CELEX: 32008D0102
Language: en
Date: 2008-02-01 00:00:00
Title: 2008/102/EC: Commission Decision of 1 February 2008 adjusting the thresholds referred to in Article 157(b) and Article 158(1) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation

9.2.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 36/5
            
         
      COMMISSION DECISION
   
   of 1 February 2008
   adjusting the thresholds referred to in Article 157(b) and Article 158(1) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation
   (2008/102/EC)
   THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
   Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and in particular Article 271 thereof,
   Whereas:
   
               (1)
            
            
               Article 271(2) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2362/2002 stipulates that the thresholds applicable to public procurement contracts are to be adjusted every two years pursuant to the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts (2).
            
         
               (2)
            
            
               The euro equivalents of the thresholds fixed in Directive 2004/18/EC which are to be applied from 1 January 2008 have been published in the Official Journal,
            
         HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
   Article 1
   The euro equivalents of the thresholds applicable to public procurement contracts shall be adjusted as set out below, with effect from 1 January 2008:
   
               (EUR)
            
         
               Two-yearly adjustment
            
            
               Threshold at 1.1.2006
            
            
               Threshold at 1.1.2008
            
         
               Article 157(b)
            
            
               5 278 000
            
            
               5 150 000
            
         
               Article 158(1)(a)
            
            
               137 000
            
            
               133 000
            
         
               Article 158(1)(b)
            
            
               211 000
            
            
               206 000
            
         
               Article 158(1)(c)
            
            
               5 278 000
            
            
               5 150 000
            
         Article 2
   This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
   It shall be notified to the other institutions and bodies by the Commission.
   
      Done at Brussels, 1 February 2008.
      
         
            For the Commission
         
         Dalia GRYBAUSKAITĖ
         
         
            Member of the Commission
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 478/2007 (OJ L 111, 28.4.2007, p. 13).
   
      (2)  OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114. Directive as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 1422/2007 (OJ L 317, 5.12.2007, p. 34).