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 UNITED KINGDOM 
(Authentic in the English Language only)  
ANNEX 1  
CENTRAL GOVERNMENT ENTITIES  
Thresholds : 
Goods      SDR 130,000   
Services      SDR 130,000   
Construction  Services    SDR 5,000,000  
List of entities:  
1  THE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES OF THE UNITED KINGDOM  
1. For the goods, services, suppliers and service providers of the European Union, Liechtenstein, 
Switzerland, Iceland, Norway, The Netherlands with respect to Aruba, procurement by all central 
government contracting authorities of the United Kingdom. The list below is indicative.  
2. For the goods, services, suppliers and service providers of Israel; Montenegro; the Republic 
of Moldova; Ukraine; the United States; Canada; Japan; Hong Kong , China, Singapore; Korea; 
Armenia; the Separate Customs Territory of Taiwan, Penghu, Kinmen and Matsu; New Zealand and 
Australia, procurement by the following central government contracting authorities.  
2  LIST OF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES  
1. Attorney General's Office:  
 1.1. Government Legal Department.  
2. Cabinet Office:  
 2.1. Office of the Parliamentary Counsel;  
 2.2.  Boundary Commission for England;  
 2.3. Crown Commercial Service.  
3. Charity Commission;  
4. Crown Estate – Vote Expenditure Only;  
5. Crown Prosecution Service;  
6. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy:  
 6.1. Competition Appeal Tribunal;  
 6.2. Competition and Markets Authority;  
 6.3. Competition Service;  
 6.4. Intellectual Property Office;  
 6.5. Nuclear Decomm issioning Authority;  
 6.6. Meteorological Office (known as "Met Office");  
 6.7. Office of Manpower Economics;  
 6.8. Oil and Gas Authority;  
 6.9. UK Research and Innovation.  
7. Department for Education:  
 7.1. Office for Students.  
8. Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government;  
9. Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport:  
 9.1. Arts Council England;  
 9.2. British Library;  
 9.3. British Museum;  
 9.4. The Gambling Commission;  
 9.5 Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for Eng land (known as "Historic 
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  9.6. Imperial War Museum;  
 9.7. National Gallery;  
 9.8. National Maritime Museum;  
 9.9. National Portrait Gallery;  
 9.10. Natural History Museum;  
 9.11. Board of Trustees of the Science Museum (known as "Science Museum Group "); 
 9.12. Tate Gallery;  
 9.13. Victoria and Albert Museum;  
 9.14. Wallace Collection.  
10. Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs:  
 10.1. Natural England;  
 10.2. Plant Variety Rights Office;  
 10.3. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.  
11. Department of Health and Social Care:  
 11.1. NHS Business Services Authority ;  
 11.2. NHS Commissioning Board (known as "NHS E ngland "); 
 11.3. NHS Trusts;  
 11.4. NHS Foundation Trusts . 
12. Department for International Trade;  
13. Department for Transport:  
 13.1. Maritime and Coastguard Agency ; 
 13.2. Highways England Company Ltd (known as "Highways England ").  
14. Department for Work and Pensions:  
 14.1. Office for Nuclear Regulation;  
 14.2. Pensions Regulator;  
 14.3. Social Security Advisory Committee.  
15. Export Credits Guarantee Department (known as "UK Export Finance "); 
16.  Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office :  
 16.1. Wilton Park.  
17. Governm ent Actuary's Department;  
18. Government Communications Headquarters;  
19. Home Office:  
 19.1. HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services.  
20. Corporate Officer of the House of Commons;  
21. Corporate Officer of the House of Lords;  
22. Ministry of Defence:  
 22.1. Defence Equipment & Support . 
23. Ministry of Justice:  
 23.1. Court of Appeal (England and Wales);  
 23.2. Employment Appeals Tribunal;  
 23.3. Employment Tribunals;  
 23.4. First-tier Tribunal;  
 23.5. Her Majesty 's Courts and Tribunals Service;  
 23.6. Law Commission;  
 23.7. Legal Aid Agency – England and Wales;  
 23.8. Office of the Official Solicitor to the Senior Courts and the Public Trustee;  
 23.9. Office of the Public Guardian;  
 23.10. Parole Board;  
 23.11. UK Supreme Court;  
 23.12. Upper Tribunal.  
24. The National Archives;  
25. National Audit Office;  
26. National Savings and Investments;  
27. Northern Ireland Assembly Commission;  
28. Northern Ireland Ministers:  
 28.1. Agricultural Wages Board for Northern Irelan d; 
 28.2. Attorney General for Northern Ireland;  
 28.3. Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;  
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  28.5.  Department for the Economy:  
 28.5.1  Consumer Council Northern Ireland (with respect only to the 
 functions transferred from the National Consumer Council which were themselves 
 transferred from the Gas and Electricity Consumer Council).  
 28.6.  Department of Education;  
 28.7.  Department of Finance;  
 28.8.  Department of Health;  
 28.9.  Department for Infrastructure;  
 28.10. Department of Justice:  
 28.10.1.  Coroners Service;  
 28.10.2.  County Courts;  
 28.10.3.  Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland;  
 28.10.4.  Crown Court;  
 28.10.5.  Enforcement of Judgements Office;  
 28.10.6.  Forensic Science Northern Ireland;  
 28.10.7.  Legal Service Agency Northern Ireland;  
 28.10.8.  Magistrates' Courts;  
28.10.9.  Pensions Appeals Tribunals (Northern Ireland);  
 28.10.10.  Police Service of Northern Ireland;  
 28.10.11.  Probation Board for Northern Ireland;  
 28.10.12.  Office of the Social Security Commissioners and Child Support 
 Commissioners (Northern Ireland);   
 28.10.13.  State Pathologist 's Department.  
 28.11. Executive O ffice. 
29. Northern Ireland Office:  
 29.1.  Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland;  
 29.2.  Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland.  
30. Office for National Statistics:  
 30.1.  National Health Service Central Register.  
31. Parliamentary Works Sponsor Body;  
32. Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman;  
33. Postal business of the Post Office;  
34. Privy Council Office;  
35. Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Ltd;  
36. HM Revenue and Customs ; 
37. Royal Hospital, Chelsea;  
38. Royal Mint;  
39. Rural Payments Agency;  
40. Scotland, Auditor -General;  
41. Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service;  
42. Scotland, National Records of Scotland;  
43. Scotland, Queen's and Lord Treasurer's Remembrancer;  
44. Scotland, Registers of Scotland;  
45. The Scotland Office;  
46. The Scottish Ministers:  
 46.1.  Architecture and Design Scotland;  
46.2.  Crofting Commission;  
 46.3.  Lands Tribunal for Scotland;  
 46.4.  National Galleries of Scotland;  
 46.5.  National Library of Scotl and; 
 46.6.  National Museums of Scotland;  
 46.7.  Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh;  
 46.8.  Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service ; 
 46.9.  Scottish  Further and Higher Education Funding Council;  
 46.10. Scottish Law Commission;  
 46.11. Special Health Boards;  
 46.12. Health Boards;  
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  46.16.  HM Inspectorate of Constabulary;  
 46.17.  Parole Board for Scotland;  
 46.18.  Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Scotland);  
 46.19.  Scottish Land Court;  
 46.20.  Sheriff Courts;  
 46.21.  Scottish Natural Heritage;   
46.22.  Scottish Police Authority;  
46.23.  First-tier Tribunal for Scotland;  
46.24.  Upper Tribun al for Scotland;  
46.25.  Historic Environment Scotland.  
47. The Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body;  
48. HM Treasury:  
 48.1.  United Kingdom Debt Management Office.  
49. The Wales Office - Office of the Secretary of State for Wales;  
50. The Welsh Ministers : 
 50.1.  Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees (Wales);  
 50.2.  Agricultural Land Tribunal for Wales;  
50.3  Higher Education Funding Council for Wales;  
 50.4.  Local Democracy and Boundary Commission for Wales;  
 50.5.  Rent Assessment Committee (Wales);  
 50.6.  The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales;  
 50.7.  Valuation Tribunal for Wales;  
 50.8.  Welsh National Health Service Trusts and Local Health Boards.  
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 o f good or service 
components of procurement which are not themselves covered by this Agreement in 
regard of suppliers and services providers from the United States and Canada;  
until such time as the United Kingdom has accepted that the Parties concerned pr ovide 
satisfactory reciprocal access for the United Kingdom 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, 
the US and Au stralia 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 as defined in 
Regulation 112(4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, until such time as t he United 
Kingdom accepts that they no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of certain 
domestic small and minority businesses.  
3. "Contracting authorities of the United Kingdom" covers also any subordinated entity of any 
contracting authority of t he United Kingdom provided it does not have separate legal personality.  
4. As far as procurement by entities in the field 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.  
a. All contracting authorities of the administrative units falling under Territorial Units 1, 2 
and 3 as described in Note 3 of the General Notes in Annex 7.  
b. For the purposes of the Agreement, "Regional contracting authorities" shall be understood 
as contracting authorities of the administrative units falling under Territorial Units 1 and 2 
as described in Note 3 of the General Notes in Annex 7.  
c. For the purposes of the Agreement, "Local contracting authorities" shall  be understood as 
contracting authorities of the administrative units falling under Territorial Unit 3 as 
described in Note 3 of the General Notes in Annex 7 and smaller administrative units.  
2. All contracting authorities which are bodies governed by public law, for England, Wales and 
Northern Ireland, as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 and, for Scotland, the 
Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.  
a. "Bodies governed by public law" as defined by the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 
means  any bodies that have all of the following characteristics:  
i. they are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, 
not having an industrial or commercial character;  
ii. they have legal personality; and  
iii. they have any of the fol lowing characteristics:  
a) they are financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, 
or by other bodies governed by public law;  
b) they are subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies; or  
c) they have an administrative , managerial or supervisory board; more than half 
of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local authorities or 
by other bodies governed by public law.  
b. "Body governed by public law" as defined by the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 
2015 means a body that has legal personality, is established for the specific purpose of 
meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character 
and which:  
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 ii. ii. is subject to management supervision by any such authority or body; or  
iii. iii. has an administrative, managerial or supervisory board more  than half the 
members of which were appointed  by any body referred to in sub -paragraph i.  
c. An indicative list of contracting authorities which are bodies governed by public law follows . 
INDICATIVE LISTS OF CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES WHICH ARE BODIES  
GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW  
Bodies:  
1.  Health and Safety Executive;  
2.  Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service;  
3.  Homes England;  
4.  NHS Blood and Transplant Service;  
5.  Environment Agency;  
6.  Scottish En terprise;  
7.  Ordnance Survey Limited;  
8.  Financial Conduct Authority.  
Categories : 
1.  Maintained schools;  
2.  Universities and colleges financed for the most part by other contracting authorities;  
3.  National Museums and Galleries;  
4.  Fire and Rescue Authorities;  
5.  Clinical Commissioning Groups;  
6.  Police Authorities;  
7.  Police and Crime Commissioners;  
8.  New Town Development Corporations;  
9.  Urban Development Corporations;  
10.  Local authorities including unitary authorities, county councils, district councils, metropolitan 
 distric t councils, London boroughs and the City of London;  
11.  National Park Authorities;  
12.  Registered providers of social housing.  
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. procuremen t by cities -regions listed under Territorial Units 1 and 2 as described in Note  3 
of the General Notes in Annex 7, local procuring entities and bodies governed by public 
law covered under this Annex in regard of goods, services, suppliers and service provi ders 
from Canada;  
d. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of good or service 
components of procurement which are not themselves covered by this Agreement in 
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 e. procurement between 200,000 SDR and 355,000 SDR by procuring entities covered under 
this Annex of goods and services for suppliers and service providers from Canada;  
f. procurement by local contracting authorities (contracting authorities of administrative 
units listed under Territorial Unit 3 as described in Note 3 of the General Notes in Annex  7 
and smaller administrative units) in regard of goods, services, suppliers and service 
providers from New Zealand;  
g. procurement by contracting authorities of administrative units listed under Territorial Units 
1 and 2 as described in Note 3 of the General Notes in Annex 7, in regard of goods, 
services, suppliers and service providers from New Zealand, unless their procurement is 
covered under the United Kingdom Annex 3;  
h. procurement by regional and local contracting authorities (contracting authorities of 
administrative units listed under Territorial Units 2 and 3 as described in Note 3 of the 
General No tes in Annex 7 and smaller administrative units) in regard of goods, services, 
suppliers and service providers from Australia;  
i. procurement between 200,000 SDR and 355,000 SDR by regional contracting authorities 
and between 200,000 SDR and 400.000 SDR for b odies governed by public law covered 
under this Annex of goods and services for suppliers and service providers from Australia;  
j. procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of:  
i. motor vehicles, as described in the Chapters of the Combined Nome nclature (CN) 
specified below:  
CN Chapter    Description  
1. 8702   Motor vehicles for the transport  
     of ten or more persons, including the driver;  
2. 8703   Motor cars and other motor vehicles  
     principally designed for the transport  
     of persons (other than those of heading  
     8702), including station wagons and  
     racing cars;  
3. 8704   Motor vehicles for the transport of goods;  
4. 8705   Special purpose motor vehicles, other than  
     those principally designed for the transport  
     of persons or goods (for example, breakdown  
     lorries, crane lorries, fire fighting vehicles,  
     concrete -mixer lorries, road sweeper lorries,  
     spraying lorries, mobile workshops, mobile  
     radiolo gical units);  
5. 8711   Motorcycles (including mopeds) and cycles  
     fitted with an auxiliary motor, with or  
     without side -cars; side cars;  
6. 8713   Carriages for disabled persons, whether or  
     not motorised or otherwise mechanically  
     propelled.  
ii. components for motor vehicles, as described in the Chapters of the Combined 
Nomenclature (CN) specified below:  
CN Chapter    Description  
1. 8706 00    Chassis fitted with engines, for the motor vehicles  
 of headings 8701 to 8705;  
2. 8707   Bodies (inclu ding cabs), for the motor vehicles  
 of headings 8701 to 8705;  
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 CN Chapter    Description  
3. 8708   Parts and accessories of the motor vehicles  
 of headings 8701 to 8705;  
4. 8714   Parts and accessories of vehicles of  
 headings 8711 to 8713;  
5. 8716   Trailers and semi -trailers; other vehicles,  
 not mechanically propelled; parts thereof.  
in regard of suppliers and service providers from Australia.  
until such time as the United Kingdom  has accepted that the Parties concerned provide 
satisfactory reciprocal access to United Kingdom goods, suppliers, services and service providers 
to their own procurement markets.  
2. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to suppliers and service pr oviders of Japan, Korea, 
the US and Australia 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 as defined in 
Regulation  112(4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, until such time as the United 
Kingdom 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 apply to Japan and Korea in contesti ng the award of 
contracts by entities listed under Annex 2 paragraph 2, until such time as the United Kingdom 
accepts that they have completed coverage of sub -central entities.  
4. The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to Japan and Korea in contestin g that award of 
contracts by United Kingdom entities, whose value is less than the threshold applied for the 
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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 utilities whose procurement is covered by the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and the 
Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 which are contracting authorities (e.g. those 
covered under Annex 1 and Annex 2) or public undertakings1 and which have as one of their 
activities any of those referred to below or any combination thereof:  
a. the provision or operation of fi xed 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 ser vice 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 systems, tramway, trolley bus, bus or cable;  
 
 
1 According to the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016, a "public undertaking" means any undertaking 
over which contracting authorities may exercise directly or indirectly a dominant influence by virtue of:  
a) their ownership of that undertaking;  
b) their financial participation in that undertaking; or  
c) the rules which govern that undertaking.  
According to the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016, a "public undertaking" means a person 
over which one or more contracting authorities are able to e xercise, directly or indirectly, a dominant influence 
by virtue of one or more of the following:  
a) their ownership of that person;  
b) their financial participation in that person;  
c) the rights accorded to them by the rules which govern that person.  
Accor ding to both the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) 
Regulations 2016, a dominant influence on the part of contracting authorities is presumed in any of the 
following cases in which those authorities, directly or ind irectly:  
a) hold the majority of the undertaking's subscribed capital;  
b) control the majority of the votes attaching to shares issued by the undertaking;  
c) 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 the United Kingdom such as conditions on the routes 
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 f. the provision or operation of networks providing a service to the public in the field of 
transport by railways.3 
2. Indicative lists of contracting authorities and public undertakings fulfilling the criteria set out 
above follow.  
INDICATIVE LISTS OF CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES AND PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS 
FULFILLING THE CRITERIA LAID DOWN UNDER ANNEX 3  
A. PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT OR DISTRIBUTION OF DRINKING WATER  
1.  A company holding an appointment as a water under taker or a sewerage undertaker under 
 the Water Industry Act. 1991;  
2.  Scottish Water;  
3.  Northern Ireland Water.  
B. PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRICITY  
1.  A person licensed under section 6 of the Electricity Act 1989;  
2.  A person licensed under Article 10(1) of the Electricity (Northern Ireland) Order 1992.  
C. AIRPORT INSTALLATIONS  
1.  A local authority which exploits a geographical area for the purpose of providing airport or 
 other terminal facilities to carriers by air;  
2.  Highland and Island s Airports Limited;  
3.  London Luton Airport Operations Limited;  
4.  Manchester Airports Holdings Limited;  
5.  Cornwall Airport Limited.  
D. MARITIME OR INLAND PORT OR OTHER TERMINAL FACILITIES  
1.  A local authority which exploits a geographical area for the purpose of  providing maritime or 
 inland port or other terminal facilities to carriers by sea or inland waterway;  
2.  A harbour authority within the meaning of section 57 of the Harbours Act 1964;  
3.  A harbour authority as defined by section 38(1) of the Harbours Act (No rthern Ireland) 1970.  
E. CONTRACTING ENTITIES IN THE FIELD OF URBAN RAILWAY, TRAMWAY, 
TROLLEYBUS OR BUS SERVICES  
1.  London Bus Services Limited;  
2.  London Underground Limited;  
3.  Transport for London;  
4.  A subsidiary of Transport for London within the meaning of s ection 424(1) of the Greater 
 London Authority Act 1999;  
5.  Strathclyde Partnership for Transport;  
6.  Transport for Greater Manchester;  
7.  Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport (trading as "Nexus");  
8.  Brighton and Hove City Council;  
9.  South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive;  
10.  Blackpool Transport Services Limited;  
11.  Conwy County Borough Council;  
12.  A person who provides a London local service as defined in section 179(1) of the Greater 
 London Authority Act 1999 (a bus service) in pursuance of an agreement entered into by 
 Transport for London under section 156(2) of that Act or in pursuance of a tra nsport
 subsidiary's agreement as defined in section 169 of that Act;
 
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 13.  Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company;  
14.  A person who holds a bus operator's licence under section 4(1) of the Transport Act Northern 
 Ireland) 1967 which authorises him to provide a  regular service within the meaning of that 
 licence.  
F. CONTRACTING ENTITIES IN THE FIELD OF RAIL SERVICES  
1.  Network Rail plc;  
2.  Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company;  
3.  Northern Ireland Railways Company Limited;  
4.  Providers of rail services which operat e on the basis of special or exclusive rights granted by 
 the Department of Transport or any other competent authority.  
Notes to Annex 3  
1. Procurement for the pursuit of an activity listed 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 th e pursuit of their activities as listed in this Annex or for the 
pursuit of such activities outside of the United Kingdom;  
c. for purposes of re -sale or hire to third parties, 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 t han 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  carrying 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 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.  
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 undertaking4; 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.  
 II.  Paragraph I shall apply to services or supplies contracts provided that at least 
80 per cent of the average turnover of the affiliated undertaking with respect to services or  
supplies for  the preceding three years derives respectively from the provisi on of such services 
or supplies to undertakings with which it is affiliated.5 
 
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 t o the dominant influence of another undertaking by virtue 
of ownership, financial participation, or the rules which govern it.  
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 that undertaking to show that the 
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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 co vered 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, serv ices, 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 this Annex in regard of suppliers and service 
providers from the United Sta tes; 
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 Stat es; 
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 unde r 
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 s ervice 
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;  
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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 themselves covered procurement in regard of 
suppliers and service providers from the United States;  
k. procurement by procuring entiti es 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, switches 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 th e field of bus services covered under this 
Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from Israel;  
o. procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of production, transport or 
distribution of drinking water covered under this Annex in regar d of supplies, services and 
service providers from New Zealand;  
p. procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of airport facilities covered under 
this Annex in regard of supplies, services, and service providers from New Zealand;  
q. procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of the provision of maritime or 
inland port or other terminal facilities covered under this Annex in regard of supplies, 
services, and service providers from New Zealand;  
r. procurement by regional or local contractin g authorities operating in the fields covered by 
this Annex, in regard of supplies, services, and service providers from New Zealand, with 
the exception of procurement by contracting authorities of administrative units listed 
under Territorial Units 1 and 2 as described in Note 3 of the General Notes in Annex 7 
operating in the field of transport by urban railway, automatic systems, tramway, trolley 
bus, bus and cable;  
s. procurement by procuring entities operating in the fields of:  
i. production, transport or di stribution 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 ;  
v. urban railway, tramway, trolley bus or bus services covered under this Annex; and  
vi. transport by railways covered under this Annex.  
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 until such time, the United Kingdom has accepted that the Parties concerned provide satisfactory 
reciprocal access to United Kingdom goods, suppliers, services and service providers to their 
own procurement markets.  
7. The pr ovisions 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 enterprise s as defined in 
Regulation  112(4) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, until such time as the United 
Kingdom accepts that they no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of certain 
domestic small and minority businesses. The provisions of Art icle XVIII shall not apply to Japan 
and Korea in contesting that award of contracts by United Kingdom 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;  
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) (as contained in document 
MTN/GN S/W/120);  
vii. 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) (as contained in document MTN/GNS/W/120);  
viii. Repair a nd 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) (as contained in document MTN/GNS/W/120);  
in regard of suppliers and service providers from Japan, until such time as the United Kingdom 
has accepted that Japan has fully open its procurement of urban transport to United Kingdom 
suppliers, supplies, service providers and services . 
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 LIST OF TERRITORIAL UNITS  
Territorial Unit 1  
 Territorial Unit 2  
 Territorial Unit 3  
 
1. North East 
(England)   
1.1. Tees Valley and Durham   
1.1.1. Hartlepool and Stockton -on-Tees 
1.1.2. South Teesside  
1.1.3. Darlington  
1.1.4. Durham County Council  
 
1.2. Northumberland and 
Tyne and Wear  1.2.1. Northumberland  
1.2.2. Tyneside  
1.2.3. Sunderland  
 
2. North West 
(England)   
2.1. Cumbria   
2.1.1. West Cumbria  
2.1.2. East Cumbria  
 
2.2. Cheshire  2.2.1. Warrington  
2.2.2. Cheshire East  
2.2.3. Cheshire West and Chester  
 
2.3. Greater Manchester  2.3.1. Greater Manchester South East  
2.3.2. Greater Manchester South West  
2.3.3. Greater Manchester North East  
2.3.4. Greater Manchester North West  
2.3.5. Manchester  
 
2.4. Lancashire  2.4.1. Blackburn with Darwen  
2.4.2. Blackpool  
2.4.3. Chorley and West Lancashire  
2.4.4. East Lancashire  
2.4.5. Mid Lancashire  
2.4.6. Lancaster and Wyre  
 
2.5. Merseyside  2.5.1. East Merseyside  
2.5.2. Liverpool  
2.5.3. Sefton  
2.5.4. Wirral  
 
3. Yorkshire and the 
Humber   
3.1. East Yorkshire and 
Northern Lincolnshire   
3.1.1. City of Kingston upon Hull  
3.1.2. East Riding of Yorkshire  
3.1.3. North and North East Lincolnshire  
 
3.2. North Yorkshire  3.2.1. York  
3.2.2. North Yorkshire County Council  
 
3.3. South Yorkshire  3.3.1. Barnsley, Doncaster and 
Rotherham  
3.3.2. Sheffield  
 
3.4. West Yorkshire  3.4.1. Bradford  
3.4.2. Leeds  
3.4.3. Calderdale and Kirklees  
3.4.4. Wakefield  
 
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 Territorial Unit 1  
 Territorial Unit 2  Territorial Unit 3  
11. Wales  
  
11.1. West Wales  
 
 
  
11.1.1. Isle of Anglesey  
11.1.2. Gwynedd  
11.1.3. Conwy and Denbighshire  
11.1.4. South West Wales  
11.1.5. Central Valleys  
11.1.6. Gwent Valleys  
11.1.7. Bridgend and Neath Port Talbot  
11.1.8. Swansea  
 
11.2. East Wales  11.2.1. Monmouthshire and Newport  
11.2.2. Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan  
11.2.3. Flintshire and Wrexham  
11.2.4. Powys  
 
12. Northern Ireland   
12.1. Northern Ireland   
12.1.1. Belfast  
12.1.2. Armagh City, Banbridge and 
Craigavon  
12.1.3. Newry, Mourne and Down  
12.1.4. Ards and North Down  
12.1.5. Derry City and Strabane  
12.1.6. Mid Ulster  
12.1.7. Causeway Coast and Glens  
12.1.8. Antrim and Newtownabbey  
12.1.9. Lisburn and Castlereagh  
12.1 10. Mid and East Antrim  
12.1.11. Fermanagh and Omagh  
 
 
 
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