Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of certain provisions of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part
Date: 2010-11-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Iraq, association agreement, cooperation agreement, cooperation policy, development policy, signature of an agreement, trade policy, transition economy

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION  

Brussels, 5.11.2010 
COM(2010) 626 final 

2010/0305 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of certain 
provisions of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union 
and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

On  23  March  2006  the  Council  authorised  the  Commission  to  negotiate  a  Trade  and 
Cooperation  Agreement  with  Iraq  and  issued  negotiating  directives  in  this  regard. 
Negotiations were launched in November 2006 and progressed well with their conclusion in 
November 2009, after nine negotiating rounds. 

At the seventh round of  EU-Iraq negotiations, held in February 2009 in Baghdad, both Iraq 
and the EU agreed to enhance the status of the draft Agreement, by changing the title of the 
Agreement  from  “Trade  and  Cooperation  Agreement”  to  “Partnership  and  Cooperation 
Agreement”  and  also  through  the  creation  of  a  Cooperation  Council,  meeting  regularly  at 
ministerial level. These changes were reflected in the negotiating directives approved by the 
Council. 

The  EU-Iraq  Partnership  and  Cooperation  Agreement  (hereinafter  “Agreement”)  will  mark 
the  first  ever  contractual  relation  between  the  EU  and  Iraq.  It  provides  a  legal  framework 
covering issues from regular political dialogue to trade relations and regulatory cooperation, 
and development assistance. 

The aim of this Agreement, concluded for 10 years (renewable), is to build a solid basis for 
strengthening ties between Iraq and the EU. In particular, it aims to enhance political dialogue 
on  bilateral,  regional  and  global  issues,  improving  the  trade  arrangements  between  Iraq  and 
the  EU,  supporting  Iraq’s  own  vital  reform  and  development  efforts  and  facilitating  its 
integration  into  the  wider  international  economy.  The  Agreement  underlines  the  EU’s 
determination to play a significant role in Iraq’s transition and will be the main vehicle for the 
EU’s support to Iraq and further enhancement of EU-Iraq relations. 

The main elements of the Agreement are the following: 

1. 

Political dialogue and cooperation in the field of foreign and security policy 

–  Regular political dialogue, at ministerial as well as senior official level 

–  Clauses  on  human  rights  and  countering  proliferation  of  weapons  of  mass 

destruction, which are essential elements of the Agreement 

–  Clauses  on  combating  terrorism,  small  arms  and  light  weapons  and  the 

International Criminal Court 

2. 

Trade and Investments 

-  A  non-preferential  trade  agreement  that  incorporates  basic  World  Trade  Organization 
(WTO)  rules,  although  Iraq  is  not  yet  a  member  of  the  WTO,  and  provides  for  some 
substantial  preferential  elements,  namely  as  regards  public  procurement  and  services  and 
investments.  The  trade  section  also  includes  an  efficient  dispute  settlement  mechanism, 
featuring binding panel rulings and compliance procedures. 

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3. 

Provisions for cooperation in a number of areas, such as (non-exhaustive list): 

-  Energy,  transport,  investment,  human  rights,  education,  science  and  technology,  justice, 
freedom and security (including cooperation on migration and asylum), environment, regional 
or cultural cooperation. 

4. 

Institutional  provisions  for  the  implementation  of  the  Agreement,  including  a 
Cooperation  Council  meeting  once  a  year  at  ministerial  level  and  a  Cooperation 
Committee to assist the Cooperation Council in its duties. 

Pending  the  entry  into  force  of  the  Agreement,  certain  parts  of  it  should  be  applied  on  a 
provisional basis, as foreseen in Article 117 of the Agreement. 

In the light of the significance of the Agreement, the Commission considers that the Council 
should send the notifications referred to in Article 117 only after a certain lapse of time so as 
to allow the European Parliament to express its views on the Agreement. The Commission is 
ready  to  work  with  the  Council  and  the  European  Parliament  so  that  the  Agreement  can  be 
provisionally applied in the course of 2011. 

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2010/0305 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

on the signing, on behalf of the European Union, and provisional application of certain 
provisions of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union 
and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part 

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Articles 207 and 209 in conjunction with Article 218 (5) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission1, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

On 23 March 2006, the Council authorised the Commission to negotiate a Trade and 
Cooperation Agreement with the Republic of Iraq.  

On  27  October  2009,  the  Council  authorised  modifications  to  the  negotiation 
directives, on the proposal by the Commission, enhancing the status of the Agreement 
by  changing  the  title  to  Partnership  and  Cooperation  Agreement  and  through 
establishing a Cooperation Council at ministerial level. 

The  Partnership  and  Cooperation  Agreement,  hereinafter  referred  to  as  “the 
Agreement” should be signed, subject to its conclusion at a later date. Certain parts of 
the  Agreement  should  be  applied  provisionally,  pending  the  completion  of  the 
procedures for its formal conclusion, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  

Article 1 

The signing of the Partnership and Cooperation Agreement between the European Union and 
its  Member  States,  of  the  one  part,  and  the  Republic  of  Iraq,  of  the  other  part,  is  hereby 
approved on behalf of the Union, subject to the Council Decision concerning the conclusion 
of the said Agreement. 

The text of the Agreement is attached to this Decision. 

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OJ C […], […], p. […]. 

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The  President  of  the  Council  is  hereby  authorised  to  designate  the  person(s)  empowered  to 
sign the Agreement on behalf of the Union.  

Article 2 

Article 3 

Pending the completion of the necessary procedures for its entry into force, Articles 1 and 2, 
and Titles I, II, III, and V of the Agreement shall be applied provisionally, in accordance with 
Article  117  of  the  Agreement,  from  the  first  day  of  the  third  month  following  the  date  on 
which the Parties have notified each other of the completion of the necessary procedures for 
provisional application. 

Article 4 

This  Decision  shall  enter  into  force  on  the  date  of  its  adoption.  It  shall  be  published  in  the 
Official Journal of the European Union. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Council 
The President 
[…] 

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ANNEX 

PARTNERSHIP AND COOPERATION AGREEMENT 

between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic 
of Iraq, of the other part 

THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM, 

THE REPUBLIC OF BULGARIA, 

THE CZECH REPUBLIC, 

THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, 

THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA, 

THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY, 

THE FRENCH REPUBLIC, 

THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC, 

THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN, 

IRELAND, 

THE ITALIAN REPUBLIC, 

THE REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS, 

THE REPUBLIC OF LATVIA, 

THE REPUBLIC OF LITHUANIA, 

THE GRAND DUCHY OF LUXEMBOURG, 

THE REPUBLIC OF HUNGARY, 

THE REPUBLIC OF MALTA, 

THE KINGDOM OF THE NETHERLANDS, 

THE REPUBLIC OF AUSTRIA, 

THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND, 

THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC, 

ROMANIA, 

THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA, 

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THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,  

THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND, 

THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN, 

THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND, 

Contracting Parties to the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the 
Union, 

hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’ and 

THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

hereinafter referred to as ‘the Union’ 

of the one part, and 

THE REPUBLIC OF IRAQ 

hereinafter referred to as ‘Iraq’ 

of the other part, 

hereinafter jointly referred to as ‘the Parties’, 

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Preamble 

Considering the links between the Union, its Member States and the Republic of Iraq and the 
common values that they share, 

Recognising  that  the  Union,  its  Member  States  and  the  Republic  of  Iraq  wish  to  strengthen 
these links and to establish trade and cooperation, supported by a political dialogue, 

Considering  the  importance  which  the  Parties  attach  to  the  purposes  and  principles  of  the 
Charter  of  the  United  Nations,  the  observance  of  human  rights,  democratic  principles  and 
political and economic freedoms, which form the very basis of the Partnership, 

Reaffirming their attachment to the democratic principles and human rights and fundamental 
freedoms  as  laid  down  in  the  United  Nations  Universal  Declaration  on  Human  Rights  and 
other relevant international human rights instruments, 

Acknowledging the great importance of sustainable and social development which should go 
hand in hand with economic development, 

Recognising the importance of enhancing cooperation between them, and their common will 
to consolidate, deepen and diversify their relations in areas of mutual interest on the basis of 
respect  for  sovereignty,  equality,  non-discrimination,  rule  of  law  and  good  governance, 
respect for the natural environment and mutual benefit, 

Recognising  the  need  to  support  Iraq's  efforts  to  continue  political  reforms  and  economic 
rehabilitation  and  reforms  as  well  as  in  improving  the  living  conditions  of  the  poor  and 
disadvantaged sections of the population, 

Recognising  the  need  to  strengthen  women’s  role  in  political,  civil,  social,  economic  and 
cultural spheres, as well as to fight discrimination, 

Desirous of creating favourable conditions for a substantial development and diversification 
of trade between the Union and the Republic of Iraq and enhancing cooperation in economic, 
commercial, investment, science and technology and cultural fields, 

Aiming  to  promote  trade  and  investment  and  harmonious  economic  relations  between  the 
Parties based on the principles of market economy, 

Having  regard  to  the  need  to  create  favourable  conditions  for  improving  business  and 
investment, 

Conscious  of  the  need  to  improve  conditions  affecting  business  and  investment,  and 
conditions  in  areas  such  as  establishment  of  companies,  labour,  provision  of  services  and 
capital movements, 

Taking  into  account  the  Parties’  right  to  regulate  the  provision  of  services  within  their 
territory and to guarantee the achievement of legitimate public policy objectives, 

Taking  into  account  their  commitment  to  conduct  trade  in  accordance  with  the  Marrakesh 
Agreement  Establishing  the  World  Trade  Organization,  done  on  15  April  1994  (hereinafter 
referred  to  as  the  “WTO  Agreement”),  and  in  that  respect  their  mutual  interest  in  Iraq's 
accession to that Agreement, 

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Recognising the specific needs of developing countries under the WTO, 

Recognising the fact that terrorism, organised crime, money laundering and drug trafficking 
represent serious threats to international stability and security as well as to the fulfilment of 
the objectives of their cooperation, 

Noting the importance of fostering and strengthening regional cooperation, 

Confirming that the provisions of this Agreement, which fall within the scope of Title V of 
Part Three of the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, bind the United Kingdom 
and Ireland, as separate contracting parties, and not as part of the European Union, unless the 
European Union notifies Iraq that either State has become bound on these matters as part of 
the European Union in accordance with the Protocol on the position of the United Kingdom 
and Ireland in Respect of the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice Annexed to the Treaty on 
European Union and the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union. The same applies 
to  Denmark,  in  accordance  with  the  Protocol  on  the  position  of  Denmark  Annexed  to  the 
Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the functioning of the European Union, 

HAVE AGREED as follows: 

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Article premier 

Establishment of Partnership 

1. 

2. 

A partnership is hereby established between the Union and its Member States of the 
one part, and the Republic of Iraq, of the other part. 

The objectives of this Partnership are: 

a. 

b. 

c. 

to  provide  an  appropriate  framework  for  the  political  dialogue  between  the 
Parties allowing the development of political relations; 

to promote trade and investment and harmonious economic relations  between 
the Parties and so to foster their sustainable economic development; and 

to  provide  a  basis  for  legislative,  economic,  social,  financial  and  cultural 
cooperation. 

Article 2 

Basis 

Respect for democratic principles and human rights, as laid down in the Universal Declaration 
of Human Rights and other relevant international human rights instruments, as well as for the 
principle  of  the  rule  of  law,  underpins  the  internal  and  international  policies  of  both  Parties 
and constitutes an essential element of this Agreement. 

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Political dialogue and cooperation in the field of foreign and security policy 

TITLE I 

Article 3 

Political dialogue 

3. 

4. 

5. 

A  regular  political  dialogue  shall  be  established  between  the  Parties.  It  shall 
strengthen their relations, contribute to the development of a partnership and increase 
mutual understanding and solidarity. 

The political dialogue shall cover all subjects of common interest, and in particular 
peace, foreign and security policy, national dialogue and reconciliation, democracy, 
rule of law, human rights, good governance and regional stability and integration. 

The political dialogue shall take place on an annual basis at ministerial and at senior 
official level. 

Article 4 

Combating terrorism 

The  Parties  reaffirm  the  importance  of  the  fight  against  terrorism,  and  in  accordance  with 
international conventions, international human rights, humanitarian and refugee law and with 
their  respective  legislation  and  regulations  agree  to  cooperate  in  the  prevention  and 
suppression of terrorist acts. They shall do so in particular: 

–  in  the  framework  of  the  full  implementation  of  Resolution  1373  of  the  UN 
Security  Council  and  other  relevant  UN  resolutions,  the  UN  Counter-Terrorism 
Strategy, international conventions and instruments; 

–  by  exchange  of  information  on  terrorist  groups  and  their  support  networks  in 

accordance with international and national law; and 

–  by exchanges of view on means and methods used to counter terrorism, including 
in  technical  fields  and  training,  and  by  exchange  of  experiences  in  respect  of 
terrorism prevention". 

The  Parties  continue  to  be  committed  to  reaching  an  agreement  on  the  UN  Comprehensive 
Convention on International Terrorism as soon as possible. 

The  Parties  are  deeply  concerned  about  incitement  of  terrorist  acts  and  emphasize  their 
commitment to take all necessary and appropriate measures in accordance with international 
and national law, to reduce the threat posed by such incitement. 

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Article 5 

Countering proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 

The Parties consider that the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of 
delivery,  both  to  state  and  non-state  actors,  represents  one  of  the  most  serious  threats  to 
international stability and security. The Parties therefore agree to cooperate and to contribute 
to  countering  the  proliferation  of  weapons  of  mass  destruction  and  their  means  of  delivery 
through full compliance with and national implementation of their existing obligations under 
international  disarmament  and  non-proliferation  treaties  and  agreements  and  other  relevant 
international obligations. The Parties agree that this provision constitutes an essential element 
of this agreement. 

The Parties furthermore agree to cooperate and to contribute to countering the proliferation of 
weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery by: 

–  taking  steps  to  sign,  ratify,  or  accede  to,  as  appropriate,  and  fully  implement  all 

other relevant international instruments; 

–  the  establishment  of  an  effective  system  of  national  export  controls,  controlling 
the  export  as  well  as  transit  WMD  related  goods,  including  a  WMD  end-use 
control on dual use technologies and containing effective sanctions for breaches of 
export controls. 

The Parties agree to establish a regular political dialogue that will accompany and consolidate 
these elements. 

Article 6 

Small arms and light weapons 

1. 

2. 

3. 

The  Parties  recognise  that  the  illicit  manufacture,  transfer  and  circulation  of  small 
arms  and 
their  excessive 
accumulation,  poor  management,  inadequately  secured  stockpiles  and  uncontrolled 
spread continue to pose a serious threat to peace and international security. 

their  ammunition,  and 

light  weapons, 

including 

The Parties agree to observe and fully implement their respective obligations to deal 
with  the  illicit  trade  in  small  arms  and  light  weapons,  including  their  ammunition, 
under existing international agreements and UN Security Council resolutions, as well 
as  their  commitments  within  the  framework  of  other  international  instruments 
applicable in this area, such as the UN Programme of Action to prevent, combat and 
eradicate the illicit trade in SALW in all its aspects. 

The Parties undertake to cooperate and to ensure coordination, complementarity and 
synergy in their efforts to deal with the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, 
including their ammunition, at global, regional, sub-regional and national levels and 
agree to establish regular political dialogue that will accompany and consolidate this 
undertaking. 

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Article 7 

International Criminal Court 

The Parties reaffirm that the most serious crimes of concern to the international community as 
a whole should not go unpunished and that their prosecution should be ensured by measures at 
either the domestic or international level. 

The Parties recognise that Iraq is not yet a State Party to the Rome Statute of the International 
Criminal Court but that Iraq is considering the possibility of acceding to it in the future. In so 
doing,  Iraq  will  take  steps  to  accede  to,  ratify  and  implement  the  Rome  Statute  and  related 
instruments. 

The  Parties  reaffirm  their  determination  to  cooperate  on  this  issue,  including  by  sharing 
experience in the adoption of legal adjustments required by the relevant international law. 

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TITLE II 

TRADE AND INVESTMENTS 

Section I 

Trade in Goods 

Chapter I General provisions 

Article 8 

Scope and Coverage 

This Chapter shall apply to trade in goods between the Parties. 

Article 9 

Customs Duties 

For  the  purpose  of  this  Chapter,  a  “customs  duty”  includes  any  duty  or  charge  of  any  kind 
imposed  on  or  in  connection  with  the  importation  or  exportation  of  a  good,  including  any 
form of surtax or surcharge imposed on or in connection with such importation or exportation. 
A “customs duty” does not include any: 

(a) 

charge equivalent to an internal tax imposed consistently with Article 11; 

(b)  duty  imposed  consistently  with  Chapter  II  of  Section  1  of  Title  II  of  this 

Agreement; 

(c) 

duty  applied  consistently  with  Articles  VI,  XVI  and  XIX  of  the  General 
Agreement  on  Tariffs  and  Trade  1994  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  "GATT 
1994"), the WTO Agreement on Implementation of Article VI of the General 
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, the WTO Agreement on Subsidies and 
Countervailing Measures, the WTO Agreement on Safeguards, Article 5 of the 
WTO Agreement  on  Agriculture  or  the  WTO  Understanding  on  Rules  and 
Procedures Governing the Settlement of Disputes (hereinafter referred to as the 
"DSU"); 

(d) 

fee  or  other  charge  imposed  pursuant  to  a  Party’s  domestic  law  and 
consistently  with  Article  VIII  of  the  GATT  1994  and  its  Notes  and 
Supplementary Provisions. 

Article 10 

MFN treatment 

1. 

The  Parties  shall  accord  to  one  another  most-favoured-nation  treatment  in 
accordance  with  Article  I,  paragraph  1  of  the  GATT  1994  and  its  Notes  and 
Supplementary Provisions. 

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2. 

The provisions of paragraph 1 shall not apply to: 

(e) 

advantages granted  with  the  object  of  establishing  a  customs  union  or  a  free-
trade  area  according  to  the  GATT  1994  or  pursuant  to  the  establishment  of 
such customs union or free-trade area; 

(f) 

advantages granted to particular countries in accordance with the GATT 1994 
and with other international arrangements in favour of developing countries. 

Article 11 

National treatment 

Each Party shall accord national treatment to the goods of the other Party in accordance with 
Article III of the GATT 1994, including its Notes and Supplementary Provisions. To this end, 
Article  III  of  the  GATT  1994  and its  Notes  and  Supplementary  Provisions  are  incorporated 
into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. 

Article 12 

Tariff policy 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Products  originating  in  Iraq  and  imported  into  the  Union  shall  be  subject  to  the 
Union MFN tariff. No customs duties exceeding those applied to imports from WTO 
Members in accordance with Article I of the GATT 1994 shall be applied to products 
originating in Iraq and imported into the Union. 

Products originating in the Union shall, on their importation into Iraq, not be subject 
to customs duties exceeding the current 5% Reconstruction Levy (RL) on imported 
goods. 

The  Parties  agree  that  until  Iraq  accedes  to  the  WTO,  the  Parties  may  amend  the 
level of customs duties on imports after mutual consultation between the Parties. 

If,  after  the  signature  of  this  Agreement,  any  tariff  reduction  is  applied  by  Iraq  to 
imports  on  an  erga  omnes  basis,  in  particular  reductions  resulting  from  the  tariff 
negotiations  in  the  WTO,  such  reduced  customs  duties  shall  be  applied  to  imports 
originating in the Union and replace the basic duty or Reconstruction Levy as from 
the date when such reductions are applied. 

Article 13 

Application of relevant provisions of the GATT 1994 

The  following  Articles  of  the  GATT  1994  shall  be  incorporated  into  and  made  part  of  this 
Agreement and shall apply between the Parties, mutatis mutandis. 

(g)  Article V including its Notes and Supplementary Provisions; 

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(h)  Article  VII,  paragraphs  1,  2,  3,  4a,  4b,  4d,  5  including  its  Notes  and 
Supplementary  provisions  and  the  WTO  Agreement  on  Implementation  of 
Article  VII  of  the  GATT  1994  including  its  Notes  and  Supplementary 
provisions; 

(i)  Article VIII including its Notes and Supplementary Provisions; 

(j)  Article IX;  

(k)  Article X. 

Article 14 

Harmonized Commodity Description 

The  classification  of  goods  in  trade  between  the  Parties  shall  be  that  set  out  in  each  Party's 
respective tariff nomenclature interpreted in conformity with the Harmonised System  of the 
International  Convention  on  the  Harmonised  Commodity  Description  and  Coding  System, 
done at Brussels on 14 June 1983 (hereinafter referred to as the “HS”). 

Article 15 

Temporary admission of goods 

Without prejudice to the rights and obligations  stemming  from  international  conventions  on 
the  temporary  admission  of  goods  which  bind  both  Parties,  each  Party  shall  grant  the  other 
Party  exemption  from  import  charges  and  duties  on  goods  admitted  temporarily.  The 
temporary admission procedure shall be applied taking account of the conditions under which 
the  obligations  stemming  from  such  conventions  have  been  accepted  by  the  Parties  in 
question. 

Article 16 

Prohibition of quantitative restrictions 

The Union and Iraq shall, upon the entry into force of this Agreement, abolish and shall not 
adopt or maintain in trade between themselves any restrictions on imports or exports or any 
measures having equivalent  effect in accordance with Article XI  of the GATT 1994 and its 
Notes and Supplementary Provisions. To this end Article XI of the GATT 1994 and its Notes 
and Supplementary Provisions are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis 
mutandis. 

Article 17 

Export duties 

Neither  party  may  maintain  or  institute  any  customs  duties,  taxes  or  other  fees  and  charges 
imposed on or in connection with the exportation of goods to the other Party. Neither Party 

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may maintain or institute any internal taxes, fees, and charges on goods exported to the other 
party that are in excess of those imposed on like products destined for internal sale.  

Chapter II Trade remedies instruments 

Article 18 

Anti-dumping 

1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

Nothing in  this  Agreement shall prevent the Parties from adopting anti-dumping or 
countervailing measures in accordance with Article VI of the GATT 1994, including 
its  Notes  and  Supplementary  Provisions,  and  the  Agreement  on  Implementation  of 
Article VI of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994 and with the WTO 
Agreement on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures. 

This  article  shall  not  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Section  VI  of  Title  II  of  this 
Agreement. 

Article 19 

Safeguard measures 

Nothing  in  this  Agreement  shall  prevent  the  Parties  from  adopting  measures  in 
accordance  with  Article  XIX  of  the  GATT  1994  and  the  WTO  Agreement  on 
Safeguards. 

This  article  shall  not  be  subject  to  the  provisions  of  Section  VI  of  Title  II  of  this 
Agreement. 

Chapter III Exceptions 

Article 20 

General exceptions 

The  provisions  of  Article  XX  of  the  GATT  1994,  including  its  Notes  and  Supplementary 
Provisions, and of Article XXI of the GATT 1994, which are incorporated into and made part 
of this Agreement, shall apply between the Parties, mutatis mutandis. 

Chapter IV Non tariff issues  

Article 21 

Industrial standards and conformity assessment, technical regulations 

1. 

Relationship with the WTO TBT Agreement 

The provisions of the WTO Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade (hereinafter referred to 
as the “TBT Agreement”), which is incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, shall 
apply between the Parties, mutatis mutandis. 

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2. 

Scope and coverage 

The  provisions  of  this  Chapter  shall  apply  to  the  preparation,  adoption  and  application  of 
technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures, as defined in the TBT 
Agreement. 

3. 

Objectives 

The objectives of cooperation in the areas of technical regulations, standards and conformity 
assessment procedures between the Parties shall be: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

(g) 

to  avoid  or  reduce  technical  barriers  to  trade,  in  order  to  facilitate  trade 
between the Parties; 

to enhance access for products to each other’s markets through improvements 
in safety, quality and competitiveness of products; 

to  promote  a  greater  use  of  international  technical  regulations,  standards  and 
conformity assessment procedures, including sector specific measures, and the 
use of international best practices for drawing them up; 

to  ensure  that  the  preparation,  adoption  and  application  of  standards  and 
technical regulations are transparent and do not create unnecessary obstacles to 
trade  between  the  Parties,  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  TBT 
Agreement; 

the 

to  develop 
technical  regulation,  standardisation, 
conformity  assessment,  accreditation,  metrology  and  market  surveillance  in 
Iraq;  

infrastructure  for 

to  develop  functional  links  between  standardisation,  conformity  assessment 
and regulatory institutions of Iraq and of the Union; 

to promote effective participation of Iraqi institutions in international standards 
setting bodies and the TBT Committee. 

4. 

Technical regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures 

4.1  The  Parties  shall  ensure  that  technical  regulations,  standards  and  conformity 
assessment procedures, are not prepared, adopted or applied with a view to, or 
with an effect of, creating unnecessary obstacles to trade between the Parties, 
subject to the provisions of the TBT Agreement. 

4.2  The  Parties  shall  endeavour  where  possible  to  harmonize  their  standards, 

technical regulations and conformity assessment procedures. 

5. 

Transparency and notification 

5.1  Obligations  concerning  the  sharing  of  information  on  technical  regulations, 
standards  and  conformity  assessment  procedures  provided  for  by  the  TBT 
Agreement shall apply between the Parties. 

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5.2  The Parties agree to exchange information on issues of potential  relevance to 
their  trade  relations,  including  rapid  alerts,  scientific  opinions  and  events 
through contact points. 

5.3  The  Parties  may  co-operate  in  the  establishment  and  maintenance  of  contact 

points, and in the setting up and maintenance of common data bases. 

Chapter V Sanitary and phytosanitary measures 

1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

Article 22 

Sanitary and phytosanitary measures 

The Parties shall cooperate in the area of Sanitary and Phytosanitary measures with 
the  objective  of  facilitating  trade  while  protecting  human,  animal  or  plant  life  or 
health.  The  provisions  of  the  WTO  Agreement  on  the  Application  of  Sanitary  and 
Phytosanitary  Measures  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  the  “SPS  Agreement”),  which  is 
incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, shall apply between the Parties, 
mutatis mutandis. 

On  request  the  Parties  may  identify  and  address  problems  arising  from  the 
application  of  specific  SPS-measures  with  a  view  to  reaching  mutually  acceptable 
solutions. 

Section II 

Trade in Services and Establishment 

Article 23 

Coverage 

This  Section  hereby  lays  down  the  necessary  arrangements  for  the  progressive 
liberalisation of trade in services and establishment between the Parties. 

This Section applies to measures affecting trade in services and establishment2 in all 
economic activities, with the exception of: 

(a)  mining, manufacturing and processing of nuclear materials; 

(b)  production of or trade in arms, munitions and war material; 

(c) 

audio-visual services and cultural services; 

(d) 

education services; 

(e) 

health and social services; 

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Investment  protection,  other  than  the  treatment  deriving  from  Article  25,  including  investor-state 
dispute settlement procedures, is not covered by this Section.  

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(f) 

national maritime cabotage; 

(g) 

air transport services and services auxiliary to air transport other than: 

(i) 

aircraft  repair  and  maintenance  services  during  which  an  aircraft  is 
withdrawn from service; 

(ii) 

the selling and marketing of air transport services; 

(iii)  computer reservation system (CRS) services; 

(iv)  ground handling services;  

(v) 

rental services of aircraft with crew; 

(vi)  airport operation services; and 

(h) 

space transport services. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

Nothing in this Section shall be construed to impose any obligation with respect to 
government procurement. 

The provisions of this Section shall not apply to subsidies granted by the Parties. 

Consistent with the provisions of this Section, each Party retains the right to regulate 
and to introduce new regulations to meet legitimate policy objectives. 

Article 24 

Definitions 

For purposes of this Section: 

(a) 

‘trade in services’ is defined as the supply of a service through the following 
modes: 

(1) 

from the territory of a Party into the territory of the other Party; 

(2) 

in the territory of a Party to the service consumer of the other Party; 

(3)  by a service supplier of a Party, through establishment in the territory of 

the other Party; 

(4)  by  a  service  supplier  of  a  Party,  through  presence  of  natural  persons  in 

the territory of the other Party. 

(b) 

‘measure’  means  any  measure  by  a  Party,  whether  in  the  form  of  a  law, 
regulation, rule, procedure, decision, administrative action, or any other form; 

(c) 

‘measures adopted or maintained by a Party’ means measures taken by: 

(i) 

central, regional or local governments and 

authorities; and 

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(d) 

(e) 

(ii)  non-governmental bodies in the exercise of powers delegated by central, 

regional or local governments or authorities 

'services'  includes  any  service  in  any  sector  except  services  supplied  in  the 
exercise of governmental authority; 

‘establishment’  means  any  type  of  business  or  professional  establishment 
through: 

(i) 

the constitution, acquisition or maintenance of a juridical person3, or 

(ii) 

the creation or maintenance of a branch or representative office 

within the territory of a Party for the purpose of performing an economic activity; 

(f) 

(g) 

(h) 

(i) 

(j) 

(k) 

‘investor’ of a Party means any natural or juridical person that seeks to perform 
or performs an economic activity through setting up an establishment;  

a  ‘service  supplied  in  the  exercise  of  governmental  authority'  means  any 
service  which  is  supplied  neither  on  a  commercial  basis,  nor  in  competition 
with one or more service suppliers; 

‘service suppliers’ of a Party means any natural or juridical person of a Party 
that seeks to supply or supplies a service; 

a ‘natural person of the Union’ means a national of one of the Member States 
of the Union according to its legislation and a ‘natural person of the Republic 
of Iraq' means a national of the Republic of Iraq according to its legislation;  

‘juridical  person’  means  any  legal  entity  duly  constituted  or  otherwise 
organized  under  applicable  law,  whether  for  profit  or  otherwise,  and  whether 
privately-owned  or  governmentally-owned,  including  any  corporation,  trust, 
partnership, joint venture, sole proprietorship or association; 

a ‘juridical person of the Union’ or a ‘juridical person of the Republic of Iraq’ 
means a juridical person set up in accordance with the laws of a Member State 
of the Union or of the Republic of Iraq, respectively, and having its registered 
office, central administration, or principal place of business in the territory to 
which the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the Functioning of the 
European Union applies or in the territory of the Republic of Iraq, respectively; 

Should the juridical person have only its registered office, central administration, or principal 
place of business in the territory to which the Treaty on European Union and the Treaty on the 
Functioning  of  the  European  Union  applies  or  in  the  territory  of  the  Republic  of  Iraq, 
respectively, it shall not be considered as a juridical person of the Union or a juridical person 
of the Republic of Iraq, respectively, unless its operations possess a real and continuous link 
with the economy of the Union or of the Republic of Iraq, respectively; 

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The  terms  "constitution"  and  "acquisition"  of  a  juridical  person  shall  be  understood  as  including  capital 
participation in a juridical person with a view to establishing or maintaining lasting economic links. 

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Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, shipping companies established outside the Union 
or the Republic of Iraq and controlled by nationals of a Member State of the Union or of the 
Republic of Iraq, respectively, shall also be beneficiaries of the provisions of this Agreement, 
if their vessels are registered in accordance with their respective legislation, in that Member 
State  of  the  Union  or  in  the  Republic  of  Iraq,  and  carry  the  flag  of  a  Member  State  of  the 
Union or of the Republic of Iraq; 

(l) 

`economic  activity`  does  not  include  activities  carried  out  in  the  exercise  of 
governmental  authority,  which  means  activities  carried  out  neither  on  a 
commercial basis nor in competition with one or more economic operators;  

(m) 

‘subsidiary’ means a juridical person which is effectively controlled by another 
juridical person4; 

(n) 

‘branch’  of  a  juridical  person  means  a  place  of  business  not  having  legal 
personality which has the appearance of permanency, such as the extension of 
a  parent  body,  has  a  management  and  is  materially  equipped  to  negotiate 
business with third parties so that the latter, although knowing that there will if 
necessary  be  a  legal  link  with  the  parent  body,  the  head  office  of  which  is 
abroad,  do  not  have  to  deal  directly  with  such  parent  body  but  may  transact 
business at the place of business constituting the extension. 

Article 25 

1. 

2. 

From entry into force of this Agreement the Union shall extend to services or service 
suppliers of the Republic of Iraq the treatment resulting from the schedule of specific 
commitments of the Union and its Member States on national treatment and market 
access under the General Agreement on Trade in Services (hereinafter referred to as 
the “GATS”).5 

From  entry  into  force  of  this  Agreement,  and  subject  to  provisions  of  paragraph  3, 
the  Republic  of  Iraq  shall  grant  to  services,  service  suppliers,  establishments  and 
investors  of  the  Union  in  the  services  and  non-services  sector,  treatment  no  less 
favourable  than  that  granted  to  like  services,  services  suppliers,  establishments  and 
investors6 of the Republic of Iraq or to like services, service suppliers, establishments 
and investors of any third country, whichever is the better.  

3. 

The Republic of Iraq may modify the treatment granted to services, service suppliers, 
establishments  and  investors  of  the  Union  by  subjecting  it  to  conditions  and 

4 

5 

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A juridical person is controlled by another juridical person if the latter has the power to name a majority 
of its directors or otherwise to legally direct its actions. 
Treatment  arising  from  commitments  of  the  Union  on  the  supply  of  services  by  contractual  services 
suppliers and independent professionals shall be excluded from this provision. Treatment deriving from 
agreements  concluded  by  the  Union  or  its  Members  States  providing  for  mutual  recognition  in 
accordance with Article VII of the GATS, shall also be excluded from this provision. 
The  Republic  of  Iraq  may  meet  the  requirement  of  this  paragraph  by  according  to  services,  service 
suppliers,  establishments  and  investors  of  the  Union,  either  formally  identical  treatment  or  formally 
different  treatment  to  that  it  accords  to  its  own  like  services,  service  suppliers,  establishments  and 
investors. Formally identical or formally different treatment shall be considered to be less favourable if 
it modifies the conditions of competition in favour of services or service suppliers of the Republic of 
Iraq compared to like services, service suppliers, establishments and investors of the Union. 

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qualifications which result in treatment less favourable than that granted to its own 
like services, service suppliers, establishments and investors. Such modification shall 
respect the following conditions: 

(a)  The  treatment  granted  to  services,  services  suppliers,  establishments  and 
investors of the Union shall remain no less favourable than that granted by the 
Republic  of  Iraq  to  like  services,  service  suppliers,  establishments  and 
investors of any third country. 

(b)  The Republic of Iraq shall notify such intention to the European Commission7 
four months before the intended date of implementation of such conditions. At 
the  request  of  the  European  Commission,  the  Republic  of  Iraq  shall  provide 
detailed  information  on  the  reasons  that  justify  the  intended  imposition  of 
conditions  and  qualifications.  These  conditions  and  qualifications  shall  be 
deemed accepted by the Union if no communication is sent to the Republic of 
Iraq within 8 weeks. 

(c)  At the request of any Party, the proposed conditions and qualifications shall be 

referred to the Cooperation Committee for examination and approval. 

Without  prejudice  to  the  benefits  arising  from  the  treatment  granted  to  services, 
service suppliers, establishments and investors of the Union pursuant to paragraph 2 
of the present Article, following its accession to the WTO, the Republic of Iraq shall 
also extend to services or service suppliers of the Union the treatment resulting from 
its schedule of specific commitments under the GATS. 

Article 26 

The most-favoured-nation treatment granted in accordance with the provisions of this 
Section  shall  not  apply  to  tax  advantages  which  the  Parties  are  providing  or  will 
provide in the future on the basis of agreements to avoid double taxation, or other tax 
arrangements. 

Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by 
the Parties of any measure aimed at preventing the avoidance of taxes pursuant to the 
tax  provisions  of  agreements  to  avoid  the  double  taxation  and  other  tax 
arrangements, or domestic fiscal legislation. 

Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the Member States or Iraq from 
distinguishing, in the application of the relevant provisions of their fiscal legislation, 
between  taxpayers  who  are  not  in  identical  situations,  in  particular  as  regards  their 
place or residence. 

4. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Article 27 

Other agreements 

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Nothing in this Section shall shall limit the rights of investors of the Parties to benefit from 
any more favourable treatment provided for in any existing or future international agreement 
relating to investment to which a Member State of the Union and Iraq are Parties. 

Article 28 

Transparency 

Each Party shall respond promptly to all requests by the other Party for specific information 
on any of its measures of general application or international agreements which pertain to or 
affect this Agreement. Each Party shall also establish one or more enquiry points to provide 
specific information to services providers of the other Party, upon request, on all such matters. 
Such enquiry points are listed in ANNEX 3. Enquiry points need not be depositories of laws 
and regulations. 

Article 29 

Exceptions 

1. 

The provisions of this Section are subject to the exceptions contained in this Article. 
Subject  to  the  requirement  that  such  measures  are  not  applied  in  a  manner  which 
would  constitute  a  means  of  arbitrary  or  unjustifiable  discrimination  between 
countries where like conditions prevail, or a disguised restriction on trade in services, 
nothing in this Section shall be construed to prevent the adoption or enforcement by 
any Party of measures: 

(a) 

necessary  to  protect  public  security  or  public  morals  or  to  maintain  public 
order; 

(b)  necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; 

(c) 

necessary  to  secure  compliance  with  laws  or  regulations  which  are  not 
inconsistent with the provisions of this Section including those relating to: 

(i) 

(ii) 

the  prevention  of  deceptive  and  fraudulent  practices  or  to  deal  with  the 
effects of a default on services contracts; 

the  protection of the privacy of individuals in relation to the processing 
and  dissemination  of  personal  data  and  the  protection  of  confidentiality 
of individual records and accounts; 

(iii)  safety; 

(d) 

inconsistent  with  the  objectives  of  Article  25,  provided  that  the  difference  in 
treatment  is  aimed  at  ensuring  the  effective  or  equitable  imposition  or 
collection of direct taxes in respect of services or service suppliers of the other 
Party;  

(e) 

inconsistent  with  the  objectives  of  Article  25,  provided  that  the  difference  in 
treatment is aimed at preventing the avoidance or evasion of taxes pursuant to 

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the  tax  provisions  of  agreements  to  avoid  double  taxation  or  other  tax 
arrangements or domestic fiscal legislation. 

3. 

The provisions of this Section shall not apply to the Parties’ respective social security 
systems  or  to  activities  in  the  territory  of  each  Party,  which  are  connected,  even 
occasionally, with the exercise of official authority. 

4. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to measures affecting natural persons seeking 
access to the employment market of a Party, nor shall it apply to measures regarding 
citizenship, residence or employment on a permanent basis. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

Nothing in this Section shall prevent a Party from applying measures to regulate the 
entry  of  natural  persons  into,  or  their  temporary  stay  in,  its  territory,  including  those 
measures necessary to protect the integrity of, and to ensure the orderly movement of 
natural persons across, its borders, provided that, in so doing, it does not apply them 
in  a  manner  as  to  nullify  or  impair  the  benefits  accruing  to  the  other  Party  under 
Article 258. 

Nothing in this Section applies to activities conducted by a central bank or monetary 
authority  or  by  any  other  public  entity  in  pursuit  of  monetary  or  exchange  rate 
policies. 

Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  a  Party,  including  its  public 
entities, from exclusively conducting or providing in its territory activities or services 
for the account or with the guarantee or using the financial resources of the Party, or 
its public entities. 

The  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  not  prejudice  the  application  by  each  Party  of 
any  measures  necessary  to  prevent  the  circumvention  of  its  measures  concerning 
third country access to its market, through the provisions of this Agreement. 

Article 30 

Security Exceptions 

1. 

Nothing in this Section shall be construed: 

(a) 

(b) 

to  require  any  Party  to  furnish  any  information,  the  disclosure  of  which  it 
considers contrary to its essential security interests; or 

to  prevent  any  Party  from  taking  any  action  which  it  considers  necessary  for 
the protection of its essential security interests: 

(i) 

relating  to  economic  activities  carried  out  directly  or  indirectly  for  the 
purpose of provisioning a military establishment; 

(ii) 

relating  to  fissionable  and  fusionable  materials  or  the  materials  from 
which they are derived; 

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(iii)  connected  with  the  production  of  or  trade  in  arms,  munitions  and  war 

materials and related to traffic in other goods and materials; 

(iv)  relating to government procurement indispensable for national security or 

for national defence purposes; 

(v) 

taken in time of war or other emergency in international relations; or 

(c) 

to  prevent  any  Party  from  taking  any  action  in  pursuance  of  its  obligations 
under  the  United  Nations  Charter  for  the  maintenance  of  international  peace 
and security. 

Article 31 

Progressive liberalisation of trade in services and establishment 

As circumstances allow, including the situation arising from the accession of the Republic of 
Iraq  to  the  WTO,  the  Co-operation  Council  may  make  recommendations  to  the  Parties  to 
expand  progressively  trade  in  services  and  establishment  between  them  and  ensure  full 
consistency  with  the  provisions  of  the  GATS,  notably  Article  V.  Where  accepted,  those 
recommendations could be put into effect by virtue of agreements between the Parties. 

Section III  

Provisions affecting business and investment 

Article 32 

Encouragement of investment 

The  Parties  shall  encourage  an  increase  in  mutually  beneficial  investment  by  establishing  a 
more favourable climate for private investment. 

Article 33 

Contact points and exchange of information 

In  order  to  facilitate  the  communication  between  the  Parties  on  any  trade  matter  related  to 
private investment, each Party shall designate a contact point. On the request of either Party, 
the  contact  point  of  the  other  Party  shall  indicate  the  office  or  official  responsible  for  the 
matter and provide the required support to facilitate communication with the requesting Party. 

Section IV  

Current payments and capital 

Article 34 

Objective and scope 

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1. 

2. 

The Parties shall aim at the liberalisation of current payments and capital movements 
between them, in conformity with the commitments undertaken in the framework of 
the international financial institutions. 

This  Section  applies  to  all  current  payments  and  capital  movements  between  the 
Parties. 

Article 35 

Current account 

The Parties shall allow, in freely convertible currency and in accordance with the Articles of 
Agreement  of  the  International  Monetary  Fund,  any  payments  and  transfers  of  the  current 
account between the Parties. 

Article 36 

Capital Account 

From  the  entry  into  force  of  the  Agreement,  the  Parties  shall  allow  the  free  movements  of 
capital relating to direct investments made in accordance with the laws of the host country and 
investments made in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, and the liquidation or 
repatriation of these capitals and of any profit stemming there from. 

Article 37 

Standstill 

The Parties shall not introduce any new restrictions on current payments and movements of 
capital between their residents and shall not make the existing arrangements more restrictive. 

Article 38 

Safeguard measures 

1. 

2. 

Where, in exceptional circumstances, movements of capital between the Union and 
Iraq cause, or threaten to cause, serious difficulties for the operation of exchange rate 
policy or monetary policy in the Union or Iraq, the Union and Iraq, respectively, may 
take safeguard measures with regard to movements of capital between the Union and 
Iraq for a period not exceeding six months if such measures are strictly necessary. 

The  Party  adopting  the  safeguard  measures  shall  inform  the  other  Party  as  soon  as 
possible, of a time schedule for their removal. 

Article 39 

Final provisions 

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1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Nothing  in  this  Section  shall  limit  the  rights  of  economic  operators  of  the  Parties 
from benefiting from any more favourable treatment that may be provided for in any 
existing bilateral or multilateral agreement to which they are parties. 

The  Parties  shall  consult  each  other  with  a  view  to  facilitating  the  movement  of 
capital between them in order to promote the objectives of this Agreement 

Section V  

Trade-related issues 

Chapter I State trading enterprises 

Article 40 

The Parties aim to comply with the provisions of Article XVII of the GATT 1994, its 
Notes  and  Supplementary  Provisions  and  the  WTO  Understanding  on  the 
Interpretation of Article XVII of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, 
which are incorporated into and made part of this Agreement, mutatis mutandis. 

If one of the Parties requests information from the other Party on individual cases of 
state  trading  enterprises,  the  manner  of  their  operation  and  the  effect  of  their 
operations on bilateral trade, the requested Party shall ensure maximum transparency 
possible  without  prejudice  to  Article  XVII.4(d)  of  the  GATT  1994  on  confidential 
information. 

Each party shall ensure that any state trading enterprise supplier of a good or service 
shall comply with that Party's obligation under this Agreement. 

Chapter II Public procurement 

Article 41 

Introduction 

1. 

The Parties recognise the contribution of transparent, competitive and open tendering 
to  sustainable  economic  development  and  set  as  their  objective  the  effective, 
reciprocal and gradual opening of their respective procurement markets. 

2. 

For the purposes of this Chapter: 

(a) 

(b) 

‘commercial  goods  or  services’  means  goods  or  services  of  a  type  generally 
sold  or  offered  for  sale  in  the  commercial  marketplace  to,  and  customarily 
purchased by, non-governmental buyers for non-governmental purposes; 

‘construction  service’ means  a  service  that  has  as  its  objective  the  realization 
by  whatever  means  of  civil  or  building  works,  based  on  Division 51  of  the 
United Nations Provisional Central Product Classification (hereinafter referred 
to as the "CPC"); 

(c) 

‘days’ means calendar days; 

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(e) 

(f) 

(g) 

(h) 

(i) 

(j) 

‘electronic  auction’  means  an  iterative  process  that  involves  the  use  of 
electronic means for the presentation by suppliers of either new prices, or new 
values  for  quantifiable  non-price  elements  of  the  tender  related  to  the 
evaluation criteria, or both, resulting in a ranking or re-ranking of tenders; 

‘in writing or written’ means any worded or numbered expression that can be 
read,  reproduced  and  later  communicated.  It  may  include  electronically 
transmitted and stored information; 

‘limited tendering’ means a procurement method whereby the procuring entity 
contacts a supplier or suppliers of its choice; 

‘measure’  means  any  law,  regulation,  procedure,  administrative  guidance  or 
practice, or any action of a procuring entity relating to a covered procurement; 

‘multi-use list’ means a list of suppliers that a procuring entity has determined 
satisfy the conditions for participation in that list, and that the procuring entity 
intends to use more than once;  

‘notice  of  intended  procurement’  means  a  notice  published  by  a  procuring 
entity  inviting  interested  suppliers  to  submit  a  request  for  participation,  a 
tender, or both; 

‘offset’ means any condition or undertaking that encourages local development 
or  improves  a  Party's  balance-of-payments  accounts,  such  as  the  use  of 
domestic  content,  the  licensing  of  technology,  investment,  counter-trade  and 
similar action or requirement; 

(k) 

‘open tendering’ means a procurement method whereby all interested suppliers 
may submit a tender; 

(l) 

‘person’ means a natural person or a juridical person; 

(m) 

‘procuring  entity’  means  an  entity  covered  under  a  Party's  Appendix I  of 
ANNEX 1 of this Agreement 

(n) 

(o) 

‘qualified  supplier’  means  a  supplier  that  a  procuring  entity  recognizes  as 
having satisfied the conditions for participation; 

‘selective  tendering’  means  a  procurement  method  whereby  only  qualified 
suppliers are invited by the procuring entity to submit a tender; 

(p) 

‘services’ includes construction services, unless otherwise specified; 

(q) 

‘standard’ means a document approved by a recognized body that provides for 
common  and  repeated  use,  rules,  guidelines  or  characteristics  for  goods  or 
services, or related processes and production methods, with which compliance 
is  not  mandatory.  It  may  also  include  or  deal  exclusively  with  terminology, 
symbols, packaging, marking or labelling requirements as they apply to a good, 
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‘supplier’  means  a  person  or  group  of  persons  that  provides  or  could  provide 
goods or services; and 

(s) 

‘technical specification’ means a tendering requirement that: 

(i) 

lays  down  the  characteristics  of  goods  or  services  to  be  procured, 
including  quality,  performance,  safety  and  dimensions,  or  the  processes 
and methods for their production or provision; or 

(ii) 

addresses 
requirements, as they apply to a good or service. 

terminology,  symbols,  packaging,  marking  or 

labelling 

Article 42 

Scope and Coverage 

1. 

This  Chapter  applies  to  any  measure  regarding  covered  procurement.  For  the 
purposes of this Chapter, covered procurement means procurement for governmental 
purposes: 

(a) 

of goods, services, or any combination thereof: 

(i) 

as specified in each Party's Sub-Annexes of Appendix I of ANNEX 1 of 
this Agreement; and 

(ii)  not procured with a view to commercial sale or resale, or for use in the 

production or supply of goods or services for commercial sale or resale; 

(b)  by  any  contractual  means,  including  purchase,  lease,  and  rental  or  hire 

purchase, with or without an option to buy; 

(c) 

for which the value equals or exceeds the relevant threshold specified in each 
Party's  Sub-Annexes  of  Appendix  I  of  ANNEX  1  of  this  Agreement,  at  the 
time of publication of a notice in accordance with Article 45; 

(d)  by a procuring entity; and 

(e) 

that is not otherwise excluded from coverage. 

2. 

Except where provided, this Chapter does not apply to: 

(f) 

the  acquisition  or  rental  of  land,  existing  buildings  or  other  immovable 
property or the rights thereon; 

(g)  non-contractual  agreements  or  any  form  of  assistance  that  a  Party  provides, 
including  cooperative  agreements,  grants,  loans,  equity  infusions,  guarantees 
and fiscal incentives; 

(h) 

the  procurement  or  acquisition  of  fiscal  agency  or  depositary  services, 
liquidation  and  management  services  for  regulated  financial  institutions  or 
services  related  to  the  sale,  redemption  and  distribution  of  public  debt, 
including loans and government bonds, notes and other securities; 

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public employment contracts; 

(j) 

procurement conducted: 

(i) 

for  the  specific  purpose  of  providing  international  assistance,  including 
development aid; 

(ii)  under the particular procedure or condition of an international agreement 
relating to the stationing of troops or relating to the joint implementation 
by the signatory countries of a project; 

(iii)  under 

the  particular  procedure  or  condition  of  an 

international 
organisation, or funded by international grants, loans or other assistance 
where the applicable procedure or condition would be inconsistent with 
this Chapter. 

3. 

Each Party shall define and specify the following information in its Sub-Annexes of 
Appendix I of ANNEX 1 of this Agreement: 

(k) 

(l) 

In Sub-Annex 1, the central government entities whose procurement is covered 
by this Chapter; 

In  Sub-Annex  2,  all  other  entities  whose  procurement  is  covered  by  this 
Chapter; 

(m) 

In Sub-Annex 3, the services, other than construction services, covered by this 
Chapter; 

(n) 

In Sub-Annex 4, the construction services covered by this Chapter; 

(o) 

In Sub-Annex 5, any General Notes. 

Where  a  procuring  entity,  in  the  context  of  covered  procurement,  requires  persons 
not  covered  under  a  Party's  Sub-Annexes  of  Appendix  I  of  ANNEX  1  of  this 
Agreement  to  procure  in  accordance  with  particular  requirements,  Article  43  shall 
apply mutatis mutandis to such requirements. 

In estimating the value of a procurement for the purpose of ascertaining whether it is 
a  covered  procurement,  a  procuring  entity  shall  neither  divide  a  procurement  into 
separate procurements nor select or use a particular valuation method for estimating 
the value of a procurement with the intention of totally or partially excluding it from 
the application of this Chapter. 

Nothing  in  this  Chapter  shall  be  construed  to  prevent  any  Party  from  taking  any 
action or not disclosing any information that it considers necessary for the protection 
of its essential security interests relating to the procurement of arms, ammunition or 
war  materials,  or  to  procurement  indispensable  for  national  security  or  for  national 
defence purposes. 

Subject to the requirement that such measures are not applied in a manner that would 
constitute a means of arbitrary or unjustifiable discrimination between Parties where 
the same conditions prevail or a disguised restriction on international trade, nothing 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

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in this Chapter shall be construed to prevent any Party from  imposing  or enforcing 
measures: 

(a) 

necessary to protect public morals, order or safety; 

(b)  necessary to protect human, animal or plant life or health; 

(c) 

necessary to protect intellectual property; or 

(d) 

relating  to  goods  or  services  of  persons  with  disabilities,  philanthropic 
institutions or prison labour. 

Article 43 

General Principles 

1. 

2. 

3. 

With respect to any measure and any covered procurement, each Party, including its 
procuring  entities,  shall  accord  immediately  and  unconditionally  to  the  goods  and 
services of the other Party and to the suppliers of the other Party offering the goods 
or  services,  treatment  no  less  favourable  than  the  treatment  the  Party,  including  its 
procuring entities, accords to domestic goods, services and suppliers. 

With  respect  to  any  measure  regarding  covered  procurement,  a  Party,  including  its 
procuring entities, shall not: 

(a) 

treat  a  locally  established  supplier  less  favourably  than  another  locally 
established supplier on the basis of degree of foreign affiliation or ownership; 
nor  

(b)  discriminate against a locally established supplier on the basis that the goods or 
services  offered  by  that  supplier  for  a  particular  procurement  are  goods  or 
services of the other Party. 

With  respect  to  any  laws,  regulations,  procedures  and  practices  regarding 
government  procurement,  as  well  as  in  respect  of  specific  procurements  by  public 
authorities at all levels, opened to goods, services and suppliers of third countries, the 
Republic  of  Iraq  shall  provide  to  the  goods,  services  and  suppliers  of  the  Union 
treatment  no  less  favourable  than  that  accorded  to  goods,  services  and  suppliers  of 
any third country. 

Use of electronic means 

4. 

When conducting covered procurement by electronic means, a procuring entity shall: 

(a) 

ensure  that  the  procurement  is  conducted  using  information  technology 
systems and software, including those related to authentication and encryption 
of  information,  that  are  generally  available  and  interoperable  with  other 
generally available information technology systems and software; and 

(b)  maintain mechanisms that ensure the integrity of requests for participation and 
tenders, including establishment of the time and receipt and the prevention of 
inappropriate access. 

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Conduct of procurement 

5. 

A procuring entity shall conduct covered procurement in a transparent and impartial 
manner that avoids conflicts of interest and prevents corruptive practices and that is 
consistent with this Chapter. 

Rules of origin 

6. 

For purposes of covered procurement, no Party may apply rules of origin to goods or 
services imported from or supplied by the other Party that are different from the rules 
of origin the Party applies at the same time in the normal course of trade to imports 
or supplies of the same goods or services from the same Party. 

Article 44 

Publication of procurement information 

1. 

Each Party shall: 

(a) 

promptly publish any law, regulation, judicial decision, administrative ruling of 
general  application,  standard  contract  clauses  that  is  mandated  by  a  law  or 
regulation  and 
tender 
documentation  and  procedure  regarding  covered  procurement,  and  any 
modifications thereof, in officially designated electronic or paper medium that 
is widely disseminated and remains readily accessible to the public; 

incorporated  by 

in  notices  and 

reference 

is 

(b)  provide an explanation thereof to any Party, on request; 

(c) 

(d) 

list  in  Appendix  II  of  ANNEX  1  of  this  Agreement,  the  electronic  or  paper 
media in which the Party publishes the information described in paragraph (a); 

list  in  Appendix  III  of  ANNEX  1  of  this  Agreement,  the  electronic  media  in 
which the Party publishes the notices required by Articles 45, 47 paragraph 4, 
and 55 paragraph 2. 

2. 

Each  Party  shall  promptly  notify  the  other  Party  of  any  modification  to  the  Party's 
information listed in Appendix II or III of ANNEX 1 of this Agreement. 

Article 45 

Publication of Notices 

Notice of Intended Procurement 

1. 

For each covered procurement, except in the circumstances described in Article 52, a 
procuring  entity  shall  publish  a  notice  of  intended  procurement  in  the  appropriate 
media listed in Appendix III of ANNEX 1 of this Agreement. Each such notice shall 
include  the  information  set  out  in  Appendix  IV  of  ANNEX  1  of  this  Agreement. 
These notices shall be accessible by electronic means free of charge through a single 
point of access. 

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Summary Notice 

2. 

For each case of intended procurement, a procuring entity shall publish a summary 
notice that is readily accessible, at the same time as the publication of the notice of 
intended  procurement,  in  one  of  the  WTO  languages.  The  summary  notice  shall 
contain at least the following information: 

(a) 

the subject-matter of the procurement; 

(b) 

the final date for the submission of tenders or, where applicable, any final date 
for  the  submission  of  requests  for  participation  in  the  procurement  or  for 
inclusion on a multi-use list; and 

(c) 

the  address  from  which  documents  relating  to  the  procurement  may  be 
requested. 

Notice of Planned Procurement 

3. 

4. 

1. 

2. 

Procuring entities are encouraged to publish as early as possible in each fiscal year a 
notice regarding their future procurement plans (hereinafter referred to as "notice of 
planned  procurement").  The  notice  should  include  the  subject-matter  of  the 
procurement  and  the  planned  date  of  the  publication  of  the  notice  of  intended 
procurement. 

A  procuring  entity  listed  in  Sub-Annex  2  of  Appendix  I  of  ANNEX  1  of  this 
Agreement  may  use  a  notice  of  planned  procurement  as  a  notice  of  intended 
procurement provided that it includes as much of the information in Appendix IV of 
ANNEX 1 of this Agreement as is available and a statement that interested suppliers 
should express their interest in the procurement to the procuring entity.  

Article 46 

Conditions for Participation 

A  procuring  entity  shall  limit  the  conditions  for  participation  in  a  procurement  to 
those that are essential to ensure that a supplier has the legal and financial capacities 
and the commercial and technical abilities to undertake the relevant procurement. 

In assessing whether a supplier satisfies the conditions for participation, a procuring 
entity: 

(a) 

(b) 

shall evaluate the financial, commercial and technical abilities of a supplier on 
the  basis  of  that  supplier's  business  activities  both  inside  and  outside  the 
territory of the Party of the procuring entity; 

shall  not  impose  the  condition  that,  in  order  for  a  supplier  to  participate  in  a 
procurement, the supplier has previously been awarded one or more contracts 
by  a  procuring  entity  of  a  given  Party  or  that  the  supplier  has  prior  work 
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4. 

(c)  may require relevant prior experience where essential to meet the requirements 

of the procurement. 

In  making  this  assessment,  the  procuring  entity  shall  base  its  evaluation  on  the 
conditions that it has specified in advance in notices or tender documentation. 

A  procuring  entity  must  exclude  a  supplier  on  grounds  such  as  bankruptcy,  false 
declarations, significant deficiencies in performance of any substantive requirement 
or  obligation  under  a  prior  contract  or  contracts,  judgments  in  respect  of  serious 
crimes  or  other  judgments  in  respect  of  serious  public  offences,  professional 
misconduct or failure to pay taxes. 

Article 47 

Qualification of Suppliers 

Selective tendering 

1. 

Where a procuring entity intends to use selective tendering, the entity shall: 

(a) 

include in the notice of intended procurement at least the information specified 
in  lit.  (1),  (2),  (6),  (7),  (10),  and  (11)  of  Appendix  IV  of  ANNEX  1  of  this 
Agreement and invite suppliers to submit a request for participation; and 

(b)  provide  by  the  commencement  of  the  time-period  for  tendering,  at  least  the 
information in lit. (3), (4), (5), (8) and (9) of Appendix IV of ANNEX 1 of this 
Agreement to the qualified suppliers that it notifies as specified in paragraph 2 
lit. (b) of Appendix VI of ANNEX 1 of this Agreement. 

2. 

3. 

A procuring entity shall recognise as qualified suppliers any domestic suppliers and 
any  suppliers  of  the  other  Party  that  meets  the  conditions  for  participation  in  a 
particular  procurement,  unless  the  procuring  entity  states  in  the  notice  of  intended 
procurement  any  limitation  on  the  number  of  suppliers  that  will  be  permitted  to 
tender and the criteria for selecting the limited number of suppliers. 

Where  the  tender  documentation  is  not  made  publicly  available  from  the  date  of 
publication  of  the  notice  referred  to  in  paragraph  1,  a  procuring  entity  shall  ensure 
that  those  documents  are  made  available  at the  same  time  to  all  qualified  suppliers 
selected in accordance with paragraph 2. 

Sub-Annex 2 entities 

4. 

A procuring entity covered under Sub-Annex 2 of Appendix I of ANNEX 1 of this 
Agreement may maintain a multi-use list of suppliers, provided that a notice inviting 
interested suppliers to apply for inclusion in the list is published annually, and where 
published  by  electronic  means,  made  available  continuously  in  the  appropriate 
medium listed in Appendix III of ANNEX 1 of this Agreement. Such a notice shall 
include the information set out in Appendix V of ANNEX 1 of this Agreement. 

5. 

Notwithstanding paragraph 4, where a multi-use list will be valid for three years or 
less, a procuring entity covered under Sub-Annex 2 of Appendix I of ANNEX 1 of 

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this Agreement may publish a notice referred to in that paragraph only once, at the 
beginning  of  the  period  of  validity  of  the  list,  provided  that  the  notice  states  the 
period of validity and that further notices will not be published. 

6. 

A procuring entity covered under Sub-Annex 2 of Appendix I of ANNEX 1 of this 
Agreement shall allow suppliers to apply at any time for inclusion on a multi-use list 
and shall include on the list all qualified suppliers within a reasonable short time.  

A procuring entity covered under Sub-Annex 2 of Appendix I of ANNEX 1 of this Agreement 
may  use  a  notice  inviting  suppliers  to  apply  for  inclusion  in  a  multi-use  list  as  a 
notice of intended procurement, provided that: 

(a) 

(b) 

the  notice  is  published  in  accordance  with  paragraph  4  and  includes  the 
information  required  by  Appendix  V  of  ANNEX  1  of  this  Agreement  and  as 
much  of  the  information  required  by  Appendix  IV  of  ANNEX  1  of  this 
Agreement as is available and contains a statement that it constitutes a notice 
of intended procurement; 

the entity promptly provides to suppliers that have expressed an interest to the 
entity in a given procurement, sufficient information to permit them to assess 
their interest in the procurement, including all remaining information required 
by  Appendix  IV  of  ANNEX  1  of  this  Agreement,  to  the  extent  that  such 
information is available. 

A procuring entity covered under Sub-Annex 2 of Appendix I of ANNEX 1 of this 
Agreement may allow a supplier that has applied for inclusion on a multi-use list in 
accordance  with  paragraph 6  to  tender  in  a  given  procurement,  where  there  is 
sufficient time for the procuring entity to examine whether the supplier satisfies the 
conditions for participation. 

A procuring entity covered under Sub-Annex 2 of Appendix I of ANNEX 1 of this 
Agreement  shall  promptly  inform  any  supplier  that  submits  a  request  for 
participation or application for inclusion on a multi-use list of the procuring entity's 
decision with respect to the request. 

Where a procuring entity covered under Sub-Annex 2 of Appendix I of ANNEX 1 of 
this Agreement rejects a supplier’s request to qualify or application for inclusion on a 
multi-use list, ceases to recognise a supplier as qualified, or removes a supplier from 
a multi-use list, the entity shall promptly inform the supplier and, on request of the 
supplier, promptly provide the supplier with a written explanation of the reasons for 
its decision. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

Article 48 

Technical Specifications 

1. 

A  procuring  entity  shall  not  prepare,  adopt  or  apply  any  technical  specification  or 
prescribe  any  conformity  assessment  procedure  with  the  purpose  or  the  effect  of 
creating unnecessary obstacles to international trade.  

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2. 

In prescribing the technical specifications for the goods or services being procured, a 
procuring entity shall, where appropriate: 

(a) 

set  out  the  technical  specifications  in  terms  of  performance  and  functional 
requirements, rather than design or descriptive characteristics; and 

(b)  base the technical specifications on international or European standards, where 
these  exist;  otherwise,  on  national  technical  regulations,  recognized  national 
standards or building codes. 

Where design or descriptive characteristics are used in the technical specifications, a 
procuring  entity  shall  indicate,  where  appropriate,  that  it  will  consider  tenders  of 
equivalent  goods  or  services  that  demonstrably  fulfil  the  requirements  of  the 
procurement by including such words as "or equivalent" in the tender documentation. 

A procuring entity shall not prescribe technical specifications that require or refer to 
a particular trademark or trade name, patent, copyright, design, type, specific origin, 
producer or supplier, unless there is no other sufficiently precise or intelligible way 
of  describing  the  procurement  requirements  and  provided  that,  in  such  cases,  the 
entity includes words such as "or equivalent" in the tender documentation. 

A procuring entity shall not seek or accept, in a manner that would have the effect of 
precluding  competition,  advice  that  may  be  used  in  the  preparation  of  adoption  of 
any technical specification for a specific procurement from a person that may have a 
commercial interest in the procurement. 

Each  Party,  including  its  procuring  entities,  may,  in  accordance  with  this  Article, 
prepare,  adopt  or  apply  technical  specifications  to  promote  the  conservation  of 
natural resources or protect the environment. 

Article 49 

Tender Documentation 

A procuring entity shall provide to suppliers tender documentation that includes all 
information necessary to permit suppliers to prepare and submit responsive tenders. 
Unless already provided in the notice of intended procurement, such documentation 
shall  include  a  complete  description  of  the  issues  set  out  in  Appendix  VIII  of 
ANNEX 1 of this Agreement. 

A  procuring  entity  shall  promptly  provide,  on  request,  the  tender  documentation  to 
any  supplier  participating  in  the  procurement  and  shall  reply  to  any  reasonable 
request  for  relevant  information  by  a  supplier  participating  in  the  procurement, 
provided  that  such  information  does  not  give  that  supplier  an  advantage  over  its 
competitors in the procurement. 

Where,  prior  to  the  award  of  a  contract,  a  procuring  entity  modifies  the  criteria  or 
requirements set out in the notice of intended procurement or tender documentation 
provided  to  participating  suppliers,  or  amends  a  notice  or  tender  documentation,  it 
shall  transmit  in  writing  all  such  modifications  or  amended  or  re-issued  notice  or 
tender documentation: 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

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(a) 

to all suppliers that are participating at the time the information is amended, if 
known, and in all other cases, in the same manner as the original information; 
and 

(b) 

in  adequate  time  to  allow  such  suppliers  to  modify  and  re-submit  amended 
tenders, as appropriate. 

Article 50 

Time Periods 

A procuring entity shall, consistent with its own reasonable needs, provide sufficient time for 
suppliers to prepare and submit requests for participation and responsive tenders, taking into 
account  such  factors  as  the  nature  and  complexity  of  the  procurement,  the  extent  of 
subcontracting  anticipated,  and  the  time  for  transmitting  tenders  from  foreign  as  well  as 
domestic  points  where  electronic  means  are  not  used.  Such  time-periods,  including  any 
extension  of  the  time-periods,  shall  be  the  same  for  all  interested  or  participating  suppliers. 
The applicable time periods are set out in Appendix VI of ANNEX 1 of this Agreement. 

Article 51 

Negotiations 

1. 

A Party may provide for its procuring entities to conduct negotiations: 

(a) 

in the context of procurements in which they have indicated such intent in the 
notice of intended procurement; or 

(b)  were  it  appears  from  the  evaluation  that  no  one  tender  is  obviously  the  most 
advantageous in terms of the specific evaluation criteria set forth in the notices 
or tender documentation. 

2. 

A procuring entity shall: 

(a) 

ensure that any elimination of suppliers participating in negotiations is carried 
out  in  accordance  with  the  evaluation  criteria  set  out  in  the  notices  or  tender 
documentation; and 

(b)  where  negotiations  are  concluded,  provide  a  common  deadline  for  the 

remaining suppliers to submit any new or revised tenders. 

Article 52 

Limited Tendering 

A procuring entity may use limited tendering and may choose not to apply Articles 45 to 47, 
49 to 51, 53 and 54 only under the following conditions: 

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no tenders were submitted, or no suppliers requested participation; 

(ii)  no  tenders  that  conform  to  the  essential  requirements  of  the  tender 

documentation were submitted; 

(iii)  no suppliers satisfied the conditions for participation; or 

(iv) 

the tenders submitted have been collusive, 

provided  that  the  requirements  of  the  tender  documentation  are  not  substantially 
modified; 

(b)  where the goods or services can be supplied only by a particular supplier and 
no  reasonable  alternative  or  substitute  goods  or  services  exist  because  the 
requirement  is  a  work  of  art;  due  to  the  protection  of  patents,  copyrights  or 
other  exclusive  rights;  or  due  to  the  absence  of  competition  for  technical 
reasons; 

(c) 

for  additional  deliveries  by  the  original  supplier  of  goods  and  services  that 
were  not  included  in  the  initial  procurement  where  a  change  of  supplier  for 
such additional goods or services: 

(i) 

interchangeability  or 

cannot be made for economic or technical reasons such as requirements 
of 
interoperability  with  existing  equipment, 
software, services or installations procured under the initial procurement; 
and 

(ii)  would cause significant inconvenience or substantial duplication of costs 

for the procuring entity; 

(d) 

insofar as is strictly necessary where, for reasons of extreme urgency brought 
about  by  events  unforeseeable  by  the  procuring  entity,  the  goods  or  services 
could not be obtained in time suing open tendering or selective tendering; 

(e) 

for goods purchased on a commodity market; 

(f)  where a procuring entity procures a prototype or a first good or service that is 
developed  at  its  request  in  the  course  of,  and  for,  a  particular  contract  for 
research, experiment, study or original development; 

(g) 

for  purchases  made  under  exceptionally  advantageous  conditions  which  only 
arise  in  the  very  short  term  in  the  case  of  unusual  disposals  such  as  arising 
from liquidation, receivership or bankruptcy and not for routine purchases from 
regular suppliers; and 

(h)  where a contract is awarded to a winner of a design context provided that the 
contest has been organised in a manner that is consistent with the principles of 
this  Chapter,  and  the  participants  are  judged  by  an  independent  jury  with  a 
view to a design contract being awarded to a winner. 

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Article 53 

Electronic Auctions 

Where  a  procuring  entity  intends  to  conduct  a  covered  procurement  using  an  electronic 
auction, the entity shall provide each participant, before commencing the electronic auction, 
with: 

(a) 

the  automatic  evaluation  method,  including  the  mathematical  formula,  that  is 
based  on  the  evaluation  criteria  set  out  in  the  tender  documentation  and  that 
will be used in the automatic ranking or re-ranking during the auction; 

(b) 

the  results  of  any  initial  evaluation  of  the  elements  of  its  tender  where  the 
contract is to be awarded on the basis of the most advantageous tender and 

(c) 

any other relevant information relating to the conduct of the auction. 

Article 54 

Treatment of Tenders and Award of Contracts 

A  procuring  entity  shall  receive,  open  and  treat  all  tenders  under  procedures  that 
guarantee  the  fairness  and  impartiality  of  the  procurement  process,  and  the 
confidentiality of tenders. 

A procuring entity shall not penalize any supplier whose tender is received after the 
time specified for receiving tenders if the delay is due solely to mishandling on the 
part of the procuring entity. 

Where  a  procuring  entity  provides  a  supplier  with  an  opportunity  to  correct 
unintentional errors of form between the opening of tenders and the awarding of the 
contract, the procuring entity shall provide the same opportunity to all participating 
suppliers. 

To be considered for an award, a tender shall be in writing and shall, at the time of 
opening,  comply  with  the  essential  requirements  set  out  in  the  notices  and  tender 
documentation and be from a supplier that satisfies the conditions for participation. 

Unless  a  procuring  entity  determines  that  it  is  not  in  the  public  interest  to  award  a 
contract,  the  entity  shall  award  the  contract  to  the  supplier  that  the  entity  has 
determined to be capable of fulfilling the terms of the contract and that, based solely 
on  the  evaluation  criteria  specified  in  the  notices  and  tender  documentation,  has 
submitted  the  most  advantageous  tender  or  where  price  is  the  sole  criterion,  the 
lowest price. 

Where a procuring entity receives a tender with a price that is abnormally lower than 
the prices in other tenders submitted, it may verify with the supplier that it satisfies 
the conditions for participation and is capable of fulfilling the terms of the contract. 

A  procuring  entity  shall  not  use  options,  cancel  a  procurement  or  modify  awarded 
contracts in a manner that circumvents the obligations under this Agreement. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

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2. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

Article 55 

Transparency of Procurement Information 

A  procuring  entity  shall  promptly  inform  participating  suppliers  of  the  entity's 
contract  award  decisions  and,  on  request,  shall  do  so  in  writing.  Subject  to 
paragraphs  2  and  3  of  Article  56,  a  procuring  entity  shall,  on  request,  provide  an 
unsuccessful supplier with an explanation of the reasons why the entity did not select 
its tender and the relative advantages of the successful supplier's tender. 

Not  later  than  72  days  after  the  award  of  each  contract  covered  by  this  Chapter,  a 
procuring entity shall publish a notice in the appropriate paper or electronic medium 
listed  in  Appendix  III.  Where  only  an  electronic  medium  is  used,  the  information 
shall  remain  readily  available  for  a  reasonable  period  of  time.  The  notice  shall 
include  at  least  the  information  set  out  in  Appendix  VII  of  ANNEX  1  of  this 
Agreement. 

Article 56 

Disclosure of Information 

On  request  of  the  other  Party,  the  Party  shall  provide  promptly  any  information 
necessary  to  determine  whether  the  procurement  was  conducted  fairly,  impartially 
and in accordance with the Chapter, including information on the characteristics and 
relative  advantages  of  the  successful  tender.  In  cases  where  release  of  this 
information  would  prejudice  competition  in  future  tenders,  the  Party  that  receives 
that information shall not disclose it to any supplier, except after consultation with, 
and agreement of, the Party that provided the information. 

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Chapter, a Party, including its procuring 
entities,  shall  not  provide  to  any  supplier  information  that  might  prejudice  fair 
competition between suppliers. 

Nothing in this Chapter shall be construed to require a Party, including its procuring 
entities,  authorities  and  review  bodies,  to  disclose  confidential  information  where 
disclosure would impede law enforcement; might prejudice fair competition between 
suppliers; would prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of particular persons, 
including  the  protection  of  intellectual  property;  or  would  otherwise  be  contrary  to 
the public interest. 

Article 57 

Domestic Review Procedures 

1. 

Each  Party  shall  provide  a  timely,  effective,  transparent  and  non-discriminatory 
administrative or judicial review procedure through which a supplier may challenge: 

(a) 

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5. 

(b)  where the supplier does not have a right to challenge directly a breach of the 
Chapter under the domestic law of the Party, a failure to comply with a Party's 
measures implementing this Chapter,  

arising  in  the  context  of  a  covered  procurement,  in  which  the  supplier  has,  or  has 
had, an interest. The procedural rules for all challenges shall be in writing and made 
generally available. 

In  the  event  of  a  complaint  by  a  supplier,  arising  in  the  context  of  covered 
procurement in which the supplier has, or has had, an interest, that there has been a 
breach or a failure as set out in paragraph 1, the Party concerned shall encourage its 
procuring  entity  and  the  supplier  to  seek  resolution  of  the  complaint  through 
consultation. The procuring entity shall accord impartial and timely consideration to 
any such complaint in a manner that is not prejudicial to the supplier's participation 
in  ongoing  or  future  procurement  or  right  to  seek  corrective  measures  under  the 
administrative or judicial review procedure. 

Each  supplier  shall  be  allowed  a  sufficient  period  of  time  to  prepare  and  submit  a 
challenge, which in no case be less than 10 days from the time when the basis of the 
challenge became known or reasonably should have become known to the supplier. 

Each  Party  shall  establish  or  designate  at  least  one  impartial  administrative  or 
judicial authority that is independent of its procuring entities to receive and review a 
challenge by a supplier arising in the context of a covered procurement. 

Where  a  body  other  than  an  authority  referred  to  in  paragraph  4  initially  reviews  a 
challenge, the Party shall ensure that the supplier may appeal the initial decision to 
an impartial administrative or judicial authority that is independent of the procuring 
entity whose procurement is the subject of the challenge. A review body that is not a 
court  shall  either  be  subject  to  judicial  review  or  have  procedural  guarantees  that 
provide for: 

(a) 

(b) 

the  procuring  entity  shall  respond  in  writing  to  the  challenge  and  disclose  all 
relevant documents to the review body; 

the  participants  to  the  proceedings  (hereinafter  referred  to  as  "participants") 
shall  have  the  right  to  be  heard  prior  to  a  decision  of  the  review  body  being 
made on the challenge; 

(c) 

the participants shall have the right to be represented and accompanied; 

(d) 

the participants shall have access to all proceedings; 

(e) 

(f) 

the participants shall have the right to request that the proceedings take place in 
public and that witnesses may be present; and 

decisions  or  recommendations  relating  to  challenges  by  suppliers  shall  be 
provided,  in  a  timely  fashion,  in  writing,  with  an  explanation  of  the  basis  for 
each decision or recommendation. 

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prompt interim measures to preserve the supplier's opportunity to participate in 
the  procurement.  Such  interim  measures  may  result  in  suspension  of  the 
procurement  process.  The  procedures  may  provide  that  overriding  adverse 
consequences for the interests concerned, including the public interest, may be 
taken  into  account  when  deciding  whether  such  measures  should  be  applied. 
The case for not acting shall be provided in writing; and 

(b)  where a review body had determined that there has been a breach or a failure as 
set  out  in  paragraph  1,  corrective  action  or  compensation  for  the  loss  or 
damages suffered, which may be limited to either the costs for the preparation 
of the tender or the costs relating to the challenge, or both. 

Article 58 

1. 

2. 

The  Parties  will  review  annually  the  effective  operation  of  this  Chapter  and  the 
mutual opening of procurement markets. In no later than one year from the entry into 
force of this Agreement the Parties will enter into negotiations for the extension of 
the  list(s)  of  covered  entities  in  Sub-Annex  1  and  Sub-Annex  2  of  Appenix  1  of 
ANNEX 1 of this Agreement. 

Iraq  will  in  the  context  of  the  WTO  accession  negotiations  acknowledge  its 
commitment for accession to the plurilateral Agreement on Government Procurement 
(hereinafter referred to as the "GPA"). 

Article 59 

Asymmetrical regime and transitional measures 

Taking  in  account  the  development,  financial  and  trade  needs,  Iraq  will  benefit  from  the 
following transitional measure: 

(a) 

Iraq may provide for a temporary price preference programme consisting of a 
price differential of 5% for goods and services and 10% for works, applicable 
to supplies and services from purely Iraqis suppliers. 

(b)  The price preference programme will be phased-out in 10 years from the entry 

into force of this PCA. 

Chapter III Intellectual property protection 

Article 60 

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Pursuant to the provisions of this Article and of ANNEX 2 of this Agreement, Iraq 
shall adopt, within five years of the entry into force of the Agreement, legislation in 
order  to  ensure  adequate  and  effective  protection  of  intellectual,  industrial  and 
commercial  property  rights9  according  to  the  highest  international  standards 

For the purpose of this Agreement, intellectual property rights includes copyright, including copyright 
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5. 

6. 

including  the  rules  set  by  the  Agreement  on  Trade-Related  Aspects  of  Intellectual 
Property Rights, contained in Annex 1C to the WTO Agreement (hereinafter referred 
to as the “TRIPS Agreement”), as well as effective means of enforcing such rights. 

Within three years of the entry into force of the Agreement, Iraq shall accede to the 
multilateral  conventions  on  intellectual,  industrial  and  commercial  property  rights 
referred to in paragraph 2 of ANNEX 2 of this Agreement to which Member States 
are parties or which are de facto applied by Member States according to the relevant 
provisions contained in these conventions. 

Within three years of the entry into force of the Agreement, Iraq shall comply with 
the multilateral conventions on intellectual, industrial and commercial property rights 
referred to in paragraph 3 of ANNEX 2 of this Agreement to which one or several 
Member States are parties or which are de facto applied by one or several Member 
States according to the relevant provisions contained in these conventions. 

The  implementation  of  this  Article  and  of  ANNEX  2  of  this  Agreement  shall  be 
regularly  reviewed  by  the  Parties.  In  preparing  its  legislation  or  if  problems  in  the 
area  of  intellectual, industrial  and  commercial  property  affecting  trading  conditions 
were to occur, urgent consultations will be undertaken, at the request of either Party, 
with a view to reaching mutually satisfactory solutions. In no later than three years 
from  the  entry into  force  of  this  Agreement, the Parties will enter into negotiations 
for more detailed IPR provisions. 

Each Party shall accord to the national of the other Party treatment no less favourable 
than that it accords to its own nationals with regard to the protection of intellectual 
property  rights,  subject  to  the  exceptions  already  provided  for  in  the  international 
instruments which are included or may be included from time to time in ANNEX 2 
of this Agreement and as of the moment in which they are ratified by that Party. 

From  the  entry  into  force  of  this  Agreement,  Iraq  shall  grant  to  companies  and 
national  of  the  Union,  in  respect  of  the  recognition  and  protection  of  intellectual, 
industrial and commercial property, treatment no less favourable than that granted by 
it to any third country under bilateral agreements. 

Chapter I Objective and Scope 

Section VI  

Dispute settlement 

Article 61 

Objective 

to  copyright,  rights  related  to  patents,  trademarks,  trade  names  in  so  far  as  these  are  protected  as 
exclusive  property  rights  in  the  domestic  law  concerned,  designs,  layout-designs  (topographies)  of 
integrated  circuits,  geographical  indications,  including  designations  of  origin,  indications  of  source, 
plant  varieties,  protection of undisclosed  information  and the  protection against unfair competition  as 
referred to in Article 10bis of the Paris Convention for the Protection of Industrial Property (Stockholm 
Act 1967). 

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The objective of this Section is to avoid and settle any dispute between the Parties with a view 
to arrive at, where possible, a mutually agreed solution. 

Article 62 

Scope 

The provisions of this Section apply with respect to any dispute concerning the interpretation 
and application of the provisions of Title II of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly 
provided. 

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Chapter II Consultations 

Article 63 

Consultations 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

The  Parties  shall  endeavour  to  resolve  any  dispute  regarding  the  interpretation  and 
application of the provisions referred to in Article 62 by entering into consultations 
in  good  faith  with  the  aim  of  reaching  a  prompt,  equitable  and  mutually  agreed 
solution. 

A  Party  shall  seek  consultations  by  means  of  a  written  request  to  the  other  Party, 
copied  to  the  Cooperation  Committee,  identifying  any  measure  at  issue  and  the 
provisions referred to in Article 62 that it considers applicable. 

Consultations  shall  be  held  within  30  days  of  the  date  of  the  submission  of  the 
request  and  take  place,  unless  the  Parties  agree  otherwise,  on  the  territory  of  the 
Party  complained  against.  The  consultations  shall  be  deemed  concluded  within  30 
days  of  the  date  of  the  submission  of  the  request,  unless  both  Parties  agree  to 
continue  consultations.  All  information  disclosed  during  the  consultations  shall 
remain confidential. 

Consultations  on  matters  of  urgency,  including  those  regarding  perishable  or 
seasonal  goods  shall  be  held  within  15  days  of  the  date  of  the  submission  of  the 
request, and shall be deemed concluded within 15 days of the date of the submission 
of the request. 

If  consultations  are  not  held  within  the  timeframes  laid  down  in  paragraph  3  or  in 
paragraph 4 respectively, or if consultations have been concluded and no agreement 
has been reached on a mutually agreed solution, the complaining Party may request 
the establishment of an arbitration panel in accordance with Article 64. 

Chapter III Dispute Settlement Procedures 

Article 64 

Initiation of the arbitration procedure 

1. 

2. 

Where the Parties have failed to resolve the dispute by recourse to consultations as 
provided for in Article 63, the complaining Party may request the establishment of an 
arbitration panel. 

The request for the establishment of an arbitration panel shall be made in writing to 
the  Party  complained  against  and  the  Cooperation  Committee.  The  complaining 
Party  shall  identify  in  its  request  the  specific  measure  at  issue,  and  it  shall  explain 
how such measure constitutes a breach of the provisions referred to in Article 62 in a 
manner sufficient to present the legal basis for the complaint. 

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3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

Article 65 

Establishment of the arbitration panel 

An arbitration panel shall be composed of three arbitrators. 

Within 10 days of the date of the submission of the request for the establishment of 
an arbitration panel to the Cooperation Committee, the Parties shall consult in order 
to reach an agreement on the composition of the arbitration panel. 

In  the  event  that  the  Parties  are  unable  to  agree  on  its  composition  within  the  time 
frame laid down in paragraph 2, either party may request the chair of the Cooperation 
Committee,  or  the  chair's  delegate,  to  select  all  three  members  by  lot  from  the  list 
established under Article 78, one among the individuals proposed by the complaining 
Party, one among the individuals proposed by the Party complained against and one 
among the individuals selected by the Parties to act as chairperson. Where the Parties 
agree  on  one  or  more  of  the  members  of  the  arbitration  panel,  any  remaining 
members shall be selected by the same procedure in the applicable list of panellists. 

The  chair  of  the  Cooperation  Committee,  or  the  chair's  delegate,  shall  select  the 
arbitrators within five days of the request referred to in paragraph 3 by either Party 
and in the presence of a representative of each Party. 

The date of establishment of the arbitration panel shall be the date on which the three 
arbitrators are selected. 

Should  any  of  the  lists  provided  for  in  Article  78  not  be  established  at  the  time  a 
request  is  made  pursuant  to  paragraph  3  the  three  arbitrators  shall  be  drawn  by  lot 
from  the  individuals  which  have  been  formally  proposed  by  one  or  both  of  the 
Parties. 

Article 66 

Interim panel report 

The arbitration panel shall issue an interim report to the Parties setting out its findings of the 
facts, the applicability of relevant provisions and the basic rationale behind any findings and 
recommendations that it makes, not later than 90 days from the date of establishment of the 
arbitration panel. Any Party may submit a written request for the arbitration panel to review 
precise aspects of the interim report within 15 days of its notification. The findings of the final 
panel ruling shall include a sufficient motivation of the arguments made at the interim review 
stage, and shall answer clearly to the questions and observations of the two Parties. 

Article 67 

Arbitration panel ruling 

1. 

The  arbitration  panel  shall  notify  its  ruling  to  the  Parties  and  to  the  Cooperation 
Committee  within  120  days  from  the  date  of  the  establishment  of  the  arbitration 
panel.  Where  it  considers  that  this  deadline  cannot  be  met,  the  chairperson  of  the 

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arbitration panel must notify the Parties and the Cooperation Committee in writing, 
stating the reasons for the delay and the date on which the panel plans to conclude its 
work. Under no circumstances should the ruling be notified later than 150 days from 
the date of the establishment of the arbitration panel. 

2. 

In  cases  of  urgency,  including  those  involving  perishable  or  seasonal  goods,  the 
arbitration panel shall make every effort to notify its ruling within 60 days from the 
date of its establishment. Under no circumstances should it take longer than 75 days 
from its establishment. The arbitration panel may give a preliminary ruling within 10 
days of its establishment on whether it deems the case to be urgent. 

Article 68 

Compliance with the arbitration panel ruling 

Each Party shall take any measure necessary to comply in good faith with the arbitration panel 
ruling,  and  the  Parties  shall  endeavour  to  agree  on  the  period  of  time  to  comply  with  the 
ruling. 

Article 69 

The reasonable period of time for compliance 

1. 

2. 

3. 

No  later  than  30  days  after  the  notification  of  the  arbitration  panel  ruling  to  the 
Parties,  the  Party  complained  against  shall  notify  the  complaining  Party  and  the 
Cooperation  Committee  of  the  time  it  will  require  for  compliance  (hereinafter 
referred to as "reasonable period of time") if immediate compliance is not possible. 

If  there  is  disagreement  between  the  Parties  on  the  reasonable  period  of  time  to 
comply with the arbitration panel ruling, the complaining Party shall, within 20 days 
of the notification made under paragraph 1 by the Party complained against, request 
in  writing  the  original  arbitration  panel  to  determine  the  length  of  the  reasonable 
period of time. Such request shall be notified simultaneously to the other Party and to 
the Cooperation Committee. The arbitration panel shall notify its ruling to the Parties 
and to the Cooperation Committee within 20 days from the date of the submission of 
the request. 

In the event of the original arbitration panel, or some of its members, being unable to 
reconvene,  the  procedures  set  out  in  Article  65  shall  apply.  The  time  limit  for 
notifying the ruling shall be 35 days from the date of the submission of the request 
referred to in paragraph 2. 

4. 

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1. 

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3. 

Article 70 

Review of any measure taken to comply with the arbitration panel ruling 

The Party complained against shall notify the complaining Party and the Cooperation 
Committee before the end of the reasonable period of time of any measure that it has 
taken to comply with the arbitration panel ruling. 

In the event that there is disagreement between the Parties concerning the existence 
or  the  consistency  of  any  measure  notified  under  paragraph  1,  with  the  provisions 
referred to  in  Article  62, the  complaining Party  may  request  in writing  the original 
arbitration  panel  to  rule  on  the  matter.  Such  request  shall  identify  the  specific 
measure  at  issue  and  it  shall  explain  how  such  measure  is  incompatible  with  the 
provisions referred to in Article 62. The arbitration panel shall notify its ruling within 
45 days of the date of the submission of the request. 

In the event of the original arbitration panel, or some of its members, being unable to 
reconvene,  the  procedures  set  out  in  Article  65  shall  apply.  The  time  limit  for 
notifying the ruling shall be 60 days from the date of the submission of the request 
referred to in paragraph 2. 

Article 71 

Temporary remedies in case of non-compliance 

If the Party complained against fails to notify any measure taken to comply with the 
arbitration panel ruling before the expiry of the reasonable period of time, or if the 
arbitration  panel  rules  that  the  measure  notified  under  Article  70  paragraph  1  is 
inconsistent  with  that  Party’s  obligations  under  the  provisions  referred  to  in 
Article 62,  the  Party  complained  against  shall,  if  so  requested  by  the  complaining 
Party, present an offer for temporary compensation. 

If  no  agreement  on  compensation  is  reached  within  30  days  of  the  end  of  the 
reasonable  period  of  time  or  of  the  arbitration  panel  ruling  under  Article  70  that  a 
measure taken to comply is inconsistent with the provisions referred to in Article 62, 
the  complaining  Party  shall  be  entitled,  upon  notification  to  the  Party  complained 
against and to the Cooperation Committee, to suspend obligations arising from any 
provision  referred  to  in  Article  62  at  a  level  equivalent  to  the  nullification  or 
impairment  caused  by  the  violation.  The  complaining  Party  may  implement  the 
suspension  10  days  after  the  date  of  the  notification,  unless  the  Party  complained 
against has requested arbitration under paragraph 3. 

If  the  Party  complained  against  considers  that  the  level  of  suspension  is  not 
equivalent to the nullification or impairment caused by the violation, it may request 
in writing the original arbitration panel to rule on the matter. Such request shall be 
notified to the complaining Party and to Cooperation Committee before the expiry of 
the  10  day  period  referred  to  in  paragraph  2.  The  original  arbitration  panel  shall 
notify its ruling on the level of the suspension of obligations to the Parties and to the 
Cooperation Committee within 30 days of the date of the submission of the request. 
Obligations shall not be suspended until the original arbitration panel has notified its 
ruling, and any suspension shall be consistent with the arbitration panel ruling. 

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5. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

In the event of the original arbitration panel, or some of its members, being unable to 
reconvene,  the  procedures  laid  down  in  Article  65  shall  apply.  The  period  for 
notifying the ruling shall be 45 days from the date of the submission of the request 
referred to in paragraph 3. 

The suspension of obligations shall be temporary and shall be applied only until any 
measure  found  to  be  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  referred  to  in  Article  62  has 
been withdrawn or amended so as to bring it into conformity with those provisions, 
as established under Article 72, or until the Parties have agreed to settle the dispute.  

Article 72 

Review of any measure taken to comply after the suspension of obligations 

The Party complained against shall notify the complaining Party and the Cooperation 
Committee of any measure it has taken to comply with the ruling of the arbitration 
panel  and  of  its  request  for  an  end  to  the  suspension  of  obligations  applied  by  the 
complaining Party. 

If the Parties do not reach an agreement on the compatibility of the notified measure 
with  the  provisions  referred  to  in  Article  62  within  30  days  of  the  date  of  the 
submission  of  the  notification,  the  complaining  Party  shall  request  in  writing  the 
original  arbitration  panel  to  rule  on  the  matter.  Such  request  shall  be  notified 
simultaneously  to the Party  complained against and to the Cooperation Committee. 
The  arbitration  panel  ruling  shall  be  notified  to  the  Parties  and  to  the  Cooperation 
Committee  within  45  days  of  the  date  of  the  submission  of  the  request.  If  the 
arbitration  panel  rules  that  any  measure  taken  to  comply  is  in  conformity  with  the 
provisions referred to in Article 62, the suspension of obligations shall be terminated 

In the event of the original arbitration panel, or some of its members, being unable to 
reconvene,  the  procedures  laid  down  in  Article  65  shall  apply.  The  period  for 
notifying the ruling shall be 60 days from the date of the submission of the request 
referred to in paragraph 2. 

Article 73 

Mutually Agreed Solution 

The Parties may reach a mutually agreed solution to a dispute under this Section at any time. 
They shall notify the Cooperation Committee and the arbitration panel of any such solution. 
Upon notification of the mutually agreed solution, the panel shall terminate its work and the 
procedure shall be terminated. 

Article 74 

Rules of Procedure 

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Dispute settlement procedures under this Section shall be governed by the Rules of 
Procedure  and  the  Code  of  Conduct  which  shall  be  adopted  by  the  Cooperation 
Committee. 

he Parties may decide to modify the Rules of Procedure and the Code of Conduct. 

Any hearing of the arbitration panel shall be open to the public in accordance with 
the Rules of Procedure. 

Article 75 

Information and technical advice 

At  the  request  of  a  Party,  or  upon  its  own  initiative,  the  arbitration  panel  may  obtain 
information  from  any  source,  including  the  Parties  involved  in  the  dispute,  it  deems 
appropriate  for  the  arbitration  panel  proceeding.  The  arbitration  panel  also  has  the  right  to 
seek the relevant opinion of experts as it deems appropriate. Any information obtained in this 
manner must be disclosed to each of the Parties and submitted for their comments. Interested 
natural or legal persons established in the Parties' territories are authorised to submit amicus 
curiae briefs to the arbitration panel in accordance with the Rules of Procedure. 

Article 76 

Rules of interpretation 

Any arbitration panel shall interpret the provisions referred to in Article 62 in accordance with 
customary  rules  of  interpretation  of  public  international  law,  including  those  codified  in  the 
Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties. The rulings of the arbitration panel cannot add to 
or diminish the rights and obligations provided in the provisions referred to in Article 62. 

Article 77 

Arbitration panel decisions and rulings 

1. 

2. 

The  arbitration  panel  shall  make  every  effort  to  take  any  decision  by  consensus. 
Where, nevertheless, a decision cannot be arrived at by consensus, the matter at issue 
shall  be  decided  by  majority  vote.  However,  in  no  case  dissenting  opinions  of 
arbitrators shall be published. 

Any ruling of the arbitration panel shall be binding on the Parties and shall not create 
any  rights  or  obligations  for  natural  or  legal  persons.  The  ruling  shall  set  out  the 
findings of fact, the applicability of the relevant provisions of the Agreement and the 
basic rationale behind any findings and conclusions that it makes. The Cooperation 
Committee shall make the arbitration panel rulings publicly available in its entirety 
unless  it  decides  not  to  do  so  in  order  to  ensure  the  confidentiality  of  business 
confidential information. 

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Article 78 

List of arbitrators 

1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

The Cooperation Committee shall, no later than six months after the entry into force 
of the Agreement, establish a list of 15 individuals who are willing and able to serve 
as  arbitrators.  Each  of  the  Parties  shall  propose  five  individuals  to  serve  as 
arbitrators. The two Parties shall also select five individuals that are not nationals of 
either  Party  and  who  shall  act  as  chairperson  to  the  arbitration  panel.  The 
Cooperation Committee shall ensure that the list is always maintained at this level. 

Arbitrators shall have specialised knowledge or experience of law and international 
trade.  They  shall  be  independent,  serve  in  their  individual  capacities  and  not  take 
instructions  from  any  organisation  or  government,  or  be  affiliated  with  the 
government of any of the Parties, and shall comply with the Code of Conduct. 

Article 79 

Relation with WTO obligations 

Until Iraq accedes to the WTO, arbitration panels shall adopt an interpretation that is 
fully  consistent  with  the  relevant  decisions  of  the  Dispute  Settlement  Body  of  the 
World Trade Organisation when ruling on an alleged violation of a provision of the 
provisions referred to in Article 62 that incorporates or refers to a provision under the 
WTO Agreement. 

Upon the accession of Iraq to the WTO, the following provisions shall apply. 

Recourse  to  the  dispute  settlement  provisions  of  this  Section  shall  be  without 
prejudice to any action in the WTO framework, including dispute settlement action. 

However, where a Party has, with regard to a particular measure, instituted a dispute 
settlement  proceeding,  either  under  Article  64  paragraph  1  of  this  Section  or  under 
the WTO Agreement, it may not institute a dispute settlement proceeding regarding 
the same measure in the other forum until the first proceeding has ended. In addition, 
a Party shall not seek redress for the breach of an obligation which is identical under 
the Agreement and under the WTO Agreement in the two fora. In such case, once a 
dispute  settlement  proceeding  has  been  initiated,  the  Party  shall  not  bring  a  claim 
seeking redress for the breach of the identical obligation under the other agreement to 
the  other  forum,  unless  the  forum  selected  fails  for  procedural  or  jurisdictional 
reasons to make findings on the claim seeking redress of that obligation. 

5. 

For purposes of this paragraph: 

(a) 

dispute  settlement  proceedings  under  the  WTO  Agreement  are  deemed  to  be 
initiated by a Party’s request for the establishment of a panel under Article 6 of 
the  DSU  and  are  deemed  to  be  ended  when  the  Dispute  Settlement  Body 
adopts the Panel's report, and the Appellate Body's report as the case may be, 
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a Party's request for the establishment of an arbitration panel under Article 64 
paragraph 1 and are deemed to be ended when the arbitration panel notifies its 
ruling to the Parties and to the Cooperation Committee under Article 67. 

Nothing in this Section shall preclude a Party from implementing the suspension of 
obligations  authorised  by  the  Dispute  Settlement  Body  of  the  WTO.  The  WTO 
Agreement  shall  not  be  invoked  to  preclude  a  Party  from  suspending  obligations 
under Title II of this Agreement. 

Article 80 

Time limits 

All  time  limits  laid  down  in  this  Section,  including  the  limits  for  the  arbitration 
panels  to  notify  their  rulings,  shall  be  counted  in  calendar  days,  the  first  day  being 
the day following the act or fact to which they refer. 

Any time limit referred to in this Section may be extended by mutual agreement of 
the Parties. 

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TITLE III 

AREAS OF COOPERATION 

Article 81 

Financial and technical assistance 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

In order to achieve the objectives of this Agreement the Republic of Iraq shall benefit 
from  financial  and  technical  assistance  from  the  Union  in  the  form  of  grants  to 
accelerate the economic and political transformation of the Republic of Iraq. 

This  assistance  shall  be  covered  within the  framework  of  the  Union’s  development 
cooperation  foreseen  in  the  relevant  regulations  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of 
the Council. 

The  objectives  and  the  areas  of  the  Union’s  assistance  shall  be  laid  down  in  an 
indicative programme reflecting established priorities to be agreed between the two 
parties taking into account the Republic of Iraq’s development needs and strategies, 
sectoral absorption capacities and progress with reform. 

The  Parties  shall  ensure  that  technical  assistance  contributions  from  the  Union  are 
made in close coordination with those from other sources. The Union’s development 
cooperation  policy  and  international  action  are  guided  by  the  United  Nations’ 
Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and the main development objectives and 
principles in the context of the UN and other competent international organisations. 
In implementing the Union’s development policy, full account shall be taken of the 
principles of Aid Effectiveness, including the Paris Declaration of 2 March 2005 and 
the Accra Agenda for Action. 

Without prejudice to provisions on mutual legal assistance, the Party benefiting from 
technical or financial assistance shall promptly respond to requests for administrative 
cooperation by the competent authorities of the other Party, with a view to enhancing 
the fight against fraud and irregularities in the context of assistance from the Union. 

The Government of Iraq shall ensure the appointment of an anti-fraud contact point. 
This contact point shall be responsible for effective co-operation with the Institutions 
and bodies of the Union, including the European Court of Auditors and the European 
Anti-fraud Office (OLAF), in particular as regards the implementation of their audit 
and control measures in the field of the protection of the Union's financial interests. 

Article 82 

Social and human development cooperation 

Cooperation in this area will affirm the social dimension of globalisation and recall the link 
between  social  development  and  economic  development  as  well  as  with  environmentally 
sustainable  development.  Cooperation  will  also  underline  the  importance  of  poverty 
alleviation,  the  promotion  of  human  rights  and  fundamental  freedoms  for  all,  including 
vulnerable groups and displaced and the response to core health, education and employment 

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needs. Cooperation activities in all those areas will notably aim at focusing on capacity and 
institution building taking into account the principles of inclusiveness, good governance and 
sound and transparent management. 

Article 83 

Education, training and youth 

1. 

2. 

3. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

The Parties shall endeavour to promote cooperation in education, training and youth 
towards  mutual  benefit,  taking  into  account  the  availability  of  resources  and 
promoting gender equality. 

The  Parties  shall  particularly  encourage  exchanges  of  information,  know-how, 
students,  scholars,  technical  resources,  young  people  and  youth  workers  and 
strengthening  of  capacities,  while taking  advantage  of  the  facilities  offered  by  the 
existing  cooperation  programmes  as  well  as  the  experience  that  both  Parties  have 
acquired in this area. 

Both Parties also agree to intensify cooperation between higher education institutions 
through such means as the Erasmus Mundus programme with the aim of supporting 
excellence and internationalisation of their education systems. 

Article 84 

Employment and social development 

The  Parties  agree  to  enhance  cooperation  in  the  field  of  employment  and  social 
affairs,  including  cooperation  on  social  cohesion,  decent  work,  health  and  safety  at 
the workplace labour legislation, social dialogue, human resources development and 
gender equality, with a view to promote full and productive employment and decent 
work for all as key elements of sustainable development and poverty reduction. 

The  Parties  reaffirm  their  commitments  to  promote  and  effectively  implement 
internationally  recognised  labour  and  social  standards.  The  implementation  of 
relevant multilateral social and labour agreements shall be taken into account in all 
activities undertaken by the Parties under this Agreement. 

The forms of cooperation may include, inter alia, specific programs and projects, as 
mutually  agreed,  as  well  as  dialogue,  capacity  building,  cooperation  and  initiatives 
on topics of common interest at bilateral or multilateral level. 

The  Parties  agree  to  involve  social  partners  and  other  relevant  stakeholders  in  the 
dialogue and cooperation. 

Article 85 

Civil society 

The Parties recognise the role and potential contribution of organised civil society, especially 
academics and links between think-tanks, in the dialogue and cooperation process under this 

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agreement  and  agree  to  promote  effective  dialogue  with  organised  civil  society  and  its 
effective participation. 

Article 86 

Human Rights 

1. 

The  Parties  agree  to  cooperate  in  the  promotion  and  effective  protection  of  human 
rights,  including  with  regard  to  the  ratification  and  implementation  of  international 
human  rights  instruments  and  the  provision  of  technical  assistance,  training  and 
capacity  building  as  appropriate.  The  parties  are  aware  that  the  impact  of  any 
cooperation and development program will be limited if it does not protect, enhance 
and respect human rights. 

2. 

Cooperation on human rights may include, inter alia: 

(a) 

strengthening  governmental  human  rights  related  institutions  and  non-
governmental organizations that are working in this field; 

(b)  provision of human rights promotion and education at national and local level, 
especially among public administration, judiciary and law enforcement bodies, 
with respect to the rights of women and children; 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

development  of  the  Iraqi  legislation  in  compliance  with  international 
humanitarian and human rights law; 

cooperation  and  information  exchange  within  the  human  rights  related 
institutions of the United Nations; 

support to Iraqi government’s efforts to provide a suitable standard of living to 
Iraqi citizens and safeguard their political, economic, social, and cultural rights 
without discrimination; 

(f) 

support to national reconciliation and fight against impunity; 

(g) 

establishment of a comprehensive human rights dialogue. 

Article 87 

Industrial and SME policies cooperation 

1. 

The  aim  of  co-operation  in  this  area  must  facilitate  the  restructuring  and 
modernisation  of  the  Iraqi  industry  while  fostering  its  competitiveness  and  growth 
and to create conditions favourable to mutually beneficial co-operation between Iraqi 
and Union industry. 

A-General 

2. 

The co-operation shall: 

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(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

characterize  a  comprehensive  industrial  strategy  in  Iraq  that  takes  into 
consideration  the  reality  of  the  current  state  of  industrial  enterprises  on  the 
public and private sectors; 

encourage  Iraq  to  restructure  and  modernise  its  industry,  under  conditions 
ensuring  environmental  protection,  sustainable  developments  and  economic 
growth; 

foster an environment which favours private initiatives on the industrial field, 
with the aim of stimulating and diversifying output for the domestic and export 
markets; 

(d)  promote  an  environment  favourable  to  stimulate  the  growth  and  the 
in  a  sustainable  development 

industrial  production 

diversification  of 
perspective; 

(e)  work  on  the  provision  of  information  that  serves  the  joint  cooperation  in 

industrial fields; 

(f) 

promote the use of Union and international technical regulations standards and 
conformity  assessment  procedures  in  order  to  facilitate  Iraq’s  integration  into 
the  global  economy;  establishing  regular  exchanges  between  both  sides’ 
standardisation and normalisation entities; 

(g) 

cooperate to create an appropriate industrial business environment ; 

(h)  promote and encourage the improvement of information support services as a 
key  element  of  growth  potential  for  business  activities  and  economic 
development; 

(i) 

(j) 

develop 
(companies, 
professionals, sectoral and other business organisations, organised labour, etc.); 

industrial  operators 

links  between 

the  Parties’ 

encouraging  joint  industrial  projects  and  establishing  joint  ventures  and 
information networks. 

B- Small and Medium Size Enterprises 

3. 

The  Parties,  taking  into  account  their  respective  economic  policies  and  objectives, 
agree  to  promote  industrial  policy  cooperation  in  all  fields  deemed  suitable  with  a 
view to improving the competitiveness of small and medium sized enterprises. 

4. 

The Parties shall: 

(a) 

aim  to  develop  and  strengthen  small  and  medium  size  enterprises  and  to 
promote the cooperation among SMEs; 

(b)  develop assistance required by Micro-Enterprises and Small and Medium Size 
Enterprises  in  areas  such  as  financing,  skills  training,  technology  and 
marketing, innovation and other requirements for SMEs establishment, such as 
incubator parks, and other development areas; 

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support SMEs activities through relevant networking; and 

(d) 

facilitate  business  cooperation,  supporting  the  relevant  cooperation  activities 
established  by  the  private  sectors  of  both  sides  through  appropriate  links 
between Iraqi and Union private sector operators in order to improve the flow 
of information. 

Article 88 

Cooperation in the field of investment 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

The  Parties  shall  cooperate  to  establish  a  favourable  climate  for  investments,  both 
domestic and foreign, to provide adequate protection for investment, the transfer of 
capital and the exchange of the information on investment opportunities. 

The Parties agree to support the promotion and protection of investments on the basis 
of the principles of non-discrimination and reciprocity. 

The  Parties  shall  encourage  the  exchange  of  information  on  laws,  regulations  and 
administrative practices in the field of investments. 

The  Parties  undertake  to  encourage  co-operation  between  their  respective  financial 
institutions to facilitate investments opportunities. 

In  order  to  facilitate  investment  and  trade,  the  Union  is  ready  to  assist  Iraq,  when 
requested, in its endeavours to bring its legislative and regulatory frameworks closer 
to those of the Union in the areas covered by this Agreement. 

Article 89 

Industrial standards and conformity assessment 

The  Parties  may  cooperate  in  the  following  areas  of  standards,  technical  regulations  and 
conformity assessment: 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Promotion  of  greater  use  of  international  standards  in  technical  regulations  and 
conformity assessment, including sector specific measures, in the Parties’ territories, 
and  increasing  cooperation  between  the  Parties  in  relation  to  the  work  of  relevant 
international institutions and organisations; 

Support for capacity building initiatives in the fields of standardization, conformity 
assessment, accreditation, metrology and market surveillance in Iraq; 

Promoting and encouraging bilateral cooperation between organisations in Iraq and 
the  Union  responsible  for  standardisation,  conformity  assessment,  accreditation, 
metrology and market surveillance; 

Developing common views on good regulatory practices, including, but not limited 
to: 

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(a)  Transparency  in  the  preparation,  adoption  and  application  of  technical 

regulations, standards and conformity assessment procedures; 

(b)  Necessity  and  proportionality  of  regulatory  measures  and  related  conformity 
the  use  of  suppliers  declaration  of 

including 

assessment  procedures, 
conformity; 

(c)  Use  of  international  standards  as  a  basis  for  setting  up  technical  regulations, 
except  where  such  international  standards  would  be  an  ineffective  or 
inappropriate means for the fulfilment of the legitimate objectives pursued; 

(d)  Enforcement of technical regulations and market surveillance activities. 

5. 

6. 

Enhancing regulatory, technical and scientific cooperation by inter alia, exchanging 
information, experiences and data, with a view to improving the quality and level of 
technical regulations and making efficient use of regulatory resources; 

Developing  the  compatibility  and  convergence  of  technical  regulations,  standards 
and conformity assessment procedures; 

Article 90 

Cooperation on agriculture, forestry and rural development 

The  objective  is  to  promote  co-operation  in  the  agriculture,  forestry  and  rural  development 
sectors with a view to promoting diversification, environmentally sound practices, sustainable 
economic and social development and food security. To this end the Parties will examine: 

(a) 

capacity building and training to public institutions; 

(b)  measures  aimed  at  enhancing  the  quality  of  agricultural  products,  capacity 
building  measures  for  producers  associations  and  supporting  trade  promotion 
activities; 

(c) 

environmental  health,  animal  and  plant  health  measures  and  other  related 
aspects,  taking  account  of  the  legislation  in  force  for  both  parties,  in 
compliance with WTO and multilateral environmental agreement rules; 

(d)  measures  relating  to  sustainable  economic  and  social  development  of  rural 
territories,  including  environmentally  sound  practices,  forestry,  research, 
transfer  of  know-how,  access  to  land,  water  management  and  irrigation, 
sustainable rural development and food security;  

(e)  measures  relating  to  preservation  of  agricultural  traditional  knowledge  that 
give  their  populations  their  specific  identities,  including  cooperation  on 
geographical  indications,  exchanges  of  experiences  at  local  level  and 
development of cooperation networks; 

(f)  modernisation  of  agricultural  sector 
diversification of agricultural production. 

including  farming  practices  and 

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Article 91 

Energy 

1. 

The Parties endeavour to enhance cooperation in the energy sector in respect of the 
principles of free, competitive and open energy markets with the aim to: 

(a)  Enhancing  energy  security  while  ensuring  environmental  sustainability  and 

promoting economic growth; 

(b)  Developing  institutional,  legislative  an  regulatory  frameworks  in  the  energy 
sector,  to  ensure  efficient  energy  market  functioning  and  promoting  energy 
investments; 

(c)  Developing and  promoting  partnerships  between  companies  in  the  Union  and 
Iraq  in  the  field  of  exploration,  production,  processing,  transportation, 
distribution and services in the energy sector; 

(d)  Developing  a  regular  and  effective  energy  dialogue  between  between  the 
Parties and in the regional context, including through the Euro-Arab Mashreq 
Gas Market and other relevant regional initiatives. 

2. 

To this end, the Parties agree to promote mutually beneficial contacts with a view to: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

the  development  of  appropriate  energy  policy, 

its  regulatory 
support 
framework  and  infrastructure  in  Iraq,  founded  on  principles  of  environmental 
sustainability, sound management of energy resources and on free, competitive 
and open market; 

cooperate  for  improving  the  administrative  and  legal  capabilities  and  to 
establish  stable  and  transparent  legal  framework  conditions  to  stimulate 
economic activity and international energy investments in Iraq; 

foster  technical  cooperation  for  the  exploration  and  field  development  of  the 
Iraqi  oil  and  natural  gas  reserves,  as  well  as  for  the  development  and 
modernisation of the oil and gas infrastructure, including transport and transit 
networks to the Mashreq region, other relevant regional initiatives and towards 
the market in the Union; 

(d) 

improve the reliability of the electricity supply system in Iraq; 

(e) 

enhance cooperation to improve energy security and to combat climate change, 
through  the  promotion  of  renewable  energy  sources,  energy  efficiency  and 
reduction of gas-flaring; 

(f) 

facilitate  the  exchange  of  know-how  and  the  transfer  of  technology,  best 
practices as well as training professionals; 

(g)  promote Iraq's participation in the process of regional integration of the energy 

markets. 

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Article 92 

Transport 

1. 

The Parties endeavour to enhance cooperation in the transport sector in respect 

1. 
of the establishment of a sustainable and efficient transport system, with the aim to: 

(a)  Enhancing 

transport  development  and 

interconnections  while  ensuring 

environmental sustainability and promoting economic growth; 

(b)  Developing  institutional,  legislative  an  regulatory  frameworks  in  all  transport 
sectors,  to  ensure  efficient  transport  market  functioning  and  promoting 
transport investments; 

(c)  Developing and  promoting  partnerships  between  companies  in  the  Union  and 
in  Iraq 
infrastructure 
the  field  of  exploration,  capacity  building, 
developments, transport safety and security and services in the transport sector; 

in 

(d)  Developing a regular and effective transport dialogue between the Parties and 
in  the  regional  context,  including  through  the  Euro-Mediterranean  transport 
cooperation and other relevant regional initiatives. 

2. 

To this end, the Parties agree to promote mutually beneficial contacts with a view to: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

support the development of appropriate transport policy for the development of 
all  modes  of  transport,  its  regulatory  framework  and  the  rehabilitation  and 
development of transport infrastructures in Iraq, emphasizing the importance of 
sustainability;  ensure  intermodality  and  integration  of  all  transport  modes; 
examine  the  possibility  of  further  approximation  of  legislative  and  regulatory 
frameworks with Union and International standards, in particular for safety and 
security; 

for 

improving/re-establishing 

co-operate 
legal 
capabilities  in  view  to  prepare  specific  plans  for  priority  sectors  and  to 
establish  stable  and  transparent  legal  framework  conditions  to  stimulate 
transport  economic  activity  and  international  transport  investment  in  Iraq,  on 
the  basis  of  Union  policies  and  practices;  and  develop  the  necessary 
independent regulatory authorities; 

the  administrative  and 

foster  technical  cooperation  for  the  exploration  and  development  of  all 
transport sectors in Iraq, as well as for the development and modernisation of 
transport  infrastructures,  including  the  interconnections  to  the  transport 
networks to the Mashreq region, other relevant regional initiatives and towards 
the Union market; 

(d) 

improve the reliability of the transport flows towards and through Iraq; 

(e) 

facilitate  the  exchange  of  know-how  and  the  transfer  of  technology,  best 
practices  as  well  as  training  professionals,  are  essential  steps  of  cooperation 
and should be tackled in priority; 

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(f) 

(g) 

promote  Iraq's  participation  in  the  process  of  interconnection  to  the  transport 
regional systems; 

implement a national aviation policy including the development of the airports, 
air traffic management and further reinforce administrative capacity (including 
the  establishment  of  an  autonomous  Civil  Aviation  Authority  as  a  genuine 
regulator);  negotiate  a  "horizontal"  air  transport  agreement  in  order  to  restore 
legal  certainty 
the 
opportunities  for  negotiations  on  a  comprehensive  Union-Iraq  aviation 
agreement. 

to  bilateral  air  services  agreements;  and  explore 

Article 93 

Environment 

1. 

2. 

The  Parties  agree  on  the  need  to  strengthen  and  enhance  environmental  protection 
efforts,  for  example  on  climate  change,  sustainable  natural  resource  management, 
and the safeguarding of biological diversity as a basis for the development of current 
and future generations. 

The  Parties  agree  that  co-operation  in  this  field  should  promote  environmental 
protection in pursuit of sustainable development. The agreed outcome of the World 
Summit  on  Sustainable  Development  shall  be  taken  into  account  in  all  activities 
undertaken by the Parties under this agreement. 

3. 

Cooperation in this field should focus, inter alia, on: 

(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

exchanging information and expertise in the area of environment; (for example 
on  urban  issues,  nature  protection,  water  and  waste  management,  disaster 
management, etc.) 

encouraging and promoting regional cooperation in the field of environmental 
protection,  including  encouraging  investments  in  environmental  projects  and 
programmes; 

promoting  environmental  awareness  and  enhanced  participation  of  local 
communities in environmental protection and sustainable development efforts; 

supporting capacity building in the field of  environment, for example climate 
change mitigation and adaptation; 

cooperating 
Environmental Agreements; 

in 

the  negotiation  and 

implementation  of  Multilateral 

the  exchange  of 

encouraging 
in  environmental 
programming and in integrating environmental considerations into other policy 
areas; 

technical  assistance 

(g) 

supporting environmental research and analysis.  

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Article 94 

Telecommunications 

The Parties shall co-operate  

(a) 

to foster enhanced exchange of information regarding the applicable legislation 
and  possible  future  legislative  reforms  in  the  telecommunications  sector  in 
order to allow a better understanding of each other's regulatory framework on 
telecommunications.  

(b) 

to  exchange  information  on  developments  in  information  &  communications 
technology and standards 

Article 95 

Science and technology 

1. 

The Parties shall promote co-operation in civil scientific research and technological 
development  (RTD)  on  the  basis  of  mutual  benefit  and,  taking  into  account  the 
availability  of  resources,  adequate  access  to  their  respective  research  programmes 
and subject to appropriate levels of effective protection of intellectual, industrial and 
commercial property rights (IPR). 

2. 

Science and technology cooperation shall cover: 

(a) 

the exchange of scientific and technical cooperation; programmes; 

(b) 

the organisation of joint scientific meetings; 

(c) 

Joint RTD activities; 

(d) 

training  activities  and  mobility  programmes  for  scientists,  researchers  and 
technicians engaged in RTD on both sides. 

Such  cooperation  shall  be  implemented  according  to  specific  arrangements  to  be 
negotiated  and  concluded  in  accordance  with  the  procedures  by  each  Party,  and 
which shall set out, inter alia, appropriate intellectual property rights provisions. 

Article 96 

Customs and Tax cooperation 

The Parties will establish co-operation in the customs field in particular in the areas 
of  training,  simplification  of  customs  formalities,  documentation  and  procedures, 
prevention,  investigation  and  repression  of  infringements  of  the  rules  on  customs 
matters  with  the  aim  of  guaranteeing  compliance  with  all  the  provisions  scheduled 
for  adoption  in  connection  with  trade  and  to  achieve  the  approximation  of  Iraq's 
customs system to that of the Union. 

3. 

1. 

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Without prejudice to their respective competences, and with a view to strengthening 
and developing economic activities while taking into account the need to develop an 
appropriate  regulatory  framework,  the  Parties  recognize  and  commit  themselves  to 
implement the principles of good governance in the tax area, namely the principles of 
transparency,  exchange  of  information  and  fair  tax  competition.  To  that  effect,  in 
accordance with their respective competences, the Parties will improve international 
cooperation in the tax area and develop measures for the effective implementation of 
the above mentioned principles. 

Article 97 

Statistical cooperation 

The  Parties  agree  to  promote  activities  of  statistical  cooperation.  These  will  be  oriented 
towards institution and capacity building and strengthening of the national statistical system, 
including  the  development  of  statistical  methods  and  the  production  and  dissemination  of 
statistics  on  trade  in  goods  and  services  and,  more  generally,  on  any  other  area  in  support 
of the  national  social  and  economic  development  priorities  covered  by  this  Agreement  and 
lending themselves to statistical processing. 

Article 98 

Macro-economic stability and public finances 

1. 

2. 

3. 

The  Parties  agree  on  the  importance  to  achieve  macro-economic  stability  in  Iraq 
through a sound monetary policy aimed at achieving and maintaining price stability, 
as well as through fiscal policy aimed at achieving debt sustainability. 

The  Parties  agree  on  the  importance  to  achieve  public  expenditure  effectiveness, 
transparency and accountability at the national and the local level in Iraq. 

The  Parties  agree  to  cooperate  inter  alia  to  improve  the  Iraqi  public  finance 
management system that aims, among others, at the comprehensiveness of the budget 
planning and a single treasury account. 

Article 99 

Development of the private sector 

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The Parties agree to cooperate in order to develop a market economy in Iraq, by enhancing the 
the 
investment  climate,  diversifying 
privatisation  program  and  by  improving  other  conditions  for  accelerating  private  sector  job 
creation. 

the  economic  activity,  booking  progress  with 

Article 100 

Tourism 

1. 

2. 

The  Parties  call  for  efforts  to  improve  their  cooperation  to  ensure  a  balanced  and 
sustainable development of tourism and related issues. 

Therefore  the  Parties  agree  on  developing  cooperation  in  the  field  of  tourism  and 
especially  to  exchange  information,  experience  and  best  practices  regarding  the 
organisation  of  the  institutional  framework  in  the  tourism  sector  and  regarding  the 
general environment in which tourism enterprises operate. 

Article 101 

Financial services 

The Parties shall cooperate with the view to the approximation of their standards and rules, in 
particular: 

(a) 

to strengthen the financial sector in Iraq; 

(b) 

to  improve  accounting  and  supervisory  and  regulatory  systems  of  banking, 
insurance and other financial sectors in Iraq; 

(c) 

exchange of information on the respective laws in force or under preparation; 

(d)  developing compatible auditing systems. 

1. 

TITLE IV 

2. 

JUSTICE, FREEDOM AND SECURITY 

Article 102 

Rule of Law 

1. 

In their cooperation in the area of justice, freedom and security the Parties shall show 
a  constant  commitment  to,  and  attach  particular  importance  to  the  principle  of  the 
rule  of  law,  including  the  independence  of  the  judiciary,  access  to  justice,  and  the 
right to a fair trial. 

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2. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

1. 

2. 

The  Parties  will  cooperate  to  further  develop  the  functioning  of  institutions  in  the 
areas  of  law  enforcement  and  the  administration  of  justice  including  by  capacity 
building. 

Article 103 

Legal Cooperation 

The  Parties  agree  to  develop  judicial  cooperation  in  civil  matters,  in  particular  as 
regards  the  ratification  and  implementation  of  multilateral  conventions  on  civil 
judicial cooperation and, in particular, the Conventions of the Hague Conference on 
Private International Law in the field of international legal cooperation and litigation 
as well as the protection of children. 

The Parties agree to facilitate and encourage alternative means of dispute resolution 
for  civil  and  commercial  disputes  whenever  possible  according  to  the  applicable 
international instruments. 

As regards criminal matters, the Parties will seek to enhance judicial cooperation on 
mutual  legal  assistance  and  extradition.  This  would  include,  where  appropriate, 
accession  to,  and  implementation  of,  the  relevant  international  instruments  of  the 
United  Nations  including  the  Rome  Statute  of  the  International  Criminal  Court  as 
referred to in Article 7 of this Agreement. 

Article 104 

Personal Data Protection 

The Parties agree to cooperate in order to improve the level of protection of personal 
data  to  the  highest  international  standards,  such  as,  inter  alia,  the  United  Nations 
Guidelines  for  the  Regulation  of  Computerized  Personal  Data  Files  (UN  General 
Assembly Resolution 45/95 of 14 December 1990). 

Cooperation  on  protection  of  personal  data  may  include,  inter  alia,  technical 
assistance in the form of exchange of information and expertise. 

Article 105 

Cooperation on Migration and Asylum 

The  Parties  reaffirm  the  importance,  which  they  attach  to  a  joint  management  of 
1. 
migration flows between their territories. With a view to strengthening co-operation between 
them, they shall establish a comprehensive dialogue on all migration-related issues, including 
illegal  migration,  smuggling  of  migrants  and  trafficking  in  human  beings,  as  well  as  the 
inclusion  of  the  migration  concerns  in  the  national  strategies  for  economic  and  social 
development of the areas from which migrants originate. 

Co-operation  shall  be  based  on  a  specific  needs  assessment  conducted  in  mutual 
2. 
consultation between the Parties and be implemented in accordance with the relevant Union 
and national legislation in force. It will, in particular, focus on: 

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(a) 

the root causes of migration; 

(b) 

(c) 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

(g) 

the  development  and  implementation  of  national  legislation  and  practices  as 
regards international protection, with a view to satisfying the provisions of the 
Geneva  Convention  of  1951  related  to  the  status  of  refugees  and  of  the 
Protocol of 1967 and other relevant international instruments, and to ensuring 
the respect of the principle of "non-refoulement"; 

the  admission  rules  and  rights  and  status  of  persons  admitted,  fair  treatment 
and integration of lawfully residing non-nationals, education and training and 
measures against racism and xenophobia; 

the  establishment  of  an  effective  and  preventive  policy  against  illegal 
migration,  smuggling  of  migrants  and  trafficking  in  human  beings  including 
the issue of how to combat networks of smugglers and traffickers and how to 
protect the victims of such trafficking; 

the return, under humane and dignified conditions, of persons residing illegally 
including the promotion of their voluntary return, and the readmission of such 
persons , in accordance with paragraph 3; 

the  field  of  visas,  on  issues  identified  as  being  of  mutual  interest,  in  the 
framework of existing Schengen acquis; 

the field of border management and control, on issues related to organisation, 
training,  best  practices  and  other  operational  measures  on  the  ground  and 
where relevant, equipment, while being aware of the potential dual use of such 
equipment. 

3. 

In the framework of the cooperation to prevent and control illegal immigration, the 
Parties also agree to readmit their illegal migrants. To this end: 

(a) 

(b) 

Iraq shall readmit any of its nationals who do not, or who no longer, fulfill the 
conditions in force for entry to, presence in, or residence on the territory of a 
Member  State  of  the  Union,  upon  request  by  the  latter  and  without  further 
formalities; 

and each Member State of the Union shall readmit any of its nationals who do 
not, or who no longer, fulfill the conditions in force for entry to, presence in, or 
residence on the territory of Iraq, upon request by the latter and without further 
formalities; 

4. 

The  Member  States  of  the  Union  and  Iraq  will  provide  their  nationals  with 
appropriate  documents  confirming  identity  in  order  to  permit  travel  for  such 
purposes.  Where  the  person  to  be  readmitted  does  not  possess  any  documents  or 
other  proofs  of  his  or  her  nationality,  the  competent  diplomatic  and  consular 
representations, of the Member State concerned or Iraq shall, upon request of Iraq or 
the Member State concerned, make arrangements to interview the person in order to 
establish his or her nationality. 

5. 

In this context, the Parties agree to conclude, upon request by either Party as defined 
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controlling  illegal  migration  and  regulating  the  specific  procedures  and  obligations 
for  readmission,  covering  also,  if  deemed  appropriate  by  both  Parties,  the 
readmission of nationals of other countries and stateless persons. 

6. 

Cooperation in this area will take place in full respect of the rights, obligations and 
responsibilities  of  the  Parties  arising  from  relevant  International  Law  and 
International Humanitarian Law. 

Article 106 

Combating Organised Crime and Corruption 

The Parties agree to cooperate on and contribute to the fight against organised, economic and 
financial  crime  and  corruption,  counterfeiting  and  illegal  transactions,  through  full 
compliance  with  their  existing  mutual  international  obligations  in  this  area  including  on 
effective cooperation in the recovery of assets or funds derived from acts of corruption. The 
Parties  will  promote  the  implementation  of the  UN  Convention  on  Transnational  Organised 
Crime and its supplementing Protocols and the UN Convention against Corruption. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

1. 

Article 107 

Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing 

The Parties agree on the need to work towards and to cooperate on preventing the use 
of their financial systems to launder the proceeds of all criminal activities including 
drug trafficking and corruption and to the financing of terrorism. 

The  Parties  agree  to  cooperate  on  technical  and  administrative  assistance  aimed  at 
the development and implementation of regulations and the effective functioning of 
mechanisms  to  combat  money  laundering  and  financing  of  terrorism.  This 
cooperation extends to the recovery of assets or funds derived from the proceeds of 
crimes. 

The cooperation shall allow exchanges of relevant information within the framework 
of respective legislations and the adoption of appropriate standards to combat money 
laundering  and  financing  of  terrorism  equivalent  to  those  adopted  by  the  Financial 
Action Task Force on Money Laundering (hereinafter referred to as "FATF") and by 
the Union and relevant international bodies active in this area. 

Article 108 

Combating Illicit Drugs 

In  accordance  with  their  respective  laws  and  regulations,  the  Parties  will  aim  at 
reducing the supply and trafficking of, and demand for, illicit drugs as well as their 
impact on drug users and society at large and to achieve a more effective prevention 
of diversion of chemical precursors used for the illicit manufacture of narcotic drugs 
and  psychotropic  substances.  In  their  cooperation,  the  Parties  shall  ensure  that  a 
comprehensive  and  balanced  approach  is  taken  in  pursuing  this  aim  through  legal 

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market  regulations  and  effective  action  and  coordination  between  the  competent 
authorities  including  those  from  the  health,  education,  social,  law  enforcement  and 
justice sectors. 

The  Parties  shall  agree  on  means  of  cooperation  to  attain  these  objectives.  Actions 
shall  be  based  on  commonly  agreed  principles  along  the  lines  of  the  relevant 
international  conventions,  the  Political  Declaration  and  the  Special  Declaration  on 
the guiding principles of drug demand reduction, approved by the Twentieth United 
Nations General Assembly Special Session on Drugs in June 1998. 

Article 109 

Cultural cooperation 

The Parties undertake to promote bilateral cooperation in the field of culture, in order 
to enhance mutual understanding and foster cultural relations between the Parties. 

The Parties support the exchange of information and expertise, as well as initiatives, 
contributing to increased capacity building, in particular as regards the preservation 
of cultural heritage. 

The Parties will intensify cooperation as regards the fight against illicit trafficking of 
cultural  property,  in  accordance  with  relevant  UN  Security  Council  Resolutions 
concerning Iraq. They will promote the ratification and effective implementation of 
relevant  international  agreements,  including  the  1970  Unesco  Convention  on  the 
Means  of  Prohibiting  and  Preventing  the  Illicit  Import,  Export  and  Transfer  of 
Ownership of Cultural Property. 

The  Parties  shall  encourage  intercultural  dialogue  between  individuals,  cultural 
institutions  and  organisations  representing  organised  civil  society  from  the  Union 
and Iraq. 

The  Parties  shall  coordinate  their  efforts  in  international  forums,  including  in  the 
context  of  UNESCO,  and/or  other  international  bodies,  with  a  view  to  promoting 
cultural  diversity,  in  particular  on  the  ratification  and  implementation  of  the 
UNESCO Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural 
Expressions. 

Article 110 

Regional cooperation 

The  Parties  agree  that  cooperation  should  help  to  facilitate  and  support  Iraq’s 
stability  and  regional  integration.  To  such  an  end  they  agree  to  promote  activities 
aimed  at  strengthening  relations  with  Iraq,  its  neighbouring  countries  and  other 
regional partners. 

The  parties  agree  that  cooperation  between  them  may  include  actions  undertaken 
under cooperation agreements with other countries in the same region, provided that 
such action is compatible with this agreement and in their interests. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

1. 

2. 

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3. 

Without excluding any area, the Parties agree to give particular consideration to the 
following actions: 

(a) 

promotion of intra-regional trade; 

(b) 

support for regional institutions and for joint projects and initiatives established 
under relevant regional organisations. 

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TITLE V 

INSTITUTIONAL, GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS 

Article 111 

Cooperation Council 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

is  hereby  established  which  shall  supervise 

the 
A  Cooperation  Council 
implementation  of  this  Agreement.  It  shall  meet  at  ministerial  level  once  a  year.  It 
shall examine any major issues arising within the framework of this Agreement and 
any  other  bilateral  or  international  issues  of  mutual  interest  for  the  purpose  of 
attaining the objectives of this Agreement. The Cooperation Council may also make 
appropriate recommendations, by mutual agreement between the two Parties. 

The Cooperation Council shall consist of the representatives of the Parties. 

The Cooperation Council shall establish its rules of procedure. 

Either  Party  may  refer  to  the  Cooperation  Council  any  dispute  relating  to  the 
application or interpretation of this Agreement. 

The Cooperation Council may settle the dispute by means of a recommendation. 

The  provisions  of  this  Article  shall  in  no  way  affect  and  are  without  prejudice  to  specific 
provisions regarding settlement of disputes under Title II of this Agreement. 

Article 112 

Cooperation Committee and specialized sub-committees 

A Cooperation Committee is hereby established composed of representatives of the 
Parties and with a view to assist the Cooperation Council in its duties. 

The Cooperation Council may decide to set up any other specialised sub-committee 
or  body  that  can  assist  it  in  carrying  out  its  duties  and  shall  determine  the 
composition and duties of such committees or bodies and how they shall function. 

Article 113 

Parliamentary Cooperation Committee 

A  Parliamentary  Cooperation  Committee  is  hereby  established.  It  shall  be  a  forum 
for  Members  of  the  Iraqi  Parliament  and  the  European  Parliament  to  meet  and 
exchange views. 

The Parliamentary Cooperation Committee shall consist of Members of the European 
Parliament, on the one hand, and of Members of the Iraqi Parliament, on the other. 

1. 

2. 

1. 

2. 

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3. 

4. 

The  Parliamentary  Cooperation  Committee 
recommendations of the Cooperation Council. 

shall  be 

informed  of 

the 

The  Parliamentary  Cooperation  Committee  may  make  recommendations  to  the 
Cooperation Council. 

Article 114 

Facilities 

To  facilitate  cooperation  in  the  framework  of  this  Agreement,  both  Parties  agree  to  grant 
necessary  facilities  to  duly  authorised  experts  and  officials  involved  in  implementing 
cooperation  for  the  performance  of  their  functions,  in  accordance  with  internal  rules  and 
regulations of both Parties. 

Article 115 

Territorial application 

This  Agreement  shall  apply,  on  the  one  hand,  to  the  territories  in  which  the  Treaty  on 
European  Union  and  the  Treaty  of  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union  is  applied  and 
under the conditions laid down in that Treaty and, on the other, to the territory of Iraq. 

1. 

2. 

1. 

Article 116 

Entry into force and renewal 

This Agreement shall enter into force on the first day of the month following the date 
on which the Parties notify each other of the completion of the procedures necessary 
for this purpose. 

This  Agreement  is  concluded  for  a  period  of  ten  years.  It  shall  be  automatically 
renewed on a yearly basis unless one of the Parties renounces it at least six months 
before its expiry date. The termination shall take effect six months after receipt of the 
notification  by  the  other  Party.  Such  termination  shall  not  affect  ongoing  projects 
commenced under this Agreement prior to the receipt of the notification. 

Article 117 

Provisional Application 

Notwithstanding Article 116, the Union and Iraq agree to apply Articles 1 and 2, and 
Titles  I,  II,  III  and  V  of  this  Agreement  from  the  first  day  of  the  third  month 
following  the  date  on  which  the  Union  and  Iraq  have  notified  each  other  of  the 
completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose. Notifications shall be sent 
to  the  Secretary  General  of  the  Council  of  the  European  Union,  who  shall  be  the 
depository of this agreement. 

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2. 

Where in accordance with paragraph 1, a provision of this Agreement is applied by 
the Parties pending its entry into force, any reference in such provision to the date of 
entry into force of this Agreement shall be understood to be made to the date from 
which the Parties agree to apply that provision in accordance with paragraph 1. 

Article 118 

Authentic texts 

This  Agreement  is  drawn  up  in  the  Arabic,  Bulgarian,  Czech,  Danish,  Dutch,  English, 
Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, 
Polish,  Portuguese,  Romanian,  Slovak,  Slovene,  Spanish,  and  Swedish  languages,  each  of 
these texts being equally authentic. 

Article 119 

Non-discrimination 

In  the  fields  covered  by  this  Agreement  and  without  prejudice  to  any  special  provisions 
contained therein: 

(a) 

the arrangements applied by Iraq in respect of the Union shall not give rise to 
any  discrimination  between  the  Member  States,  their  nationals  or  their 
companies or firms; 

(b) 

the arrangements applied by the Union in respect of Iraq shall not give rise to 
discrimination between Iraqi nationals or its companies or firms. 

Article 120 

Evolutive clause 

1. 

2. 

1. 

The Parties may by mutual consent amend, revise, and expand this Agreement with a 
view  to  enhancing  the  level  of  cooperation,  including  through  supplementing  it  by 
means of agreements or protocols on specific sectors or activities. 

With regard to the implementation of this Agreement, either of the Parties may put 
forward  suggestions for widening the scope of cooperation, taking into account the 
experience  gained  in  its  application.  Any  widening  of  the  scope  of  the  cooperation 
under this Agreement will be decided at the Cooperation Council. 

Article 121 

Other Agreements 

Without  prejudice  to  the  relevant  provisions  of  the  Treaty  on  European  Union  and 
the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  neither  this  Agreement  nor 
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undertake bilateral cooperation activities with Iraq or to conclude, where appropriate, 
new cooperation agreements with Iraq. 

2. 

This  Agreement  shall  not  affect  the  application  or  implementation  of  commitments 
undertaken by the respective Parties in relations with third parties. 

Article 122 

Non-execution of agreement 

1. 

2. 

The Parties shall adopt any general or specific measures required for them to fulfill 
their  obligations  under  this  Agreement  and  shall  ensure  that  they  comply  with  the 
objectives laid down in this Agreement. 

If one of the Parties considers that the other Party has failed to fulfill an obligation 
under  this  Agreement  it  may  take  appropriate  measures.  Before  doing  so,  it  must 
supply  the  Cooperation  Council  within  30  days  with  all  the  relevant  information 
required for a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a solution 
acceptable to the Parties. 

In this selection of measures, priority must be given to those which least disturb the 
functioning of this Agreement. These measures shall be notified immediately to the 
Cooperation  Council  and  shall  be  the  subject  of  consultations  in  the  Council  if  the 
other Party so requests. 

3. 

By way of derogation from paragraph 2, any Party may immediately take appropriate 
measures in accordance with international law in case of: 

(a) 

denunciation  of  this  Agreement  not  sanctioned  by  the  general  rules  of 
international law; 

(b)  violation by the other Party of the essential elements of this Agreement referred 

to in Articles 2 and 5. 

The other Party may ask that an urgent meeting be called to bring the Parties together 
within 15 days for a thorough examination of the situation with a view to seeking a 
solution acceptable to the Parties. 

4. 

By way of derogation from paragraph 2, if one of the Parties considers that the other 
Party  has  failed  to  fulfil  an  obligation  under  Title  II  of  this  agreement,  it  shall 
exclusively  have  recourse  to,  and  abide  by,  the  dispute  settlement  procedures 
established under Section VI of Title II of this agreement. 

Article 123 

Definition of the Parties 

For the purposes of this Agreement, “the Parties” shall mean the Union or its Member States 
or the Union and its Member States, in accordance with their respective powers, on the one 
hand, and the Republic of Iraq, on the other. 

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ANNEX 1: PUBLIC PROCUREMENT 

Appendix I: COVERED PROCUREMENTS 

Sub-Annex  1:  Central  government  entities  which  Procure  in  Accordance  with  the 
Provisions of Chapter II of Section V of Title II of this PCA10 

Goods 

Thresholds 

SDR 130,000 

Services (specified in Sub-Annex 3) 

Thresholds 

SDR 130,000 

Works (specified in Sub-Annex 4) 

Thresholds 

SDR 5,000,000 

Commitments by Iraq 

1. 

All  central  government  entities,  including  any  sub-ordinate  entity  of  any  central 
government  entity  and  all  other  entities  whose  procurement  policies  are  controlled 
by, dependent on, or influenced by central government and all other entities, financed 
by  the  central  government  or  they  are  subject  to  management  supervision  by  the 
central government. 

2. 

Indicative list of these entities: 

Ministry of Agriculture 

Ministry of Communications 

National Communications and Media Commission 

The Commission on Public Integrity  

Ministry of Culture 

Ministry of Defense 

Ministry of Migration 

Ministry of Education 

Ministry of Electricity 

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Notes to sub- annex 1 
1. “Contracting authorities of the Member States of the Union" covers also any subordinate entity of any contracting authority of an EU Member State provided 
it does not have separate legal personality 
2. As far as procurement by the entities of the Union and by central government entities in the field of defence and security is concerned, only non-sensitive and 
non-warlike materials contained in the list included under the Commitments by the Union in ANNEX 1 of this Agreement are covered. 

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Ministry of Environment 

Ministry of Finance 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

Ministry of Health 

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research 

Ministry of Construction and housing (and all its SOE's) 

Ministry of Human Rights 

Ministry of Industry and Minerals (and all its SOE's) 

Ministry of Interior 

Ministry of Justice 

Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs 

Ministry of Municipalities and Public Works 

Ministry of Oil 

Ministry of Planning and Development Cooperation 

Ministry of Science and Technology 

Ministry of Trade 

Ministry of Transportation 

Ministry of Water Resources 

Ministry of Youth and Sport 

Ministry of State for Tourism and Antiquities 

Ministry of State for Provincial Affairs 

Ministry of State for Women's Affairs 

Central Bank of Iraq 

State Universities 

Commitments by the Union 

Union entities: 

1. 

The Council of the European Union 

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The European Commission 

The contracting authorities of the Member States of the Union: 

1. 

All central government Ministries and Bodies governed by public law 

For the Union, a body governed by public law means any body: 

–  established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an 

industrial or commercial character, and 

–  having legal personality, and 

–  financed  for  the  most  part  by  the  State  or  regional  or  local  authorities  or  other  bodies 
governed  by  public  law  or  subject  to  management  and  supervision  by  those  bodies  or 
having  an  administrative,  managerial  or  supervisory  board,  more  than  half  of  whose 
members are appointed by the State, regional, local authorities or by other bodies governed 
by public law. 

2. 

The  following  central  government  entities  which  procure  in  accordance  with  the 
provisions of the Chapter (indicative list): 

INDICATIVE  LIST  OF  CONTRACTING  AUTHORITIES  WHICH  ARE  CENTRAL 
GOVERNMENT AUTHORITIES AS DEFINED BY EC PROCUREMENT DIRECTIVE 

Belgium 

1. Services publics fédéraux (Ministries): 

1.Federale Overheidsdiensten (Ministries): 

SPF Chancellerie du Premier Ministre; 

FOD Kanselarij van de Eerste Minister; 

SPF Personnel et Organisation; 

FOD Kanselarij Personeel en Organisatie; 

SPF Budget et Contrôle de la Gestion; 

FOD Budget en Beheerscontrole; 

SPF Technologie de l'Information et de la 
Communication (Fedict); 

FOD 
Communicatietechnologie (Fedict); 

Informatie- 

en 

SPF  Affaires 
et 
extérieur 
Développement; 

SPF Intérieur; 

SPF Finances; 

étrangères,  Commerce 
au 

Coopération 

FOD  Buitenlandse  Zaken,  Buitenlandse 
Handel en Ontwikkelingssamenwerking; 

FOD Binnenlandse Zaken; 

FOD Financiën; 

SPF Mobilité et Transports; 

FOD Mobiliteit en Vervoer; 

SPF  Emploi,  Travail  et  Concertation 
sociale; 

FOD  Werkgelegenheid,  Arbeid  en  sociaal 
overleg 

SPF  Sécurité  Sociale  et 
publiques de Sécurité Sociale; 

Institutions 

FOD  Sociale  Zekerheid  en  Openbare 
Instellingen van sociale Zekerheid 

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SPF Santé publique, Sécurité de la Chaîne 
alimentaire et Environnement; 

FOD  Volksgezondheid,  Veiligheid  van  de 
Voedselketen en Leefmilieu; 

SPF Justice; 

FOD Justitie; 

SPF Economie, PME, Classes moyennes et 
Energie; 

FOD  Economie,  KMO,  Middenstand  en 
Energie; 

Ministère de la Défense; 

Ministerie van Landsverdediging; 

public 

Service 
Intégration 
pauvreté et Economie sociale; 

de 

sociale,  Lutte  contre 

programmation 
la 

Programmatorische 
Maatschappelijke 
Armoedsbestrijding en sociale Economie; 

Overheidsdienst 
Integratie, 

Service  public  fédéral  de  Programmation 
Développement durable; 

Programmatorische 
Overheidsdienst Duurzame Ontwikkeling; 

federale 

Service  public  fédéral  de  Programmation 
Politique scientifique; 

Programmatorische 
Overheidsdienst Wetenschapsbeleid; 

federale 

2. Régie des Bâtiments; 

2. Regie der Gebouwen; 

Office national de Sécurité sociale; 

Rijksdienst voor sociale Zekerheid; 

Institut national d'Assurance sociales pour 
travailleurs indépendants 

Rijksinstituut voor de sociale Verzekeringen 
der Zelfstandigen; 

Institut  national  d'Assurance  Maladie-
Invalidité; 

voor 
Rijksinstituut 
Invaliditeitsverzekering; 

Ziekte- 

en 

Office national des Pensions; 

Rijksdienst voor Pensioenen; 

Caisse  auxiliaire  d'Assurance  Maladie-
Invalidité; 

Hulpkas 
voor 
Invaliditeitsverzekering; 

Ziekte-en 

Fond des Maladies professionnelles; 

Fonds voor Beroepsziekten; 

Office national de l'Emploi; 

Rijksdienst voor Arbeidsvoorziening 

Bulgaria 

–  Администрация на Народното събрание 

–  Aдминистрация на Президента 

–  Администрация на Министерския съвет 

–  Конституционен съд 

–  Българска народна банка 

–  Министерство на външните работи 

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–  Министерство на вътрешните работи 

–  Министерство на държавната администрация и административната реформа 

–  Министерство на извънредните ситуации 

–  Министерство на земеделието и храните 

–  Министерство на здравеопазването 

–  Министерство на икономиката и енергетиката 

–  Министерство на културата 

–  Министерство на образованието и науката 

–  Министерство на околната среда и водите 

–  Министерство на отбраната 

–  Министерство на правосъдието 

–  Министерство на регионалното развитие и благоустройството 

–  Министерство на транспорта 

–  Министерство на труда и социалната политика 

–  Министерство на финансите 

State  agencies,  state  commissions, executive  agencies  and  other  state  authorities  established 
by  law  or  by  Council  of  Ministers'  decree  having  a  function  relating  to  the  exercise  of 
executive power: 

–  Агенция за ядрено регулиране 

–  Висшата атестационна комисия 

–  Държавна комисия за енергийно и водно регулиране 

–  Държавна комисия по сигурността на информацията 

–  Комисия за защита на конкуренцията 

–  Комисия за защита на личните данни 

–  Комисия за защита от дискриминация 

–  Комисия за регулиране на съобщенията 

–  Комисия за финансов надзор 

–  Патентно ведомство на Република България 

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–  Сметна палата на Република България 

–  Агенция за приватизация 

–  Агенция за следприватизационен контрол 

–  Български институт по метрология 

–  Държавна агенция „Архиви” 

–  Държавна агенция "Държавен резерв и военновременни запаси" 

–  Държавна агенция "Национална сигурност" 

–  Държавна агенция за бежанците 

–  Държавна агенция за българите в чужбина 

–  Държавна агенция за закрила на детето 

–  Държавна агенция за информационни технологии и съобщения 

–  Държавна агенция за метрологичен и технически надзор 

–  Държавна агенция за младежта и спорта 

–  Държавна агенция по горите 

–  Държавна агенция по туризма 

–  Държавна комисия по стоковите борси и тържища 

–  Институт по публична администрация и европейска интеграция 

–  Национален статистически институт 

–  Национална агенция за оценяване и акредитация 

–  Националната агенция за професионално образование и обучение 

–  Национална комисия за борба с трафика на хора 

–  Агенция "Митници" 

–  Агенция за държавна и финансова инспекция 

–  Агенция за държавни вземания 

–  Агенция за социално подпомагане 

–  Агенция за хората с увреждания 

–  Агенция по вписванията 

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–  Агенция по геодезия, картография и кадастър 

–  Агенция по енергийна ефективност 

–  Агенция по заетостта 

–  Агенция по обществени поръчки 

–  Българска агенция за инвестиции 

–  Главна дирекция "Гражданска въздухоплавателна администрация" 

–  Дирекция  "Материално-техническо  осигуряване  и  социално  обслужване"  на 

Министерство на вътрешните работи 

–  Дирекция "Оперативно издирване" на Министерство на вътрешните работи  

–  Дирекция  "Финансово-ресурсно  осигуряване"  на  Министерство  на  вътрешните 

работи 

–  Дирекция за национален строителен контрол 

–  Държавна комисия по хазарта 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Автомобилна администрация" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Борба с градушките" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Българска служба за акредитация" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Военни клубове и информация" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Главна инспекция по труда" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Държавна собственост на Министерството на отбраната"  

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Железопътна администрация" 

–  Изпълнителна  агенция  "Изпитвания  и  контролни  измервания  на  въоръжение, 

техника и имущества" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Морска администрация" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Национален филмов център" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Пристанищна администрация" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Проучване и поддържане на река Дунав" 

–  Изпълнителна агенция "Социални дейности на Министерството на отбраната"  

–  Изпълнителна агенция за икономически анализи и прогнози 

–  Изпълнителна агенция за насърчаване на малките и средни предприятия 

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–  Изпълнителна агенция по лекарствата 

–  Изпълнителна агенция по лозата и виното 

–  Изпълнителна агенция по околна среда 

–  Изпълнителна агенция по почвените ресурси 

–  Изпълнителна агенция по рибарство и аквакултури 

–  Изпълнителна агенция по селекция и репродукция в животновъдството 

–  Изпълнителна агенция по сортоизпитване, апробация и семеконтрол 

–  Изпълнителна агенция по трансплантация 

–  Изпълнителна агенция по хидромелиорации 

–  Комисията за защита на потребителите 

–  Контролно-техническата инспекция 

–  Национален център за информация и документация 

–  Национален център по радиобиология и радиационна защита 

–  Национална агенция за приходите 

–  Национална ветеринарномедицинска служба 

–  Национална служба "Полиция" 

–  Национална служба "Пожарна безопасност и защита на населението" 

–  Национална служба за растителна защита 

–  Национална служба за съвети в земеделието 

–  Национална служба по зърното и фуражите 

–  Служба "Военна информация" 

–  Служба "Военна полиция" 

–  Фонд "Републиканска пътна инфраструктура" 

–  Авиоотряд 28 

Czech Republic 

–  Ministerstvo dopravy 

–  Ministerstvo financí 

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–  Ministerstvo kultury 

–  Ministerstvo obrany 

–  Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj 

–  Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí 

–  Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu 

–  Ministerstvo spravedlnosti 

–  Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy 

–  Ministerstvo vnitra 

–  Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí 

–  Ministerstvo zdravotnictví 

–  Ministerstvo zemědělství 

–  Ministerstvo životního prostředí 

–  Poslanecká sněmovna PČR 

–  Senát PČR 

–  Kancelář prezidenta 

–  Český statistický úřad 

–  Český úřad zeměměřičský a katastrální 

–  Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví 

–  Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů 

–  Bezpečnostní informační služba 

–  Národní bezpečnostní úřad 

–  Česká akademie věd 

–  Vězeňská služba 

–  Český báňský úřad 

–  Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže 

–  Správa státních hmotných rezerv 

–  Státní úřad pro jadernou bezpečnost 

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–  Česká národní banka 

–  Energetický regulační úřad 

–  Úřad vlády České republiky 

–  Ústavní soud 

–  Nejvyšší soud 

–  Nejvyšší správní soud 

–  Nejvyšší státní zastupitelství 

–  Nejvyšší kontrolní úřad 

–  Kancelář Veřejného ochránce práv 

–  Grantová agentura České republiky 

–  Státní úřad inspekce práce 

–  Český telekomunikační úřad 

Denmark 

–  Folketinget 

–  Rigsrevisionen 

–  Statsministeriet 

–  Udenrigsministeriet 

–  Beskæftigelsesministeriet 

5 styrelser og institutioner (5 agencies and institutions) 

–  Domstolsstyrelsen 

–  Finansministeriet 

5 styrelser og institutioner (5 agencies and institutions) 

–  Forsvarsministeriet 

5 styrelser og institutioner (5 agencies and institutions) 

–  Ministeriet for Sundhed og Forebyggelse 

Adskillige  styrelser  og  institutioner,  herunder  Statens  Serum  Institut  (Several  agencies  and 
institutions, including Statens Serum Institut) 

–  Justitsministeriet 

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Rigspolitichefen, anklagemyndigheden samt 1 direktorat og et antal styrelser (Commissioner 
of Police, the public prosecutor, 1 directorate and a number of agencies) 

–  Kirkeministeriet 

10 stiftsøvrigheder (10 diocesan authorities) 

–  Kulturministeriet — Ministry of Culture 

4 styrelser samt et antal statsinstitutioner (4 departments and a number of institutions) 

–  Miljøministeriet 

5 styrelser (5 agencies) 

–  Ministeriet for Flygtninge, Invandrere og Integration 

1 styrelse (1 agency) 

–  Ministeriet for Fødevarer, Landbrug og Fiskeri 

4 direktoraterog institutioner (4 directorates and institutions) 

–  Ministeriet for Videnskab, Teknologi og Udvikling 

Adskillige styrelser og institutioner, Forskningscenter Risø og Statens uddannelsesbygninger 
(Several agencies and institutions, including Risoe National Laboratory and Danish National 
Research and Education Buildings) 

–  Skatteministeriet 

1 styrelse og institutioner (1 agency and several institutions) 

–  Velfærdsministeriet 

3 styrelser og institutioner (3 agencies and several institutions) 

–  Transportministeriet 

7  styrelser  og  institutioner,  herunder  Øresundsbrokonsortiet  (7  agencies  and  institutions, 
including Øresundsbrokonsortiet) 

–  Undervisningsministeriet 

3  styrelser,  4  undervisningsinstitutioner  og  5  andre  institutioner  (3  agencies,  4  educational 
establishments, 5 other institutions) 

–  Økonomi- og Erhvervsministeriet 

Adskilligestyrelser og institutioner (Several agencies and institutions) 

–  Klima- og Energiministeriet 

3 styrelse og institutioner (3 agencies and institutions) 

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Germany 

–  Auswärtiges Amt 

–  Bundeskanzleramt 

–  Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales 

–  Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung 

–  Bundesministerium für Ernährung, Landwirtschaft und Verbraucherschutz 

–  Bundesministerium der Finanzen 

–  Bundesministerium des Innern (only civil goods) 

–  Bundesministerium für Gesundheit 

–  Bundesministerium für Familie, Senioren, Frauen und Jugend 

–  Bundesministerium der Justiz 

–  Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Bau und Stadtentwicklung 

–  Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie 

–  Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung 

–  Bundesministerium der Verteidigung (no military goods) 

–  Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und Reaktorsicherheit 

Estonia 

–  Vabariigi Presidendi Kantselei; 

–  Eesti Vabariigi Riigikogu; 

–  Eesti Vabariigi Riigikohus; 

–  Riigikontroll; 

–  Õiguskantsler; 

–  Riigikantselei; 

–  Rahvusarhiiv; 

–  Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium; 

–  Justiitsministeerium; 

–  Kaitseministeerium; 

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–  Keskkonnaministeerium; 

–  Kultuuriministeerium; 

–  Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium; 

–  Põllumajandusministeerium; 

–  Rahandusministeerium; 

–  Siseministeerium; 

–  Sotsiaalministeerium; 

–  Välisministeerium; 

–  Keeleinspektsioon; 

–  Riigiprokuratuur; 

–  Teabeamet; 

–  Maa-amet; 

–  Keskkonnainspektsioon; 

–  Metsakaitse- ja Metsauuenduskeskus; 

–  Muinsuskaitseamet; 

–  Patendiamet; 

–  Tarbijakaitseamet; 

–  Riigihangete Amet; 

–  Taimetoodangu Inspektsioon; 

–  Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet; 

–  Veterinaar- ja Toiduamet 

–  Konkurentsiamet; 

–  Maksu –ja Tolliamet; 

–  Statistikaamet; 

–  Kaitsepolitseiamet; 

–  Kodakondsus- ja Migratsiooniamet; 

–  Piirivalveamet; 

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–  Politseiamet; 

–  Eesti Kohtuekspertiisi Instituut; 

–  Keskkriminaalpolitsei; 

–  Päästeamet; 

–  Andmekaitse Inspektsioon; 

–  Ravimiamet; 

–  Sotsiaalkindlustusamet; 

–  Tööturuamet; 

–  Tervishoiuamet; 

–  Tervisekaitseinspektsioon; 

–  Tööinspektsioon; 

–  Lennuamet; 

–  Maanteeamet; 

–  Veeteede Amet; 

–  Julgestuspolitsei; 

–  Kaitseressursside Amet; 

–  Kaitseväe Logistikakeskus; 

–  Tehnilise Järelevalve Amet. 

Ireland 

–  President's Establishment 

–  Houses of the Oireachtas — [Parliament]  

–  Department of the Taoiseach — [Prime Minister] 

–  Central Statistics Office 

–  Department of Finance 

–  Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General 

–  Office of the Revenue Commissioners 

–  Office of Public Works 

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–  State Laboratory 

–  Office of the Attorney General 

–  Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions 

–  Valuation Office 

–  Office of the Commission for Public Service Appointments 

–  Public Appointments Service 

–  Office of the Ombudsman 

–  Chief State Solicitor's Office 

–  Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform 

–  Courts Service 

–  Prisons Service 

–  Office of the Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests 

–  Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 

–  Department of Education and Science 

–  Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources 

–  Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food 

–  Department of Transport 

–  Department of Health and Children 

–  Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment 

–  Department of Arts, Sports and Tourism 

–  Department of Defence 

–  Department of Foreign Affairs 

–  Department of Social and Family Affairs 

–  Department of Community, Rural and Gaeltacht — [Gaelic speaking regions] Affairs 

–  Arts Council 

–  National Gallery. 

Greece 

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–  Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών; 

–  Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών; 

–  Υπουργείο Οικονοµίας και Οικονοµικών; 

–  Υπουργείο Ανάπτυξης; 

–  Υπουργείο ∆ικαιοσύνης; 

–  Υπουργείο Εθνικής Παιδείας και Θρησκευµάτων; 

–  Υπουργείο Πολιτισµού; 

–  Υπουργείο Υγείας και Κοινωνικής Αλληλεγγύης; 

–  Υπουργείο Περιβάλλοντος, Χωροταξίας και ∆ηµοσίων Έργων; 

–  Υπουργείο Απασχόλησης και Κοινωνικής Προστασίας; 

–  Υπουργείο Μεταφορών και Επικοινωνιών; 

–  Υπουργείο Αγροτικής Ανάπτυξης και Τροφίµων; 

–  Υπουργείο Εµπορικής Ναυτιλίας, Αιγαίου και Νησιωτικής Πολιτικής; 

–  Υπουργείο Μακεδονίας- Θράκης; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Επικοινωνίας; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Ενηµέρωσης; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Νέας Γενιάς; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Ισότητας; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Απόδηµου Ελληνισµού; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Βιοµηχανίας; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Έρευνας και Τεχνολογίας; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Αθλητισµού; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία ∆ηµοσίων Έργων; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Εθνικής Στατιστικής Υπηρεσίας Ελλάδος; 

–  Εθνικό Συµβούλιο Κοινωνικής Φροντίδας; 

–  Οργανισµός Εργατικής Κατοικίας; 

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–  Εθνικό Τυπογραφείο; 

–  Γενικό Χηµείο του Κράτους; 

–  Ταµείο Εθνικής Οδοποιίας; 

–  Εθνικό Καποδιστριακό Πανεπιστήµιο Αθηνών; 

–  Αριστοτέλειο Πανεπιστήµιο Θεσσαλονίκης; 

–  ∆ηµοκρίτειο Πανεπιστήµιο Θράκης; 

–  Πανεπιστήµιο Αιγαίου; 

–  Πανεπιστήµιο Ιωαννίνων; 

–  Πανεπιστήµιο Πατρών; 

–  Πανεπιστήµιο Μακεδονίας; 

–  Πολυτεχνείο Κρήτης; 

–  Σιβιτανίδειος ∆ηµόσια Σχολή Τεχνών και Επαγγελµάτων; 

–  Αιγινήτειο Νοσοκοµείο; 

–  Αρεταίειο Νοσοκοµείο; 

–  Εθνικό Κέντρο ∆ηµόσιας ∆ιοίκησης; 

–  Οργανισµός ∆ιαχείρισης ∆ηµοσίου Υλικού; 

–  Οργανισµός Γεωργικών Ασφαλίσεων; 

–  Οργανισµός Σχολικών Κτιρίων; 

–  Γενικό Επιτελείο Στρατού; 

–  Γενικό Επιτελείο Ναυτικού; 

–  Γενικό Επιτελείο Αεροπορίας; 

–  Ελληνική Επιτροπή Ατοµικής Ενέργειας; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Εκπαίδευσης Ενηλίκων; 

–  Υπουργείο Εθνικής Άµυνας; 

–  Γενική Γραµµατεία Εµπορίου. 

Spain 

–  Presidencia de Gobierno 

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–  Ministerio de Asuntos Exteriores y de Cooperación 

–  Ministerio de Justicia 

–  Ministerio de Defensa 

–  Ministerio de Economía y Hacienda 

–  Ministerio del Interior 

–  Ministerio de Fomento 

–  Ministerio de Educación, Política Social y Deportes 

–  Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio 

–  Ministerio de Trabajo e Inmigración 

–  Ministerio de la Presidencia 

–  Ministerio de Administraciones Públicas 

–  Ministerio de Cultura 

–  Ministerio de Sanidad y Consumo 

–  Ministerio de Medio Ambiente y Medio Rural y Marino 

–  Ministerio de Vivienda 

–  Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación 

–  Ministerio de Igualdad 

France 

(1) 

Ministries 

–  Services du Premier ministre 

–  Ministère chargé de la santé, de la jeunesse et des sports  

–  Ministère chargé de l'intérieur, de l'outre-mer et des collectivités territoriales 

–  Ministère chargé de la justice 

–  Ministère chargé de la défense 

–  Ministère chargé des affaires étrangères et européennes 

–  Ministère chargé de l'éducation nationale 

–  Ministère chargé de l'économie, des finances et de l'emploi 

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–  Secrétariat d’Etat aux transports 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat aux entreprises et au commerce extérieur 

–  Ministère chargé du travail, des relations sociales et de la solidarité 

–  Ministère chargé de la culture et de la communication 

–  Ministère chargé du budget, des comptes publics et de la fonction publique 

–  Ministère chargé de l'agriculture et de la pêche 

–  Ministère chargé de l'enseignement supérieur et de la recherche 

–  Ministère chargé de l'écologie, du développement et de l'aménagement durables 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat à la fonction publique 

–  Ministère chargé du logement et de la ville 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat à la coopération et à la francophonie 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat à l’outre-mer 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat à la jeunesse, des sports et de la vie associative 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat aux anciens combattants 

–  Ministère  chargé  de  l'immigration,  de  l'intégration,  de  l'identité  nationale  et  du  co-

développement 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat en charge de la prospective et de l’évaluation des politiques publiques 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat aux affaires européennes,  

–  Secrétariat d’Etat aux affaires étrangères et aux droits de l’homme 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat à la consommation et au tourisme 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat à la politique de la ville 

–  Secrétariat d’Etat à la solidarité 

–  Secrétariat d'Etat en charge de l'industrie et de la consommation 

–  Secrétariat d'Etat en charge de l'emploi 

–  Secrétariat  d'Etat  en  charge  du  commerce,  de  l'artisanat,  des  PME,  du  tourisme  et  des 

services 

–  Secrétariat d'Etat en charge de l'écologie 

–  Secrétariat d'Etat en charge du développement de la région-capitale 

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–  Secrétariat d'Etat en charge de l'aménagement du territoire 

(2) 

Institutions, independent authorities and jurisdictions 

–  Présidence de la République 

–  Assemblée Nationale 

–  Sénat 

–  Conseil constitutionnel 

–  Conseil économique et social 

–  Conseil supérieur de la magistrature 

–  Agence française contre le dopage 

–  Autorité de contrôle des assurances et des mutuelles 

–  Autorité de contrôle des nuisances sonores aéroportuaires 

–  Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques et des postes 

–  Autorité de sûreté nucléaire 

–  Autorité indépendante des marchés financiers 

–  Comité national d’évaluation des établissements publics à caractère scientifique, culturel et 

professionnel 

–  Commission d’accès aux documents administratifs 

–  Commission consultative du secret de la défense nationale 

–  Commission nationale des comptes de campagne et des financements politiques 

–  Commission nationale de contrôle des interceptions de sécurité 

–  Commission nationale de déontologie de la sécurité 

–  Commission nationale du débat public 

–  Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertés 

–  Commission des participations et des transferts 

–  Commission de régulation de l’énergie 

–  Commission de la sécurité des consommateurs 

–  Commission des sondages 

–  Commission de la transparence financière de la vie politique 

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–  Conseil de la concurrence 

–  Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères publiques 

–  Conseil supérieur de l’audiovisuel 

–  Défenseur des enfants 

–  Haute autorité de lutte contre les discriminations et pour l’égalité 

–  Haute autorité de santé 

–  Médiateur de la République 

–  Cour de justice de la République 

–  Tribunal des Conflits 

–  Conseil d'Etat 

–  Cours administratives d'appel 

–  Tribunaux administratifs 

–  Cour des Comptes 

–  Chambres régionales des Comptes 

–  Cours  et  tribunaux  de  l'ordre  judiciaire  (Cour  de  Cassation,  Cours  d'Appel,  Tribunaux 

d'instance et Tribunaux de grande instance) 

(3) 

National public establishments  

–  Académie de France à Rome 

–  Académie de marine 

–  Académie des sciences d'outre-mer 

–  Académie des technologies 

–  Agence centrale des organismes de sécurité sociale (ACOSS) 

–  Agence de biomédicine 

–  Agence pour l'enseignement du français à l'étranger 

–  Agence française de sécurité sanitaire des aliments 

–  Agence française de sécurité sanitaire de l'environnement et du travail 

–  Agence Nationale pour la cohésion sociale et l'égalité des chances 

–  Agence nationale pour la garantie des droits des mineurs 

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–  Agences de l'eau 

–  Agence Nationale de l'Accueil des Etrangers et des migrations 

–  Agence nationale pour l'amélioration des conditions de travail (ANACT) 

–  Agence nationale pour l'amélioration de l'habitat (ANAH) 

–  Agence Nationale pour la Cohésion Sociale et l'Egalité des Chances 

–  Agence nationale pour l'indemnisation des français d'outre-mer (ANIFOM) 

–  Assemblée permanente des chambres d'agriculture (APCA) 

–  Bibliothèque publique d'information 

–  Bibliothèque nationale de France  

–  Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg 

–  Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations 

–  Caisse nationale des autoroutes (CNA) 

–  Caisse nationale militaire de sécurité sociale (CNMSS) 

–  Caisse de garantie du logement locatif social 

–  Casa de Velasquez 

–  Centre d'enseignement zootechnique 

–  Centre d'études de l'emploi 

–  Centre d'études supérieures de la sécurité sociale 

–  Centres de formation professionnelle et de promotion agricole 

–  Centre hospitalier des Quinze-Vingts 

–  Centre  international  d'études  supérieures  en  sciences  agronomiques  (Montpellier  Sup 

Agro) 

–  Centre des liaisons européennes et internationales de sécurité sociale 

–  Centre des Monuments Nationaux 

–  Centre national d'art et de culture Georges Pompidou  

–  Centre national des arts plastiques 

–  Centre national de la cinématographie 

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–  Centre National d'Etudes et d'expérimentation du machinisme agricole, du génie rural, des 

eaux et des forêts (CEMAGREF) 

–  Centre national du livre 

–  Centre national de documentation pédagogique 

–  Centre national des œuvres universitaires et scolaires (CNOUS) 

–  Centre national professionnel de la propriété forestière 

–  Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (C.N.R.S) 

–  Centres d'éducation populaire et de sport (CREPS) 

–  Centres régionaux des œuvres universitaires (CROUS) 

–  Collège de France 

–  Conservatoire de l'espace littoral et des rivages lacustres 

–  Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers 

–  Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Paris 

–  Conservatoire national supérieur de musique et de danse de Lyon 

–  Conservatoire national supérieur d'art dramatique 

–  Ecole centrale de Lille 

–  Ecole centrale de Lyon 

–  École centrale des arts et manufactures 

–  École française d'archéologie d'Athènes 

–  École française d'Extrême-Orient 

–  École française de Rome 

–  École des hautes études en sciences sociales 

–  Ecole du Louvre 

–  École nationale d'administration 

–  École nationale de l'aviation civile (ENAC) 

–  École nationale des Chartes 

–  École nationale d'équitation 

–  Ecole Nationale du Génie de l'Eau et de l'environnement de Strasbourg 

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–  Écoles nationales d'ingénieurs 

–  Ecole  nationale  d’ingénieurs  des  industries  des  techniques  agricoles  et  alimentaires  de 

Nantes 

–  Écoles nationales d'ingénieurs des travaux agricoles 

–  École nationale de la magistrature 

–  Écoles nationales de la marine marchande 

–  École nationale de la santé publique (ENSP) 

–  École nationale de ski et d'alpinisme 

–  École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs 

–  École nationale supérieure des arts et techniques du théâtre 

–  École nationale supérieure des arts et industries textiles Roubaix 

–  Écoles nationales supérieures d'arts et métiers 

–  École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts 

–  École nationale supérieure de céramique industrielle 

–  École nationale supérieure de l'électronique et de ses applications (ENSEA) 

–  Ecole nationale supérieure du paysage de Versailles 

–  Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Sciences de l'information et des bibliothécaires 

–  Ecole nationale supérieure de la sécurité sociale 

–  Écoles nationales vétérinaires 

–  École nationale de voile 

–  Écoles normales supérieures 

–  École polytechnique 

–  École technique professionnelle agricole et forestière de Meymac (Corrèze) 

–  École de sylviculture Crogny (Aube) 

–  École de viticulture et d'œnologie de la Tour- Blanche (Gironde) 

–  École de viticulture — Avize (Marne) 

–  Etablissement national d’enseignement agronomique de Dijon 

–  Établissement national des invalides de la marine (ENIM) 

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–  Établissement national de bienfaisance Koenigswarter 

–  Établissement public du musée et du domaine national de Versailles 

–  Fondation Carnegie 

–  Fondation Singer-Polignac 

–  Haras nationaux 

–  Hôpital national de Saint-Maurice 

–  Institut des hautes études pour la science et la technologie 

–  Institut français d'archéologie orientale du Caire 

–  Institut géographique national 

–  Institut National de l'origine et de la qualité 

–  Institut national des hautes études de sécurité 

–  Institut de veille sanitaire 

–  Institut National d'enseignement supérieur et de recherche agronomique et agroalimentaire 

de Rennes 

–  Institut National d'Etudes Démographiques (I.N.E.D) 

–  Institut National d'Horticulture 

–  Institut National de la jeunesse et de l'éducation populaire 

–  Institut national des jeunes aveugles — Paris 

–  Institut national des jeunes sourds — Bordeaux 

–  Institut national des jeunes sourds — Chambéry 

–  Institut national des jeunes sourds — Metz  

–  Institut national des jeunes sourds — Paris 

–  Institut national de physique nucléaire et de physique des particules (I.N.P.N.P.P) 

–  Institut national de la propriété industrielle 

–  Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (I.N.R.A) 

–  Institut National de la Recherche Pédagogique (I.N.R.P) 

–  Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (I.N.S.E.R.M) 

–  Institut national d'histoire de l'art (I.N.H.A.) 

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–  Institut national de recherches archéologiques préventives 

–  Institut National des Sciences de l'Univers 

–  Institut National des Sports et de l'Education Physique 

–  Institut  national  supérieur  de  formation  et  de  recherche  pour  l'éducation  des  jeunes 

handicapés et les enseignements inadaptés 

–  Instituts nationaux polytechniques 

–  Instituts nationaux des sciences appliquées 

–  Institut national de recherche en informatique et en automatique (INRIA) 

–  Institut national de recherche sur les transports et leur sécurité (INRETS) 

–  Institut de Recherche pour le Développement 

–  Instituts régionaux d'administration 

–  Institut des Sciences et des Industries du vivant et de l'environnement (Agro Paris Tech) 

–  Institut supérieur de mécanique de Paris 

–  Instituts Universitaires de Formation des Maîtres 

–  Musée de l'armée 

–  Musée Gustave-Moreau 

–  Musée national de la marine 

–  Musée national J.-J.-Henner  

–  Musée du Louvre 

–  Musée du Quai Branly 

–  Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle 

–  Musée Auguste-Rodin 

–  Observatoire de Paris 

–  Office français de protection des réfugiés et apatrides 

–  Office National des Anciens Combattants et des Victimes de Guerre (ONAC) 

–  Office national de la chasse et de la faune sauvage 

–  Office National de l'eau et des milieux aquatiques 

–  Office national d'information sur les enseignements et les professions (ONISEP) 

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–  Office universitaire et culturel français pour l'Algérie 

–  Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur 

–  Palais de la découverte 

–  Parcs nationaux 

–  Universités 

(4) 

Other national public body 

–  Union des groupements d'achats publics (UGAP)  

–  Agence Nationale pour l'emploi (A.N.P.E) 

–  Caisse Nationale des Allocations Familiales (CNAF) 

–  Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie des Travailleurs Salariés (CNAMS) 

–  Caisse Nationale d'Assurance-Vieillesse des Travailleurs Salariés (CNAVTS) 

Italy 

(1) 

Purchasing bodies 

–  Presidenza del Consiglio dei Ministri 

–  Ministero degli Affari Esteri 

–  Ministero dell’Interno 

–  Ministero della Giustizia e Uffici giudiziari (esclusi i giudici di pace) 

–  Ministero della Difesa 

–  Ministero dell’Economia e delle Finanze 

–  Ministero dello Sviluppo Economico 

–  Ministero delle Politiche Agricole, Alimentari e Forestali  

–  Ministero dell’Ambiente - Tutela del Territorio e del Mare 

–  Ministero delle Infrastrutture e dei Trasporti 

–  Ministero del Lavoro, della Salute e delle Politiche Sociali 

–  Ministero dell'Istruzione, Università e Ricerca 

–  Ministero per i Beni e le Attività culturali, comprensivo delle sue articolazioni periferiche 

(2) 

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–  CONSIP (Concessionaria Servizi Informatici Pubblici) 

Cyprus 

–  Προεδρία και Προεδρικό Μέγαρο 

–  Γραφείο Συντονιστή Εναρµόνισης 

–  Υπουργικό Συµβούλιο 

–  Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων 

–  ∆ικαστική Υπηρεσία 

–  Νοµική Υπηρεσία της ∆ηµοκρατίας 

–  Ελεγκτική Υπηρεσία της ∆ηµοκρατίας 

–  Επιτροπή ∆ηµόσιας Υπηρεσίας 

–  Επιτροπή Εκπαιδευτικής Υπηρεσίας 

–  Γραφείο Επιτρόπου ∆ιοικήσεως 

–  Επιτροπή Προστασίας Ανταγωνισµού 

–  Υπηρεσία Εσωτερικού Ελέγχου 

–  Γραφείο Προγραµµατισµού 

–  Γενικό Λογιστήριο της ∆ηµοκρατίας 

–  Γραφείο Επιτρόπου Προστασίας ∆εδοµένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα 

–  Γραφείο Εφόρου ∆ηµοσίων Ενισχύσεων 

–  Αναθεωρητική Αρχή Προσφορών 

–  Υπηρεσία Εποπτείας και Ανάπτυξης Συνεργατικών Εταιρειών 

–  Αναθεωρητική Αρχή Προσφύγων 

–  Υπουργείο Άµυνας 

–  Υπουργείο Γεωργίας, Φυσικών Πόρων και Περιβάλλοντος 

–  Τµήµα Γεωργίας 

–  Κτηνιατρικές Υπηρεσίες 

–  Τµήµα ∆ασών 

–  Τµήµα Αναπτύξεως Υδάτων 

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–  Τµήµα Γεωλογικής Επισκόπησης 

–  Μετεωρολογική Υπηρεσία 

–  Τµήµα Αναδασµού 

–  Υπηρεσία Μεταλλείων 

–  Ινστιτούτο Γεωργικών Ερευνών 

–  Τµήµα Αλιείας και Θαλάσσιων Ερευνών 

–  Υπουργείο ∆ικαιοσύνης και ∆ηµοσίας Τάξεως 

–  Αστυνοµία 

–  Πυροσβεστική Υπηρεσία Κύπρου 

–  Τµήµα Φυλακών 

–  Υπουργείο Εµπορίου, Βιοµηχανίας και Τουρισµού 

–  Τµήµα Εφόρου Εταιρειών και Επίσηµου Παραλήπτη 

–  Υπουργείο Εργασίας και Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων 

–  Τµήµα Εργασίας 

–  Τµήµα Κοινωνικών Ασφαλίσεων 

–  Τµήµα Υπηρεσιών Κοινωνικής Ευηµερίας 

–  Κέντρο Παραγωγικότητας Κύπρου 

–  Ανώτερο Ξενοδοχειακό Ινστιτούτο Κύπρου 

–  Ανώτερο Τεχνολογικό Ινστιτούτο 

–  Τµήµα Επιθεώρησης Εργασίας 

–  Τµήµα Εργασιακών Σχέσεων 

–  Υπουργείο Εσωτερικών 

–  Επαρχιακές ∆ιοικήσεις 

–  Τµήµα Πολεοδοµίας και Οικήσεως 

–  Τµήµα Αρχείου Πληθυσµού και Μεταναστεύσεως 

–  Τµήµα Κτηµατολογίου και Χωροµετρίας 

–  Γραφείο Τύπου και Πληροφοριών 

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–  Πολιτική Άµυνα 

–  Υπηρεσία Μέριµνας και Αποκαταστάσεων Εκτοπισθέντων 

–  Υπηρεσία Ασύλου 

–  Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών 

–  Υπουργείο Οικονοµικών 

–  Τελωνεία  

–  Τµήµα Εσωτερικών Προσόδων 

–  Στατιστική Υπηρεσία 

–  Τµήµα Κρατικών Αγορών και Προµηθειών 

–  Τµήµα ∆ηµόσιας ∆ιοίκησης και Προσωπικού 

–  Κυβερνητικό Τυπογραφείο 

–  Τµήµα Υπηρεσιών Πληροφορικής 

–  Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισµού 

–  Υπουργείο Συγκοινωνιών και Έργων 

–  Τµήµα ∆ηµοσίων Έργων 

–  Τµήµα Αρχαιοτήτων 

–  Τµήµα Πολιτικής Αεροπορίας 

–  Τµήµα Εµπορικής Ναυτιλίας 

–  Τµήµα Οδικών Μεταφορών 

–  Τµήµα Ηλεκτροµηχανολογικών Υπηρεσιών 

–  Τµήµα Ηλεκτρονικών Επικοινωνιών 

–  Υπουργείο Υγείας 

–  Φαρµακευτικές Υπηρεσίες 

–  Γενικό Χηµείο 

–  Ιατρικές Υπηρεσίες και Υπηρεσίες ∆ηµόσιας Υγείας 

–  Οδοντιατρικές Υπηρεσίες 

–  Υπηρεσίες Ψυχικής Υγείας 

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Latvia 

(a) 

Ministries,  secretariats  of  ministers  for  special  assignments,  and  their  subordinate 
institutions 

–  Aizsardzības ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Ārlietu ministrija un tas padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Bērnu un ģimenes lietu ministrija un tās padotībā esošas iestādes 

–  Ekonomikas ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Finanšu ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Iekšlietu ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Kultūras ministrija un tas padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Labklājības ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Reģionālās attīstības un pašvaldības lietu ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Satiksmes ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Tieslietu ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Veselības ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Vides ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Zemkopības ministrija un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Īpašu uzdevumu ministra sekretariāti un to padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Satversmes aizsardzības birojs 

(b) 

Other state institution 

–  Augstākā tiesa 

–  Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija 

–  Finanšu un kapitāla tirgus komisija 

–  Latvijas Banka 

–  Prokuratūra un tās pārraudzībā esošās iestādes 

–  Saeimas kanceleja un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Satversmes tiesa 

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–  Valsts kanceleja un tās padotībā esošās iestādes 

–  Valsts kontrole 

–  Valsts prezidenta kanceleja 

–  Tiesībsarga birojs  

–  Nacionālā radio un televīzijas padome  

–  Citas valsts iestādes, kuras nav ministriju padotībā (Other state institutions not subordinate 

to ministries) 

Lithuania 

–  Prezidentūros kanceliarija 

–  Seimo kanceliarija 

–  Institutions accountable to the Seimas [Parliament]: 

–  Lietuvos mokslo taryba; 

–  Seimo kontrolierių įstaiga; 

–  Valstybės kontrolė; 

–  Specialiųjų tyrimų tarnyba; 

–  Valstybės saugumo departamentas; 

–  Konkurencijos taryba; 

–  Lietuvos gyventojų genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimo centras; 

–  Vertybinių popierių komisija; 

–  Ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba; 

–  Nacionalinė sveikatos taryba; 

–  Etninės kultūros globos taryba; 

–  Lygių galimybių kontrolieriaus tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė kultūros paveldo komisija; 

–  Vaiko teisių apsaugos kontrolieriaus įstaiga; 

–  Valstybinė kainų ir energetikos kontrolės komisija; 

–  Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija; 

–  Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija; 

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–  Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija; 

–  Žurnalistų etikos inspektoriaus tarnyba. 

–  Vyriausybės kanceliarija 

–  Institutions accountable to the Vyriausybės [Government]: 

–  Ginklų fondas; 

–  Informacinės visuomenės plėtros komitetas; 

–  Kūno kultūros ir sporto departamentas; 

–  Lietuvos archyvų departamentas; 

–  Mokestinių ginčų komisija; 

–  Statistikos departamentas; 

–  Tautinių mažumų ir išeivijos departamentas; 

–  Valstybinė tabako ir alkoholio kontrolės tarnyba; 

–  Viešųjų pirkimų tarnyba; 

–  Narkotikų kontrolės departamentas; 

–  Valstybinė atominės energetikos saugos inspekcija; 

–  Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija; 

–  Valstybinė lošimų priežiūros komisija; 

–  Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba; 

–  Vyriausioji administracinių ginčų komisija; 

–  Draudimo priežiūros komisija; 

–  Lietuvos valstybinis mokslo ir studijų fondas; 

–  Lietuvių grįžimo į Tėvynę informacijos centras 

–  Konstitucinis Teismas 

–  Lietuvos bankas 

–  Aplinkos ministerija 

–  Institutions under the Aplinkos ministerija [Ministry of Environment]: 

–  Generalinė miškų urėdija; 

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–  Lietuvos geologijos tarnyba; 

–  Lietuvos hidrometeorologijos tarnyba; 

–  Lietuvos standartizacijos departamentas; 

–  Nacionalinis akreditacijos biuras; 

–  Valstybinė metrologijos tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė saugomų teritorijų tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė teritorijų planavimo ir statybos inspekcija. 

–  Finansų ministerija 

–  Institutions under the Finansų ministerija [Ministry of Finance]: 

–  Muitinės departamentas; 

–  Valstybės dokumentų technologinės apsaugos tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė mokesčių inspekcija; 

–  Finansų ministerijos mokymo centras. 

–  Krašto apsaugos ministerija 

–  Institutions under the Krašto apsaugos ministerijos [Ministry of National Defence]: 

–  Antrasis operatyvinių tarnybų departamentas; 

–  Centralizuota finansų ir turto tarnyba; 

–  Karo prievolės administravimo tarnyba; 

–  Krašto apsaugos archyvas; 

–  Krizių valdymo centras; 

–  Mobilizacijos departamentas; 

–  Ryšių ir informacinių sistemų tarnyba; 

–  Infrastruktūros plėtros departamentas; 

–  Valstybinis pilietinio pasipriešinimo rengimo centras. 

–  Lietuvos kariuomenė 

–  Krašto apsaugos sistemos kariniai vienetai ir tarnybos 

–  Kultūros ministerija 

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–  Institutions under the Kultūros ministerijos [Ministry of Culture]: 

–  Kultūros paveldo departamentas; 

–  Valstybinė kalbos inspekcija. 

–  Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerija 

–  Institutions under the Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerijos [Ministry of Social Security 

and Labour]: 

–  Garantinio fondo administracija; 

–  Valstybės vaiko teisių apsaugos ir įvaikinimo tarnyba; 

–  Lietuvos darbo birža; 

–  Lietuvos darbo rinkos mokymo tarnyba; 

–  Trišalės tarybos sekretoriatas; 

–  Socialinių paslaugų priežiūros departamentas; 

–  Darbo inspekcija; 

–  Valstybinio socialinio draudimo fondo valdyba; 

–  Neįgalumo ir darbingumo nustatymo tarnyba; 

–  Ginčų komisija; 

–  Techninės pagalbos neįgaliesiems centras; 

–  Neįgaliųjų reikalų departamentas. 

–  Susisiekimo ministerija 

–  Institutions  under 
Communications]: 

the  Susisiekimo  ministerijos 

[Ministry  of  Transport  and 

–  Lietuvos automobilių kelių direkcija; 

–  Valstybinė geležinkelio inspekcija; 

–  Valstybinė kelių transporto inspekcija; 

–  Pasienio kontrolės punktų direkcija. 

–  Sveikatos apsaugos ministerija 

–  Institutions under the Sveikatos apsaugos ministerijos [Ministry of Health]: 

–  Valstybinė akreditavimo sveikatos priežiūros veiklai tarnyba; 

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–  Valstybinė ligonių kasa; 

–  Valstybinė medicininio audito inspekcija; 

–  Valstybinė vaistų kontrolės tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė teismo psichiatrijos ir narkologijos tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė visuomenės sveikatos priežiūros tarnyba; 

–  Farmacijos departamentas; 

–  Sveikatos apsaugos ministerijos Ekstremalių sveikatai situacijų centras; 

–  Lietuvos bioetikos komitetas; 

–  Radiacinės saugos centras. 

–  Švietimo ir mokslo ministerija 

–  Institutions under the Švietimo ir mokslo ministerijos [Ministry of Education and Science]: 

–  Nacionalinis egzaminų centras; 

–  Studijų kokybės vertinimo centras. 

–  Teisingumo ministerija 

–  Institutions under the Teisingumo ministerijos [Ministry of Justice]: 

–  Kalėjimų departamentas; 

–  Nacionalinė vartotojų teisių apsaugos taryba; 

–  Europos teisės departamentas 

–  Ūkio ministerija 

–  Įstaigos prie the Ūkio ministerijos [Ministry of Economy]: 

–  Įmonių bankroto valdymo departamentas; 

–  Valstybinė energetikos inspekcija; 

–  Valstybinė ne maisto produktų inspekcija; 

–  Valstybinis turizmo departamentas 

–  Užsienio reikalų ministerija 

–  Diplomatinės  atstovybės  ir  konsulinės  įstaigos  užsienyje  bei  atstovybės  prie  tarptautinių 

organizacijų 

–  Vidaus reikalų ministerija 

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–  Institutions under the Vidaus reikalų ministerijos [Ministry of the Interior]: 

–  Asmens dokumentų išrašymo centras; 

–  Finansinių nusikaltimų tyrimo tarnyba; 

–  Gyventojų registro tarnyba; 

–  Policijos departamentas; 

–  Priešgaisrinės apsaugos ir gelbėjimo departamentas; 

–  Turto valdymo ir ūkio departamentas; 

–  Vadovybės apsaugos departamentas; 

–  Valstybės sienos apsaugos tarnyba; 

–  Valstybės tarnybos departamentas; 

–  Informatikos ir ryšių departamentas; 

–  Migracijos departamentas; 

–  Sveikatos priežiūros tarnyba; 

–  Bendrasis pagalbos centras. 

–  Žemės ūkio ministerija 

–  Institutions under the Žemės ūkio ministerijos [Ministry of Agriculture]: 

–  Nacionalinė mokėjimo agentūra; 

–  Nacionalinė žemės tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė augalų apsaugos tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė gyvulių veislininkystės priežiūros tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė sėklų ir grūdų tarnyba; 

–  Žuvininkystės departamentas 

–  Teismai [Courts]: 

–  Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas; 

–  Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas; 

–  Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas; 

–  apygardų teismai; 

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–  apygardų administraciniai teismai; 

–  apylinkių teismai; 

–  Nacionalinė teismų administracija 

–  Generalinė prokuratūra 

–  Other  Central  Public  Administration  Entities 

(institucijos 

[institutions], 

įstaigos 

[establishments], tarnybos[agencies]) 

–  Aplinkos apsaugos agentūra; 

–  Valstybinė aplinkos apsaugos inspekcija; 

–  Aplinkos projektų valdymo agentūra; 

–  Miško genetinių išteklių, sėklų ir sodmenų tarnyba; 

–  Miško sanitarinės apsaugos tarnyba; 

–  Valstybinė miškotvarkos tarnyba; 

–  Nacionalinis visuomenės sveikatos tyrimų centras; 

–  Lietuvos AIDS centras; 

–  Nacionalinis organų transplantacijos biuras; 

–  Valstybinis patologijos centras; 

–  Valstybinis psichikos sveikatos centras; 

–  Lietuvos sveikatos informacijos centras; 

–  Slaugos darbuotojų tobulinimosi ir specializacijos centras; 

–  Valstybinis aplinkos sveikatos centras; 

–  Respublikinis mitybos centras; 

–  Užkrečiamųjų ligų profilaktikos ir kontrolės centras; 

–  Trakų visuomenės sveikatos priežiūros ir specialistų tobulinimosi centras; 

–  Visuomenės sveikatos ugdymo centras; 

–  Muitinės kriminalinė tarnyba; 

–  Muitinės informacinių sistemų centras; 

–  Muitinės laboratorija; 

–  Muitinės mokymo centras; 

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–  Valstybinis patentų biuras; 

–  Lietuvos teismo ekspertizės centras; 

–  Centrinė hipotekos įstaiga; 

–  Lietuvos metrologijos inspekcija; 

–  Civilinės aviacijos administracija; 

–  Lietuvos saugios laivybos administracija; 

–  Transporto investicijų direkcija; 

–  Valstybinė vidaus vandenų laivybos inspekcija; 

–  Pabėgėlių priėmimo centras 

Luxembourg 

–  Ministère d’Etat 

–  Ministère des Affaires Etrangères et de l’Immigration 

–  Ministère de l’Agriculture, de la Viticulture et du Développement Rural 

–  Ministère des Classes moyennes, du Tourisme et du Logement 

–  Ministère de la Culture, de l’Enseignement Supérieur et de la Recherche 

–  Ministère de l’Economie et du Commerce extérieur 

–  Ministère de l’Education nationale et de la Formation professionnelle 

–  Ministère de l’Egalité des chances 

–  Ministère de l’Environnement 

–  Ministère de la Famille et de l’Intégration 

–  Ministère des Finances 

–  Ministère de la Fonction publique et de la Réforme administrative 

–  Ministère de l’Intérieur et de l’Aménagement du territoire 

–  Ministère de la Justice 

–  Ministère de la Santé 

–  Ministère de la Sécurité sociale 

–  Ministère des Transports 

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–  Ministère du Travail et de l’Emploi 

–  Ministère des Travaux publics 

Hungary 

–  Egészségügyi Minisztérium 

–  Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium 

–  Nemzeti Fejlesztési és Gazdasági Minisztérium 

–  Közlekedési, Hírközlési és Energiaügyi Minisztérium 

–  Honvédelmi Minisztérium 

–  Igazságügyi és Rendészeti Minisztérium 

–  Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Minisztérium 

–  Külügyminisztérium 

–  Miniszterelnöki Hivatal 

–  Oktatási és Kulturális Minisztérium 

–  Önkormányzati Minisztérium 

–  Pénzügyminisztérium 

–  Szociális és Munkaügyi Minisztérium 

–  Központi Szolgáltatási Főigazgatóság 

Malta 

–  Uffiċċju tal-Prim Ministru (Office of the Prime Minister) 

–  Ministeru  għall-Familja  u  Solidarjeta’  Soċjali  (Ministry  for  the  Family  and  Social 

Solidarity) 

–  Ministeru  ta’  l-Edukazzjoni  Zghazagh  u  Impjieg  (Ministry  for  Education  Youth  and 

Employment) 

–  Ministeru tal-Finanzi (Ministry of Finance) 

–  Ministeru tar-Riżorsi u l-Infrastruttura (Ministry for Resources and Infrastructure) 

–  Ministeru tat-Turiżmu u Kultura (Ministry for Tourism and Culture) 

–  Ministeru tal-Ġustizzja u l-Intern (Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs) 

–  Ministeru  għall-Affarijiet  Rurali  u  l-Ambjent  (Ministry  for  Rural  Affairs  and  the 

Environment) 

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–  Ministeru għal Għawdex (Ministry for Gozo) 

–  Ministeru tas-Saħħa, l-Anzjani u Kura fil-Kommunita’ (Ministry of Health, the Elderly and 

Community Care) 

–  Ministeru ta’ l-Affarijiet Barranin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 

–  Ministeru  għall-Investimenti,  Industrija  u  Teknologija  ta’  Informazzjoni  (Ministry  for 

Investment, Industry and Information Technology) 

–  Ministeru  għall-Kompetittivà  u  Komunikazzjoni  (Ministry  for  Competitiveness  and 

Communications) 

–  Ministeru għall-Iżvilupp Urban u Toroq (Ministry for Urban Development and Roads) 

Netherlands 

–  Ministerie van Algemene Zaken 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Bureau van de Wetenschappelijke Raad voor het Regeringsbeleid 

–  Rijksvoorlichtingsdienst 

–  Ministerie van Binnenlandse Zaken en Koninkrijksrelaties 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Centrale Archiefselectiedienst (CAS) 

–  Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD) 

–  Agentschap Basisadministratie Persoonsgegevens en Reisdocumenten (BPR) 

–  Agentschap Korps Landelijke Politiediensten 

–  Ministerie van Buitenlandse Zaken 

–  Directoraat-generaal Regiobeleid en Consulaire Zaken (DGRC) 

–  Directoraat-generaal Politieke Zaken (DGPZ) 

–  Directoraat-generaal Internationale Samenwerking (DGIS) 

–  Directoraat-generaal Europese Samenwerking (DGES) 

–  Centrum tot Bevordering van de Import uit Ontwikkelingslanden (CBI) 

–  Centrale  diensten  ressorterend  onder  S/PlvS  (Support  services  falling  under  the 

Secretary-general and Deputy Secretary-general) 

–  Buitenlandse Posten (ieder afzonderlijk) 

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–  Ministerie van Defensie — (Ministry of Defence) 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Commando Diensten Centra (CDC) 

–  Defensie Telematica Organisatie (DTO) 

–  Centrale directie van de Defensie Vastgoed Dienst  

–  De afzonderlijke regionale directies van de Defensie Vastgoed Dienst 

–  Defensie Materieel Organisatie (DMO) 

–  Landelijk Bevoorradingsbedrijf van de Defensie Materieel Organisatie 

–  Logistiek Centrum van de Defensie Materieel Organisatie 

–  Marinebedrijf van de Defensie Materieel Organisatie 

–  Defensie Pijpleiding Organisatie (DPO) 

–  Ministerie van Economische Zaken 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Centraal Planbureau (CPB) 

–  SenterNovem 

–  Staatstoezicht op de Mijnen (SodM) 

–  Nederlandse Mededingingsautoriteit (NMa) 

–  Economische Voorlichtingsdienst (EVD) 

–  Agentschap Telecom 

–  Kenniscentrum  Professioneel  & 
Overheidsopdrachtgevers (PIANOo) 

–  Regiebureau Inkoop Rijksoverheid 

–  Octrooicentrum Nederland 

–  Consumentenautoriteit 

Innovatief  Aanbesteden,  Netwerk  voor 

–  Ministerie van Financiën 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Belastingdienst Automatiseringscentrum 

–  Belastingdienst 

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–  de afzonderlijke Directies der Rijksbelastingen (the various Divisions of the Tax 

and Customs Administration throughout the Netherlands) 

–  Fiscale  Inlichtingen-  en  Opsporingsdienst  (incl.  Economische  Controle  dienst 

(ECD)) 

–  Belastingdienst Opleidingen 

–  Dienst der Domeinen 

–  Ministerie van Justitie 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Dienst Justitiële Inrichtingen 

–  Raad voor de Kinderbescherming 

–  Centraal Justitie Incasso Bureau 

–  Openbaar Ministerie 

–  Immigratie en Naturalisatiedienst 

–  Nederlands Forensisch Instituut 

–  Dienst Terugkeer & Vertrek  

–  Ministerie van Landbouw, Natuur en Voedselkwaliteit 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Dienst Regelingen (DR) 

–  Agentschap Plantenziektenkundige Dienst (PD) 

–  Algemene Inspectiedienst (AID) 

–  Dienst Landelijk Gebied (DLG) 

–  Voedsel en Waren Autoriteit (VWA) 

–  Ministerie van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschappen 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Inspectie van het Onderwijs 

–  Erfgoedinspectie 

–  Centrale Financiën Instellingen 

–  Nationaal Archief 

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–  Adviesraad voor Wetenschaps- en Technologiebeleid 

–  Onderwijsraad 

–  Raad voor Cultuur 

–  Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Inspectie Werk en Inkomen 

–  Agentschap SZW 

–  Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Directoraat-Generaal Transport en Luchtvaart 

–  Directoraat-generaal Personenvervoer 

–  Directoraat-generaal Water 

–  Centrale diensten (Central Services) 

–  Shared services Organisatie Verkeer en Watersaat 

–  Koninklijke Nederlandse Meteorologisch Instituut KNMI 

–  Rijkswaterstaat, Bestuur 

–  De afzonderlijke regionale Diensten van Rijkswaterstaat (Each individual regional 

service of the Directorate-general of Public Works and Water Management) 

–  De  afzonderlijke  specialistische  diensten  van  Rijkswaterstaat  (Each  individual 
specialist  service  of  the  Directorate-general  of  Public  Works  and  Water 
Management) 

–  Adviesdienst Geo-Informatie en ICT 

–  Adviesdienst Verkeer en Vervoer (AVV) 

–  Bouwdienst 

–  Corporate Dienst 

–  Data ICT Dienst 

–  Dienst Verkeer en Scheepvaart 

–  Dienst Weg- en Waterbouwkunde (DWW) 

–  Rijksinstituut voor Kunst en Zee (RIKZ) 

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–  Rijksinstituut voor Integraal Zoetwaterbeheer en Afvalwaterbehandeling (RIZA) 

–  Waterdienst 

–  Inspectie Verkeer en Waterstaat, Hoofddirectie 

–  Port state Control 

–  Directie Toezichtontwikkeling Communicatie en Onderzoek (TCO) 

–  Toezichthouder Beheer Eenheid Lucht 

–  Toezichthouder Beheer Eenheid Water 

–  Toezichthouder Beheer Eenheid Land 

–  Ministerie van Volkshuisvesting, Ruimtelijke Ordening en Milieubeheer 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Directoraat-generaal Wonen, Wijken en Integratie 

–  Directoraat-generaal Ruimte 

–  Directoraat-general Milieubeheer 

–  Rijksgebouwendienst 

–  VROM Inspectie 

–  Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport 

–  Bestuursdepartement 

–  Inspectie Gezondheidsbescherming, Waren en Veterinaire Zaken 

–  Inspectie Gezondheidszorg 

–  Inspectie Jeugdhulpverlening en Jeugdbescherming 

–  Rijksinstituut voor de Volksgezondheid en Milieu (RIVM) 

–  Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau 

–  Agentschap t.b.v. het College ter Beoordeling van Geneesmiddelen 

–  Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal 

–  Eerste Kamer der Staten-Generaal 

–  Raad van State 

–  Algemene Rekenkamer 

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–  Nationale Ombudsman 

–  Kanselarij der Nederlandse Orden 

–  Kabinet der Koningin 

–  Raad voor de rechtspraak en de Rechtbanken 

Austria 

–  Bundeskanzleramt 

–  Bundesministerium für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten 

–  Bundesministerium für Finanzen 

–  Bundesministerium für Gesundheit, Familie und Jugend 

–  Bundesministerium für Inneres 

–  Bundesministerium für Justiz 

–  Bundesministerium für Landesverteidigung 

–  Bundesministerium für Land- und Forstwirtschaft, Umwelt und Wasserwirtschaft 

–  Bundesministerium für Soziales und Konsumentenschutz 

–  Bundesministerium für Unterricht, Kunst und Kultur 

–  Bundesministerium für Verkehr, Innovation und Technologie 

–  Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Arbeit 

–  Bundesministerium für Wissenschaft und Forschung 

–  Österreichische Forschungs- und Prüfzentrum Arsenal Gesellschaft m.b.H 

–  Bundesbeschaffung G.m.b.H 

–  Bundesrechenzentrum G.m.b.H 

Poland 

–  Kancelaria Prezydenta RP 

–  Kancelaria Sejmu RP 

–  Kancelaria Senatu RP 

–  Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów 

–  Sąd Najwyższy 

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–  Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny 

–  Wojewódzkie sądy administracyjne 

–  Sądy powszechne - rejonowe, okręgowe i apelacyjne 

–  Trybunat Konstytucyjny 

–  Najwyższa Izba Kontroli 

–  Biuro Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich 

–  Biuro Rzecznika Praw Dziecka 

–  Biuro Ochrony Rządu 

–  Biuro Bezpieczeństwa Narodowego 

–  Centralne Biuro Antykorupcyjne 

–  Ministerstwo Pracy i Polityki Społecznej 

–  Ministerstwo Finansów 

–  Ministerstwo Gospodarki 

–  Ministerstwo Rozwoju Regionalnego 

–  Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego 

–  Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej 

–  Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej 

–  Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi 

–  Ministerstwo Skarbu Państwa 

–  Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości 

–  Ministerstwo Infrastruktury 

–  Ministerstwo Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego 

–  Ministerstwo Środowiska 

–  Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji 

–  Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych 

–  Ministerstwo Zdrowia 

–  Ministerstwo Sportu i Turystyki 

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–  Urząd Komitetu Integracji Europejskiej 

–  Urząd Patentowy Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 

–  Urząd Regulacji Energetyki 

–  Urząd do Spraw Kombatantów i Osób Represjonowanych 

–  Urząd Transportu Kolejowego 

–  Urząd Dozoru Technicznego 

–  Urząd  Rejestracji  Produktów  Leczniczych,  Wyrobów  Medycznych 

i  Produktów 

Biobójczych 

–  Urząd do Spraw Repatriacji i Cudzoziemców 

–  Urząd Zamówień Publicznych 

–  Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów 

–  Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego 

–  Urząd Komunikacji Elektronicznej 

–  Wyższy Urząd Górniczy 

–  Główny Urząd Miar 

–  Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii 

–  Główny Urząd Nadzoru Budowlanego 

–  Główny Urząd Statystyczny 

–  Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji 

–  Generalny Inspektor Ochrony Danych Osobowych 

–  Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza 

–  Państwowa Inspekcja Pracy 

–  Rządowe Centrum Legislacji 

–  Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia 

–  Polska Akademia Nauk 

–  Polskie Centrum Akredytacji 

–  Polskie Centrum Badań i Certyfikacji 

–  Polska Organizacja Turystyczna 

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–  Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny 

–  Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych 

–  Komisja Nadzoru Finansowego 

–  Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych 

–  Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego 

–  Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad 

–  Państwowa Inspekcja Ochrony Roślin i Nasiennictwa 

–  Komenda Główna Państwowej Straży Pożarnej 

–  Komenda Główna Policji 

–  Komenda Główna Straży Granicznej 

–  Inspekcja Jakości Handlowej Artykułów Rolno-Spożywczych 

–  Główny Inspektorat Ochrony Środowiska 

–  Główny Inspektorat Transportu Drogowego 

–  Główny Inspektorat Farmaceutyczny 

–  Główny Inspektorat Sanitarny 

–  Główny Inspektorat Weterynarii 

–  Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego 

–  Agencja Wywiadu 

–  Agencja Mienia Wojskowego 

–  Wojskowa Agencja Mieszkaniowa 

–  Agencja Restrukturyzacji i Modernizacji Rolnictwa 

–  Agencja Rynku Rolnego 

–  Agencja Nieruchomości Rolnych 

–  Państwowa Agencja Atomistyki 

–  Polska Agencja Żeglugi Powietrznej 

–  Polska Agencja Rozwiązywania Problemów Alkoholowych 

–  Agencja Rezerw Materiałowych 

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–  Narodowy Bank Polski 

–  Narodowy Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej 

–  Państwowy Fundusz Rehabilitacji Osób Niepełnosprawnych 

–  Instytut Pamięci Narodowej - Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni Przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu  

–  Rada Ochrony Pamięci Walk i Męczeństwa 

–  Służba Celna Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej 

–  Państwowe Gospodarstwo Leśne „Lasy Państwowe" 

–  Polska Agencja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości 

–  Urzędy wojewódzkie 

–  Samodzielne Publiczne Zakłady Opieki Zdrowotnej, jeśli ich organem założycielskim jest 

minister, centralny organ administracji rządowej lub wojewoda 

Portugal 

–  Presidência do Conselho de Ministros 

–  Ministério das Finanças e da Administração Pública 

–  Ministério da Defesa Nacional 

–  Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros 

–  Ministério da Administração Interna 

–  Ministério da Justiça 

–  Ministério da Economia e da Inovação 

–  Ministério da Agricultura, Desenvolvimento Rural e Pescas 

–  Ministério da Educação 

–  Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e do Ensino Superior 

–  Ministério da Cultura 

–  Ministério da Saúde 

–  Ministério do Trabalho e da Solidariedade Social 

–  Ministério das Obras Públicas, Transportes e Comunicações 

–  Ministério do Ambiente, do Ordenamento do Território e do Desenvolvimento Regional 

–  Presidença da Republica 

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–  Tribunal Constitucional 

–  Tribunal de Contas 

–  Provedoria de Justiça 

Romania 

–  Administraţia Prezidenţială 

–  Senatul României 

–  Camera Deputaţilor 

–  Inalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie 

–  Curtea Constituţională 

–  Consiliul Legislativ 

–  Curtea de Conturi 

–  Consiliul Superior al Magistraturii 

–  Parchetul de pe lângă Inalta Curte de Casaţie şi Justiţie 

–  Secretariatul General al Guvernului 

–  Cancelaria primului ministru 

–  Ministerul Afacerilor Externe 

–  Ministerul Economiei şi Finanţelor 

–  Ministerul Justiţiei 

–  Ministerul Apărării 

–  Ministerul Internelor şi Reformei Administrative 

–  Ministerul Muncii, Familiei şi Egalităţii de Sanse 

–  Ministerul pentru Intreprinderi Mici şi Mijlocii, Comerţ, Turism şi Profesii Liberale 

–  Ministerul Agriculturii şi Dezvoltării Rurale 

–  Ministerul Transporturilor 

–  Ministerul Dezvoltării, Lucrărilor Publice şi Locuinţei 

–  Ministerul Educaţiei Cercetării şi Tineretului 

–  Ministerul Sănătăţii Publice 

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–  Ministerul Culturii şi Cultelor 

–  Ministerul Comunicaţiilor şi Tehnologiei Informaţiei 

–  Ministerul Mediului şi Dezvoltării Durabile 

–  Serviciul Român de Informaţii 

–  Serviciul de Informaţii Externe 

–  Serviciul de Protecţie şi Pază 

–  Serviciul de Telecomunicaţii Speciale 

–  Consiliul Naţional al Audiovizualului 

–  Consiliul Concurenţei (CC) 

–  Direcţia Naţională Anticorupţie 

–  Inspectoratul General de Poliţie 

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Reglementarea şi Monitorizarea Achiziţiilor Publice 

–  Consiliul Naţional de Soluţionare a Contestaţiilor 

–  Autoritatea  Naţională  de  Reglementare  pentru  Serviciile  Comunitare  de  Utilităţi 

Publice(ANRSC) 

–  Autoritatea Naţională Sanitară Veterinară şi pentru Siguranţa Alimentelor 

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Protecţia Consumatorilor 

–  Autoritatea Navală Română 

–  Autoritatea Feroviară Română 

–  Autoritatea Rutieră Română 

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Protecţia Drepturilor Copilului 

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Persoanele cu Handicap 

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Turism 

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Restituirea Proprietăţilor 

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Tineret 

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Cercetare Stiinţifica  

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Reglementare în Comunicaţii şi Tehnologia Informaţiei 

–  Autoritatea Naţională pentru Serviciile Societăţii Informaţionale 

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–  Autoritatea Electorală Permanente 

–  Agenţia pentru Strategii Guvernamentale 

–  Agenţia Naţională a Medicamentului 

–  Agenţia Naţională pentru Sport 

–  Agenţia Naţională pentru Ocuparea Forţei de Muncă 

–  Agenţia Naţională de Reglementare în Domeniul Energiei 

–  Agenţia Română pentru Conservarea Energiei 

–  Agenţia Naţională pentru Resurse Minerale 

–  Agenţia Română pentru Investiţii Străine 

–  Agenţia Naţională pentru Intreprinderi Mici şi Mijlocii şi Cooperaţie 

–  Agenţia Naţională a Funcţionarilor Publici 

–  Agenţia Naţională de Administrare Fiscală 

–  Agenţia de Compensare pentru Achiziţii de Tehnică Specială 

–  Agenţia Naţională Anti-doping 

–  Agenţia Nucleară 

–  Agenţia Naţională pentru Protecţia Familiei 

–  Agenţia Naţională pentru Egalitatea de Sanse între Bărbaţi şi Femei 

–  Agenţia Naţională pentru Protecţia Mediului 

–  Agenţia naţională Antidrog 

Slovenia 

–  Predsednik Republike Slovenije 

–  Državni zbor Republike Slovenije 

–  Državni svet Republike Slovenije 

–  Varuh človekovih pravic 

–  Ustavno sodišče Republike Slovenije 

–  Računsko sodišče Republike Slovenije 

–  Državna revizijska komisja za revizijo postopkov oddaje javnih naročil 

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–  Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti 

–  Vladne službe 

–  Ministrstvo za finance 

–  Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve 

–  Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve 

–  Ministrstvo za obrambo 

–  Ministrstvo za pravosodje 

–  Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo 

–  Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano 

–  Ministrstvo za promet 

–  Ministrstvo za okolje in, prostor 

–  Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve  

–  Ministrstvo za zdravje 

–  Ministrstvo za javno upravo 

–  Ministrstvo za šolstvo in šport 

–  Ministrstvo za visoko šolstvo, znanost in tehnologijo 

–  Ministrstvo za kulturo 

–  Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije  

–  višja sodišča 

–  okrožna sodišča 

–  okrajna sodišča 

–  Vrhovno državno tožilstvo Republike Slovenije 

–  Okrožna državna tožilstva 

–  Državno pravobranilstvo  

–  Upravno sodišče Republike Slovenije 

–  Višje delovno in socialno sodišče 

–  delovna sodišča 

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–  Davčna uprava Republike Slovenije 

–  Carinska uprava Republike Slovenije 

–  Urad Republike Slovenije za preprečevanje pranja denarja 

–  Urad Republike Slovenije za nadzor prirejanja iger na srečo 

–  Uprava Republike Slovenije za javna plačila 

–  Urad Republike Slovenije za nadzor proračuna 

–  Policija 

–  Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za notranje zadeve 

–  General štab Slovenske vojske 

–  Uprava Republike Slovenije za zaščito in reševanje 

–  Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za obrambo 

–  Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za varstvo pred naravnimi in drugimi nesrečami 

–  Uprava Republike Slovenije za izvrševanje kazenskih sankcij 

–  Urad Republike Slovenije za varstvo konkurence 

–  Urad Republike Slovenije za varstvo potrošnikov 

–  Tržni inšpektorat Republike Slovenije 

–  Urad Republike Slovenije za intelektualno lastnino 

–  Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za elektronske komunikacije, elektronsko podpisovanje in 

pošto 

–  Inšpektorat za energetiko in rudarstvo 

–  Agencija Republike Slovenije za kmetijske trge in razvoj podeželja 

–  Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in hrano 

–  Fitosanitarna uprava Republike Slovenije 

–  Veterinarska uprava Republike Slovenije 

–  Uprava Republike Slovenije za pomorstvo 

–  Direkcija Republike Slovenije za caste 

–  Prometni inšpektorat Republike Slovenije 

–  Direkcija za vodenje investicij v javno železniško infrastrukturo 

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–  Agencija Republike Slovenije za okolje 

–  Geodetska uprava Republike Slovenije 

–  Uprava Republike Slovenije za jedrsko varstvo 

–  Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za okolje in prostor 

–  Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za delo 

–  Zdravstveni inšpektorat  

–  Urad Republike Slovenije za kemikalije 

–  Uprava Republike Slovenije za varstvo pred sevanji 

–  Urad Republike Slovenije za meroslovje 

–  Urad za visoko šolstvo 

–  Urad Republike Slovenije za mladino 

–  Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za šolstvo in šport 

–  Arhiv Republike Slovenije 

–  Inšpektorat Republike Slovenije za kulturo in medije 

–  Kabinet predsednika Vlade Republike Slovenije 

–  Generalni sekretariat Vlade Republike Slovenije 

–  Služba vlade za zakonodajo 

–  Služba vlade za evropske zadeve 

–  Služba vlade za lokalno samoupravo in regionalno politiko 

–  Urad vlade za komuniciranje 

–  Urad za enake možnosti 

–  Urad za verske skupnosti 

–  Urad za narodnosti 

–  Urad za makroekonomske analize in razvoj 

–  Statistični urad Republike Slovenije 

–  Slovenska obveščevalno-varnostna agencija 

–  Protokol Republike Slovenije 

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–  Urad za varovanje tajnih podatkov 

–  Urad za Slovence v zamejstvu in po svetu 

–  Služba Vlade Republike Slovenije za razvoj 

–  Informacijski pooblaščenec 

–  Državna volilna komisija 

Slovakia 

Ministries and other central government authorities referred to as in Act No. 575/2001 Coll. 
on the structure of activities of the Government and central state administration authorities in 
wording of later regulations: 

Kancelária Prezidenta Slovenskej republiky 

–  Národná rada Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo dopravy, pôšt a telekomunikácií Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo výstavby a regionálneho rozvoja Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo vnútra Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo obrany Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo školstva Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo kultúry Slovenskej republiky 

–  Ministerstvo zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky 

–  Úrad vlády Slovenskej republiky 

–  Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky 

–  Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky 

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–  Úrad geodézie, kartografie a katastra Slovenskej republiky 

–  Úrad jadrového dozoru Slovenskej republiky 

–  Úrad pre normalizáciu, metrológiu a skúšobníctvo Slovenskej republiky 

–  Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie 

–  Úrad priemyselného vlastníctva Slovenskej republiky 

–  Správa štátnych hmotných rezerv Slovenskej republiky 

–  Národný bezpečnostný úrad 

–  Ústavný súd Slovenskej republiky 

–  Najvyšši súd Slovenskej republiky 

–  Generálna prokuratura Slovenskej republiky 

–  Najvyšši kontrolný úrad Slovenskej republiky 

–  Telekomunikačný úrad Slovenskej republiky 

–  Úrad priemyselného vlastníctva Slovenskej republiky 

–  Úrad pre finančný trh 

–  Úrad na ochranu osobn ý ch udajov 

–  Kancelária verejneho ochranu prav 

Finland 

–  Oikeuskanslerinvirasto – Justitiekanslersämbetet 

–  Liikenne- Ja Viestintäministeriö – Kommunikationsministeriet  

–  Ajoneuvohallintokeskus AKE – Fordonsförvaltningscentralen AKE 

–  Ilmailuhallinto – Luftfartsförvaltningen 

–  Ilmatieteen laitos – Meteorologiska institutet 

–  Merenkulkulaitos – Sjöfartsverket 

–  Merentutkimuslaitos – Havsforskningsinstitutet 

–  Ratahallintokeskus RHK – Banförvaltningscentralen RHK 

–  Rautatievirasto – Järnvägsverket 

–  Tiehallinto – Vägförvaltningen 

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–  Viestintävirasto – Kommunikationsverket 

–  Maa- Ja Metsätalousministeriö – Jord- Och Skogsbruksministeriet 

–  Elintarviketurvallisuusvirasto – Livsmedelssäkerhetsverket 

–  Maanmittauslaitos – Lantmäteriverket 

–  Maaseutuvirasto – Landsbygdsverket 

–  Oikeusministeriö – Justitieministeriet 

–  Tietosuojavaltuutetun toimisto – Dataombudsmannens byrå 

–  Tuomioistuimet – domstolar 

–  Korkein oikeus – Högsta domstolen 

–  Korkein hallinto-oikeus – Högsta förvaltningsdomstolen 

–  Hovioikeudet – hovrätter 

–  Käräjäoikeudet – tingsrätter 

–  Hallinto-oikeudet –förvaltningsdomstolar 

–  Markkinaoikeus - Marknadsdomstolen 

–  Työtuomioistuin – Arbetsdomstolen 

–  Vakuutusoikeus – Försäkringsdomstolen 

–  Kuluttajariitalautakunta – Konsumenttvistenämnden 

–  Vankeinhoitolaitos – Fångvårdsväsendet 

–  HEUNI 

-  Yhdistyneiden  Kansakuntien  yhteydessä 
instituutti  –  HEUNI 

kriminaalipolitiikan 
kriminalpolitik, verksamt i anslutning till Förenta Nationerna  

-  Europeiska 

toimiva  Euroopan 
för 
institutet 

–  Konkurssiasiamiehen toimisto – Konkursombudsmannens byrå 

–  Kuluttajariitalautakunta – Konsumenttvistenämnden 

–  Oikeushallinnon palvelukeskus – Justitieförvaltningens servicecentral 

–  Oikeushallinnon tietotekniikkakeskus – Justitieförvaltningens datateknikcentral 

–  Oikeuspoliittinen tutkimuslaitos (Optula) – Rättspolitiska forskningsinstitutet 

–  Oikeusrekisterikeskus – Rättsregistercentralen 

–  Onnettomuustutkintakeskus – Centralen för undersökning av olyckor  

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–  Rikosseuraamusvirasto – Brottspåföljdsverket 

–  Rikosseuraamusalan koulutuskeskus – Brottspåföljdsområdets utbildningscentral  

–  Rikoksentorjuntaneuvosto Rådet för brottsförebyggande 

–  Saamelaiskäräjät – Sametinget 

–  Valtakunnansyyttäjänvirasto – Riksåklagarämbetet  

–  Vankeinhoitolaitos – Fångvårdsväsendet 

–  Opetusministeriö – Undervisningsministeriet 

–  Opetushallitus – Utbildningsstyrelsen 

–  Valtion elokuvatarkastamo – Statens filmgranskningsbyrå 

–  Puolustusministeriö – Försvarsministeriet 

–  Puolustusvoimat – Försvarsmakten 

–  Sisäasiainministeriö – Inrikesministeriet 

–  Väestörekisterikeskus – Befolkningsregistercentralen 

–  Keskusrikospoliisi – Centralkriminalpolisen 

–  Liikkuva poliisi – Rörliga polisen 

–  Rajavartiolaitos – Gränsbevakningsväsendet 

–  Lääninhallitukset – Länstyrelserna 

–  Suojelupoliisi – Skyddspolisen 

–  Poliisiammattikorkeakoulu – Polisyrkeshögskolan 

–  Poliisin tekniikkakeskus – Polisens teknikcentral 

–  Poliisin tietohallintokeskus – Polisens datacentral 

–  Helsingin kihlakunnan poliisilaitos – Polisinrättningen i Helsingfors 

–  Pelastusopisto – Räddningsverket 

–  Hätäkeskuslaitos – Nödcentralsverket 

–  Maahanmuuttovirasto – Migrationsverket 

–  Sisäasiainhallinnon palvelukeskus – Inrikesförvaltningens servicecentral 

–  Sosiaali- Ja Terveysministeriö – Social- Och Hälsovårdsministeriet 

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–  Työttömyysturvan  muutoksenhakulautakunta 

– 

Besvärsnämnden 

för 

utkomstskyddsärenden 

–  Sosiaaliturvan muutoksenhakulautakunta – Besvärsnämnden för socialtrygghet 

–  Lääkelaitos – Läkemedelsverket 

–  Terveydenhuollon oikeusturvakeskus – Rättsskyddscentralen för hälsovården 

–  Säteilyturvakeskus – Strålsäkerhetscentralen 

–  Kansanterveyslaitos – Folkhälsoinstitutet 

–  Lääkehoidon kehittämiskeskus ROHTO – Utvecklingscentralen för läkemedelsbe-

handling 

–  Sosiaali-  ja  terveydenhuollon  tuotevalvontakeskus  –  Social-  och  hälsovårdens 

produkttill-synscentral 

–  Sosiaali-  ja  terveysalan  tutkimus-  ja  kehittämiskeskus  Stakes  –  Forsknings-  och 

utvecklingscentralen för social- och hälsovården Stakes 

–  Vakuutusvalvontavirasto – Försäkringsinspektionen 

–  Työ- Ja Elinkeinoministeriö – Arbets- Och Näringsministeriet 

–  Kuluttajavirasto – Konsumentverket 

–  Kilpailuvirasto – Konkurrensverket 

–  Patentti- ja rekisterihallitus – Patent- och registerstyrelsen 

–  Valtakunnansovittelijain toimisto – Riksförlikningsmännens byrå 

–  Valtion  turvapaikanhakijoiden  vastaanottokeskukset–  Statliga  förläggningar  för 

asylsökande 

–  Energiamarkkinavirasto − Energimarknadsverket 

–  Geologian tutkimuskeskus – Geologiska forskningscentralen 

–  Huoltovarmuuskeskus – Försörjningsberedskapscentralen 

–  Kuluttajatutkimuskeskus – Konsumentforskningscentralen 

–  Matkailun edistämiskeskus (MEK) – Centralen för turistfrämjande 

–  Mittatekniikan keskus (MIKES) – Mätteknikcentralen 

–  Tekes 

- 

teknologian 

ja 

innovaatioiden 

kehittämiskeskus  −Tekes 

- 

utvecklingscentralen för teknologi och innovationer 

–  Turvatekniikan keskus (TUKES) – Säkerhetsteknikcentralen 

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–  Valtion teknillinen tutkimuskeskus (VTT) – Statens tekniska forskningscentral 

–  Syrjintälautakunta – Nationella diskrimineringsnämnden  

–  Työneuvosto – Arbetsrådet  

–  Vähemmistövaltuutetun toimisto – Minoritetsombudsmannens byrå 

–  Ulkoasiainministeriö – Utrikesministeriet 

–  Valtioneuvoston Kanslia – Statsrådets Kansli 

–  Valtiovarainministeriö – Finansministeriet 

–  Valtiokonttori – Statskontoret 

–  Verohallinto – Skatteförvaltningen 

–  Tullilaitos – Tullverket 

–  Tilastokeskus – Statistikcentralen 

–  Valtiontaloudellinen tutkimuskeskus – Statens ekonomiska forskiningscentral 

–  Ympäristöministeriö – Miljöministeriet 

–  Suomen ympäristökeskus - Finlands miljöcentral 

–  Asumisen rahoitus- ja kehityskeskus – Finansierings- och utvecklingscentralen för 

boendet 

–  Valtiontalouden Tarkastusvirasto – Statens Revisionsverk 

Sweden 

A 

–  Affärsverket svenska kraftnät 

–  Akademien för de fria konsterna 

–  Alkohol- och läkemedelssortiments-nämnden 

–  Allmänna pensionsfonden 

–  Allmänna reklamationsnämnden 

–  Ambassader 

–  Ansvarsnämnd, statens 

–  Arbetsdomstolen 

–  Arbetsförmedlingen 

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–  Arbetsgivarverk, statens 

–  Arbetslivsinstitutet 

–  Arbetsmiljöverket 

–  Arkitekturmuseet 

–  Arrendenämnder 

–  Arvsfondsdelegationen 

–  Arvsfondsdelegationen 

B 

–  Banverket 

–  Barnombudsmannen 

–  Beredning för utvärdering av medicinsk metodik, statens 

–  Bergsstaten 

–  Biografbyrå, statens 

–  Biografiskt lexikon, svenskt 

–  Birgittaskolan 

–  Blekinge tekniska högskola 

–  Bokföringsnämnden 

–  Bolagsverket 

–  Bostadsnämnd, statens 

–  Bostadskreditnämnd, statens 

–  Boverket 

–  Brottsförebyggande rådet 

–  Brottsoffermyndigheten 

C 

–  Centrala studiestödsnämnden 

D 

–  Danshögskolan 

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–  Datainspektionen 

–  Departementen 

–  Domstolsverket 

–  Dramatiska institutet 

E 

–  Ekeskolan 

–  Ekobrottsmyndigheten 

–  Ekonomistyrningsverket 

–  Ekonomiska rådet 

–  Elsäkerhetsverket 

–  Energimarknadsinspektionen 

–  Energimyndighet, statens 

–  EU/FoU-rådet 

–  Exportkreditnämnden 

–  Exportråd, Sveriges 

F 

–  Fastighetsmäklarnämnden 

–  Fastighetsverk, statens 

–  Fideikommissnämnden 

–  Finansinspektionen 

–  Finanspolitiska rådet 

–  Finsk-svenska gränsälvskommissionen 

–  Fiskeriverket 

–  Flygmedicincentrum 

–  Folkhälsoinstitut, statens 

–  Fonden för fukt- och mögelskador 

–  Forskningsrådet för miljö, areella näringar och samhällsbyggande, Formas 

–  Folke Bernadotte Akademin 

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–  Forskarskattenämnden 

–  Forskningsrådet för arbetsliv och socialvetenskap 

–  Fortifikationsverket 

–  Forum för levande historia 

–  Försvarets materielverk 

–  Försvarets radioanstalt 

–  Försvarets underrättelsenämnd 

–  Försvarshistoriska museer, statens 

–  Försvarshögskolan 

–  Försvarsmakten 

–  Försäkringskassan 

G 

–  Gentekniknämnden 

–  Geologiska undersökning 

–  Geotekniska institut, statens 

–  Giftinformationscentralen 

–  Glesbygdsverket 

–  Grafiska institutet och institutet för högre kommunikation- och reklamutbildning 

–  Granskningsnämnden för radio och TV 

–  Granskningsnämnden för försvarsuppfinningar 

–  Gymnastik- och Idrottshögskolan 

–  Göteborgs universitet 

H 

–  Handelsflottans kultur- och fritidsråd 

–  Handelsflottans pensionsanstalt 

–  Handelssekreterare 

–  Handelskamrar, auktoriserade 

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–  Handikappombudsmannen 

–  Handikappråd, statens 

–  Harpsundsnämnden 

–  Haverikommission, statens 

–  Historiska museer, statens 

–  Hjälpmedelsinstitutet 

–  Hovrätterna 

–  Hyresnämnder 

–  Häktena 

–  Hälso- och sjukvårdens ansvarsnämnd 

–  Högskolan Dalarna 

–  Högskolan i Borås 

–  Högskolan i Gävle 

–  Högskolan i Halmstad 

–  Högskolan i Kalmar 

–  Högskolan i Karlskrona/Ronneby 

–  Högskolan i Kristianstad 

–  Högskolan i Skövde 

–  Högskolan i Trollhättan/Uddevalla 

–  Högskolan på Gotland 

–  Högskolans avskiljandenämnd 

–  Högskoleverket 

–  Högsta domstolen 

I 

–  ILO kommittén 

–  Inspektionen för arbetslöshetsförsäkringen 

–  Inspektionen för strategiska produkter 

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–  Institut för kommunikationsanalys, statens 

–  Institut för psykosocial medicin, statens 

–  Institut för särskilt utbildningsstöd, statens 

–  Institutet för arbetsmarknadspolitisk utvärdering 

–  Institutet för rymdfysik 

–  Institutet för tillväxtpolitiska studier 

–  Institutionsstyrelse, statens 

–  Insättningsgarantinämnden 

–  Integrationsverket 

–  Internationella programkontoret för utbildningsområdet 

J 

–  Jordbruksverk, statens 

–  Justitiekanslern 

–  Jämställdhetsombudsmannen 

–  Jämställdhetsnämnden 

–  Järnvägar, statens 

–  Järnvägsstyrelsen 

K 

–  Kammarkollegiet 

–  Kammarrätterna 

–  Karlstads universitet 

–  Karolinska Institutet 

–  Kemikalieinspektionen 

–  Kommerskollegium 

–  Konjunkturinstitutet 

–  Konkurrensverket 

–  Konstfack 

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–  Konsthögskolan 

–  Konstnärsnämnden 

–  Konstråd, statens 

–  Konsulat 

–  Konsumentverket 

–  Krigsvetenskapsakademin 

–  Krigsförsäkringsnämnden 

–  Kriminaltekniska laboratorium, statens 

–  Kriminalvården 

–  Krisberedskapsmyndigheten 

–  Kristinaskolan 

–  Kronofogdemyndigheten  

–  Kulturråd, statens 

–  Kungl. Biblioteket 

–  Kungl. Konsthögskolan 

–  Kungl. Musikhögskolan i Stockholm 

–  Kungl. Tekniska högskolan 

–  Kungl. Vitterhets-, historie- och antikvitetsakademien 

–  Kungl Vetenskapsakademin 

–  Kustbevakningen 

–  Kvalitets- och kompetensråd, statens 

–  Kärnavfallsfondens styrelse 

L 

–  Lagrådet 

–  Lantbruksuniversitet, Sveriges 

–  Lantmäteriverket 

–  Linköpings universitet 

EN 

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–  Livrustkammaren, Skoklosters slott och Hallwylska museet 

–  Livsmedelsverk, statens 

–  Livsmedelsekonomiska institutet 

–  Ljud- och bildarkiv, statens 

–  Lokala säkerhetsnämnderna vid kärnkraftverk 

–  Lotteriinspektionen 

–  Luftfartsverket 

–  Luftfartsstyrelsen 

–  Luleå tekniska universitet 

–  Lunds universitet 

–  Läkemedelsverket 

–  Läkemedelsförmånsnämnden 

–  Länsrätterna 

–  Länsstyrelserna 

–  Lärarhögskolan i Stockholm 

M 

–  Malmö högskola 

–  Manillaskolan 

–  Maritima muséer, statens 

–  Marknadsdomstolen 

–  Medlingsinstitutet 

–  Meteorologiska och hydrologiska institut, Sveriges 

–  Migrationsverket 

–  Militärhögskolor 

–  Mittuniversitetet 

–  Moderna museet 

–  Museer för världskultur, statens 

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–  Musikaliska Akademien 

–  Musiksamlingar, statens 

–  Myndigheten för handikappolitisk samordning 

–  Myndigheten för internationella adoptionsfrågor 

–  Myndigheten för skolutveckling 

–  Myndigheten för kvalificerad yrkesutbildning 

–  Myndigheten för nätverk och samarbete inom högre utbildning 

–  Myndigheten för Sveriges nätuniversitet 

–  Myndigheten för utländska investeringar i Sverige  

–  Mälardalens högskola 

N 

–  Nationalmuseum 

–  Nationellt centrum för flexibelt lärande 

–  Naturhistoriska riksmuseet 

–  Naturvårdsverket 

–  Nordiska Afrikainstitutet 

–  Notarienämnden 

–  Nämnd för arbetstagares uppfinningar, statens 

–  Nämnden för statligt stöd till trossamfund 

–  Nämnden för styrelserepresentationsfrågor 

–  Nämnden mot diskriminering 

–  Nämnden för elektronisk förvaltning 

–  Nämnden för RH anpassad utbildning 

–  Nämnden för hemslöjdsfrågor 

O 

–  Oljekrisnämnden 

–  Ombudsmannen mot diskriminering på grund av sexuell läggning 

EN 

144 

   EN 

–  Ombudsmannen mot etnisk diskriminering 

–  Operahögskolan i Stockholm 

P 

–  Patent- och registreringsverket 

–  Patentbesvärsrätten 

–  Pensionsverk, statens 

–  Personregisternämnd statens, SPAR-nämnden 

–  Pliktverk, Totalförsvarets 

–  Polarforskningssekretariatet 

–  Post- och telestyrelsen 

–  Premiepensionsmyndigheten 

–  Presstödsnämnden 

R 

–  Radio- och TV–verket 

–  Rederinämnden 

–  Regeringskansliet 

–  Regeringsrätten 

–  Resegarantinämnden 

–  Registernämnden 

–  Revisorsnämnden 

–  Riksantikvarieämbetet 

–  Riksarkivet 

–  Riksbanken 

–  Riksdagsförvaltningen 

–  Riksdagens ombudsmän 

–  Riksdagens revisorer 

–  Riksgäldskontoret 

EN 

145 

   EN 

–  Rikshemvärnsrådet 

–  Rikspolisstyrelsen 

–  Riksrevisionen 

–  Rikstrafiken 

–  Riksutställningar, Stiftelsen 

–  Riksvärderingsnämnden 

–  Rymdstyrelsen 

–  Rådet för Europeiska socialfonden i Sverige 

–  Räddningsverk, statens 

–  Rättshjälpsmyndigheten 

–  Rättshjälpsnämnden 

–  Rättsmedicinalverket 

S 

–  Samarbetsnämnden för statsbidrag till trossamfund 

–  Sameskolstyrelsen och sameskolor 

–  Sametinget 

–  SIS, Standardiseringen i Sverige 

–  Sjöfartsverket 

–  Skatterättsnämnden 

–  Skatteverket 

–  Skaderegleringsnämnd, statens 

–  Skiljenämnden i vissa trygghetsfrågor 

–  Skogsstyrelsen 

–  Skogsvårdsstyrelserna 

–  Skogs och lantbruksakademien 

–  Skolverk, statens 

–  Skolväsendets överklagandenämnd 

EN 

146 

   EN 

–  Smittskyddsinstitutet 

–  Socialstyrelsen 

–  Specialpedagogiska institutet 

–  Specialskolemyndigheten 

–  Språk- och folkminnesinstitutet 

–  Sprängämnesinspektionen 

–  Statistiska centralbyrån 

–  Statskontoret 

–  Stockholms universitet 

–  Stockholms internationella miljöinstitut 

–  Strålsäkerhetsmyndigheten  

–  Styrelsen för ackreditering och teknisk kontroll 

–  Styrelsen för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete, SIDA 

–  Styrelsen för Samefonden 

–  Styrelsen för psykologiskt försvar 

–  Stängselnämnden 

–  Svenska institutet 

–  Svenska institutet för europapolitiska studier 

–  Svenska ESF rådet 

–  Svenska Unescorådet 

–  Svenska FAO kommittén 

–  Svenska Språknämnden 

–  Svenska Skeppshypotekskassan 

–  Svenska institutet i Alexandria 

–  Sveriges författarfond 

–  Säkerhetspolisen 

–  Säkerhets- och integritetsskyddsnämnden 

EN 

147 

   EN 

–  Södertörns högskola 

T 

–  Taltidningsnämnden 

–  Talboks- och punktskriftsbiblioteket 

–  Teaterhögskolan i Stockholm 

–  Tingsrätterna 

–  Tjänstepensions och grupplivnämnd, statens 

–  Tjänsteförslagsnämnden för domstolsväsendet 

–  Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut 

–  Totalförsvarets pliktverk 

–  Tullverket 

–  Turistdelegationen 

U 

–  Umeå universitet 

–  Ungdomsstyrelsen 

–  Uppsala universitet 

–  Utlandslönenämnd, statens 

–  Utlänningsnämnden 

–  Utrikesförvaltningens antagningsnämnd 

–  Utrikesnämnden 

–  Utsädeskontroll, statens 

V 

–  Valideringsdelegationen 

–  Valmyndigheten 

–  Vatten- och avloppsnämnd, statens 

–  Vattenöverdomstolen 

–  Verket för förvaltningsutveckling 

EN 

148 

   EN 

–  Verket för högskoleservice 

–  Verket för innovationssystem (VINNOVA) 

–  Verket för näringslivsutveckling (NUTEK) 

–  Vetenskapsrådet 

–  Veterinärmedicinska anstalt, statens 

–  Veterinära ansvarsnämnden 

–  Väg- och transportforskningsinstitut, statens 

–  Vägverket 

–  Vänerskolan 

–  Växjö universitet 

–  Växtsortnämnd, statens 

Å 

–  Åklagarmyndigheten  

–  Åsbackaskolan 

Ö 

–  Örebro universitet 

–  Örlogsmannasällskapet 

–  Östervångsskolan 

–  Överbefälhavaren 

–  Överklagandenämnden för högskolan 

–  Överklagandenämnden för nämndemanna-uppdrag 

–  Överklagandenämnden för studiestöd 

–  Överklagandenämnden för totalförsvaret 

United Kingdom 

–  Cabinet Office 

–  Office of the Parliamentary Counsel 

–  Central Office of Information 

EN 

149 

   EN 

 
–  Charity Commission 

–  Crown Estate Commissioners (Vote Expenditure Only) 

–  Crown Prosecution Service 

–  Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform 

–  Competition Commission 

–  Gas and Electricity Consumers’ Council 

–  Office of Manpower Economics 

–  Department for Children, Schools and Families  

–  Department of Communities and Local Government 

–  Rent Assessment Panels 

–  Department for Culture, Media and Sport 

–  British Library  

–  British Museum 

–  Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment 

–  The Gambling Commission  

–  Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England (English Heritage) 

–  Imperial War Museum 

–  Museums, Libraries and Archives Council 

–  National Gallery 

–  National Maritime Museum 

–  National Portrait Gallery 

–  Natural History Museum  

–  Science Museum 

–  Tate Gallery  

–  Victoria and Albert Museum 

–  Wallace Collection 

–  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 

EN 

150 

   EN 

–  Agricultural Dwelling House Advisory Committees 

–  Agricultural Land Tribunals 

–  Agricultural Wages Board and Committees 

–  Cattle Breeding Centre 

–  Countryside Agency 

–  Plant Variety Rights Office 

–  Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew 

–  Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution 

–  Department of Health 

–  Dental Practice Board 

–  National Health Service Strategic Health Authorities 

–  NHS Trusts 

–  Prescription Pricing Authority  

–  Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills 

–  Higher Education Funding Council for England 

–  National Weights and Measures Laboratory 

–  Patent Office 

–  Department for International Development 

–  Department of the Procurator General and Treasury Solicitor 

–  Legal Secretariat to the Law Officers 

–  Department for Transport 

–  Maritime and Coastguard Agency 

–  Department for Work and Pensions 

–  Disability Living Allowance Advisory Board 

–  Independent Tribunal Service 

–  Medical Boards and Examining Medical Officers (War Pensions) 

–  Occupational Pensions Regulatory Authority 

EN 

151 

   EN 

–  Regional Medical Service 

–  Social Security Advisory Committee 

–  Export Credits Guarantee Department 

–  Foreign and Commonwealth Office 

–  Wilton Park Conference Centre 

–  Government Actuary’s Department 

–  Government Communications Headquarters 

–  Home Office 

–  HM Inspectorate of Constabulary 

–  House of Commons 

–  House of Lords 

–  Ministry of Defence 

–  Defence Equipment & Support 

–  Meteorological Office 

–  Ministry of Justice 

–  Boundary Commission for England 

–  Combined Tax Tribunal  

–  Council on Tribunals 

–  Court of Appeal - Criminal 

–  Employment Appeals Tribunal 

–  Employment Tribunals 

–  HMCS Regions, Crown, County and Combined Courts (England and Wales) 

–  Immigration Appellate Authorities 

–  Immigration Adjudicators  

–  Immigration Appeals Tribunal 

–  Lands Tribunal 

–  Law Commission 

EN 

152 

   EN 

–  Legal Aid Fund (England and Wales)  

–  Office of the Social Security Commissioners 

–  Parole Board and Local Review Committees 

–  Pensions Appeal Tribunals 

–  Public Trust Office 

–  Supreme Court Group (England and Wales) 

–  Transport Tribunal 

–  The National Archives 

–  National Audit Office 

–  National Savings and Investments 

–  National School of Government 

–  Northern Ireland Assembly Commission 

–  Northern Ireland Court Service 

–  Coroners Courts 

–  County Courts 

–  Court of Appeal and High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland 

–  Crown Court 

–  Enforcement of Judgements Office 

–  Legal Aid Fund 

–  Magistrates’ Courts 

–  Pensions Appeals Tribunals 

–  Northern Ireland, Department for Employment and Learning 

–  Northern Ireland, Department for Regional Development  

–  Northern Ireland, Department for Social Development  

–  Northern Ireland, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development 

–  Northern Ireland, Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure 

–  Northern Ireland, Department of Education 

EN 

153 

   EN 

–  Northern Ireland, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment 

–  Northern Ireland, Department of the Environment 

–  Northern Ireland, Department of Finance and Personnel 

–  Northern Ireland, Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety 

–  Northern Ireland, Office of the First Minister and Deputy First Minister 

–  Northern Ireland Office 

–  Crown Solicitor’s Office 

–  Department of the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland 

–  Forensic Science Laboratory of Northern Ireland 

–  Office of the Chief Electoral Officer for Northern Ireland 

–  Police Service of Northern Ireland  

–  Probation Board for Northern Ireland 

–  State Pathologist Service 

–  Office of Fair Trading 

–  Office for National Statistics 

–  National Health Service Central Register 

–  Office  of  the  Parliamentary  Commissioner  for  Administration  and  Health  Service 

Commissioners 

–  Paymaster General’s Office 

–  Postal Business of the Post Office 

–  Privy Council Office 

–  Public Record Office 

–  HM Revenue and Customs 

–  The Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office 

–  Royal Hospital, Chelsea 

–  Royal Mint 

–  Rural Payments Agency 

–  Scotland, Auditor-General 

EN 

154 

   EN 

–  Scotland, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service 

–  Scotland, General Register Office 

–  Scotland, Queen’s and Lord Treasurer’s Remembrancer 

–  Scotland, Registers of Scotland 

–  The Scotland Office 

–  The Scottish Ministers 

–  Architecture and Design Scotland 

–  Crofters Commission 

–  Deer Commission for Scotland 

–  Lands Tribunal for Scotland 

–  National Galleries of Scotland 

–  National Library of Scotland 

–  National Museums of Scotland 

–  Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh 

–  Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland 

–  Scottish Further and Higher Education Funding Council 

–  Scottish Law Commission 

–  Community Health Partnerships 

–  Special Health Boards 

–  Health Boards 

–  The Office of the Accountant of Court 

–  High Court of Justiciary 

–  Court of Session 

–  HM Inspectorate of Constabulary 

–  Parole Board for Scotland 

–  Pensions Appeal Tribunals 

–  Scottish Land Court 

EN 

155 

   EN 

–  Sheriff Courts 

–  Scottish Police Services Authority 

–  Office of the Social Security Commissioners 

–  The Private Rented Housing Panel and Private Rented Housing Committees 

–  Keeper of the Records of Scotland 

–  The Scottish Parliamentary Body Corporate 

–  HM Treasury 

–  Office of Government Commerce 

–  United Kingdom Debt Management Office 

–  The Wales Office (Office of the Secretary of State for Wales) 

–  The Welsh Ministers 

–  Higher Education Funding Council for Wales 

–  Local Government Boundary Commission for Wales 

–  The Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales 

–  Valuation Tribunals (Wales) 

–  Welsh National Health Service Trusts and Local Health Boards 

–  Welsh Rent Assessment Panels 

LIST OF SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT PURCHASED BY MINISTRIES OF DEFENCE AND AGENCIES 
FOR DEFENCE OR SECURITY ACTIVITIES IN BELGIUM, BULGARIA, CZECH REPUBLIC, 
DENMARK, GERMANY, ESTONIA, GREECE, SPAIN, FRANCE, IRELAND, ITALY, CYPRUS, 
LATVIA, LITHUANIA, LUXEMBOURG, HUNGARY, MALTA, THE NETHERLANDS, AUSTRIA, 
POLAND, PORTUGAL, ROMANIA, SLOVENIA, SLOVAKIA, FINLAND, SWEDEN AND THE 
UNITED KINGDOM THAT ARE COVERED BY THE CHAPTER 

Chapter 25:  Salt, sulphur, earths and stone, plastering materials, 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 

except: 

ex 27.10: special engine fuels  

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Chapter 28: 

Inorganic chemicals, organic and inorganic compounds of precious metals, of 
rare-earth metals, of radio-active elements and 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 

EN 

157 

   EN 

ex 29.29: explosives 

Chapter 30:  Pharmaceutical products 

Chapter 31:  Fertilisers 

Chapter 32:  Tanning  and  dyeing  extracts,  tannings  and  their  derivatives,  dyes,  colours, 

paints and varnishes, putty, fillers and stoppings, inks 

Chapter 33:  Essential oils and resinoids, perfumery, cosmetic or toilet preparations 

Chapter 34:  Soap,  organic  surface-active  agents,  washing  preparations, 

lubricating 
preparations,  artificial  waxes,  prepared  waxes,  polishing  and  scouring 
preparations, candles and similar articles, modelling pastes and 'dental waxes' 

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  and  similar 

containers, articles of animal gut (other than silk-worm gut) 

Chapter 43:  Furskins and artificial 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  materials,  basket  ware 

and wickerwork 

Chapter 47:  Paper-making material 

EN 

158 

   EN 

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-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  plaster,  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 jewellery 

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 

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: 

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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 No 84.53 

ex 84.59: nuclear reactors 

Chapter 85:  Electrical machinery and equipment, parts thereof 

except: 

ex 85.13: telecommunication equipment 

ex 85.15: transmission apparatus 

Chapter 86:  Railway and tramway locomotives, rolling-stock and parts thereof; railway and 
tramway  tracks  fixtures  and  fittings,  traffic  signalling  equipment  of  all  kinds 
(not electrically powered) 

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 87.08: tanks and other armoured vehicles 

ex 87.01: tractors 

ex 87.02: military vehicles 

ex 87.03: breakdown lorries 

ex 87.09: motorcycles 

ex 87.14: trailers 

Chapter 89:  Ships, boats and floating structures 

EN 

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except: 

ex 89.01 A: warships 

Chapter 90:  Optical,  photographic,  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 electronic 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 

Chapter 92:  Musical  instruments,  sound  recorders  or  reproducers,  television  image  and 

sound recorders or reproducers, parts and accessories of such articles 

Chapter 94:  Furniture  and  parts  thereof,  bedding,  mattresses,  mattress  supports,  cushions 

and similar stuffed furnishings 

except: 

ex 94.01 A: aircraft seats 

Chapter 95:  Articles and manufactures of carving or moulding material 

Chapter 96:  Brooms, brushes, powder-puffs and sieves 

Chapter 98:  Miscellaneous manufactured articles 

EN 

161 

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Sub-Annex 2: All other entities whose procurement is coveredby Chapter II of Section V 
of Title II of this PCA 

Goods & Services 

Thresholds 

SDR 400,000 

Works 

Thresholds 

SDR 5,000,000 

Commitments by the Union 

All  entities  listed  under  Sub-Annex  1  and  public  authorities  and  public  undertakings  which 
conduct procurement of goods, services and works in accordance with the detailed provisions 
of the EC Directive 2004/17/EC, for exercising one or more activities referred bellow: 

(a) 

(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 
drinking water or the supply of drinking water to such networks; 

the  provision  or  operation  of  fixed  networks  intended  to  provide  a  service  to 
the  public  in  connection  with  the  production,  transport  or  distribution  of 
electricity or the supply of electricity to such networks; 

(c) 

the provision of airport or other terminal facilities to carriers by air; 

(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

the provision of maritime or inland port or other terminal facilities to carriers 
by sea or inland waterway; 

operation of networks providing a service to the public in the field of transport 
by railway, automated systems, tramway, trolley bus, bus or cable; 

activities relating to the exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of 
exploring for or extracting oil, gas, coal or other solid fuels. 

Commitments by Iraq 

All  entities  listed  under  Sub-Annex  1  and  public  authorities  and  public  undertakings  which 
conduct  procurement  of  goods,  services  and  works  for  exercising  one  or  more  activities 
referred below: 

(a) 

(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 
drinking water or the supply of drinking water to such networks; 

the  provision  or  operation  of  fixed  networks  intended  to  provide  a  service  to 
the  public  in  connection  with  the  production,  transport  or  distribution  of 
electricity or the supply of electricity to such networks; 

(c) 

the provision of airport or other terminal facilities to carriers by air; 

EN 

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(d) 

(e) 

(f) 

the provision of maritime or inland port or other terminal facilities to carriers 
by sea or inland waterway; 

operation of networks providing a service to the public in the field of transport 
by railway, automated systems, tramway, trolley bus, bus or cable; 

activities relating to the exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of 
exploring for or extracting oil, gas, coal or other solid fuels. 

Sub-Annex  3:  Services,  other  than  construction  services,  covered  by  Chapter  II  of 
Section V of Title II of this PCA 

Commitments by Iraq 

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 

Financial services 

(a)Insurance services  

752*  (except  7524,  7525, 
7526) 

ex 81, 812, 814 

(b)Banking and investments services** 

Computer and related services 

Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services 

84 

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 

Advertising services 

Building-cleaning services and property management 

867 

871 

EN 

163 

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services 

874, 82201 – 82206 

Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis 

88442 

Sewage and refuse disposal; sanitation and similar services 

94 

* 

** 

except voice telephony, telex, radiotelephony, paging and satellite services. 

except contracts for financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or 
transfer of securities or other financial instruments, and central bank services. 

*** 

except arbitration and conciliation services. 

Commitments by the Union 

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 

Financial services 

(a)Insurance services  

(b)Banking and investments services** 

Computer and related services 

Accounting, auditing and bookkeeping services 

Market research and public opinion polling services 

752*  (except  7524,  7525, 
7526) 

ex 81, 812, 814 

84 

862 

864 

Management consulting services and related services 

865, 866 *** 

Architectural  services;  engineering  services  and  integrated 
landscape 
services,  urban  planning  and 
engineering 
architectural  services; 
technical 
related  scientific  and 
consulting services; technical testing and analysis services 

Advertising services 

867 

871 

EN 

164 

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Building-cleaning 
services 

services  and  property  management 

874, 82201 – 82206 

Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract basis 

88442 

Sewage and refuse disposal; sanitation and similar services 

94 

* 

** 

except voice telephony, telex, radiotelephony, paging and satellite services. 

except contracts for financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or 
transfer  of  securities  or  other  financial  instruments,  and  central  bank  services.  In 
Finland payments from governmental entities (expenses) shall be transacted through 
a  certain  credit  institution  (Postipankki  Ltd)  or  through  the  Finnish  Postal  Giro 
System. In Sweden, payments to and from governmental agencies shall be transacted 
through the Swedish Postal Giro System (Postgiro). 

*** 

except arbitration and conciliation services 

Sub-Annex  4:  Construction  Services  covered  by  Chapter  II  of  Section  V  of  Title  II  of 
this PCA 

Commitments by Iraq 

All services listed in Division 51 of the Central Product Classification (CPC) 

Commitments by the Union 

All services listed in Division 51 of the Central Product Classification (CPC) 

Sub-  Annex  5:  General  Notes  and  Derogations  from  the  provisions  of  Chapter  II  of 
Section V of Title II of this PCA. 

1. 

2. 

3. 

The provisions of Article 43.4 and Article 53 relating to the use of electronic means 
in procurement and the provisions on the reduction of the time periods in Article 50 
and in the Appendix VI of ANNEX 1 of this Agreement will be applicable from the 
entry to force of the relevant legislation on electronic procurement in Iraq. 

Contracts awarded by entities in Sub-Annex 1 and 2 in connection with the licensing 
of oil and gas services and for the licensing for the use of natural resources are not 
included. 

Contracts  intended  to  enable  an  activity  mentioned  in  Sub-Annex  2  shall  not  be 
subject  to  procedures  listed  in  this  PCA,  if  this  activity  is  directly  exposed  to 
competition on markets to which the access is not restricted. 

4. 

The provisions of this chapter do not apply to the Finish Åland Islands. 

Appendix II - MEDIA FOR PUBLICATION OF PROCUREMENT INFORMATION 

For Iraq 

Procurement information is announced in the Iraqi Official Gazette. 

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For the Union 

The Official Journal of the European Union 

Information system for European public procurement: 
http://simap.europa.eu/index_en.html 

Belgium: 

Laws,  royal  regulations,  ministerial  regulations,  ministerial  circulars  -  le  Moniteur 

- 
Belge 

- 

Jurisprudence – Pasicrisie 

Bulgaria: 

- 

- 

Laws and Regulations – Държавен вестник (State Gazette) 

Judicial decisions - www.sac.government.bg 

Administrative  rulings  of  general  application  and  and  any  procedure  -  www.aop.bg 

- 
and www.cpc.bg 

Czech Republic: 

- 

Laws and Regulations – Collection of Laws of the Czech Republic 

Rulings of the Office for the Protection of Competition – Collection of Rulings of the 

- 
Office for the Protection of Competition 

Denmark: 

- 

- 

- 

Laws and regulations - Lovtidende 

Judicial decisions - Ugeskrift for Retsvaesen 

Administrative rulings and procedures - Ministerialtidende 

Rulings  by  the  Appeal  Board  for  Public  Procurement  –  Konkurrence  raaded 

- 
Dokumentation 

Germany: 

- 

- 

Legislation and regulations - Bundesanzeiger 

Herausgeber : der Bundesminister der Justiz 

Verlag : Bundesanzeiger 

- 

Judicial Decisions: Entscheidungsammlungen des: 

Bundesverfassungsgerichts; Bundesgerichtshofs; 

Bundesverwaltungsgerichts Bundesfinanzhofs sowie der Oberlandesgerichte 

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Estonia: 

- 

- 

Laws, regulations and administrative rulings of general application: Riigi Teataja 

Judicial decisions of the Supreme Court of Estonia: Riigi Teataja (part 3) 

Greece: 

- 
koinothtwn 

Spain: 

Government  Gazette  of  Greece  -  epishmh  efhmerida  eurwpaikwn 

- 

- 

Legislation - Boletin Oficial des Estado 

Judicial rulings - no official publication 

France: 

- 

- 

- 

Legislation - Journal Officiel de la République française 

Jurisprudence - Recueil des arrêts du Conseil d'Etat 

Revue des marchés publics 

Ireland: 

- 

Legislation and regulations - Iris Oifigiuil (Official Gazette of the Irish Government) 

Italy: 

- 

- 

Legislation - Gazetta Ufficiale 

Jurisprudence - no official publication 

Cyprus: 

- 

Legislation - Official Gazette of the Republic (Επίσηµη Εφηµερίδα της ∆ηµοκρατίας) 

Judicial  decisions:  Decisions  of  the  Supreme  High  Court  –  Printing  Office 

- 
(Αποφάσεις Ανωτάτου ∆ικαστηρίου 1999 – Τυπογραφείο της ∆ηµοκρατίας) 

Luxembourg: 

- 

- 

Legislation – Memorial 

Jurisprudence – Pasicrisie 

Hungary: 

- 

- 

EN 

Legislation - Magyar Közlöny (Official Journal of the Republic of Hungary) 

Jurisprudence - Közbeszerzési Értesítő - a Közbes zerzések Tanácsa 

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Hivatalos  Lapja  (Public  Procurement  Bulletin  -  Official  Journal  of  the  Public  Procurement 
Council) 

Latvia: 

- 

Legislation - Latvijas vēstnesis (Official Newspaper) 

Lithuania: 

Laws,  regulations  and  administrative  provisions  -  Official  Gazette  (“Valstybės 

- 
Žinios”) of the Republic of Lithuania 

- 
Judicial  decisions,  jurisprudence  –  Bulletin  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Lithuania 
“Teismų  praktika”;  Bulletin  of  the  Supreme  Court  of  Administrative  Court  of  Lithuania 
“Administracinių teismų praktika” 

Malta: 

- 

Legislation – Government Gazette 

Netherlands: 

- 

- 

Legislation - Nederlandse Staatscourant and/or Staatsblad 

Jurisprudence - no official publication 

Austria: 

- 

Osterreichisches Bundesgesetzblatt Amstsblatt zur Wiener Zeitung 

Sammlung von Entscheidungen des Verfassungsgerichtshofes 

Sammlung  der  Entscheidungen  des  Verwaltungsgerichtshofes  –  administrativrechtlicher  und 
finanzrechtlicher Teil Amtliche 

Sammlung der Entscheidungen des OGH in Zivilsachen 

Poland: 

Legislation Dziennik Ustaw Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej (Journal of Laws – Republic of 

- 
Poland) 

Judicial  decisions,  jurisprudence  “Zamówienia  publiczne  w  orzecznictwie.  Wybrane 

- 
orzeczenia zespołu arbitrów i Sądu Okręgowego w Warszawie” 

(Selection of judgments of arbitration panels and Regional Court in Warsaw) 

Portugal: 

- 

- 

- 

EN 

Legislation - Diário da República Portuguesa 1a Série A e 2a série 

Judicial Publications : Boletim do Ministério da Justiça 

Colectânea de Acordos do SupremoTribunal Administrativo; 

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Colectânea de Jurisprudencia Das Relações 

Romania: 

- 

Laws and Regulations – Monitorul Oficial al României (Official Journal of Romania) 

Judicial decisions, administrative rulings of general application and any procedure – 

- 
www.anrmap.ro 

Slovenia: 

- 

- 

Legislation Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia 

Judicial decisions – no official publication  

Slovakia: 

- 

- 

Legislation Zbierka zakonov (Collection of Laws) 

Judicial decisions – no official publication 

Finland: 

Suomen  Säädöskokoelma  –  Finlands  Författningssamling  (The  Collection  of  the 

- 
Statutes of Finland) 

Sweden: 

- 

Svensk Författningssamling (Swedish Code of Statutes) 

United Kingdom: 

- 

- 

- 

Legislation - HM Stationery Office 

Jurisprudence - Law Reports 

"Public Bodies" - HM Stationery Office 

Appendix III - MEDIA FOR PUBLICATION OF NOTICES  

For Iraq 

Tenders are announced in three nationwide newspapers, including Al-Sabah, as well as on the 
website of the procuring entity. The notices on the websites include an English summary. 

Upon completion of a national procurement portal, the procurement notices will be published 
there too. 

For the Union 

2.1. 

Information 
http://simap.europa.eu/index_en.html 

system 

for 

European 

public 

procurement: 

The Official Journal of the European Union 

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Appendix IV - NOTICE OF INTENDED PROCUREMENT 

Each notice of intended procurement shall include: 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

8. 

9. 

10. 

11. 

The  name  and  address  of  the  procuring  entity  and  other  information  necessary  to 
contact  the  procuring  entity  and  obtain  all  relevant  documents  relating  to  the 
procurement, and their cost and terms of payment, if any; 

A description of the procurement, including the nature and quantity of the goods or 
services to be procured or, where the quantity is not known, the estimated quantity; 

For recurring contracts, if possible, an estimate of the timing of subsequent notices of 
intended procurement; 

A description of any options; 

The time-frame for delivery of goods or services or the duration of the contract; 

The procurement method that will be used and whether it will involve negotiation or 
electronic auction; 

Where applicable, the address and any final date for the submission of requests for 
participation in the procurement; 

The address and final date for the submission of tenders; 

The  language  or  languages  in  which  tenders  or  requests  for  participation  may/must 
be submitted, if other than an official language of the Party of the procuring entity; 

A list and brief description of any conditions for participation of suppliers, including 
any requirements for specific documents or certifications to be provided by suppliers 
tender 
in  connection 
documentation that is made available to all interested suppliers at the same time as 
the notice of intended procurement; 

therewith,  unless  such  requirements  are 

included 

in 

Where, pursuant to Article 47, a procuring entity intends to select a limited number 
of  qualified  suppliers  to  be  invited  to  tender,  the  criteria  that  will  be  used  to  select 
them  and,  where  applicable,  any  limitation  on  the  number  of  suppliers  that  will  be 
permitted to tender. 

Appendix  V-  NOTICE  INVITING  INTERESTED  SUPPLIERS  TO  APPLY  FOR 
INCLUSION IN A MULTI-USE LIST 

Each notice inviting interested suppliers to apply for inclusion in a multi-use list of intended 
procurement shall include: 

1. 

2. 

A description of the goods or services, or categories thereof, for which the list may 
be used; 

The conditions for participation to be satisfied by suppliers and the methods that the 
procuring entity will use to verify a supplier's satisfaction of the conditions; 

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3. 

4. 

The  name  and  address  of  the  procuring  entity  and  other  information  necessary  to 
contact the entity and obtain all relevant documents relating to the list; 

The  period  of  validity  of  the  list  and  the  means  for  its  renewal  or  termination,  or 
where  the  period  of  validity  is  not  provided,  an  indication  of  the  method  by  which 
notice will be given of the termination of use of the list. 

Appendix VI- TIME PERIODS 

1. 

2. 

A procuring entity that uses selective tendering shall establish that the final date for 
the  submission  of  requests  for  participation  shall  not,  in  principle,  be  less  than 
25 days from the date of publication of the notice of intended procurement. Where a 
state  of  urgency  duly  substantiated  by  the  procuring  entity  renders  this  time-period 
impracticable, the time-period may be reduced to not less than 10 days. 

Except as provided for in paragraph 3, a procuring entity shall establish that the final 
date  for  the  submission  of  tenders  shall  not  be  less  than  40 days  from  the  date  on 
which: 

a. 

b. 

in the case of open tendering, the notice of intended procurement is published; 
or 

in the case of selective tendering, the entity notifies the suppliers that they will 
be invited to submit tenders, whether or not it uses a multi-use list. 

3. 

A procuring entity may reduce the time-period for tendering set out in paragraph 2 to 
not less than 10 days where: 

a. 

the  procuring  entity  published  a  notice  of  planned  procurement  under 
Article 45  paragraph  3  at  least  40 days  and  not  more  than  12 months  in 
advance  of  the  publication  of  the  notice  of  intended  procurement,  and  the 
notice of planned procurement contains: 

i) 

a description of the procurement; 

ii) 

iii) 

iv) 

v) 

b. 

the approximate final dates for the submission of tenders or requests for 
participation; 

a  statement  that  interested  suppliers  should  express  their  interest  in  the 
procurement to the procuring entity; 

the  address  from  which  documents  relating  to  the  procurement  may  be 
obtained; and 

as  much  of  the  information  that  is  required  for  the  notice  of  intended 
procurement under Appendix IV, as is available. 

the procuring entity, for procurements of a recurring nature, indicates in 
an  initial  notice  of  intended  procurement  that  subsequent  notices  will 
provide time periods for tendering based on this paragraph; or 

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c. 

a state of urgency duly substantiated by the procuring entity renders such time-
period impracticable. 

4. 

A  procuring  entity  may  reduce  the  time-period  for  tendering  set  out  in  paragraph 2 
by five days for each one of the following circumstances: 

a. 

b. 

the notice of intended procurement is published by electronic means; 

all  the  tender  documentation  is  made  available  by  electronic  means  from  the 
date of the publication of the notice of intended procurement; 

c. 

the entity accepts tenders by electronic means. 

5. 

6. 

7. 

The use of paragraph 4, in conjunction with paragraph 3, shall in no case result in the 
reduction of the time-periods for tendering set out in paragraph 2 to less than 10 days 
from the date on which the notice of intended procurement is published. 

Notwithstanding  any  other  time-period  in  this  Appendix,  where  a  procuring  entity 
purchases commercial goods or services, it may reduce the time-period for tendering 
set  out  in  paragraph  2  to  not  less  than  13  days,  provided  that  the  procuring  entity 
publishes  by  electronic  means,  at  the  same  time,  both  the  notice  of  intended 
procurement  and  the  complete  tender  documentation.  In  addition,  where  the  entity 
accepts tenders of commercial goods or services by electronic means, it may reduce 
the time-period established in accordance with paragraph 2 to not less than 10 days. 

Where a procuring entity covered under Annex 2 has selected all or a limited number 
of  qualified  suppliers,  the  time-period  for  tendering  may  be  fixed  by  mutual 
agreement between the procuring entity and the selected suppliers. In the absence of 
agreement, the period shall not be less than 10 days. 

Appendix VII - AWARD NOTICES 

The  notice  referred  to  in  Article  55  paragraph  2  shall  at  least  contain  the  following 
information: 

(a) 

a description of the goods or services procured; 

(b) 

the name and address of the procuring entity; 

(c) 

the name and address of the successful supplier; 

(d) 

the  value  of  the  successful  tender  or  the  highest  and  lowest  offers  taken  into 
account in the award of the contract; 

(e) 

the date of the award; 

(f) 

the type of procurement method use, and in cases where limited tendering was 
used, a description of the circumstances justifying the use of limited tendering. 

Appendix VIII - TENDER DOCUMENTATION 

As  referred  to  in  Article  49  paragraph  1,  unless  already  provided  in  the  notice  of  intended 
procurement, tender documentation shall include a complete description of: 

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(a) 

(b) 

(c) 

the procurement, including the nature and quantity of the goods or services to 
be  procured  or,  where  the  quantity  is  not  known,  the  estimated  quantity  and 
any  requirements  to  be  fulfilled,  including  any  technical  specification, 
conformity assessment certification, plans, drawings or instructional materials; 

any conditions for participation of suppliers, including a list of information and 
documents that suppliers are required to submit in connection therewith; 

all  evaluation  criteria  to  be  considered  in  the  awarding  of  the  contract,  and, 
except  where  the  price  is  the  sole  criterion,  the  relative  importance  of  such 
criteria; 

(d)  where the procuring entity will conduct the procurement by electronic means, 
any authentication and encryption requirements or other equipments related to 
the receipt of information by electronic means; 

(e)  where the procuring entity will hold an electronic auction, the rules, including 
identification of the elements of the tender related to the evaluation criteria, on 
which the auction will be conducted; 

(f)  where there will be a public opening of tenders, the date, time and place for the 

opening and, where appropriate, the persons authorised to be present; 

(g) 

any  other  terms  of  conditions,  including  terms  of  payment  and  any  limitation 
on  the  means  by  which  tenders  may  be  submitted,  e.g.,  paper  or  electronic 
means; and 

(h) 

any dates for the delivery of goods or the supply of services. 

ANNEX 2: IPR 

Intellectual, industrial and commercial property conventions referred to in Article 60 

1. 

2. 

In  pursuance  of  the  objectives  set  out  in  Article  60,  the  Parties  confirm  the 
importance they attach to their obligations arising from the Paris Convention for the 
Protection of Industrial Property (Stockholm Act, 1967 and amended in 1979); 

Paragraph 2 of Article 60 concerns the following multilateral conventions to which 
Iraq  shall  accede  and  ensure  an  adequate  and  effective  implementation  of  the 
obligations arising from these multilateral conventions: 

2.1  Trade  Related  Aspects  of  Intellectual  Property  Rights  (TRIPS  Agreement, 

1994) 

2.2  Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works (1886, last 

amended in 1979); 

2.3  Protocol  relating  to  the  Madrid  Agreement  Concerning  the  Intellectual 

Registration of Marks (1989); 

2.4  Geneva Act to the Hague Agreement concerning the International Registration 

of Industrial Designs (1999); 

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2.5  Patent Co-operation Treaty (Washington, 1970, last modified in 2001); 

2.6  Budapest  Treaty  on  the  International  Recognition  of  the  Deposit  of  Micro-
organisms for the purposes of Patent Procedure (1977, amended in 1980). 

3. 

Paragraph 3 of Article 60 concerns the following multilateral conventions with which 
Iraq shall comply with: 

3.1  Rome Convention for the Protection of Performers, Producers of Phonograms 

and Broadcasting Organizations (1961); 

3.2  World  Intellectual  Property  Organization  Copyright  Treaty  –  WCT  (Geneva, 

1996); 

3.3  World  Intellectual  Property  Organization  Performances  and  Phonograms 

Treaty – WPPT (Geneva, 1996); 

3.4  Singapore Treaty on the law of Trademarks (2006); 

3.5  Trademark Law Treaty (1994); 

3.6  Patent Law Treaty (Geneva, 2000); 

3.7 

International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (Geneva 
Act, 1991) (known as "UPOV"); 

ANNEX 3: ENQUIRY POINTS 

EU PARTY 

EUROPEAN UNION 

European Commission - DG TRADE 

Services and investment unit 
Rue de la Loi 170 
B-1000 BRUXELLES 

E-mail: 

TRADE-GATS-CONTACT-POINTS@ec.europa.eu 

AUSTRIA 

Federal Ministry of Economics and Labour 

Department for Multilateral Trade Policy - C2/11 
Stubenring 1 
A-1011 Vienna 
Austria 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

++ 43 1 711 00 (ext. 6915/5946) 
++ 43 1 718 05 08 
post@C211.bmwa.gv.at 

BELGIUM 

Service public fédéral Economie, PME, 

Classes moyennes et Energie Direction générale du Potentiel 
économique 

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174 

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(Federal Public Service Economy, SMEs, 
Self-employed and Energy Directorate – General Economic Potential)
Rue du Progrès, 50 
B-1210 Brussels 
Belgium 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(322) 277 51 11 
(322) 277 53 11 
info-gats@economie.fgov.be 

BULGARIA 

Foreign Economic Policy Directorate 

Ministry of Economy and Energy 
12, Alexander Batenberg Str. 
1000 Sofia 
Bulgaria 

Telephone: 

Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(359 2) 
(359 2) 
(359 2) 
wto.bulgaria@mee.government.bg 

940 77 61 
940 77 93 
981 49 15 

CYPRUS 

Permanent Secretary 

Planning Bureau 
Apellis and Nirvana corner 
1409 Nicosia 
Cyprus 

Telephone: 

Telefax: 
E-mail: 

406 801 
406 852 
666 810 

(357 22) 
(357 22) 
(357 22) 
planning@cytanet.com.cy 
maria.philippou@planning.gov.cy 

CZECH REPUBLIC 

Ministry of Industry and Trade 

Department of Multilateral and EU Common Trade Policy 
Politických vězňů 20 
Praha 1 
Czech Republic 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(420 2) 2485 2012 
(420 2) 2485 2656 
brennerova@mpo.cz 

DENMARK 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

International Trade Policy and Business 
Asiatisk Plads 2 
DK-1448 Copenhagen K 

EN 

175 

   EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Denmark 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

3392 0000 
3254 0533 

(45) 
(45) 
hp@um.dk 

ESTONIA 

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Communications 

11 Harju street 
15072 Tallinn 
Estonia 

Telephone: 

Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(372) 639 7654 
(372) 625 6360 
(372) 631 3660 
services@mkm.ee 

FINLAND 

Ministry for Foreign Affairs 

Department for External Economic Relations 
Unit for the EC's Common Commercial Policy 
PO Box 176 
00161 Helsinki 
Finland 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 

(358-9) 
(358-9) 

1605 5528 
1605 5599 

FRANCE 

Ministère de l'Economie, des Finances et de l’Emploi 

Direction générale du Trésor et de la Politique économique (DGTPE) 
Service des Affaires multilatérales et du développement 
Sous Direction Politique commerciale et Investissement 
Bureau Services, Investissements et Propriété intellectuelle 
139 rue de Bercy (télédoc 233) 
75572 Paris Cédex 12 
France 

Téléphone: 
Telefax: 

+33 (1) 44 87 20 30 
+33 (1) 53 18 96 55 

Secrétariat général des affaires européennes 

2, Boulevard Diderot 
75572 Paris Cédex 12 

Téléphone: 
Telefax: 

+33 (1) 44 87 10 13 
+33 (1) 44 87 12 61 

GERMANY 

Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI) 

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176 

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Agrippastrasse 87-93 
50676 Köln 
Germany 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(49221) 
(49221) 
zoll@gtai.de; trade@gtai.de 

2057 345 
2057 262 

GREECE 

Ministry of Economy and Finance 

Directorate for Foreign Trade Policy 
1 Kornarou Str. 
10563 Athens 
Greece 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 

(30 210) 3286121, 3286126 
(30 210) 3286179 

HUNGARY 

Ministry for National Development and Economy 

Trade Policy Department 
Honvéd utca 13-15. 
H-1055 Budapest 
Hungary 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

361 336 7715 
361 336 7559 
kereskedelempolitika@gkm.gov.hu 

IRELAND 

Department of Enterprise, Trade & Employment 

International Trade Section (WTO) 
Earlsfort Centre 
Hatch St. 
Dublin 2 
Ireland 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 

(353 1) 6312533 
(353 1) 6312561 

ITALY 

Ministero degli Affari Esteri 

Piazzale della Farnesina, 1 
00194 Rome 
Italy 

General Directorate for the Multilateral Economic and Financial 
Cooperation 
WTO Coordination Office 

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Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(39) 06 3691 4353 
(39) 06 3242 482 
dgce.omc@esteri.it 

General Directorate for the European Integration 
Office II – EU external relations 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(39) 06 3691 2740 
(39) 06 3691 6703 
dgie2@esteri.it 

Ministerio Attività Produttive 

Area per l'internazionalizzazione 
Viale Boston, 25 
00144 Rome 
Italy 

General Directorate for Commercial Policy 
Division V 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(39) 06 5993 2589 
(39) 06 5993 2149 
polcom5@mincomes.it 

LATVIA 

Ministry of Economics of the Republic of Latvia 

Foreign Economic Relations Department 
Foreign Trade Policy Unit 
Brivibas Str. 55 
RIGA, LV 1519 
Latvia 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(371) 67 013 008 
(371) 67 280 882 
pto@em.gov.lv 

LITHUANIA 

Division of International Economic Organizations, 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 
J. Tumo Vaizganto 2 
2600 Vilnius 
Lithuania 

Telephone: 

Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(370 52) 362 594 
(370 52) 362 598 
(370 52) 362 586 
teo.ed@urm.1t 

LUXEMBOURG  Ministère des Affaires Etrangères 

Direction des Relations Economiques Internationales 

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178 

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6, rue de l'Ancien Athénée 
L-1144 Luxembourg 
Luxembourg 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 

(352)  478 2355 
(352)  22 20 48 

MALTA 

Director 

International Economic Relations Directorate 
Economic Policy Division 
Ministry of Finance 
St. Calcedonius Square 
Floriana CMR02 
Malta 

Telephone: 
Fax: 
Email: 

(356) 21 249 359 
(356) 21 249 355 
epd@gov.mt 
joseph.bugeja@gov.mt 

NETHERLANDS 

Ministry of Economic Affairs 

Directorate-General for Foreign Economic Relations 
Trade Policy & Globalisation (ALP: E/446) 
P.O. Box 20101 
2500 EC Den Haag 
The Netherlands 

Telephone: 

Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(3170) 379 6451 
(3170) 379 6467 
(3170) 379 7221 
M.F.T.RiemslagBaas@MinEZ.nl 

POLAND 

Ministry of Economy 

Department of Trade Policy 
Ul. Żurawia 4a 
00-507 Warsaw 
Poland 

Telephone: 

Telefax: 
E-mail: 

693 4826 
(48 22) 
693 4856 
(48 22) 
693 4808 
(48 22) 
(48 22) 
693 4018 
joanna.bek@mg.gov.pl 

PORTUGAL 

Ministry of Economy 

ICEP 

EN 

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Av. 5 de Outubro, 101 
1050-051 Lisbon 
Portugal 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(351 21) 790 95 00 
(351 21) 790 95 81 
informação@icep.pt 

Ministry of Foreign Affairs 

General Directorate for Community Affairs (DGAC) 
R da Cova da Moura 1 
1350 –11 Lisbon 
Portugal 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 

(351 21) 393 55 00 
(351 21) 395 45 40 

ROMANIA 

Ministry of Economy, Trade and Business Environment 

Department for Foreign Trade 
Str. Ion Campineanu nr. 16 
Sector 1 
Bucharest 
Romania 

Telephone: 

Telefax: 

E-mail: 

(40) 2140 10 504 
(40) 2131 50 906 
(40)2140 10 594 
(40)2131 50 581 
dgre@dce.gov.ro 

SLOVAK 
REPUBLIC 

SLOVENIA 

Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic 
Trade and Consumer Protection Directorate 
Trade Policy Department 
Mierová 19 
827 15 Bratislava 212 
Slovak Republic 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 

(421-2) 4854 7110 
(421-2) 4854 3116 

Ministry of Economy of the Republic of Slovenia 
Directorate for Foreign Economic Relations 
Kotnikova 5 
1000 Ljubljana 
Slovenia 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 

(386 1) 400 35 42 
(386 1) 400 36 11 

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180 

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E-mail: 
Internet: 

jozica.frelih@gov.si 
www.mg-rs.si 

SPAIN 

Ministerio de Industria, Turismo y Comercio 

Secretaría de Estado de Turismo y Comercio 

Secretaría General de Comercio Exterior 

Subdirección General de Comercio Internacional de Servicios 

Paseo de la Castellana 162 
28046 Madrid 
España 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 

(34 91) 349 3781 
(34 91) 349 5226 
sgcominser.sscc@mcx.es 

SWEDEN 

National Board of Trade 

Department for WTO and Developments in Trade 
Box 6803 
113 86 Stockholm 
Sweden 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 
Internet: 

(46 8)  690 4800 
(46 8)  30 6759 
registrator@kommers.se 
http://www.kommers.se 

Ministry for Foreign Affairs 

Department:UD-IH 
103 39 Stockholm 
Sweden 

Telephone: 
Telefax: 
E-mail: 
Internet: 

46 (0) 8 405 10 00 
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registrator@foreign.ministry.se 
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Department for Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform 

Trade Policy Unit 
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Unilateral Declaration by the European Union on Article 96 (Customs and Tax Cooperation): 

The  Union  declares  that  Member  States  are  committed  under  Article  96  (Customs  and  Tax 
Cooperation)  only  to  the  extent  that  they  have  subscribed  to  these  principles  of  good 
governance in the tax area at Union level. 

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