canada; 
until such time as the Principality of Liechtenstein has accepted that the Parties concerned provide 
satisfactory reciprocal access for goods, suppliers, services and service providers of the Principality 
of Liechtenstein to their own procurement market. 
2.  The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to suppliers and service providers of: 
a. Israel, Japan and Korea in contesting the award of contracts listed in Annex 2, paragraph 
2, until such time as the Principality of Liechtenstein accepts that they have completed 
coverage of sub-central entities; 
b. Israel, Japan and Korea in contesting the award of contracts by entities of the 
Principality of Liechtenstein, whose value is  less than the threshold applied for the same 
category of contracts awarded by these Parties; 
c. Japan, Korea and the United States of America 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 the law of Liechtenstein until 
such time as the Principality of Liechtenstein accepts that they no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small and minority businesses. 
                                               
1 A body is considered to be governed by public law where it: 
i. is established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not being of an 
industrial or commercial nature; 
ii. has legal personality; and 
iii. is financed for the most part by the State, or regional or local authorities, or other bodies 
governed by public law, or is  subject to management supervis ion by those bodies, or has an 
administrative, managerial or supervisory bo ard more than half of whose members are 
appointed by the State, regional or local author ities, or other bodies governed by public law.  APPENDIX I LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 3 Page 1/4  
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948) ANNEX 3 
OTHER ENTITIES 
Thresholds: 
Goods      SDR 400,000 
 
Services     SDR 400,000  
Construction Services   SDR 5,000,000 
List of Entities: 1. All procuring entities whose procurement is covered by the EEA 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 (as specified under title 1); 
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 (as specified under title 2); 
c. the provision or operation of networks2 providing a service to the public in the field of 
transport by urban railway, automated system s, tramway, trolleybus, bus or cable (as 
specified under title 3); 
d. the exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of the provision of airport or 
other terminal facilities to carriers by air (as specified under title 4); 
e. the exploitation of a geographical area for th e purpose of the provision of inland port or 
other terminal facilities to carriers by sea or inland waterway (as specified under title 5); 
f. provision of postal services (as specified under title 6). 
                                               
1 According to the EEA utilities directive, 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 undert aking's subscribed capital, or 
ii. control the majority of the votes attaching 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 authority of an EEA 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. APPENDIX I LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 3 Page 2/4  
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948) 1  PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT OR DISTRIBUTION OF DRINKING WATER 
1.1.  Public authorities and public undertakings producing, transporting and distributing drinking 
water. Such public authorities and public undertakings are operating under local legislation or under individual agreements based thereupon. 
1. Gruppenwasserversorgung Liechtensteiner Oberland; 
2. Gruppenwasserversorgung Liechtensteiner Unterland. 
2  PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY 
2.1.  Public authorities and public undertakings for the production, transport and distribution of 
electricity operating on the basis of authorizations for expropriation. 
1. Liechtensteinische Kraftwerke. 
3  PROCURING ENTITIES IN THE FIELD OF  URBAN RAILWAY, AUTOMATED SYSTEMS, 
TRAMWAY, TROLLEY BUS, BUS OR CABLE SERVICES 
3.1.  LIECHTENSTEINmobil. 4  PROCURING ENTITIES IN THE FIELD OF AIRPORT FACILITIES 
None. 
5  PROCURING ENTITIES IN THE FIELD OF INLAND PORTS None. 
6  POSTAL SERVICES 
6.1.  Liechtensteinische Post AG, but only for activities for which it holds exclusive rights. 
Notes to Annex 3 1. This Agreement does not cover procurement whic h the procuring entity awards for purposes 
other than the pursuit of their activities as desc ribed in this Annex or for the pursuit of such 
activities in a non-EEA country. 
2. This Agreement does not cover procurement: 
a. by a procuring entity to an affiliated undertaking
3; or 
b. by a joint venture formed exclusively by a number of procuring entities for the purpose 
of carrying out a relevant activity within th e meaning of paragraphs (a) to (f) of this 
Annex, to an undertaking which is affiliated with one of these procuring entities, 
provided that at least 80 per cent of the average tu rnover of the affiliated undertaking with respect 
to goods, services or construction services for the preceding three years derives respectively from the provision of such services or goods to undertakings with which it is affiliated. 
When, because of the date on which an affiliated undertaking was created or commenced 
activities, the turnover is not available for the pr eceding three years, it will be sufficient for that 
undertaking to show that the turnover referred to in this paragraph is credible, in particular by 
means of business projections. 
                                               
3 "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 subject 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. APPENDIX I LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 3 Page 3/4  
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948) 3. This Agreement does not cover procurement by entities in this Annex: 
a. by a joint venture, formed exclusively by a number of procuring entities for the purpose 
of carrying out activities 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 in order to carry out the activity concerned over a period of at least three years and that 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. 
4. This Agreement does not cover procurement for the purchase of water, the supply of energy 
or of fuels for the production of energy. 
5. This Agreement does not cover procurement by  procuring entities other than a public 
authority exercising the supply of drinking water or electricity to networks which provide a service to the public, if they produce these services by  themselves and consume them for the purpose of 
carrying out other activities than those described under this Annex under (a) and (b) and provided 
that the supply to the public network depends only on the entity's own consumption and does not exceed 30 per cent 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. 
6. This Agreement does not cover procurement for purposes of re-sale or hire to third parties, 
provided that the procuring entity enjoys no specia l 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. 
7. This Agreement does not cover procurement by procuring entities providing a bus service if 
other entities are free to offer the same service either in general or in a specific geographical area 
and under the same conditions. 
8. This Agreement does not cover procurement by  procuring entities pursuing an activity 
described in this Annex when that activity is exposed to full market competition. 
9. 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 in 
regard of suppliers and service providers of Canada and the United States of 
America; 
ii. electricity in regard of suppliers and service providers of Canada and Japan; 
iii. urban railway, tramway, trolley bus or bus services covered under this Annex in 
regard of goods, services, suppliers and service providers from Canada, Japan and 
the United States; 
iv. bus services under this Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from Israel 
and Korea; 
b. procurement by entities listed in this Annex as regards procurement of HS Nos. 8504, 
8535, 8537 and 8544 (electrical transformers, plugs, switches and insulated cables) in regard of suppliers of Israel and Korea; and HS Nos. 85012099, 85015299, 85015199, 
85015290, 85014099, 85015390 and 8536 in regard of suppliers of Israel; APPENDIX I LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 3 Page 4/4  
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948) c. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of air traffic control 
equipment in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States;
d. procurement of services in regard to Parties which do not include service contracts for 
the relevant entities in Annexes 1 to 3 and the relevant service category under this 
Annex in their own coverage; 
until such time as the Principality of Liechtenstein has accepted that the Parties concerned provide 
satisfactory reciprocal access for goods, suppliers, services and service providers of the Principality 
of Liechtenstein to their own procurement market. 
10. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not a pply to suppliers and service providers of: 
a. Israel, Japan and Korea in contesting the award of contracts by entities of the 
Principality of Liechtenstein, whose value is  less than the threshold applied for the same 
category of contracts awarded by these Parties; 
b. Japan, Korea and the United States of America 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 the law of Liechtenstein until 
such time as the Principality of Liechtenstein accepts that they no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small and minority businesses. APPENDIX I  LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 4  Page 1/1 
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948)  ANNEX 4  
GOODS  
Unless otherwise specified, this Agreement covers all goods.  APPENDIX I LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 5 Page 1/2  
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948) 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/120: 
Description     CPC Prov. Reference No. 
1. Maintenance and repair services  6112, 6122, 633,  
886 
2. Land transport services, including   712 (except  
armoured car services,     71235), 7512, and courier services, except    87304 
transport of mail 
3. Air transport services of    73  
passengers and freight, except   (except 7321) 
transport of mail 
4. Transport of mail by land,   71235, 7321 
except rail, and by air 
5. Telecommunications services   752 
6. Financial services     ex 81 
a. Insurance services    812, 814 
b. Banking and investment  
services
1 
7. Computer and related services   84 
8. Accounting, auditing and    862 
bookkeeping services 
9. Market research and public   864 
opinion polling services 
10. Management consulting services   865, 8662 
and related services 
11. Architectural services; engineering  867 
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, 82201-82206 
property management services 
14. Publishing and printing services  88442 
on a fee or contract basis 
15. Sewage and refuse disposal;    94 
sanitation and similar services 
                                               
1 Except contracts for financial services in connecti on with the issue, sale, purchase, or transfer of 
securities or other financial instru ments, and central bank services. 
2 Except arbitration and conciliation services.  APPENDIX I LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 5 Page 2/2  
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948) Notes to Annex 5 
1.  Covered services do not include services which entities have to procure from another entity 
pursuant to an exclusive right established by a published law, regulation or administrative provision. 
2.  Procurement by procuring entities covered under  Annexes 1 to 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. APPENDIX I LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 6 Page 1/1  
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948) ANNEX 6 
CONSTRUCTION SERVICES 
List of Construction Servic es (Division 51, CPC Prov.): 
Description     CPC Prov. Reference No. 
1. Pre-erection work      511 
at construction sites 
2. General construction     512 
work for buildings 
3. General construction work   513 
for civil engineering 
4. Installation and assembly work   514 
5. Special trade construction work  515 
6. Installation work     516 
7. Building completion and    517 
finishing work 
8. O t h e r        5 1 8  
Note to Annex 6 
Procurement by procuring entities covered under Annexes 1 to 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 6. APPENDIX I LIECHTENSTEIN  ANNEX 7 Page 1/1  
 
26 May 2014 (WT/Let/948) 
 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; 
b. the acquisition, development, production or  co-production of programme material by 
broadcasters and contracts for broadcasting time. 
2.  The provision of services, including construction services, in the context of procurement 
procedures according to this Agreement is subject to the conditions and qualifications for market access and national treatment as will be required by the Principality of Liechtenstein in conformity 
with its commitments under the GATS. 
3.  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. 
4.  Based on Article II, ch. 2 a) ii, this Agreement does not cover fund placements of insured 
persons conducted by public entities or undertaking s such as public insurance and pensions funds. 
 
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