(1)

By Decision 2014/115/EU (2), the Council approved the Protocol amending the Agreement on Government Procurement (3) concluded in the framework of the World Trade Organization. The amended Agreement on Government Procurement (‘the Agreement’) is a plurilateral instrument and its purpose is to mutually open government procurement markets among its parties. The Agreement applies to any procurement contract with a value that reaches or exceeds the amounts set therein (‘thresholds) and expressed as special drawing rights.

(2)

One of the objectives of Directive 2014/25/EU is to allow the contracting entities, which apply that Directive to comply at the same time with the obligations laid down in the Agreement. In accordance with Article 17(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU, every 2 years the Commission is to verify that the thresholds for supply, service and works contracts, and design contests set out in Article 15, points (a) and (b), of that Directive correspond to the thresholds established in the Agreement. Given that the value of the thresholds calculated in accordance with Article 17(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU is different from the value of the thresholds set out in Article 15, points (a) and (b), of that Directive, it is necessary to revise these thresholds.

(3)

Article 17(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU requires that every two years the Commission revise the thresholds with the effect from 1 January. Hence, the thresholds for the years 2022-23 should apply as of 1 January 2022.

(4)

Directive 2014/25/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,

(1)

in point (a), ‘EUR 428 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 431 000’;

(2)

in point (b), ‘EUR 5 350 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 5 382 000’.