RESTRICTED  WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION  
ORGANISATION MONDIALE DU COMMERCE  
ORGANIZACIÓN MUNDIAL DEL COMERCIO  GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
10 January 2011 
 (11-0185) 
Committee on Government Procurement Original:   English/ 
 anglais/  inglés 
 
 
 
NEGOTIATIONS ON EXTENSION OF COVERAGE AND ELIMINATION OF  
DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES AND PRACTICES PURSUANT TO  
ARTICLE XXIV:7(B) AND (C) OF THE AGREEMENT  
ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
 
Communication from Norway
1 
 
Second Revision  
  The following communication, dated 10 January 2 011, is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of Norway. 
 
Comité des marchés publics  
  
NÉGOCIATIONS SUR L'EXTENSION DE LA PORTÉE DE L'ACCORD ET 
L'ÉLIMINATION DES MESURES ET PRATIQUES DISCRIMINATOIRES  
AU TITRE DE L'ARTICLE XXIV: 7 b) ET c) DE L'ACCORD  
SUR LES MARCHÉS PUBLICS 
 
Communication de la Norvège
1 
 
Deuxième Révision  
  La communication ci-après, datée du 10 janvier  2011, est distribuée à la demande de la 
délégation de la Norvège. 
 
Comité de Contratación Pública 
 
 
AMPLIACIÓN DEL ÁMBITO DE APLICACIÓN Y LA ELIMINACIÓN DE  
LAS MEDIDAS Y PRÁCTICAS DISCRIMINATORIAS EN CONFORMIDAD  
CON EL PÁRRAFO 7(b) Y (c) DEL ARTÍCULO XXIV DEL ACUERDO  
SOBRE CONTRATACIÓN PÚBLICA  
 
Comunicación de Noruega1 
 
Segunda Revisión  
  La siguiente comunicación, de fecha 10 de enero de 2011, se distribuye a petición de la delegación de Noruega. 
                                                     
 
1 In English only./En anglais seulement./En inglés solamente. GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT 
 
NEGOTIATIONS UNDER ARTICLE XXIV:7 OF THE AGREEMENT FOR EXTENSION 
OF COVERAGE AND ELIMINATION OF DISCRIMINATORY MEASURES 
 
NORWAY'S SECOND REVISED OFFER 
 
  Norway is pleased to present her second revised offer as detailed in the attached document.  
Norway reserves her right to withdraw or review this offer in the light of further development, 
including offers from other GPA Parties. 
  Norway reaffirms her commitments to a successful achievement of the negotiations on extension on coverage and elim ination of discriminatory measures of the WTO Agreement on 
Government Procurement.   The format of this offer is ba sed on Norway's first revised offer. 
  Added text is underlined
 and deletions are marked by strikethroughs . 
 
 Additional information is placed in boxes. 
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NORWAY 
 
(Authentic in the English language only) 
 
 
ANNEX 1 
 
Central Government Entities wh ich Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement 
 
 Goods
 Supplies    (specified in Annex 4)1 
Threshold :   SDR 130,000 
 
Services    (specified in Annex 4 5)1 
Threshold :   SDR 130,000 
 Construction Services
 Works  (specified in Annex 5 6) 
Threshold :   SDR 5,000,000 
 
 
All Central Government Entities.  
 
[A revised indicative list will be included.]  
 
Notes to Annex 1  
 
1. "Central Government Entities" is meant to c over also any subordinated entity of any central 
government entity, provided that it do es not have separate legal personality. 
 
2.
 Contracts a warded by entities in connection with activities in the fields of drinking water, 
energy, post, transport or telecommunications, are not included.  
 
This note is moved to Annex 7 General Notes. 
 
3.2. The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
  -
 procurement by procuring entities covered unde r this annex in regard of FSC 36, 70 
and 74 (special industry machinery; ge neral purpose automatic data processing 
equipment, software, supplies and support  equipment (except 7010 ADPE 
configurations) ;  office machines, visible record equipment and ADP equipment) 
from Canada;  
  - procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex in re gard of procurement 
of FSC 58 (communications, protection an d coherent radiation equipment) from 
Canada; 
 
                                                     
 
1 Norway’s offer for a threshold of SDR 130,000 for supplies and services is conditioned on the 
premise that the threshold in the European Ec onomic Area Agreement (EEA Agreement) i s not set higher that 
the equivalent of SDR 130,000.  If the EEA threshold is set at a higher level, the threshold for supplies and 
Services in this Annex will be set at an equal, higher level.  GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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 - procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex in regard
 of air traffic 
control equipment in regard of  suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
 until such time as Norway has accepted that the Parties concerned provide satisfactory reciprocal 
access for Norwegian goods, suppliers, services and service providers to their own procurement 
market.  
 3. -
 pProcurement by procuring entities covered unde r this annex linked to programs funded by 
EEA Grants in regard of suppliers and service provi ders of the United States, Japan and Korea shall 
not be considered as covered procurement until such time as Norway accepts  that the United States, 
Japan and Korea no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of cer tain domestic small and 
minority businesses.  4.
 As far as procurement by the Ministry of Defence, its subordinated entities and entities in the 
field of security are concerned, only procurements of non -sensitive and non -warlike materials falling 
under the HS Chapters specified below,  are covered.  
 Chapter 25:
 Salt; sulphur; earths and stone; pl astering material s, lime and cement  
Chapter 26:  Metallic ores, slag and ash  
Chapter 27:  Mineral fuels, mineral oils and products of  their distillation; bituminous substances; 
mineral waxes, exce pt: 
  ex 27.10  special engine fuels  
Chapter 28:  Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic co mpounds of precious me tals, of rare earth 
metals, of radio -active elements and of isotopes, except:  
  ex 28.09   explosives  
  ex 28.13   explosives  
  ex 28.14   t ear gas  
  ex 28.28   explosives  
  ex 28.32   explosives  
  ex 28.39   explosives  
  ex 28.50   toxic products  
  ex 28.51   toxic products  
  ex 28.54   explosives  
Chapter 29:  Organic chemicals, except:  
  ex 29.03   explosives  
  ex 29.04   explosives  
  ex 29.0 7   explosives  
  ex 29.08   explosives  
  ex 29.11   explosives  
  ex 29.12   explosives  
  ex 29.13   toxic products  
  ex 29.14   toxic products  
  ex 29.15   toxic products  
  ex 29.21   toxic products  
  ex 29.22   toxic products  
  ex 29.23   toxic products  
  ex 29.26   explosives  
  ex 29.27   toxic products  
  ex 29.29   explosives  
Chapter 30:  Pharmaceutical products  
Chapter 31:  Fertilizers  
Chapter 32:  Tanning and dyeing extracts; tannins and thei r derivatives; dyes, colours, paints and 
varnishes, putty, fille rs and stoppings, inks  
Chapter 33:  Essential oils and resinoi ds; perfumery, cosmetics and toilet preparations   GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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Chapter 34:  Soap, organic surface -active agents, washing preparations, lubricating  
  preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing a nd scouring preparations, 
candles and similar articles, mode lling pastes and "dental waxes"  
Chapter 35:  Albuminoidal substances; glues; enzymes  
Chapter 37:  Photographic and cinematographic goods  
Chapter 38:  Miscellaneous chemical products, except:  
  ex 38. 19   toxic products  
Chapter 39:  Artificial resins and plastic materials, cellulose esters and ethers, articles `   
 thereof, except:  
  ex 39.03   explosives  
Chapter 40:  Rubber, synthetic rubber, factice,  and articles thereof, except:  
  ex 40.11   bullet -proof tyres  
Chapter 41:  Raw hides and skins (other than fur skins) and leather  
Chapter 42:  Articles of leather; saddlery and harness;  travel goods, handbags an d similar containers; 
articles of animal gut (other than silk -worm gut)  
Chapter 43:  Fur skins and ar tificial fur; manufactures thereof  
Chapter 44:  Wood and articles of wood; wood charcoal  
Chapter 45:  Cork and articles of cork  
Chapter 46:  Manufactures of straw of esparto and of other plaiting material s; basketware and 
wickerwork  
Chapter 47:  Paper -making material  
Chapter 48:  Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard  
Chapter 49:  Printed books, newspapers, pictures and ot her products of the printing industry;  
manuscripts, typescripts and plans  
Chapter 65:  Headgear and parts the reof 
Chapter 66:  Umbrellas, sunshades, walking -sticks, whips, riding -crops and parts thereof  
Chapter 67:  Prepared feathers and down and articles made of feathers or of down; artificial flowers; 
articles of human hair  
Chapter 68:  Articles of stone, of plas ter, of cement, of asbestos, of  mica and of similar materials  
Chapter 69:  Ceramic products  
Chapter 70:  Glass and glassware  
Chapter 71:  Pearls, precious and semi -precious stones, precious metals, rolled precious metals,  and 
articles thereof; imitation jewe llery 
Chapter 73:  Iron and steel and articles thereof  
Chapter 74:  Copper and articles thereof  
Chapter 75:  Nickel and articles thereof  
Chapter 76:  Aluminium and articles thereof  
Chapter 77:  Magnesium and beryllium and articles thereof  
Chapter 78:  Lead and articles thereof  
Chapter 79:  Zinc and articles thereof  
Chapter 80:  Tin and articles thereof  
Chapter 81:  Other base metals employed in metallurgy and articles thereof  
Chapter 82:  Tools, implements, cutlery,  spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, ex cept:  
  ex 82.05   tools  
  ex 82.07   tools, parts  
Chapter 83:  Miscellaneous articles of base metal  
Chapter 84:  Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof, except:  
  ex 84.06   engines  
  ex 84.08   other engines  
  ex 84.45   machinery  
  ex 84.53   automatic data -processing machines  
  ex 84.55   parts of machines under heading 84.53  
  ex 84.59   nuclear reactors  
Chapter 85:  Electrical machinery and equipment;  parts thereof, except:  GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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 ex 85.13   telecommunication equipment  
  ex 85.15   trans mission apparatus  
Chapter 86:  Railway and tramway locomotives, rolling -stock and parts thereof, except:  
  ex 86.02   armoured locomotives, electric  
  ex 86.03   other armoured locomotives  
  ex 86.05   armoured wagons  
  ex 86.06   repair wagons  
  ex 86.07   wagons  
Chapter 87:  Vehicles, other than railway or tramway rolling -stock, and parts thereof, except:  
  ex 87.01   tractors  
  ex 87.02   military vehicles  
  ex 87.03   breakdown lorries  
  ex 87.08   tanks and other armoured vehicles  
  ex 87.09   motorcycle s 
  ex 87.14   trailers  
Chapter 89:  Ships, boats and floating structures, except:  
  ex 89.01A  warships  
Chapter 90:  Optical, photographic, cinemat ographic, measuring, checki ng, precision, medical and 
surgical instruments and apparatus; parts thereof, excep t: 
  ex 90.05   binoculars  
  ex 90.13   miscellaneous instruments, lasers  
  ex 90.14   telemeters  
  ex 90.28   electrical and elec tronic measuring instruments  
  ex 90.11   microscopes  
  ex 90.17   medical instruments  
  ex 90.18   mechano -therapy appliances  
  ex 90.19   orthopaedic appliances  
  ex 90.20   X -ray apparatus  
Chapter 91:  Manufacture of watches and clocks Cl ocks and watches and parts thereof  
Chapter 92:  Musical instruments; sound recorders or reproducers; televisi on image and sound 
recorders or re producers; parts and accessories of such articles  
Chapter 94:  Furniture and parts thereof; bedding, matt resses, mattress supports, cushions and 
similar stuffed furnishings, except:  
  ex 94.01A  aircraft seats  
Chapter 95:  Articles and manufactures of carvin g or moulding material  
Chapter 96:  Brooms, brushes, powder -puffs and sieves  
Chapter 98:       Miscellaneous manufactured articles  
 
This note is moved to new Annex 4 on goods. 
  GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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ANNEX 2 
 
Sub-Central Entities which Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement 
 
 Goods
 Supplies    (specified in Annex 4)  
Threshold :   SDR 200,000 
 Services    (specified in Annex 4
5) 
Threshold :   SDR 200,000 
 Construction Services
 Works  (specified in Annex 5 6) 
Threshold :   SDR 5,000,000  
 
 
1. All sub-central government entities, including those  operating at the regional (counties),  or 
local or  (municipalities)  level. 
 2. All bodies governed by public law.  
 A body is considered to be governed by public law when it: 
 
(1) is established for the specific purpose of meeti ng needs in the general interest, not being 
of a commercial or industrial nature;  and 
(2) has legal personality;  and 
(3) 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 ma nagement supervision by those bodies, or has 
an administrative, managerial or supervisory board more than half of whose members are 
appointed by the State, regional or local authorities, or other bodies established by public law. 
 
3. All associations formed by one or sever al of the entities covered by the preceding 
paragraphs 1 and 2.  [A revised indicative list will be included].  
 
Notes to Annex 2 
 
1.
 Contracts awarded by entities in connection with activities in the fields of drinking water, 
energy, post, transport  or telecommunications, are not included.  
 
This note is moved to Annex 7 General Notes. 
 
2.1. The following shall not be considered as covered procurement: 
  - procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex in regard of  suppliers, 
services and service providers from the United States;  
  -
 procurement by procuring entities covered under this annex in regard of  goods, 
services, suppliers and services suppliers from Canada;  
 GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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 -
 procurement by procuring entities c overed under this annex in regard  of FSC 36, 70 
and 74 (special industry machinery; ge neral purpose automatic data processing 
equipment, software, supplies and support equipment (except 7010 ADPE 
configurations);  office machines, visible record equipment and ADP equipment) 
from Canada;  
 
 - procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex in re gard of procurement 
of FSC 58 (communications, protection an d coherent radiation equipment) from 
Canada; 
 
 - procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex in regard  of air traffic 
control equipment in regard of  suppliers and service providers from the United States;  
  - procurement by procuring entities cove red under this Annex of good or service 
components of procurement which are not themselves covered by this agreement in 
regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States and Canada; 
  - procurement by entities covered under this annex of construction services of a value 
between 5,000,000 SDR and 15,000,000 SDR in  regard of providers of construction 
services from Korea, as well as in regard of providers of construction services from 
Japan; 
 
until such time as Norway accepts that  the Parties concerned provide satisfactory reciprocal access for 
Norwegian goods, suppliers, services and service pr oviders to their own procurement market.  
 2. -
 pProcurement by procuring entities covered unde r this annex linked to programs funded by 
EEA Grants in regard of suppliers and service provi ders of the United States, Japan and Korea shall 
not be considered as covered procurement until such time as Norway accepts  that the United States, 
Japan and Korea no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of cer tain domestic small and 
minority businesses.  3. In regard of goods, services, suppliers and ser vices providers from Canada this Annex shall 
only apply to procurement by sub-central governme nt entities operating at regional level (counties).  
 
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ANNEX 3 
 
Other Entities which Procure in Accordance 
with the Provisions of this Agreement 
  
Goods
 Supplies    (specified in Annex 4)  
Threshold :   SDR 400,000 
 Services    (specified in Annex 4
5) 
Threshold :   SDR 400,000 
 Construction Services
 Works  (specified in Annex 5 6) 
Threshold :   SDR 5,000,000  
 
 
 All contracting entities whose procurement is covered by the EEA utilities directive which are 
contracting authorities (e.g. those covered unde r 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 fixed netw orks intended to provide a service to the 
public in connection with the production, tran sport or distribution of drinking water 
or the supply of drinking water to such networks; 
  (b) the provision or operation of fixed netw orks 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 networks
2 providing a service to the public in the field 
of transport by urban railway, automated systems, tramway, trolley bus, bus or cable. 
  A revised indicative list of contracting au thorities and public undertakings fulfilling the 
criteria set out above will be included. 
  
                                                     
 
 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: 
- hold the majority of the undertaking's subscribed capital, or - control the majority of the votes attaching to shares issued by the undertaking, or 
- can appoint more than half of the undertaking's administrative, management or supervisory 
body. 
 
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 frequency of the service. GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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Notes to Annex 3  
 
1. Contracts awarded for the pursuit of an activ ity listed above shall not be subject to this 
agreement when the activity is directly exposed  to competition on markets to which access is not 
restricted. 
 
2. This Agreement shall not apply to c ontracts awarded by entities 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 ac tivities as described 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 parties provided that the contracting entity enjoys 
no special or exclusive right to sell or hire the subject of such contracts and that other 
entities are free to sell or hire it under the same conditions as the contracting entity. 
 3. This Agreement shall not apply to c ontracts awarded by entities in this Annex: 
 
(a) by a contracting entity to an affiliated undertaking
3;  or 
 
(b) by a joint venture formed exclusively by a number of contracting entities for the 
purpose of carrying out a relevant activity with in the meaning of pa ragraphs (a) to (e) 
of this Annex, to an undertaking which is affiliated with one of these contracting 
entities, 
 
provided that at least 80 per cent of the averag e turnover of the affili ated undertaking with 
respect to supplies  goods , services or construction services for the preceding three years derives 
respectively from the provision of  such services or supplies  goods to undertakings with which it 
is affiliated. 
 
When more than one undertaking affiliated with the contracti ng entity provides the same or 
similar supplies  goods , services or construction services , the above percentages shall be 
calculated taking into account the total turnove r deriving respectively from the provision of 
supplies  goods , services or construction services  by those affiliated undertakings. 
 
When, because of the date on which an aff iliated undertaking was created or commenced 
activities, the turnover is not available for the preceding three years, it will be sufficient for 
that undertaking to show that the turnover re ferred to in this paragraph is credible, in 
particular by means of business projections. 
 4. This Agreement shall not apply to c ontracts awarded by entities in this Annex: 
 
(a) by a joint venture, formed exclusively by  a number of contracting entities for the 
purpose of carrying out activities within the meaning of paragraphs (a) to (e) of this 
Annex, to one of these c ontracting entities;  or 
                                                     
 
 3 "affiliated undertaking" means any undertaking the annual accounts of  which are consolidated with 
those of the procuring entity in accordance with the requ irements 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 virtue of ownership, financial participation, or the rules which govern it.  GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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(b) by a contracting entity to such a joint venture of which it forms part, provided that the 
joint venture has been set up in order to ca rry out the activity concerned over a period 
of at least three years and that the instrument  setting up the joint venture stipulates that 
the contracting entities, which form it, will be  part thereof for at least the same period. 
 
5. The supply of drinking water or electricity to networks which provide a service to the public by a procuring entity other than a contracting author ity shall not be considered as a relevant activity 
within the meaning of paragraph (a) and
 or (b) of this Annex where: 
 
(a) the production of drinking water or electric ity by the entity concerned takes place 
because its consumption is necessary for carry ing out an activity other than that referred 
to in paragraphs (a) and  to (be) 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 tota l production of drinking water or energy, 
having regard to the average for the precedi ng three years, including the current year. 
 6. The following shall not be considered as covered procurement:   - procurement by procuring entities operating in the fields of: 
 
  (i) production, transport or distributio n of drinking water covered under this 
 Annex; 
  (ii) airport facilities covered under this Annex;   (iii) maritime or inland port or other terminal facilities covered under this Annex;  
 and 
  (iv) urban railway, tramway, trolley bus or bus services covered under this Annex 
 in regard of supplies
 goods , services, suppliers and service providers from 
 Canada; 
  - procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of production, transport or 
distribution of drinking water covered under this Annex in regard of suppliers and 
service providers from the United States;  
  - procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex in regard
 of air traffic 
control equipment in regard of  suppliers and service providers from the United States; 
 
 - procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of airport facilities covered 
under this Annex in regard of suppliers and service providers from the United States 
and Korea; 
  - procurement by procuring entities operating in the field of urban railway, tramway, 
trolley bus or bus services covered under this Annex in regard  of suppliers and 
service providers from the United States, J
apan and Korea ; 
  - procurement by procuring entities operati ng in the field of urban railway covered 
under this Annex in regard of supp liers and service providers from Japan;  
 
 - procurement by procuring entities cove red under this Annex of good or service 
components of procurement which are not th emselves covered procurement in regard 
of suppliers and service providers fro m Canada and the United States;  
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 -
 procurement by procuring entities covered under this Annex of a service listed under 
Annex 4 or any combination thereof in regard of providers of such services from 
Korea; 
  - procurement by procuring entities operati ng in the field of bus services covered under 
this Annex in regard of suppliers  and service providers from Israel; 
  - procurement by procuring entities covere d under this Annex of construction services 
of a value between 5,000,000 SDR and 15,000, 000 SDR in regard of providers of 
construction services from Korea, as well as in regard of providers of construction 
services from Japan; 
 until such time as Norway accepts that  the Parties concerned provide satisfactory reciprocal access for 
Norwegian goods, suppliers, services and service pr oviders to their own procurement market.  
 
7. -  pProcurement by procuring entities covered unde r this annex linked to programs funded by 
EEA Grants in regard of suppliers and service provi ders of the United States, Japan and Korea shall 
not be considered as covered procurement until such time as Norway accepts  that the United States, 
Japan and Korea no longer operate discriminatory measures in favour of cer tain domestic small and 
minority businesses.   GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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ANNEX 4  
 
Goods  
 
 
1. All goods are covered subject to paragraph 2.  
 2. As far as procurement by the Ministry of Defence, its subordinated entities and entities in the 
field of security are concerned, only procuremen ts of non-sensitive and non-warlike materials falling 
under the HS Chapters specified below, are covered.  
 
Chapter 25: Salt; sulphur; earths and ston e; plastering materi als, lime and cement  
Chapter 26: Metallic ores, slag and ash  
Chapter 27: Mineral fuels, mineral oils and produ cts of their distillation; bituminous substances; 
mineral waxes, except:  
  ex 27.10  special engine fuels  
Chapter 28: Inorganic chemicals; organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals, of rare earth  
metals, of radio-active elemen ts and of isotopes, except:  
  ex 28.09   explosives  
  ex 28.13   explosives  
  ex 28.14   tear gas  
  ex 28.28   explosives  
  ex 28.32   explosives  
  ex 28.39   explosives  
  ex 28.50   toxic products  
  ex 28.51   toxic products  
  ex 28.54   explosives  
Chapter 29: Organic chemicals, except:  
  ex 29.03   explosives  
  ex 29.04   explosives  
  ex 29.07   explosives  
  ex 29.08   explosives  
  ex 29.11   explosives  
  ex 29.12   explosives  
  ex 29.13   toxic products  
  ex 29.14   toxic products  
  ex 29.15   toxic products  
  ex 29.21   toxic products  
  ex 29.22   toxic products  
  ex 29.23   toxic products  
  ex 29.26   explosives  
  ex 29.27   toxic products  
  ex 29.29   explosives  
Chapter 30: Pharmaceutical products  
Chapter 31: Fertilizers  
Chapter 32: Tanning and dyeing extracts; tannins an d their derivatives; dyes, colours, paints and 
varnishes, putty, fillers and stoppings, inks  
Chapter 33: Essential oils and resinoids; pe rfumery, cosmetics and toilet preparations  
Chapter 34: Soap, organic surface-active ag ents, washing preparations, lubricating  
  preparations, artificial waxes, prepared waxes, polishing and scouring preparations, 
candles and similar articles, mode lling pastes and "dental waxes"  
Chapter 35: Albuminoidal substances; glues; enzymes  
Chapter 37: Photographic and cinematographic goods  GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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Chapter 38: Miscellaneous chemical products, except:
 
  ex 38.19   toxic products  
Chapter 39: Artificial resins and plastic materials, cellulose esters and ethers, articles  
  thereof, except:  
  ex 39.03   explosives  
Chapter 40: Rubber, synthetic rubber, fa ctice, and articles thereof, except:  
  ex 40.11   bullet-proof tyres  
Chapter 41: Raw hides and skins (oth er than fur skins) and leather  
Chapter 42: Articles of leather; saddlery and ha rness; travel goods, handbags  and similar containers; 
articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut)  
Chapter 43: Fur skins and artificial fur; manufactures thereof  
Chapter 44: Wood and articl es of wood; wood charcoal  
Chapter 45: Cork and articles of cork  
Chapter 46: Manufactures of stra w of esparto and of other pla iting materials; basketware and 
wickerwork  
Chapter 47: Paper-making material  
Chapter 48: Paper and paperboard; articles of paper pulp, of paper or of paperboard  
Chapter 49: Printed books, newspapers, pictures and other products of the printing industry;  
manuscripts, typescripts and plans  
Chapter 65: Headgear and parts thereof  
Chapter 66: Umbrellas, sunshades, walking-st icks, whips, riding-crops and parts thereof  
Chapter 67: Prepared feathers and down and articles ma de of feathers or of dow n; artificial flowers; 
articles of human hair  
Chapter 68: Articles of stone, of plaster, of cemen t, of asbestos, of mica and of similar materials  
Chapter 69: Ceramic products  
Chapter 70: Glas s and glassware  
Chapter 71: Pearls, precious and se mi-precious stones, precious metals , rolled precious metals,  and 
articles thereof; imitation jewellery  
Chapter 73: Iron and stee l and articles thereof  
Chapter 74: Copper a nd articles thereof  
Chapter 75: Nickel and articles thereof  
Chapter 76: Aluminium and articles thereof  
Chapter 77: Magnesium and beryllium and articles thereof  
Chapter 78: Lead and articles thereof  
Chapter 79: Zinc and articles thereof  
Chapter 80: Tin and articles thereof  
Chapter 81: Other base metals employed in metallurgy and articles thereof  
Chapter 82: Tools, implements, cu tlery, spoons and forks, of base metal; parts thereof, except:  
  ex 82.05   tools  
  ex 82.07   tools, parts  
Chapter 83: Miscellaneous articles of base metal  
Chapter 84: Boilers, machinery and mechanical appliances; parts thereof, except:  
  ex 84.06   engines  
  ex 84.08   other engines  
  ex 84.45   machinery  
  ex 84.53   automatic data-processing machines  
  ex 84.55   parts of machines under heading 84.53  
  ex 84.59   nuclear reactors  
Chapter 85: Electrical machinery and equipment;  parts thereof, except:  
  ex 85.13   telecommunication equipment   GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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  ex 85.15   transmission apparatus  
Chapter 86: Railway and tramway locomotives , rolling-stock and parts thereof, except:  
  ex 86.02   armoured locomotives, electric  
  ex 86.03   other armoured locomotives  
  ex 86.05   armoured wagons  
  ex 86.06   repair wagons  
  ex 86.07   wagons  
Chapter 87: Vehicles, other than railway or tr amway rolling-stock, and parts thereof, except:  
  ex 87.01   tractors  
  ex 87.02   military vehicles  
  ex 87.03   breakdown lorries  
  ex 87.08   tanks and other armoured vehicles  
  ex 87.09   motorcycles  
  ex 87.14   trailers  
Chapter 89: Ships, boats a nd floating structures, except:  
  ex 89.01A  warships  
Chapter 90: Optical, photogr aphic, cinematographic,  measuring, checking, precision, medical and 
surgical instruments and apparatus; parts thereof, except:  
  ex 90.05   binoculars  
  ex 90.13   miscellaneous instruments, lasers  
  ex 90.14   telemeters  
  ex 90.28   electrical and el ectronic measuring instruments  
  ex 90.11   microscopes  
  ex 90.17   medical instruments  
  ex 90.18   mechano-therapy appliances  
  ex 90.19   orthopaedic appliances  
  ex 90.20   X-ray apparatus  
Chapter 91: Manufacture of watches an d clocks Clocks and watches and pa rts thereof  
Chapter 92: Musical instruments;  sound recorders or reproducers;  television image and sound 
recorders or reproducers; parts a nd accessories of such articles  
Chapter 94: Furniture and parts thereof; bedding,  mattresses, mattress supports, cushions and 
similar stuffed furnishings, except:  
  ex 94.01A  aircraft seats  
Chapter 95: Articles and manufacture s of carving or moulding material  
Chapter 96: Brooms, brushes, powder-puffs and sieves  
Chapter 98: Miscellaneou s manufactured articles  
 
This note is moved from Annex 1.  No changes made in the text of the note. GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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ANNEX 4
5 
 
Services covered by this Agreement 
 
 
 Of the Universal List of Services, as contained in document MTN.GNS/W/120, the following 
services are included with the exceptions sp ecified in the Notes to this Annex: 
 
Subject CPC Reference No. 
Maintenance and repair services  6112, 6122, 633, 886  
Land transport services, including armoured car services, and 
courier services, except transport of mail 712 (except 71235), 7512, 87304 
Air transport services of passengers and freight, except 
transport of mail 73 (except 7321) 
Transport of mail by land, except rail, and by air 71235, 7321 
Telecommunications services 752 
Financial services Ex 81, 812, 814 
 (a) Insurance services  
 (b) Banking and investments services  
Computer and related services 84 
Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services 862 
Market research and public opinion polling services 864 
Management consulting services and related services 865, 866 
Architectural services; engineering services and integrated 
engineering services, urban planning and landscape 
architectural services; related scientific and technical 
consulting services; technical testing and analysis services 867 
Advertising services 871 
Building-cleaning services and property management services 874, 822  82201 to 82206  
Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis 88442 
Sewage and refuse disposal; sanitation and similar services 94 
 
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Notes to Annex 4 5 
 
1. Land transport services on the list ab ove do not include rail transport services covered by 
CPC Reference No. 711.  
 
2.1. Banking and investment services under Financial services on the list above do not include 
financial services in connection with issue, sale, purchase and transfer of securities or other financial instruments, and central bank services.  3.
2. Management consulting services on the list above  do not include arbitration and conciliation 
services. 
 4.
3. Procurement by procuring entities covered unde r Annex 1, 2 and 3 of any of the services 
covered under this Annex is a cove red 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 45 . 
 
5.4. Covered services do not include services which entities have to procure from another entity 
pursuant to an exclusive right established by a pub lished law, regulation or administrative provision. 
 GPA/O/NOR/2/Rev.2 
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ANNEX 5
6 
 
Construction Services 
 
 
Definition : 
  A construction service contract is a contract which has as its objective the realization by whatever means of civil or building works, in  the sense of Division 51 of the Central Product 
Classification (CPC). 
 
 List of Division 51, CPC : 
  All public works/construction services of Division 51. 
 
 
Note to Annex 5
6 
 
 Procurement by procuring entities covered under Annexes 1, 2 and 3 of any of the services 
covered under this Annex is a cove red 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 4 6. 
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ANNEX 6 7 
 
General notes 
 
 
1. This Agreement shall not apply to: 
 
(a) Contracts for the acquisition, development,  production or co-production of programme 
material by broadcasters and contracts for broadcasting time; 
 
(b) Reseach and development services  other than those where the benefit accrue 
exclusively to the contracti ng entity for its use in the c onduct of its own affairs, on 
condition that the service provided is wholly  remunerated by the contracting authority.  
 2.
 This Agreement shall not apply to  contracts awarded to an entit y which is itself a contracting 
authority within the meaning of the Public Procur ement Act: "Lov om offentlige anskaffelser m.v."  
(LOV  1999 -06-16 69) on the basis of an exclusive right which it enjoys pursuant to a published law, 
regulation or administrative provision.  
 3.
 The Agreement shall not apply to  
 
(b) procurement of agricultural products made  in furtherance of agricultural support 
programmes and human feeding programmes. 
 4.
 The thresholds in the Annexes will be applied so as to conform to the public procurement 
thresholds of the EEA agreement.  
 
5. This Agreement does not apply to public contracts when they ar e declared to be secret, when 
their performance must be accompanied by sp ecial security measures or when the prote ction of the 
essential interest so requires.  
 2. Contracts awarded by procuring entities cove red under Annexes 1 and 2 in connection with 
activities in the fields of drinking water, energy, tr ansport and the postal sector are not covered by this 
Agreement, unless covered under Annex 3.  
 
This note is moved from Annexes 1 and 2 and has been slightly reformulated. 
 
6.3. Norway reserves its position with regard to th e application of this Agreement to Svalbard, 
Jan Mayen Island and Norway's Antarctic possessions.  
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