Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 69/2006 of 2 June 2006 amending Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement
Date: 2006-06-02
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: award of contract, postal service, public contract, services contract, supplies contract, transport policy, water, works contract

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DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No 69/2006

of 2 June 2006

amending Annex XVI (Procurement) to the EEA Agreement

THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the
Agreement on the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in particular
Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Annex XVI to the Agreement was amended by Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 81/2004 of
8 June 2004 (1).

Directive 2005/75/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 November 2005 correct-
ing Directive 2004/18/EC on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts,
public supply contracts and public service contracts (2) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

Commission Regulation (EC) No 2083/2005 of 19 December 2005 amending Directives 2004/17/EC
and 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of their application thresh-
olds for the procedures for the award of contracts (3) is to be incorporated into the Agreement,

Regulation (EC) No 2083/2005 repeals Commission Regulation (EC) No 1874/2004 (4), which is incor-
porated into the Agreement and which is consequently to be repealed under the Agreement.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annex XVI to the Agreement shall be amended as follows:

Article 1

1. The following indents shall be added in point 2 (Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and

of the Council):

‘— 32005 L 0075: Directive 2005/75/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 Novem-

ber 2005 (OJ L 323, 9.12.2005, p. 55),

— 32005 R 2083: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2083/2005 of 19 December 2005 (OJ L 333,

20.12.2005, p. 28).’

2. The following indent shall be added in point 4 (Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and

of the Council):

‘— 32005 R 2083: Commission Regulation (EC) No 2083/2005 of 19 December 2005 (OJ L 333,

20.12.2005, p. 28).’

3. The first indent (Commission Regulation (EC) No 1874/2004) of points 2 (Directive 2004/18/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council) and 4 (Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council) shall be deleted.

(1) OJ L 349, 25.11.2004, p. 38.
(2) OJ L 323, 9.12.2005, p. 55.
(3) OJ L 333, 20.12.2005, p. 28.
(4) OJ L 326, 29.10.2004, p. 17.

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The texts of Regulation (EC) No 2083/2005 and Directive 2005/75/EC in the Icelandic and Norwegian lan-
guages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of theEuropean Union, shall be authentic.

Article 2

Article 3

This Decision shall enter into force on 3 June 2006, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1)
of the Agreement have been made to the EEA Joint Committee (*), or on the day of entry into force of Deci-
sion of the EEA Joint Committee No 68/2006 of 2 June 2006, whichever is the later.

This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of
the European Union.

Article 4

Done at Brussels, 2 June 2006.

For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
R. WRIGHT

(*) No constitutional requirements indicated.