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10.2.2005 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
L 38/1 |
COUNCIL DECISION
of 22 November 2004
on the signing and provisional application of an Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
(2005/106/EC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 310 thereof in conjunction with the first and second sentences of the first subparagraph of Article 300(2) thereof,
Having regard to the 2003 Act of Accession, and in particular to Article 6(2) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,
Whereas:
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On 22 December 2003 the Council authorised the Commission, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, to negotiate with Chile an Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the new Member States to the European Union. |
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These negotiations have been concluded and the Additional Protocol was initialled on 30 April 2004. |
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Subject to its possible conclusion at a later date, the Additional Protocol should be signed on behalf of the Community and the Member States and the provisional application of certain of its provisions should be approved, |
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
1. The President of the Council is hereby authorised to designate the person(s) empowered to sign, on behalf of the European Community and its Member States, the Additional Protocol to the Agreement establishing an association between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia, and the Slovak Republic to the European Union.
The text of the Additional Protocol is attached to this Decision.
2. Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12 of the Additional Protocol shall be applied provisionally pending its entry into force.
Done at Brussels, 22 November 2004.
For the Council
The President
B. R. BOT
ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL
to the Agreement between the European Community and its Member States,of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, to take account of the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus,the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia,and the Slovak Republic to the European Union
THE KINGDOM OF BELGIUM,
THE CZECH REPUBLIC,
THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK,
THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY,
THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC,
THE REPUBLIC OF ESTONIA,
THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN,
THE FRENCH REPUBLIC,
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,
THE REPUBLIC OF SLOVENIA,
THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC,
THE REPUBLIC OF FINLAND,
THE KINGDOM OF SWEDEN,
THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
hereinafter referred to as the ‘Member States’,
THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY,
hereinafter referred to as the ‘Community’,
and
THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE, hereinafter referred to as ‘Chile’,
WHEREAS the Agreement establishing an association between the Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Republic of Chile, of the other part, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, was signed in Brussels on 18 November 2002 and some of its provisions have been applied pursuant to Article 198(3) thereof since 1 February 2003;
WHEREAS the Treaty concerning the accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic (hereinafter referred to as the new Member States) to the European Union (hereinafter referred to as Treaty of Accession) was signed in Athens on 16 April 2003 and entered into force on 1 May 2004,
HAVE AGREED AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION I
CONTRACTING PARTIES
Article 1
The Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic hereby become Contracting Parties to the Agreement.
SECTION II
TRADE IN GOODS
Article 2
Annex I to the Agreement is hereby amended in accordance with the provisions contained in Annex I to this Protocol, in order to add the tariff quotas indicated in Section 1 of Annex I to the Agreement.
SECTION III
RULES OF ORIGIN
Article 3
Articles 17(4) and 18(2) of Annex III to the Agreement are hereby amended in accordance with the provisions of Annex II to this Protocol.
Article 4
Appendix III of Annex III to the Agreement shall be replaced by Annex III to this Protocol.
Article 5
Appendix IV toAnnex III to the Agreement shall be replaced by Annex IV to this Protocol.
Article 6
1. The provisions of the Agreement shall be applied to goods exported from either Chile to one of the new Member States or from one of the new Member States to Chile, which comply with the provisions of Annex III to the Agreement and that on the date of accession are either en route or in temporary storage, in a customs warehouse or in a free zone in Chile or in such new Member State.
2. Preferential treatment shall be granted in such cases, subject to the submission to the customs authorities of the importing country, within four months of the date of accession, of a proof of origin issued retrospectively by the customs authorities or competent governmental authority of the exporting country.
SECTION IV
TRADE IN SERVICES AND ESTABLISHMENT
Article 7
Part A of Annex VII to the Agreement shall be replaced by the provisions of Annex V to this Protocol.
Article 8
Part A of Annex VIII to the Agreement shall be replaced by the provisions of Annex VI to this Protocol.
Article 9
Part A of Annex IX to the Agreement shall be replaced by the information provided in Annex VII to this Protocol.
Article 10
Part A of Annex X to the Agreement shall be replaced by the provisions of Annex VIII to this Protocol.
SECTION V
GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
Article 11
1. The entities of the new Member States listed in Annex IX to this Protocol shall be added to the relevant sections of Annex XI to the Agreement.
2. The list of publication means of the new Member States listed in Annex X to this Protocol, shall be added to Appendix 2 of Annex XIII to the Agreement.
SECTION VI
WTO
Article 12
Chile undertakes not to make any claim, request or referral nor to modify or withdraw any concession pursuant to GATT 1994 Articles XXIV.6 and XXVIII or GATS Article XXI in relation to the accession of the new Member States to the European Union.
SECTION VII
GENERAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 13
1. This Protocol shall be concluded by the Community, by the Council of the European Union on behalf of the Member States and by Chile, in accordance with their respective internal procedures.
2. This Protocol shall enter into force on the first day of the first month following that in which all the Contracting Parties have notified each other of the completion of the procedures necessary for this purpose, or on the date of entry into force of the Agreement, whichever is the later.
3. Notwithstanding paragraph 2, the Community and Chile agree to apply provisionally Articles 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 11 and 12 of this Protocol, from the date of signature of this Protocol. Article 2 shall be applied with effect from 1 May 2004.
4. Notifications shall be sent to the Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union, who shall be the depository of this Protocol.
5. Where a provision of this Protocol is applied by the Contracting Parties pending its entry into force, any reference in such a provision to the date of entry into force of this Protocol shall be understood to refer to the date from which those Parties agree to apply that provision, in accordance with paragraph 3.
Article 14
This Protocol shall be drawn up in duplicate in the Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, each of these texts being equally authentic.
The Community shall communicate within three months from the signature of this Protocol to Chile the Czech, Estonian, Hungarian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Slovak and Slovene language versions of the Agreement. Subject to the entry into force of this Protocol, the new language versions shall become authentic under the same conditions as those drawn up in the present languages of this Protocol.
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This Protocol shall form an integral part of the Agreement. The Annexes to this Protocol shall form an integral part thereof.
ANNEX I
Amendments to Community Tariff Elimination Schedule
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The Community shall allow duty free importation of the following products and quantities with an increase by 5 % each year of the quantity. |
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Description |
Quantity |
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0703 20 00 |
Garlic |
30 tons |
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ex 0806 10 10 |
Grapes (1/1 to 14/7) |
1 500 tons |
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0810 50 00 |
Kiwi |
1 000 tons |
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The Community shall allow duty free importation of the following products and quantities. |
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Description |
Quantity (1) |
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0303 29 00 |
Other frozen fish excluding fillets |
725 tons |
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0303 78 12 |
Argentine hake |
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0303 78 19 |
Hake — other |
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0304 20 53 |
Frozen fillets of mackerel |
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0304 20 56 |
Frozen fillets of argentine hake |
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0304 20 58 |
Frozen fillets of other hake |
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0304 20 91 |
Frozen fillets of blue grenadier |
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0304 20 95 |
Other frozen fillets |
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0304 90 05 |
Surimi |
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Description |
Quantity (2) |
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1604 15 19 |
Prepared or preserved mackerel |
90 tons |
(1) This tariff quota will apply for 2004 and each calendar year thereafter beginning 1 January 2005 until its expiry on 31 December 2012.
(2) This tariff quota will apply for 2004 and each calendar year thereafter beginning 1 January 2005 until its expiry on 31 December 2006.
ANNEX II
New language versions of administrative remarks contained in Annex III to the Association Agreement
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Article 17(4) shall be amended to read: |
(...)
Movement certificates EUR.1 issued retrospectively must be endorsed with one of the following phrases:
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‘EXPEDIDO A POSTERIORI’ |
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‘VYSTAVENO DODATEČNĚ’ |
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DA |
‘UDSTEDT EFTERFØLGENDE’ |
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‘NACHTRÄGLICH AUSGESTELLT’ |
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‘VÄLJA ANTUD TAGASIULATUVALT’ |
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‘ΕΚΔΟΘΕΝ ΕΚ ΤΩΝ ΥΣΤΕΡΩΝ’ |
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‘ISSUED RETROSPECTIVELY’ |
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‘DÉLIVRÉ A POSTERIORI’ |
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‘RILASCIATO A POSTERIORI’ |
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‘IZSNIEGTS RETROSPEKTĪVI’ |
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‘RETROSPEKTYVUSIS IŠDAVIMAS’ |
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‘KIADVA VISSZAMENŐLEGES HATÁLLYAL’ |
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‘MAHRUG RETROSPETTIVAMENT’ |
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‘AFGEGEVEN A POSTERIORI’ |
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‘WYSTAWIONE RETROSPEKTYWNIE’ |
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‘EMITIDO A POSTERIORI’ |
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‘IZDANO NAKNADNO’ |
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‘VYDANÉ DODATOČNE’ |
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‘ANNETTU JÄLKIKÄTEEN’ |
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‘UTFÄRDAT I EFTERHAND’ |
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Article 18(2) shall be amended to read: |
(...)
The duplicate issued in this way must be endorsed with one of the following words:
ES ‘DUPLICADO’
CS ‘DUPLIKÁT’
DA ‘DUPLIKAT’
DE ‘DUPLIKAT’
ET ‘DUPLIKAAT’
EL ‘ΑΝΤΙΓΡΑΦΟ’
EN ‘DUPLICATE’
FR ‘DUPLICATA’
IT ‘DUPLICATO’
LV ‘DUBLIKĀTS’
LT ‘DUBLIKATAS’
HU ‘MÁSODLAT’
MT ‘DUPLIKAT’
NL ‘DUPLICAAT’
PL ‘DUPLIKAT’
PT ‘SEGUNDA VIA’
SL ‘DVOJNIK’
SK ‘DUPLIKÁT’
FI ‘KAKSOISKAPPALE’
SV ‘DUPLIKAT’
ANNEX III
”Appendix III
SPECIMEN OF MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE EUR.1. AND APPLICATION FOR A MOVEMENT CERTIFICATE EUR.1
Printing instructions
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Each form shall measure 210 x 297 mm; a tolerance of up to minus 5 mm or plus 8 mm in the length may be allowed. The paper used must be white, sized for writing, not containing mechanical pulp and weighing not less than 25 g/m2. It shall have a printed green guilloche pattern background making any falsification by mechanical or chemical means apparent to the eye. |
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The customs authorities or the competent governmental authorities of the Member States of the Community and of Chile may reserve the right to print the forms themselves or may have them printed by approved printers. In the latter case, each form must include a reference to such approval. Each form must bear the name and address of the printer or a mark by which the printer can be identified. It shall also bear a serial number, either printed or not, by which it can be identified. |
Procedure for completion
The exporter or his authorised representative shall fill out both the movement certificate EUR.1. and the application form. These forms shall be completed in one of the languages in which this Agreement is drawn up and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If they are handwritten, they shall be completed in ink in printed characters. The description of the products must be given in the box reserved for this purpose without leaving any blank lines. Where the box is not completely filled, a horizontal line must be drawn below the last line of the description, the empty space being crossed through.
ANNEX IV
‘Appendix IV
Invoice declaration
Specific requirements as for the making out of an invoice declaration
An invoice declaration, the text of which is set out below, shall be made out using one of the linguistic versions set out there and in accordance with the provisions of the domestic law of the exporting country. If the declaration is handwritten, it shall be written in ink in printed characters. The invoice declaration must be drawn up in accordance with the respective footnotes. The footnotes do not have to be reproduced.
English version
The exporter of the products covered by this document (customs or competent governmental authorisation No ... (1)) declares that, except where otherwise clearly indicated, these products are of ... preferential origin (2).
Spanish version
El exportador de los productos incluidos en el presente documento (autorización aduanera o de la autoridad gubernamental competente no ... (1)) declara que, salvo indicación en sentido contrario, estos productos gozan de un origen preferencial ... (2).
Danish version
Eksportøren af varer, der er omfattet af nærværende dokument, (toldmyndighedernes eller den kompetente offentlige myndigheds tilladelse nr. ... (1) erklærer, at varerne, medmindre andet tydeligt er angivet, har præferenceoprindelse i ... (2).
German version
Der Ausführer (Ermächtigter Ausführer; Bewillingung der Zollbehörde oder der zuständigen Regierungsbehörde Nr. … (1)) der Waren, auf die sich dieses Handelspapier bezieht, erklärt, dass diese Waren, soweit nichts anderes angegeben, präferenzbegünstigte Ursprungswaren ... (2) sind.
Greek version
Ο εξαγωγέας των προϊόντων που καλύπτονται από το παρόν έγγραφο (άδεια τελωνείου ή της καθύλην αρμόδιας αρχής, υπ'αριθ. ... (1)) δηλώνει ότι, εκτός εάν δηλώνεται σαφώς άλλως, τα προϊόντα αυτά είναι προτιμησιακής καταγωγής ... (2).
French version
L'exportateur des produits couverts par le présent document (autorisation douanière ou de l'autorité gouvernementale compétente no … (1)) déclare que, sauf indication claire du contraire, ces produits ont l'origine préférentielle ... (2).
Italian version
L'esportatore delle merci contemplate nel presente documento (autorizzazione doganale o dell'autorità governativa competente n. … (1)) dichiara che, salvo indicazione contraria, le merci sono di origine preferenziale ... (2).
Dutch version
De exporteur van de goederen waarop dit document van toepassing is (douanevergunning of vergunning van de competente overheidsinstantie nr. … (1)) verklaart dat, behoudens uitdrukkelijke andersluidende vermelding, deze goederen van preferentiële ... oorsprong zijn (2).
Portuguese version
O abaixo assinado, exportador dos produtos cobertos pelo presente documento (autorização aduaneira ou da autoridade governamental competente no… (1)) declara que, salvo expressamente indicado em contrário, estes produtos são de origem preferencial ... (2).
Finnish version
Tässä asiakirjassa mainittujen tuotteiden viejä (tullin tai toimivaltaisen julkisen viranomaisen lupa nro... (1)) ilmoittaa, että nämä tuotteet ovat, ellei toisin ole selvästi merkitty, etuuskohteluun oikeutettuja ... alkuperätuotteita (2).
Swedish version
Exportören av de varor som omfattas av detta dokument (tullmyndighetens tillstånd eller behörig statlig myndighet nr. __. (1)) försäkrar att dessa varor, om inte annat tydligt markerats, har förmånsberättigande ___ ursprung (2).
Czech version
Vývozce výrobků uvedených v tomto dokumentu (číslo povolení celního nebo příslušného vládního orgánu ... (1)) prohlašuje, že kromě zřetelně označených, mají tyto výrobky preferenční původ v ... (2).
Estonian version
Käesoleva dokumendiga hõlmatud toodete eksportija (tolliameti või pädeva valitsusasutuse luba nr. ... (1)) deklareerib, et need tooted on ... (2) sooduspäritoluga, välja arvatud juhul kui on selgelt näidatud teisiti.
Latvian version
Eksportētājs produktiem, kuri ietverti šajā dokumentā (muitas vai kompetentu valsts iestāžu pilnvara Nr. … (1)), deklarē, ka, iznemot tur, kur ir citādi skaidri noteikts, šiem produktiem ir priekšrocību izcelsme no … (2).
Lithuanian version
Šiame dokumente išvardintų prekių eksportuotojas (muitinės arba kompetentingos vyriausybinės institucijos liudijimo Nr. … (1)) deklaruoja, kad, jeigu kitaip nenurodyta, tai yra … (2)preferencinės kilmės prekės.
Hungarian version
A jelen okmányban szereplő áruk exportőre (vámfelhatalmazási szám: … (1)vagy az illetékes kormányzati szerv által kiadott engedély száma: …) kijelentem, hogy eltérő jelzs hiányában az áruk kedvezményes … származásúak (2).
Maltese version
L-esportatur tal-prodotti koperti b'dan id-dokument (awtorizzazzjoni kompetenti tal-gvern jew tad-dwana nru. … (1)) jiddikjara li, hlief fejn indikat b'mod car li mhux hekk, dawn il-prodotti huma ta' origini preferenzjali … (2).
Polish version
Eksporter produktów objętych tym dokumentem (upoważnienie władz celnych lub upoważnienie właściwych władz nr … (1)) deklaruje, że z wyjątkiem gdzie jest to wyraźnie określone, produkty te mają … (2) preferencyjne pochodzenie.
Slovene version
Izvoznik blaga, zajetega s tem dokumentom, (pooblastilo carinskih ali pristojnih državnih organov št. ... (1)) izjavlja, da, razen če ni drugače jasno navedeno, ima to blago preferencialno... (2) poreklo.
Slovak version
Vývozca výrobkov uvedených v tomto dokumente (číslo povolenia colnej správy alebo príslušného vládneho povolenia … (1)) vyhlasuje, že okrem zreteľne označených, majú tieto výrobky preferenčný pôvod v … (2).
…..…….…............................. (3)
(Place and date)
….………............................... (4)
(Signature of the exporter; in addition, the name of the person. The declaration must be indicated in clear script)
(1) When the invoice declaration is made out by an approved exporter within the meaning of Article 21 of this Annex, the authorisation number of the approved exporter must be entered in this space. When the invoice declaration is not made out by an approved exporter, the words in brackets shall be omitted or the space left blank.
(2) Origin of products to be indicated. When the invoice declaration relates in whole or in part, to products originating in Ceuta and Melilla within the meaning of Article 37 of this Annex, the exporter must clearly indicate them in the document on which the declaration is made out by means of the symbol “CM”
(3) These indications may be omitted if the information is contained on the document itself.
(4) See Article 20(5) of this Annex. In cases where the exporter is not required to sign, the exemption of signature also implies the exemption of the name of the signatory.’
ANNEX V
(ANNEX VII to the Agreement referred to in Article 99 of the Agreement)
SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS ON SERVICES
PART A
Community's schedule
Introductory note
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The specific commitments in this schedule apply only to the territories in which the Treaties establishing the Community are applied and under the conditions laid down in these Treaties. These commitments apply only to the relations between the Community and its Member States on the one hand, and non-Community countries on the other. They do not affect the rights and obligations of Member States arising from Community law. |
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The following abbreviations are used to indicate the Member States:
AT Austria BE Belgium CY Cyprus CZ Czech Republic DE Germany DK Denmark ES Spain EE Estonia FR France FI Finland EL Greece HU Hungary IT Italy IE Ireland LU Luxembourg LT Lithuania LV Latvia MT Malta NL The Netherlands PT Portugal PL Poland SE Sweden SI Slovenia SK Slovak Republic UK UK United Kingdom |
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A glossary of terms used by individual Member States is attached to this schedule. ‘Subsidiary’ of a legal person means a legal person which is effectively controlled by another legal person. ‘Branch’ of a legal 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. |
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FI: A foreigner living outside the European Economic Area and carrying on a trade as a private entrepreneur or as a partner in a Finnish limited or general partnership needs a trade permit. If a foreign organisation or foundation which is resident outside the European Economic Area intends to carry on a business or trade by establishing a branch in Finland, a trade permit is required. FI: If at least half of the members of the board or the Managing Director are resident outside the European Economic Area, permission is required. Company exemptions may, however, be granted. SK: A foreign natural person whose name is to be registered in the Commercial Register as a person authorised to act on behalf of the entrepreneur is required to submit a residence permit for the Slovak Republic |
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Real estate purchases: DK: Limitations on real estate purchase by non-resident physical and legal entities. Limitations on agricultural estate purchased by foreign physical and legal entities. EL: According to Law No 1892/89 permission from the Minister of Defence is needed for a citizen to acquire land in areas near borders. According to administrative practices permission is easily granted for direct investment. CY: Unbound. HU: Unbound for the acquisition of State owned property. LT: Unbound for the acquisition of land by juridical and natural persons. MT: Unbound for the acquisition of real property. LV: Unbound in relation to acquisition of land by juridical persons. Land lease not exceeding 99 years permitted. PL: Unbound in relation to acquisition of state-owned property, i.e. the regulations governing the privatisation process (for mode 3). SI: Juridical persons, established in the Republic of Slovenia with foreign capital participation, may acquire real estate on the territory of the Republic of Slovenia. Branches (4) established in the Republic of Slovenia by foreign persons may only acquire real estate, except land, necessary for the conduct of the economic activities for which they are established. Ownership of real estate in the border areas of 10 km by companies in which majority of capital or voting rights belongs directly or indirectly to juridical persons or nationals of another Member State is subject to special permission. SK: None except for land (for modes 3 and 4) |
Real estate purchases: AT: The acquisition, purchase as well as rent or lease of real estate by foreign natural persons and legal persons requires an authorisation by the competent regional authorities (Länder) which will consider whether important economic, social or cultural interests are affected or not. IE: Prior written consent of the Land Commission is necessary for the acquisition of any interest in Irish land by domestic or foreign companies or foreign nationals. Where such land is for industrial use (other than agricultural industry), this requirement is waived subject to a certificate to this effect from the Minister for Enterprise and Employment. This law does not apply to land within the boundaries of cities and towns. CZ: Limitations on real estate acquisition by foreign natural and legal entities. Foreign entities may acquire real property through establishment of the Czech legal entities or participation in joint ventures. Acquisition of the land by foreign entities is subject to authorisation. HU: Unbound for the acquisition of real estate by foreign natural persons. LV: Unbound in relation to acquisition of land by juridical persons. Land lease not exceeding 99 years permitted. PL: Acquisition of real estate, direct and indirect, by foreigners and foreign legal persons requires permission SK: Limitations on real estate acquisition by foreign physical and legal entities. Foreign entities may acquire real property through establishment of Slovak legal entities or participation in joint ventures. Acquisition of the land by foreign entities is subject to authorisation (for modes 3 and 4). |
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IT: Unbound for purchase of real estate. FI (Åland Islands): Restrictions on the right for natural persons who do not enjoy regional citizenship in Åland, and for legal persons, to acquire and hold real property on the Åland Islands without permission by the competent authorities of the islands. FI (Åland Islands): Restrictions on the right of establishment and the right to provide services by natural persons who do not enjoy regional citizenship in Åland, or by any legal person, without permission by the competent authorities of the Åland Islands. |
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Investments: FR: Foreign purchases exceeding 33,33 % of the shares of capital or voting rights in existing French enterprise, or 20 % in publicly quoted French companies, are subject to the following regulation:
FR: Foreign participation in newly privatised companies may be limited to a variable amount, determined by the government of France on a case by case basis, of the equity offered to the public. ES: Investment in Spain by foreign government and foreign public entities (which tends to imply, besides economic, also non-economic interests to entity's part), directly or through companies or other entities controlled directly or indirectly by foreign governments, need prior authorisation by the government. PT: Foreign participation in newly privatised companies may be limited to a variable amount, determined by the Government of Portugal on a case-by-case basis, of the equity offered to the public. IT: Exclusive rights may be granted or maintained to newly-privatised companies. Voting rights in newly privatised companies may be restricted in some cases. For a period of five years, the acquisition of large equity stakes of companies operating in the fields of defence, transport services, telecommunications and energy may be subject to the approval of the Ministry of Treasury. FR: For establishing in certain (5) commercial, industrial or artisanal activities, a specific authorisation is needed if the managing director is not holder of a permanent residence permit. |
Investments: CY: Entities with foreign participation must have paid up capital commensurate with their finance requirements and non-residents must finance their contribution through the importation of foreign exchange. In case the non-resident participation exceeds 24 %, any additional financing for working capital requirements or otherwise should be raised from local and foreign sources in proportion to the participation of residents and non-residents in the entity's equity. In the case of branches of foreign companies, all capital for the initial investment must be provided from foreign sources. Borrowing from local sources is only permitted after the initial implementation of the project, for financing working capital requirements. HU: Unbound for the acquisition of State-owned properties. LT: Investments in organising lotteries are forbidden under the Law on Foreign Capital Investment. MT: Companies with the participation of non-resident legal or natural persons are subject to the same capital requirement applicable to companies that are fully owned by residents as follows: private companies — Lm 500 (with a minimum of 20 % as paid up capital); public companies — Lm 20 000 (with a minimum of 25 % paid up capital). The non-resident percentage of share of the equity is to be paid for with funds emanating from abroad. Companies with non-resident participation must apply for a permit from the Ministry of Finance to acquire premises under the appropriate legislation. |
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CY: The permission of the Central Bank is required for the participation of any non-resident in a corporate body or partnership in Cyprus. Foreign participation in all sectors/subsectors included in the Schedule of Commitments is normally limited up to 49 %. The decision of the authorities to grant permission for foreign participation is based on an economic needs test, for which the following criteria are used in general:
In exceptional cases, in which a proposed investment satisfies most of the economic needs test criteria to a large extent, permission for foreign participation exceeding 49 % may be granted. In the case of public companies, foreign equity participation is normally allowed to the extent of up to 30 %. In Mutual Funds the extent of allowable foreign ownership is 40 %. Corporate bodies have to be registered under the Companies Law. Same law requires that a foreign company wishing to establish a place of business or an office in Cyprus must register it as a foreign branch. For the registration the prior approval of the Central Bank is required under the Exchange Control Law. Such approval is subject to the foreign investment policy applicable at the time with regard to the corporate body's proposed activities in Cyprus and the general investment criteria stipulated above. |
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CZ: No limitation involving foreign law. For activities involving national law acceptance in the Czech Bar Association or in the Czech Chamber of Commercial Lawyers is required EE: None for CPC 86190. For CPC 861 other than CPC 86190, commercial presence is restricted to sole proprietorships or to law firms with limited liability, in which cases permission is needed from the Bar Association (Advokatuur). According to the Bar Statute/Advokatuuri pohimäärus) only Estonian nationals are allowed to establish a lawyer's office. To be accepted into the Bar Association the following requirements should be met:
HU: Commercial presence should take the form of partnership with a Hungarian barrister (ügyvéd) or a barrister's office (ügyvédi iroda), or representative office LV: None for consultancy on home country and public international law. For CPC 861 other than consultancy on home country and public international law, licence issued by the Ministry of Justice and knowledge of Latvian language required. Licensed lawyers may provide all legal services, except representation in criminal proceedings. Representation in criminal proceedings permitted only to sworn solicitors. Nationality requirement for sworn solicitors and sworn notaries. Sworn solicitors and sworn notaries have to be at least 25 years old, having knowledge of Latvian language, graduated from University of Latvia or from another university recognised as equivalent by the Faculty of Law, University of Latvia, and having practical experience. Sworn solicitors have to pass an examination in accordance with rules set up by the Council of Sworn Solicitors. Sworn notaries have to pass an examination in accordance with the order set up by the Minister of Justice in cooperation with the Council of Sworn Notaries. |
EE: None for CPC 86190. Unbound for CPC 861 other than CPC 86190. SI: Conditions for acceptance into the Bar Association for lawyers who are not Slovenian nationals and have a licence to practise in another Member State, must have a certificate of knowledge of the Slovenian law and must be proficient in the Slovene language SK: Barristers and commercial lawyers in Slovak law are required to be graduates of Slovak universities |
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PL: Establishment subject to authorisation. Nationality requirement SI: Commercial presence is restricted to sole proprietorship or to a law firm with unlimited responsibility (partnership) only. Only lawyers with licence to practise may be partners. For activities involving national law acceptance into the Bar Association (Odvetni{ka zbornica Slovenije) is required. Consent of the Bar Association is required for the establishment of any law firm. Conditions for acceptance into the Bar Association for lawyers who are not Slovenian nationals and have a licence to practice in another Member, must have a certificate of knowledge of the Slovenian law and must be proficient in the Slovene language. Notaries public are persons performing a public service. Concession rights may be acquired by licence. SK: No limitation involving foreign law. For activities involving national law acceptance in the Slovak Bar Association or in the Slovak Chamber of Commercial Lawyers is required. |
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SE: When appearing under the title ‘Advokat’ (lawyer, solicitor/barrister) membership in Swedish Bar Association is required. Swedish or EEA (European Economic Area) citizenship and residency are required for such membership. When a person authorised as an ‘Advokat’ in a State within the EEA wishes to practise law on a permanent basis in Sweden under his or her home country professional title, he/she shall register with the Swedish Bar Association. |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES, SE and UK as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii): DK: Marketing of legal advice activities is restricted to lawyers with a Danish licence to practise. Requirement of a Danish legal examination in order to obtain a Danish licence to practise. SE: When appearing under the title ‘Advokat’ (lawyer, solicitor/barrister) membership of the Swedish Bar Association is required. Swedish citizenship and residency are required for such membership. |
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LV: The owner of shares or the head of a firm should be qualified as a sworn auditor in Latvia. Sworn auditors can be persons no younger than 25 years and: (a) having a high school degree in economics or in other specialities, if an examination on basic economics is passed; (b) having at least three years experience in auditing recognised by the Latvian Association of Sworn Auditors; (c) who have passed a qualification examination and acquired licence of sworn auditor in accordance with requirements of Latvian Association of Sworn Auditors; (d) having an excellent reputation. SI: Commercial presence should take the form of a juridical person |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES, EE, IT, LU, LV, UK, SE as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the following specific limitations: IT, UK: Unbound except for managers and senior consultants where: university degree and three years' professional experience. EE, LV: Unbound except for professionals where: university degree and five years of working experience in a related field. BE, DE, DK, ES: University degree or equivalent technical qualification demonstrating knowledge, and three years professional experience in the sector. SE: University degree and three years professional experience in the sector. IT, UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES, EE, IT, LU, LV, UK, SE as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES, EE, LU, UK, SE as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) |
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IT: Access for agronomist and ‘periti agrari’ restricted to natural persons. Professional association (no incorporation) among natural persons is permitted. |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the above conditions and the following specific limitations: BE, DE, DK, ES: University degree or equivalent technical qualification demonstrating knowledge and three years' professional experience in the sector. BE: Economic Needs Test is required if the gross annual salary of the natural person is below the threshold of EUR 30 000. |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the above conditions and the following specific limitations: BE, DE, DK, ES: University degree or equivalent technical qualification demonstrating knowledge and three years' professional experience in the sector. BE: Economic Needs Test is required if the gross annual salary of the natural person is below the threshold of EUR 30 000. FI: The right to seek, claim and exploit a deposit is limited to natural persons resident within the EEA. Exemptions to the residency requirement are granted by the Ministry of Trade and Industry |
Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES, as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES, EE as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the above conditions and the following specific limitations: BE, DE, DK, ES: University degree and professional qualifications and three years' professional experience in the sector. EE: Unbound except for professionals where: university degree and five years working experience in a related field. BE: Economic Needs Test is required if the gross annual salary of the natural person is below the threshold of EUR 30 000. DE: Conditions of nationality for publicly appointed surveyors. |
Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES, EE as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the following conditions: DE: Application of the national rules on fees and emoluments for all services which are performed from abroad. |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the following specific limitations: BE, DE, DK, ES: University degree or equivalent technical qualification demonstrating knowledge and three years' professional experience in the sector. BE: Economic needs test is required if the gross annual salary of the natural person is below the threshold of EUR 30 000. |
Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the following specific limitations: BE, DE, DK, ES: University degree or equivalent technical qualification demonstrating knowledge and three years' professional experience in the sector. BE: Economic Needs Test is required if the gross annual salary of the natural person is below the threshold of EUR 30 000. |
Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the following specific limitations: BE, DE, DK, ES: University degree or equivalent technical qualification demonstrating knowledge and three years' professional experience in the sector. BE: Economic needs test is required if the gross annual salary of the natural person is below the threshold of EUR 30 000. |
Unbound except for BE, DE, DK and ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) |
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Translation Services (CPC 87905) (HU: except official translation. PL: excluding services of sworn interpreters. SK: except authorised public translation and interpretation) |
1 and 2. None
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES, EL, IT, IE, UK, SE as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the following specific limitations: EL: Relevant qualifications and five years' professional experience. IT, IE, SE, UK: Relevant qualifications and three years' professional experience. BE, DE, DK, ES: University degree or equivalent technical qualification demonstrating knowledge, and three years professional experience in the sector. BE: Economic Needs Test is required if the gross annual salary of the natural person is below the threshold of EUR 30 000. IT, UK: Compliance with an economic needs test is required. |
Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES, EL, IT, IE, UK, SE as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) |
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Postal and courier services (34) Services relating to the handling (35) of postal items (36) according to the following list of sub-sectors, whether for domestic or foreign destinations. Sub-sectors (i), (iv) and (v) may be excluded when they fall into the scope of the services which may be reserved, which is: for items of correspondence the price of which is less than five times the publicbasic tariff, provided that they weigh less than 350 grams (37), plus the registered mail service used in the course of judicial or administrative procedures. |
1, 2 and 3. All Member States except CY, CZ, EE, HU, LT, LV, MT, PL, SK, SI: Licensing systems may be established for subsectors (i) to (v) for which a general universal service obligation exists. These licences may be subject to particular universal service obligations and/or financial contribution to a compensation fund. CY, HU, LV, MT, SI: Unbound. EE, LT: Unbound except for (v): None PL: Unbound except for (v): None, excluding written correspondence (e.g. letters). CZ, SK: Unbound except for (v) under mode 2 and 3: None
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Telecommunications services are the transport of electro-magnetic signals - sound, data image and any combinations thereof, excluding broadcasting (43). Therefore, commitments in this schedule do not cover the economic activity consisting of content provision which require telecommunications services for its transport. The provision of that content, transported via a telecommunications service, is subject to the specific commitments undertaken by the Community and its Member States in other relevant sectors. |
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Unbound except for DE, SE and UK where as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii), only for CPC 5111 |
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES, FR and LU concerning the temporary entry of professors where: as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) and subject to the following specific limitations: BE, DE, DK, ES: University degree or equivalent technical qualification demonstrating knowledge, and three years professional experience in the sector. BE: Economic needs test is required if the gross annual salary of the natural person is below the threshold of EUR 30 000. FR:
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Unbound except for BE, DE, DK, ES as indicated in the horizontal section under (iii) |
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Without prejudice to the scope of activities which may be considered as ‘cabotage’ under the relevant national legislation, this schedule does not include ‘maritime cabotage services’, which are assumed to cover transportation of passengers or goods between a port located in a Member State and another port located in the same Member State and traffic originating and terminating in the same port located in a Member State provided that this traffic remains within this Member State's territorial waters. |
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‘Other forms of commercial presence for the supply of international maritime transport services’ means the ability of international maritime transport service suppliers of the other Party to undertake locally all activities which are necessary for the supply to their customers of a partially or fully integrated transport service within which the maritime transport constitutes a substantial element. (This commitment shall not, however, be construed as limiting in any manner the commitments undertaken under the cross-border mode of delivery). These activities include, but are not limited to:
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‘Multimodal transport operators’ means the person on whose behalf the bill of lading/multimodal transport document, or any other document evidencing a contract of multimodal carriage of goods, is issued and who is responsible for the carriage of goods pursuant to the contract of carriage. |
Community (continued)
Attachment A
GLOSSARY
TERMS USED FOR INDIVIDUAL MEMBER STATES
FRANCE
SC Société civile
SCP Société civile professionnelle
SEL Société d'exercice libéral
SNC Société en nom collectif
SCS Société en commandite simple
SARL Société à responsabilité limitée
SCA Société en commandite par actions
SA Société anonyme
NB: Toutes ces sociétés sont dotées de la personnalité morale
GERMANY
GmbH & Co. KG Kommanditgesellschaft, bei der der persönlich haftende Gesellschafter eine GmbH (a stock company with limited responsibility) ist.
EWIV Europäische Wirtschaftliche Interessenvereinigung (European economic interest grouping)
ITALY
SPA Società per Azioni (joint stock company)
SRL Società a Responsabilità Limitata (company with limited responsibility)
For Italy the following professional services are covered in the EC offer:
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Ragionieri-periti commerciali Bookkeeping, accounting, auditing |
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Commercialisti Bookkeeping, accounting, auditing |
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Architetti Architects |
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Geologi Geologists |
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Medici Doctors |
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Farmacisti Pharmacists |
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Psicologi Psychologists |
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Veterinari Veterinarians |
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Biologi Biologists |
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Periti agrari Agricultural experts |
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(1) In the case of Austria, Finland and Sweden no horizontal reservation has been taken for services considered as public utilities
(2) Explanatory note: public utilities exist in sectors such as related scientific and technical consulting services, R & D services on social sciences and humanities, technical testing and analysis services, environmental services, health services, transport services and services auxiliary to all modes of transport. Exclusive rights on such services are often granted to private operators, for instance operators with concessions from public authorities, subject to specific service obligations. Given that public utilities often also exist at the sub-central level, detailed and exhaustive sector-specific scheduling is not practical.
(3) Exceptions from these requirements may be granted, if it can be proved that residency is not necessary.
(4) SI: According to the Law on Commercial Companies, a branch established in the Republic of Slovenia is not considered a juridical person, but as regards their operation, their treatment is equal to a subsidiary.
(5) Commercial, industrial or artisanal activities relate to sectors such as: other business services, construction, distribution and tourism services. It does not relate to telecommunications and financial services.
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limitation on acquisition of foreign exchange by resident nationals for personal purposes; |
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limitation on acquisition of foreign exchange by resident nationals for personal purposes; |
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foreign exchange authorisation in case of Czech residents for acceptance of financial credits from foreign subjects, direct capital investment abroad, acquisition of real estate abroad and purchases of foreign securities. |
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limitation on acquisition of foreign exchange by resident nationals for personal purposes; |
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foreign exchange authorisation in case of Czech residents for acceptance of financial credits from foreign subjects, direct capital investment abroad, acquisition of real estate abroad and purchases of foreign securities. |
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transfer of foreign exchange out of the country, |
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transfer of Polish currency into the country, |
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ownership transfer of the right to monetary assets between domestic and foreign persons, |
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granting and drawing of loans and credits by domestic persons in foreign exchange transactions, |
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fixing or executing payments in foreign currencies within Poland for acquired goods, real estate, property rights, services or labour; |
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opening and possessing of a banking account in a bank situated abroad, |
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acquiring and holding foreign securities and acquiring real estate abroad, |
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transfer of foreign exchange out of the country, |
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transfer of Polish currency into the country, |
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ownership transfer of the right to monetary assets between domestic and foreign persons, |
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granting and drawing of loans and credits by domestic persons in foreign exchange transactions, |
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fixing or executing payments in foreign currencies within Poland for acquired goods, real estate, property rights, services or labour; |
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opening and possessing of a banking account in a bank situated abroad, |
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acquiring and holding foreign securities and acquiring real estate abroad, |
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undertaking other obligations abroad of similar effect. |
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transfer of foreign exchange out of the country, |
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transfer of Polish currency into the country, |
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ownership transfer of the right to monetary assets between domestic and foreign persons, |
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granting and drawing of loans and credits by domestic persons in foreign exchange transactions, |
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fixing or executing payments in foreign currencies within Poland for acquired goods, real estate, property rights, services or labour; |
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opening and possessing of a banking account in a bank situated abroad, |
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acquiring and holding foreign securities and acquiring real estate abroad, |
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undertaking other obligations abroad of similar effect. |
(8) SK: Entries being listed for transparency reasons.
(9) PL: The footnote under market access is also applicable for national treatment.
(10) The duration of ‘temporary stay’ is defined by the Member States and, where they exist, Community laws and regulations regarding entry, stay and work. The precise duration can vary according to the different categories of natural persons mentioned in this schedule. For category (i), the length of stay is limited in the following Member States as follows: EE — three years, which may be extended for up to two additional years for a total term not to exceed five years; LV — five years; LT — three years, extendable in the case of senior personnel only for up to two additional years; PL and SI — one year, which may be extended. For category (ii), the length of stay is limited in the following Member States as follows: EE — 90 days per six-month period; PL — three months; LT — three months a year; HU, LV, SI — 90 days.
(11) All other requirements of Community and Member States' laws and regulations regarding entry, stay, work and social security measures shall continue to apply, including regulations concerning period of stay, minimum wages as well as collective wage agreements.
(12) An ‘intra-corporate transferee’ is defined as a natural person working within a legal person, other than a non-profit making organisation, established in the territory of Chile, and being temporarily transferred in the context of the provision of a service through commercial presence in the territory of a Member State; the legal persons concerned must have their principal place of business in the territory of Chile and the transfer must be to an establishment (office, branch or subsidiary) of that legal person, effectively providing like services in the territory of a Member State to which the EC Treaty applies.
(13) The service contract shall comply with the laws, regulations and requirements of the Community and the Member State where the service contract is executed.
(14) When not appearing under the title ‘Advokat’, or as an EEA lawyer under his or her home-country corresponding title, foreign lawyers may freely offer legal advice activities.
(15) Access to these professions is governed by the French law No 90-1259 of 31 December 1990 which opens the entire range of legal and judicial activities.
(16) International law includes also EC law.
(17) Access to these professions is governed by the French law No 90-1259 of 31 December 1990 which opens the entire range of legal and judicial activities.
(18) Explanatory note: Given the fact that commercial presence is required to exercise any auditing activity, the cross-border mode is unbound. Only established statutory auditors can be approved by the national professional bodies. Approval is a necessary precondition to exercising the activity.
(19) SI: According to Slovene law, auditing services are a matter of firms, not natural persons.
(20) Foreign exams and experience giving equivalent competence are recognised.
(21) Indicates that the service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance.
(22) Establishment in the form of legal persons is subject to authorisation by Ministry of Health. Entry into public Health Network is subject to a concession from the Institute of Health Insurance of the Republic of Slovenia.
(23) Indicates that the service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance.
(24) Where the establishment of pharmacies is subject to an economic needs test, the main criteria taken into account are: the population, the number of existing pharmacies and their geographical density. These criteria are applied on a national treatment basis except for F.
(25) Additional commitment: in I, professional association (no incorporation) among natural persons is permitted.
(26) The Service involved relates to the profession of real estate agents and does not affect any rights and/or restrictions on natural and legal persons purchasing real estate.
(27) The service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance.
(28) LV: Service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance.
(29) SI: Public utility exist; concession rights can be granted to the private operators established in the Republic of Slovenia.
(30) The service involved excludes operation of mines.
(31) A commitment on this mode of supply is not feasible.
(32) A commitment on this mode of supply is not feasible.
(33) Indicates that the service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance.
(34) The commitment is listed according to the proposed classification that has been notified to WTO by the EC and its Member States on 23 March 2001 (WTO document S/CSS/W/61).
(35) The term ‘handling’ should be taken to include clearance, sorting, transport and delivery.
(36) ‘Postal item’ refers to items handled by any type of commercial operator, whether public or private.
(37) ‘Items of correspondence’: a communication in written form on any kind of physical medium to be conveyed and delivered at the address indicated by the sender on the item itself or on its wrapping. Books, catalogues, newspapers and periodicals are not regarded as items of correspondence.
(38) E.g. letter, postcards.
(39) Books, catalogues are included hereunder.
(40) Journals, newspapers, periodicals.
(41) Express delivery services may include, in addition to greater speed and reliability, value added elements such as collection from point of origin, personal delivery to addressee, tracing and tracking, possibility of changing the destination and addressee in transit, confirmation of receipt.
(42) Provision of means, including the supply of ad hoc premises as well as transportation by a third party, allowing self-delivery by mutual exchange of postal items between users subscribing to this service. Postal item refers to items handled by any type of commercial operator, whether public or private.
(43) Broadcasting is defined as the uninterrupted chain of transmission required for the distribution of tv and radio programme signals to the general public, butdoes not cover contribution links between operators.
(44) The service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance.
(45) A commitment on this mode of supply is not feasible.
(46) Excluding arms in all Member States. Excluding explosives, chemical products and precious metals in all Member States except AT, FI, SE. Excluding pyrotechnical goods, ignitable articles, blasting devices, ammunition, military equipment, tobacco and tobacco products, toxic substances, medical and surgical devices, certain medical substances and objects for medical use in AT. Excluding distribution of pyrotechnical goods, ignitable articles and blasting devices, firearms, ammunition and military equipment, toxic substances and certain medical substances in Slovenia.
(47) Excluding tobacco in ES, IT.
(48) Excluding tobacco in ES, IT, FR.
(49) The coverage for EE, LT and LV includes CPC 633, 6111, 61221, 63234. Excluding CPC 613 in LT. Excluding alcoholic beverages in FI, SE. Excluding CPC 61112, 6121, 613, 63107, 63108, 63211 in PL. Excluding pharmaceutical products (part of CPC 63211) in all Member States, which is committed in professional services under ‘pharmacists’. Distribution services away from a fixed location (direct selling) are considered included as retail services. CPC 633 (repair services of personal and household goods) is committed under business services. This sector covers exclusively the distribution of merchandises. These are physical and transportable.
(50) Where establishment is subject to an economic needs test, the main criteria are: the number of and impact on existing stores, population density, geographic spread, impact on traffic conditions and creation of new employment.
(51) Excluding tobacco in ES, FR and IT. Excluding alcoholic beverages in IE.
(52) Sale on a permanent basis from a fixed point of sale or manufacturing facilities are not affected by these rules.
(53) The classification of the environmental services is listed according to the classification proposal included in Job 7612 (Communication of the EC and its Member States).
(54) A commitment on this mode of supply is not feasible.
(55) Where establishment is subject to an economic needs test in a Member State, the main criteria are: the number of beds and/or heavy medical equipment on the basis of needs, population density and age scale, geographic spread, protection of areas of particular historic and artistic interest, impact on traffic conditions and creation of new employment.
(56) Law on Enterprises; supplement 1995
(57) ‘The Community shall continue to grant to ships operated by service suppliers of the other Party treatment no less favourable than that accorded to its own ships with regard to, inter alia, access to ports, use of infrastructure and auxiliary maritime services of the ports, as well as related fees and charges, customs facilities and the assignment of berths and facilities for loading and unloading. In ports services also include:’
1. Pilotage; 2. Towing and tug assistance; 3. Provisioning, fuelling and watering; 4. Garbage collecting and ballast waste disposal; 5. Port Captain's services; 6. Navigation aids; 7. Shore-based operational services essential to ship operations, including communications, water and electrical supplies; 8. Emergency repair facilities; 9. Anchorage, berth and berthing services.
(58) A commitment on this mode of supply is not feasible.
(59) Public utility concession or licensing procedures may apply in case of occupation of the public domain.
(60) ‘Customs clearance services’ (alternatively customs house brokers' services) means activities consisting in carrying out on behalf of another party customs formalities concerning import, export or through transport of cargoes, whether this service is the main activity of the service provider or a usual complement of its main activity.
(61) ‘Container station and depot services’ means activities consisting in storing containers, whether in port areas or inland, with a view to their stuffing/stripping, repairing and making them available for shipments.
(62) ‘Maritime agency services’ means activities consisting in representing, within a given geographic area, as an agent the business interests of one or more shipping lines or shipping companies, for the following purposes:
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(63) ‘Freight forwarding services’ means the activity consisting of organising and monitoring shipment operations on behalf of shippers, through the acquisition of transport and related services, preparation of documentation and provision of business information.
(64) The Community shall continue to grant to ships operated by service suppliers of the other Party treatment no less favourable than that accorded to its own ships with regard to, inter alia, access to ports, use of infrastructure and auxiliary maritime services of the ports, as well as related fees and charges, customs facilities and the assignment of berths and facilities for loading and unloading. In ports services also include (same as footnote for international maritime transport above) 1. Pilotage; 2. Towing and tug assistance; 3. Provisioning, fuelling and watering; 4. Garbage collecting and ballast waste disposal; 5. Port Captain's services; 6. Navigation aids; 7. Shore-based operational services essential to ship operations, including communications, water and electrical supplies; 8. Emergency repair facilities; 9. Anchorage, berth and berthing services.
(65) Indicates that the service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities by the CPC concordance.
(66) Needs test based on the number of service suppliers in the local geographic area.
(67) Where the supply of a service is subject to an economic needs test, this is essentially based on existing public transport on the route concerned.
(68) Indicates that the service specified constitutes only a part of the total range of activities covered by the CPC concordance.
ANNEX VI
(ANNEX VIII of the Agreement referred to in Article 120 of the Agreement)
SCHEDULE OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS ON FINANCIAL SERVICES
PART A
Community's schedule
Introductory Note
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The specific commitments in this schedule apply only to the territories in which the Treaties establishing the Community are applied and under the conditions laid down in these Treaties. These commitments apply only to the relations between the Communities and their Member States on the one hand, and non-Community countries on the other. They do not affect the rights and obligations of Member States arising from Community law. |
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AT Austria
BE Belgium
CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic
DE Germany
DK Denmark
ES Spain
EE Estonia
FR France
FI Finland
EL Greece
HU Hungary
IT Italy
IE Ireland
LU Luxembourg
LT Lithuania
LV Latvia
MT Malta
NL The Netherlands
PT Portugal
PL Poland
SE Sweden
SI Slovenia
SK Slovak Republic
UK United Kingdom
‘Subsidiary’ of a legal person means a legal person which is effectively controlled by another legal person.
‘Branch’ of a legal 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.
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Real estate purchases: AT: The acquisition, purchase as well as rent or lease of real estate by foreign natural persons and legal persons requires an authorisation by the competent regional authorities (Länder) which will consider whether important economic, social or cultural interests are affected or not. IE: Prior written consent of the Land Commission is necessary for the acquisition of any interest in Irish land by domestic or foreign companies or foreign nationals. Where such land is for industrial use (other than agricultural industry), this requirement is waived subject to a certificate to this effect from the Minister for Enterprise and Employment. This law does not apply to land within the boundaries of cities and towns. CZ: Limitations on real estate acquisition by foreign natural and legal entities. Foreign entities may acquire real property through establishment of the Czech legal entities or participation in joint ventures. Acquisition of the land by foreign entities is subject to authorisation. HU: Unbound for the acquisition of real estate by foreign natural persons. LV: Unbound in relation to acquisition of land by juridical persons. Land lease not exceeding 99 years permitted. PL: Acquisition of real estate, direct and indirect, by foreigners and foreign legal persons requires permission |
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FR: Foreign participation in newly privatised companies may be limited to a variable amount, determined by the government of France on a case by case basis, of the equity offered to the public. ES: Investment in Spain by foreign government and foreign public entities (which tends to imply, besides economic, also non-economic interests to entity's part), directly or through companies or other entities controlled directly or indirectly by foreign governments, need prior authorisation by the government. PT: Foreign participation in newly privatised companies may be limited to a variable amount, determined by the Government of Portugal on a case-by-case basis, of the equity offered to the public. |
Investments: CY: Entities with foreign participation must have paid up capital commensurate with their finance requirements and non-residents must finance their contribution through the importation of foreign exchange. In case the non-resident participation exceeds 24 per cent, any additional financing for working capital requirements or otherwise should be raised from local and foreign sources in proportion to the participation of residents and non-residents in the entity's equity. In the case of branches of foreign companies, all capital for the initial investment must be provided from foreign sources. Borrowing from local sources is only permitted after the initial implementation of the project, for financing working capital requirements. HU: Unbound for the acquisition of state-owned properties. LT: Investments in organizing the lotteries are forbidden under the Law on Foreign Capital Investment. |
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MT: Companies with the participation of non-resident legal or natural persons are subject to the same capital requirement applicable to companies that are fully owned by residents as follows: private companies — Lm500 (with a minimum of 20 % as paid up capital); public companies — Lm20000 (with a minimum of 25 % paid up capital). The non-resident percentage of share of the equity is to be paid for with funds emanating from abroad. |
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In exceptional cases, in which a proposed investment satisfies most of the economic needs test criteria to a large extent, permission for foreign participation exceeding 49 % may be granted. |
Subsidies Eligibility for subsidies from the Community or Member States may be limited to legal persons established within the territory of a Member State or a particular geographical sub-division thereof. Unbound for subsidies for research and development. Unbound for branches established in a Member State by a non-Community company. The supply of a service, or its subsidisation, within the public sector is not in breach of this commitment. Commitments taken in this schedule do not require the Community or Member States to offer a subsidy to a service supplied from outside its territory. To the extent that any subsidies are made available to natural persons, their availability may be limited to nationals of a Member State. |
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IE: To become a member of a stock exchange in Ireland, an entity must either (i) be authorised in Ireland, which requires that it be incorporated or be a partnership, with a head/registered office in Ireland, or (ii) be authorised in another Member State in accordance with the EC Investment Services Directive. IE: The provision of investment services or investment advice requires either (i) authorisation in Ireland, which normally requires that the entity be incorporated or be a partnership or a sole trader, in each case with a head/registered office in Ireland (the supervisory authority may also authorise branches of third country entities), or (ii) authorisation in another Member State in accordance with the EC Investment Services Directive. PT: The establishment of non-EC banks is subject to an authorisation issued, on a case-by-case basis, by the Minister of Finance. The establishment has to contribute to increase the national banking system's efficiency or has to produce significant effects on the internationalisation of the Portuguese economy. |
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SK: Banking services may be provided only by domestic banks or branches of foreign banks authorised by the National Bank of Slovakia upon the agreement with the Ministry of Finance. The granting of authorisation is based on the consideration of criteria relating, in particular, to capital endowment (financial strength) professional qualifications, integrity and competence of the management of the projected bank activities. Banks are legal entities incorporated in the Slovak Republic, established as joint-stock companies or public (State-owned) financial institutions. |
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Life insurance (including intermediation): No insurer can offer life insurance services in the Republic of Cyprus unless licensed as an insurer by the Superintendent of Insurance, in accordance with the insurance companies laws. Non-life insurance (including intermediation): No insurer can offer non-life insurance services (except marine, aviation and transit) in the Republic of Cyprus unless licensed as an insurer by the Superintendent of Insurance, in accordance with the insurance companies laws. Reinsurance and retrocession (including intermediation): Any foreign reinsurer approved by the Superintendent of Insurance (on prudential criteria) may offer reinsurance or retrocession services to insurance companies incorporated and licensed in Cyprus. Services auxiliary to insurance: None. EE: None. |
MT: Life insurance, non-life insurance and reinsurance and retrocession: None. Insurance intermediation and services auxiliary to insurance: Unbound. PL: Unbound except for the reinsurance, the retrocession and insurance of goods in international trade. SI: Marine, aviation and transport insurance, insurance intermediation, and services auxiliary to insurance: None. Life insurance, non-life insurance (except marine, aviation and transport insurance), and reinsurance and retrocession: Unbound. |
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LT: Life insurance, non-life insurance (except for maritime and aviation insurance), and insurance intermediation: Unbound. Maritime and aviation insurance, reinsurance and retrocession and services auxiliary to insurance: None. MT: Marine, aviation and transport insurance, reinsurance and retrocession, and insurance intermediation: None. Life insurance, non-life insurance (except for marine, aviation and transport insurance), reinsurance and retrocession (except for marine, aviation and transport reinsurance), and services auxiliary to insurance: Unbound. |
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MT: Life insurance, non-life insurance, and reinsurance and retrocession: None. Insurance intermediation and services auxiliary to insurance: Unbound. PL: Unbound except for the reinsurance, the retrocession and insurance of goods in international trade. SI: Marine, aviation and transport insurance, reinsurance and retrocession, insurance intermediation, and services auxiliary to insurance: None. |
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Life and non-life insurance (including intermediation): No insurer can operate in or from within the Republic of Cyprus unless so authorised by the Superintendent of Insurance, in accordance with the Insurance Companies Laws. Foreign insurance companies can operate in the Republic of Cyprus through the establishment of a branch or an agency. The foreign insurer must have been authorised to operate in his country of origin before authorised to establish a branch or agency. Participation of non-residents in insurance companies, incorporated in the Republic of Cyprus, requires the prior approval of the Central Bank. |
EE: Life and non-life insurance: None, except the management body of an insurance joint-stock company with foreign capital participation may include citizens of foreign countries in proportion to the foreign participation, but not more than half of the members of the management group; the head of the management of a subsidiary or an independent company must permanently reside in Estonia. Reinsurance and retrocession, insurance intermediation and services auxiliary to insurance: None. |
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Reinsurance and retrocession (including intermediation): No company can operate as a reinsurer within the Republic of Cyprus unless so authorised by the Superintendent of Insurance. Investment by non-residents in reinsurance companies requires the prior approval of the Central Bank. The share of foreign participation in the capital of local reinsurance companies is determined on a case-by-case basis. Currently there is no local reinsurance company. Services auxiliary to insurance: None. |
SI: Life insurance, non-life insurance, and reinsurance and retrocession: None. Insurance intermediation and services auxiliary to insurance: For sole proprietors a residence in the Republic of Slovenia is required. |
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Reinsurance and retrocession: Unbound. Natural persons are not authorised to provide reinsurance services. EE, LV, LT, MT: Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal section under (i) and (ii). PL: Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal section under (i) and (ii) and subject to the following specific limitation: Residency requirement for insurance intermediaries. SI: Life insurance, non-life insurance, and reinsurance and retrocession Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal section under (i) and (ii). Insurance intermediation and services auxiliary to insurance Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal section under (i) and (ii) and for actuarial and risk assessment residence is required in addition to a qualifying examination, membership in the Actuarial Association of the Republic of Slovenia and proficiency in the Slovene language. |
Reinsurance and retrocession: Unbound. Natural persons are not authorised to provide reinsurance services. EE, LT, MT, SI: Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal section under (i) and (ii). LV, PL: None. |
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Subsectors (x) (e), (xv) and (xvi): None except as indicated in the horizontal section. All other subsectors: Unbound EE: Acceptance of deposits and other repayable funds from the public Requirement of authorisation by Eesti Pank and registration under Estonian Law as a joint-stock company, a subsidiary or a branch. EE, LT: The establishment of a specialised management company is required to perform the activities of management of unit trusts and investment companies, and only firms having their registered office in the Community can act as depositories of the assets of investment funds. |
Subsectors (x) (e), (xv) and (xvi): None except as indicated in the horizontal section. EE, LV, LT, SI: None. MT: Subsectors (v) and (vi): None. Subsector (xv): Unbound, except for the provision of financial information by international providers. PL: Unbound, except for: Subsector (xv): None. |
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Unbound, residents of Cyprus require permission from the Central Bank in conformity with the Exchange Control Law for borrowing in foreign currency or abroad, for placing funds abroad or for obtaining banking services that require export of funds. Subsector (x) (e), (xv) and (xvi) None except as indicated in the horizontal section. EE, LV, LT: None. MT: Subsectors (v) and (vi): None. Subsector (xv): Unbound, except for the provision of financial information by international providers. PL: Unbound, except for:
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SI: None for subsectors (xv) and (xvi). Unbound except accepting credits (borrowing of all types), and accepting guarantees and commitments from foreign credit institutions by domestic legal entities and sole proprietors. (Remark: consumer credits shall be free upon the adoption of the new Foreign Exchange Law). All above mentioned credit arrangements must be registered with the Bank of Slovenia. (Remark: this provision shall be abolished upon the adoption of the new Law on Banking.) Legal entities established in the Republic of Slovenia can be depositories of the assets of Investments Funds. |
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Subsector (x) (e): Only members (brokers) of the Cyprus Stock Exchange can undertake business pertaining to securities brokerage in Cyprus. Firms acting as brokers must only employ individuals who can act as brokers provided that they are appropriately licensed. Banks and Insurance companies may not undertake brokerage business. However their subsidiary brokerage firms may do so. LV: Subsector (xi):
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Investments of the Investments Funds into securities of foreign issuers are limited to 10 % of the investments of the Investments Funds. Such securities shall be listed on those stock exchanges previously determined by the Securities Market Agency. |
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Securities of a foreign issuer which have not yet been offered in the territory of the Republic of Slovenia may only be offered by a stock broking company or a bank licensed to carry out such transactions. Prior to launching the offer the stock broking company or a bank shall obtain the permission of Securities Market Agency. |
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Subsector (x) (e): None except as indicated in the horizontal section. EE, LT, MT, SI: Unbound except as indicated in the horizontal section under (i) and (ii). LV: None except as indicated in the horizontal section under (i) and (ii) and in the horizontal section of the sector ‘Banking and other financial services’. PL: None. |
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ADDITIONAL COMMITMENTS BY PART OF THE EC
(AT, BE, DK, DE, ES, FI, FR, EL, IE, IT, LU, NL, PT, SE, UK)
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Part of the EC (AT, BE, DK, DE, ES, FI, FR, EL, IE, IT, LU, NL, PT, SE, UK) notes the close cooperation among the insurance regulatory and supervisory authorities of these Member States and encourages their efforts to promote improved supervisory standards. |
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These Member States will make their best endeavours to consider within six months from their submissions complete applications for licences to conduct direct insurance underwriting business, through the establishment in a Member State of a subsidiary in accordance with the legislation of that Member State, by an undertaking governed by the laws of Chile. In cases where such applications are refused, the Member State authority will make its best endeavours to notify the undertaking in question and give the reasons for the refusal of the application. |
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The supervisory authorities of these Member States will make their best endeavours to respond without undue delay to requests for information by applicants on the status of complete applications for licences to conduct direct insurance underwriting business, through the establishment in a Member State of a subsidiary in accordance with the legislation of that Member State by an undertaking governed by the laws of Chile. |
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Part of the EC (AT, BE, DK, DE, ES, FI, FR, EL, IE, IT, LU, NL, PT, SE, UK) will make its best endeavours to examine any questions pertaining to the smooth operation of the internal market in insurance, and consider any issues that might have an impact on the internal market in insurance. |
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Part of the EC (AT, BE, DK, DE, ES, FI, FR, EL, IE, IT, LU, NL, PT, SE, UK) notes that, as regards motor insurance, under Community law as in force on 1 September 2001, and without prejudice to future legislation, premiums may be calculated taking several risk factors into account. |
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Part of the EC (AT, BE, DK, DE, ES, FI, FR, EL, IE, IT, LU, NL, PT, SE, UK) notes that under Community law, as in force on 1 September 2001, and without prejudice to future legislation, the prior approval by national supervisory authorities of policy conditions and scales of premiums that an insurance undertaking intends to use is generally not required. |
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Part of the EC (AT, BE, DK, DE, ES, FI, FR, EL, IE, IT, LU, NL, PT, SE, UK) notes that under Community law, as in force on 1 September 2001, and without prejudice to future legislation, the prior approval by national supervisory authorities of increases in premium rates is generally not required. |
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In application of the relevant EC Directives, these Member States will make their best endeavours to consider within 12 months complete applications for licences to conduct banking activities, through the establishment in a Member State of a subsidiary in accordance with the legislation of that Member State, by an undertaking governed by the laws of Chile. In cases where such applications are refused, the Member State will make its best endeavours to notify the undertaking in question and give the reasons for the refusal of the application. |
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These Member States will make their best endeavours to respond without undue delay to requests for information by applicants on the status of complete applications for licenses to conduct banking activities, through the establishment in a Member State of a subsidiary in accordance with the legislation of that Member State, by an undertaking governed by the laws of Chile. |
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In application of the relevant EC Directives, these Member States will make their best endeavours to consider within six months complete applications for licences to conduct investment services in the securities field, as defined in the Investment Services Directive, through the establishment in a Member State of a subsidiary in accordance with the legislation of that Member State, by an undertaking governed by the laws of Chile. In cases where such applications are refused, the Member State will make its best endeavours to notify the undertaking in question and give the reasons for the refusal of the application. |
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These Member States will make their best endeavours to respond without undue delay to requests for information by applicants on the status of complete applications for licences to conduct investment services in the securities area, through the establishment in a Member State of a subsidiary in accordance with the legislation of that Member State, by an undertaking governed by the laws of Chile. |
UNDERSTANDING ON COMMITMENTS IN FINANCIAL SERVICES
The Community has been enabled to take on specific commitments with respect to financial services under this Agreement on the basis of an alternative approach to that covered by the general provisions of part IV, Chapter II (Financial Services), thereof. It was agreed that this approach could be applied subject to the following understanding:
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no presumption has been created as to the degree of liberalisation to which a Party is committing itself under this Agreement. |
The Community, on the basis of negotiations, and subject to conditions and qualifications where specified, has inscribed in its schedule specific commitments conforming to the approach set out below.
A. Market access
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The Community shall permit non-resident suppliers of financial services to supply, as a principal, through an intermediary or as an intermediary, and under terms and conditions that accord national treatment, the following services:
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The Community shall permit its residents to purchase in the territory of Chile the financial services indicated in:
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The Community shall grant financial service suppliers of Chile the right to establish or expand within its territory, including through the acquisition of existing enterprises, a commercial presence. |
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The Community may impose terms, conditions and procedures for authorisation of the establishment and expansion of a commercial presence in so far as they do not circumvent its obligation under paragraph 3 and they are consistent with the other obligations of this Agreement. |
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The Community shall endeavour to remove or to limit any significant adverse effects on financial service suppliers of Chile of:
provided that any action taken under this paragraph would not unfairly discriminate against financial service suppliers of the Party taking such action. |
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With respect to the non-discriminatory measures referred to in subparagraphs 6(a) and (b), the Community shall endeavour not to limit or restrict the present degree of market opportunities nor the benefits already enjoyed by financial service suppliers of Chile as a class in the territory of the Community, provided that this commitment does not result in unfair discrimination against financial service suppliers of the Community. |
B. National treatment
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Under terms and conditions that accord national treatment, the Community shall grant to financial service suppliers of Chile established in its territory access to payment and clearing systems operated by public entities, and to official funding and refinancing facilities available in the normal course of ordinary business. This paragraph is not intended to confer access to the Community's lender of last resort facilities. |
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When membership or participation in, or access to, any self-regulatory body, securities or futures exchange or market, clearing agency, or any other organisation or association, is required by the Community in order for financial service suppliers of Chile to supply financial services on an equal basis with financial service suppliers of the Community, or when the Community provides directly or indirectly such entities, privileges or advantages in supplying financial services, the Community shall ensure that such entities accord national treatment to Chilean financial service suppliers resident in its territory. |
C. Definitions
For the purposes of this approach:
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A non-resident supplier of financial services is a financial service supplier of Chile which supplies a financial service into the territory of the Community from an establishment located in the territory of Chile, regardless of whether such a financial service supplier has or has not a commercial presence in the territory of the Community. |
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‘Commercial presence’ means an enterprise within the Community's territory for the supply of financial services and includes wholly- or partly-owned subsidiaries, joint ventures, partnerships, sole proprietorships, franchising operations, branches, agencies, representative offices or other organisations. |
(1) In the case of Austria, Finland and Sweden no horizontal reservation has been taken for services considered as public utilities.
(2) Explanatory Note: Public utilities exist in sectors such as related scientific and technical consulting services, R & D services on social sciences and humanities, technical testing and analysis services, environmental services, health services, transport services and services auxiliary to all modes of transport. Exclusive rights on such services are often granted to private operators, for instance operators with concessions from public authorities, subject to specific service obligations. Given that public utilities often also exist at the subcentral level, detailed and exhaustive sector-specific scheduling is not practical.
(3) Exceptions from these requirements may be granted, if it can be proved that residency is not necessary.
(4) SI: According to the Law on Commercial Companies, a branch established in the Republic of Slovenia is not considered a juridical person, but as regards their operation, their treatment is equal to a subsidiary.
(5) Commercial, industrial or artisanal activities relate to sectors such as: other business services, construction, distribution and tourism services. It does not relate to telecommunications and financial services.
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(8) SK: Entries being listed for transparency reasons.
(9) PL: The footnote under market access is also applicable for national treatment.
(10) The duration of ‘temporary stay’ is defined by the Member States and, where they exist, Community laws and regulations regarding entry, stay and work. The precise duration can vary according to the different categories of natural persons mentioned in this schedule. For category (i), the length of stay is limited in the following Member States as follows: EE — three years, which may be extended for up to two additional years for a total term not to exceed five years; LV — five years; LT — three years, extendable in the case of senior personnel only for up to two additional years; PL and SI — one year, which may be extended. For category (ii), the length of stay is limited in the following Member States as follows: EE — 90 days per six month period; PL — three months; LT — three months a year; HU, LV, SI — 90 days.
(11) All other requirements of Community and Member States' laws and regulations regarding entry, stay, work and social security measures shall continue to apply, including regulations concerning period of stay, minimum wages as well as collective wage agreements.
(12) An ‘intra-corporate transferee’ is defined as a natural person working within a legal person, other than a non-profit making organisation, established in the territory of Chile, and being temporarily transferred in the context of the provision of a service through commercial presence in the territory of a Member State; the legal persons concerned must have their principal place of business in the territory of Chile and the transfer must be to an establishment (office, branch or subsidiary) of that legal person, effectively providing like services in the territory of a Member State to which the EC Treaty applies.
(13) Commercial, industrial or artisanal activities relate to sectors such as: other business services, construction, distribution and tourism services. It does not relate to telecommunications and financial services.
(14) Unlike foreign subsidiaries, branches established directly in a Member State by a Chilean financial institution are not , with certain limited exceptions, subject to prudential regulations harmonised at Community level which enable such subsidiaries to benefit from enhanced facilities to set up new establishments and to provide cross-border services throughout the Community. Therefore, such branches receive an authorisation to operate in the territory of a Member State under conditions equivalent to those applied to domestic financial institutions of that Member State, and may be required to satisfy a number of specific prudential requirements such as, in the case of banking and securities, separate capitalisation and other solvency requirements and reporting and publication of accounts requirements or, in the case of insurance, specific guarantee and deposit requirements, a separate capitalisation, and the localisation in the Member State concerned of the assets representing the technical reserves and at least one third of the solvency margin. Member States may apply the restrictions indicated in this schedule only with regard to the direct establishment from Chilean of a commercial presence or to the provision of cross-border services from Chile; consequently, a Member State may not apply these restrictions, including those concerning establishment, to Chilean subsidiaries established in other Member States of the Community, unless these restrictions can also be applied to companies or nationals of other Member States in conformity with Community law.
(15) CZ: When monopoly rights concerning compulsory motor third party liability insurance are removed, providing this service will be open on a non-discriminatory basis to Czech established service providers.
(16) IT: Provision and transfer of financial information and financial data processing entailing trading of financial instruments may be prohibited where the protection of investors is likely to be seriously prejudiced. Only authorised banks and investment firms must comply with conduct of business rules in providing investment advice concerning financial instruments and advice to undertakings on capital structure, industrial strategy and related matters, and advice and service relating to mergers and acquisition of undertakings. Advisory activity should not include asset management.
(17) IT: Authorised persons enabled to conduct collective asset management are deemed responsible for any investment activity conducted by their delegated advisers (Collective asset management, excluding UCITS).
ANNEX VII
AUTHORITIES RESPONSIBLE FOR FINANCIAL SERVICES
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ANNEX VIII
(referred to in Article 132 of the Agreement)
SCHEDULES OF SPECIFIC COMMITMENTS ON ESTABLISHMENT
PART A
Community's schedule
Introductory note
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The specific commitments in this schedule apply only to the territories in which the Treaties establishing the Community are applied and under the conditions laid down in these Treaties. These commitments apply only to the relations between the Community and its Member States on the one hand, and non-Community countries on the other. They do not affect the rights and obligations of Member States arising from Community law. |
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CY Cyprus
CZ Czech Republic
DE Germany
DK Denmark
ES Spain
EE Estonia
FR France
FI Finland
EL Greece
HU Hungary
IT Italy
IE Ireland
LU Luxembourg
LT Lithuania
LV Latvia
MT Malta
NL The Netherlands
PT Portugal
PL Poland
SE Sweden
SI Slovenia
SK Slovak Republic
UK United Kingdom
‘Subsidiary’ of a legal person means a legal person which is effectively controlled by another legal person.
‘Branch’ of a legal 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.
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FR: Foreign participation in newly privatised companies may be limited to a variable amount, determined by the government of France on a case by case basis, of the equity offered to the public. FR: For establishing in certain commercial, industrial or artisanal activities, a specific authorisation is needed if the managing director is not holder of a permanent residence permit. HU: Participation in organising gambling, betting, lotteries and similar activities is reserved for the state. IT: Exclusive rights may be granted or maintained to newly-privatised companies. Voting rights in newly privatised companies may be restricted in some cases. For a period of five years, the acquisition of large equity stakes of companies operating in the fields of defence, and energy may be subject to the approval of the Ministry of Treasury. LT: Investments in organising the lotteries are forbidden under the Law on Foreign Capital Investment. MT: Companies with the participation of non-resident legal or natural persons are subject to the same capital requirement applicable to companies that are fully owned by residents, as follows: private companies — Lm500 (with a minimum of 20 % as paid up capital); public companies — Lm200 (with a minimum of 25 % paid up capital). The non-resident percentage of share of the equity is to be paid for with funds emanating from abroad. Companies with non-resident participation must apply for a permit from the Ministry of Finance to acquire premises under the appropriate legislation. PT: Foreign participation in newly privatised companies may be limited to a variable amount, determined by the Government of Portugal on a case by case basis, of the equity offered to the public. |
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(2) SI: According to the Law on Commercial Companies, a branch established in the Republic of Slovenia is not considered a juridical person, but as regards their operation, their treatment is equal to a subsidiary.
(3) CZ: Non-discriminatory system of foreign exchange control is applied consisting of:
(a) limitation on acquisition of foreign exchange by resident nationals for personal purposes,
(b) foreign exchange authorisation in case of Czech residents for acceptance of financial credits from foreign subjects, direct capital investment abroad, acquisition of real estate abroad and purchases of foreign securities.
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transfer of foreign exchange out of the country, |
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transfer of Polish currency into the country, |
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ownership transfer of the right to monetary assets between domestic and foreign persons, |
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granting and drawing of loans and credits by domestic persons in foreign exchange transactions, |
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fixing or executing payments in foreign currencies within Poland for acquired goods, real estate, property rights, services or labour, |
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opening and possessing of a banking account in a bank situated abroad, |
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acquiring and holding foreign securities and acquiring real estate abroad, |
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transfer of foreign exchange out of the country, |
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transfer of Polish currency into the country, |
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ownership transfer of the right to monetary assets between domestic and foreign persons, |
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granting and drawing of loans and credits by domestic persons in foreign exchange transactions, |
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fixing or executing payments in foreign currencies within Poland for acquired goods, real estate, property rights, services or labour, |
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opening and possessing of a banking account in a bank situated abroad, |
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acquiring and holding foreign securities and acquiring real estate abroad, |
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undertaking other obligations abroad of similar effect. |
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transfer of foreign exchange out of the country, |
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transfer of Polish currency into the country, |
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ownership transfer of the right to monetary assets between domestic and foreign persons, |
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granting and drawing of loans and credits by domestic persons in foreign exchange transactions, |
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— |
fixing or executing payments in foreign currencies within Poland for acquired goods, real estate, property rights, services or labour, |
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opening and possessing of a banking account in a bank situated abroad, |
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acquiring and holding foreign securities and acquiring real estate abroad, |
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undertaking other obligations abroad of similar effect. |
(5) SK: Entries being listed for transparency reasons.
ANNEX IX
COMMUNITY'S COVERAGE ON GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT
(referred to in Article 137 of the Association Agreement)
Appendix 1
ENTITIES AT CENTRAL LEVEL
ENTITIES WHICH PROCURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE
SECTION 2
Contracting authorities of the State
CZECH REPUBLIC
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1. |
Ministerstvo dopravy (Ministry of Transport) |
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2. |
Ministerstvo informatiky (Ministry of Informatics) |
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3. |
Ministerstvo financí (Ministry of Finance) |
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4. |
Ministerstvo kultury (Ministry of Culture) |
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5. |
Ministerstvo obrany (Ministry of Defence) (1) |
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6. |
Ministerstvo pro místní rozvoj (Ministry for Regional Development) |
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7. |
Ministerstvo práce a sociálních věcí (Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs) |
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8. |
Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu (Ministry of Industry and Trade) |
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9. |
Ministerstvo spravedlnosti (Ministry of Justice) |
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10. |
Ministerstvo školství, mládeže a tělovýchovy (Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports) |
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11. |
Ministerstvo vnitra (Ministry of the Interior) |
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12. |
Ministerstvo zahraničních věcí (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
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13. |
Ministerstvo zdravotnictví (Ministry of Health) |
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14. |
Ministerstvo zemědělství (Ministry of Agriculture) |
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15. |
Ministerstvo životního prostředí (Ministry of the Environment) |
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16. |
Poslanecká sněmovna PČR (Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic) |
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17. |
Senát PČR (Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic) |
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18. |
Kancelář prezidenta (Office of the President) |
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19. |
Český statistický úřad (Czech Statistical Office) |
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20. |
Český úřad zeměměřičský a katastrální (Czech Office for Surveying, Mapping and Cadastre) |
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21. |
Úřad průmyslového vlastnictví (Industrial Property Office) |
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22. |
Úřad pro ochranu osobních údajů (Office for Personal Data Protection) |
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23. |
Bezpečnostní informační služba (Security Information Service) |
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24. |
Národní bezpečnostní úřad (National Security Authority) |
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25. |
Česká akademie věd (Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic) |
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26. |
Vězeňská služba (Prison Service) |
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27. |
Český báňský úřad (Czech Mining Authority) |
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28. |
Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže (Office for the Protection of Competition) |
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29. |
Správa státních hmotných rezerv (Administration of the State Material Reserves) |
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30. |
Státní úřad pro jadernou bezpečnost (State Office for Nuclear Safety) |
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31. |
Komise pro cenné papíry (Czech Securities Commission) |
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32. |
Energetický regulační úřad (Energy Regulatory Office) |
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33. |
Úřad vlády České republiky (Office of the Government of the Czech Republic) |
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34. |
Ústavní soud (Constitutional Court) |
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35. |
Nejvyšší soud (Supreme Court) |
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36. |
Nejvyšší správní soud (Supreme Administrative Court) |
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37. |
Nejvyšší státní zastupitelství (Supreme Public Prosecutor's Office) |
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38. |
Nejvyšší kontrolní úřad (Supreme Audit Office) |
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39. |
Kancelář Veřejného ochránce práv (Office of the Public Defender of Rights) |
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40. |
Grantová agentura České republiky (Grant Agency of the Czech Republic) |
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41. |
Český úřad bezpečnosti práce (Czech Authority of Safety Work) |
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42. |
Český telekomunikační úřad (Czech Telecommunication Office) |
ESTONIA
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1. |
Vabariigi Presidendi Kantselei (Office of the President of the Republic of Estonia) |
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2. |
Eesti Vabariigi Riigikogu (Parliament of the Republic of Estonia) |
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3. |
Eesti Vabariigi Riigikohus (Supreme Court of the Republic of Estonia) |
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4. |
Riigikontroll (The State Audit Office of the Republic of Estonia) |
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5. |
Õiguskantsler (Legal Chancellor) |
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6. |
Riigikantselei (The State Chancellery) |
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7. |
Rahvusarhiiv (The National Archives of Estonia) |
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8. |
Haridus- ja Teadusministeerium (Ministry of Education and Research) |
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9. |
Justiitsministeerium (Ministry of Justice) |
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10. |
Kaitseministeerium (Ministry of Defence) (1) |
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11. |
Keskkonnaministeerium (Ministry of Environment) |
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12. |
Kultuuriministeerium (Ministry of Culture) |
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13. |
Majandus- ja Kommunikatsiooniministeerium (Ministry for Economy and Communication) |
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14. |
Põllumajandusministeerium (Ministry of Agriculture) |
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15. |
Rahandusministeerium (Ministry of Finance) |
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16. |
Siseministeerium (Ministry of Internal Affairs) |
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17. |
Sotsiaalministeerium (Ministry of Social Affairs) |
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18. |
Välisministeerium (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
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19. |
Keeleinspektsioon (The Language Inspectorate) |
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20. |
Riigiprokuratuur (Prosecutor's Office) |
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21. |
Teabeamet (The Information Board) |
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22. |
Maa-amet (Land Board) |
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23. |
Keskkonnainspektsioon (Environmental Inspectorate) |
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24. |
Metsakaitse- ja Metsauuenduskeskus (Centre for Forest Protection and Silviculture) |
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25. |
Muinsuskaitseamet (The Heritage Conservation Inspectorate) |
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26. |
Patendiamet (Patent Office) |
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27. |
Tehnilise Järelevalve Inspektsioon (The Technical Inspectorate) |
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28. |
Energiaturu Inspektsioon (The Energy Market Inspectorate) |
|
29. |
Tarbijakaitseamet (The Consumer Protection Board) |
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30. |
Riigihangete Amet (Public Procurement Office) |
|
31. |
Eesti Patendiraamatukogu (Estonian Patent Library) |
|
32. |
Taimetoodangu Inspektsioon (The Plant Production Inspectorate) |
|
33. |
Põllumajanduse Registrite ja Informatsiooni Amet (Agricultural Registers and Information Board) |
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34. |
Veterinaar- ja Toiduamet (The Veterinary and Food Board) |
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35. |
Konkurentsiamet (The Competition Board) |
|
36. |
Maksu — ja Tolliamet (Tax and Customs Board) |
|
37. |
Statistikaamet (Statistical Office) |
|
38. |
Kaitsepolitseiamet (The Security Police Board) |
|
39. |
Proovikoda (Assay Office) |
|
40. |
Kodakondsus- ja Migratsiooniamet (Citizenship and Migration Board) |
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41. |
Piirivalveamet (The Border Guard Administration) |
|
42. |
Politseiamet (The Police Board) |
|
43. |
Kohtuekspertiisi ja Kriminalistika Keskus (Centre of Forensic and Criminalistic Science) |
|
44. |
Keskkriminaalpolitsei (Central Criminal Police) |
|
45. |
Päästeamet (The Rescue Board) |
|
40. |
Andmekaitse Inspektsioon (The Data Protection Inspectorate) |
|
47. |
Ravimiamet (Agency of Medicines) |
|
48. |
Sotsiaalkindlustusamet (Social Insurance Board) |
|
49. |
Tööturuamet (Labour Market Board) |
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50. |
Tervishoiuamet (Health Care Board) |
|
51. |
Tervisekaitseinspektsioon (Health Protection Inspectorate) |
|
52. |
Tööinspektsioon (Labour Inspectorate) |
|
53. |
Lennuamet (Civil Aviation Administration) |
|
54. |
Maanteeamet (Road Administration) |
|
55. |
Sideamet (Communications Board) |
|
56. |
Veeteede Amet (Maritime Administration) |
|
57. |
Raudteeamet (Estonian Railway Administration) |
CYPRUS
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1. |
|
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2. |
Υπουργικό Συμβούλιο (Council of Ministers) |
|
3. |
Βουλή των Αντιπροσώπων (House of Representatives) |
|
4. |
Δικαστική Υπηρεσία (Judicial Service) |
|
5. |
Νομική Υπηρεσία της Δημοκρατίας (Law Office of the Republic) |
|
6. |
Ελεγκτική Υπηρεσία της Δημοκρατίας (Audit Office of the Republic) |
|
7. |
Επιτροπή Δημόσιας Υπηρεσίας (Public Service Commission) |
|
8. |
Επιτροπή Εκπαιδευτικής Υπηρεσίας (Educational Service Commission) |
|
9. |
Γραφείο Επιτρόπου Διοικήσεως (Office of the Commissioner for Administration (Ombudsman)) |
|
10. |
Επιτροπή Προστασίας Ανταγωνισμού (Commission for the Protection of Competition) |
|
11. |
Υπηρεσία Εσωτερικού Ελέγχου (Internal Audit Service) |
|
12. |
Γραφείο Προγραμματισμού (Planning Bureau) |
|
13. |
Γενικό Λογιστήριο της Δημοκρατίας (Treasury of the Republic) |
|
14. |
Γραφείο Επιτρόπου Προστασίας Δεδομένων Προσωπικού Χαρακτήρα (Office of the Personal Character Data Protection Commissioner) |
|
15. |
Γραφείο Επιτρόπου Νομοθεσίας (Law Commissioner Office) |
|
16. |
Γραφείο Εφόρου Δημοσίων Ενισχύσεων (Office of the Commissioner for the Public Aid) |
|
17. |
Υπουργείο Άμυνας (Ministry of Defence) (1) |
|
18. |
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19. |
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|
20. |
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|
21. |
|
|
22. |
|
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23. |
Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
|
24. |
|
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25. |
Υπουργείο Παιδείας και Πολιτισμού (Ministry of Εducation and Culture) |
|
26. |
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27. |
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LATVIA
|
1. |
Valsts prezidenta kanceleja (Chancellery of the State President) |
|
2. |
Saeimas kanceleja (Chancellery of the Parliament) |
|
3. |
Aizsardzības ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Defence and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) (1) |
|
4. |
Ārlietu ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
5. |
Ekonomikas ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Economics and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
6. |
Finanšu ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Finance and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
7. |
Iekšlietu ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of the Interior and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
8. |
Izglītības un zinātnes ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Education and Science and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
9. |
Kultūras ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Culture and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
10. |
Labklājības ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Welfare and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
11. |
Reģionālās attīstības un pašvaldību lietu ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Regional Development and local governments and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
12. |
Satiksmes ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Transport and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
13. |
Tieslietu ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Justice and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
14. |
Veselības ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Health and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
15. |
Vides ministrija un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Environment and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
16. |
Zemkopības ministrija un tās pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Ministry of Agriculture and institutions under its supervision) |
|
17. |
Īpašu uzdevumu ministrs bērnu un ģimenes lietās un tā pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Minister for Special Assignments for Children and Family Affairs and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
18. |
Īpašu uzdevumu ministrs sabiedrības integrācijas lietās un tā pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Minister for Special Assignments for Integration Affairs and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
19. |
Augstākās izglītības padome (Council of Higher Education) |
|
20. |
Eiropas lietu birojs (European Affairs Bureau) |
|
21. |
Valsts kanceleja un tās pakļautībā un pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (State Chancellery and institutions subordinate to it and under its supervision) |
|
22. |
Centrālā vēlēšanu komisija (Central Election Commission) |
|
23. |
Finansu un kapitāla tirgus komisija (Financial and Capital Market Commission) |
|
24. |
Latvijas Banka (Bank of Latvia) |
|
25. |
Nacionālie bruņotie spēki (National Armed Forces) |
|
26. |
Nacionālā radio un televīzijas padome (National Broadcasting Council) |
|
27. |
Sabiedrisko pakalpojumu regulēšanas komisija (Public Utilities Commission) |
|
28. |
Satversmes aizsardzības birojs (Constitution Defence Bureau) |
|
29. |
Valsts cilvēktiesību birojs (State Human Rights Bureau) |
|
30. |
Valsts kontrole (State Audit Office) |
|
31. |
Satversmes tiesa (Constitutional Court) |
|
32. |
Augstākā tiesa (Supreme Court) |
|
33. |
Prokuratūra un tās pārraudzībā esošās iestādes (Prosecutor's Office and institutions under its supervision) |
LITHUANIA
|
1. |
Prezidento kanceliarija (Chancellery of the Office of the President) |
|
2. |
Seimo kanceliarija (Chancellery of the Seimas (Parliament)) |
|
3. |
Konstitucinis Teismas (The Constitutional Court) |
|
4. |
Vyriausybės kanceliarija (Chancellery of the Government) |
|
5. |
Aplinkos ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Environment and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
6. |
Finansų ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Finance and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
7. |
Krašto apsaugos ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of National Defence and institutions under the Ministry) (1) |
|
8. |
Kultūros ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Culture and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
9. |
Socialinės apsaugos ir darbo ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Social Security and Labour and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
10. |
Susisiekimo ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Transport and Communications and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
11. |
Sveikatos apsaugos ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Health and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
12. |
Švietimo ir mokslo ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Education and Science and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
13. |
Teisingumo ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Justice and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
14. |
Ūkio ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Economy and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
15. |
Užsienio reikalų ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Foreign Affairs and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
16. |
Vidaus reikalų ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Internal Affairs and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
17. |
Žemės ūkio ministerija ir įstaigos prie ministerijos (Ministry of Agriculture and institutions under the Ministry) |
|
18. |
Nacionalinė teismų administracija (National Courts Administration) |
|
19. |
Lietuvos kariuomenė ir jos padaliniai (Lithuanian Armed Forces and structure thereof) (1) |
|
20. |
Generalinė prokuratūra (The General Public Prosecutor's Office) |
|
21. |
Valstybės kontrolė (State Control) |
|
22. |
Lietuvos bankas (Bank of Lithuania) |
|
23. |
Specialiųjų tyrimų tarnyba (Special Investigation Service) |
|
24. |
Konkurencijos taryba (Competition Council) |
|
25. |
Lietuvos gyventojų genocido ir rezistencijos tyrimo centras (Genocide and Resistance Research Centre of Lithuania) |
|
26. |
Nacionalinė sveikatos taryba (National Health Council) |
|
27. |
Moterų ir vyrų lygių galimybių kontrolieriaus tarnyba (Office of the Equal Opportunities Ombudsman) |
|
28. |
Vaiko teisių apsaugos kontrolieriaus įstaiga (Children's Rights Ombudsmen Institution) |
|
29. |
Seimo kontrolierių įstaiga (Ombudsman Office of the Seimas) |
|
30. |
Valstybinė lietuvių kalbos komisija (State Commission of the Lithuanian Language) |
|
31. |
Valstybinė paminklosaugos komisija (State Commission for Cultural Heritage Protection) |
|
32. |
Vertybinių popierių komisija (Lithuanian Security Commission) |
|
33. |
Vyriausioji rinkimų komisija (Central Electoral Committee) |
|
34. |
Vyriausioji tarnybinės etikos komisija (Chief Commission of Official Ethics) |
|
35. |
Etninės kultūros globos taryba (Council for the Protection of Ethnic Culture) |
|
36. |
Žurnalistų etikos inspektoriaus tarnyba (Office of the Inspector of Journalists' Ethics) |
|
37. |
Valstybės saugumo departamentas (State Security Department) |
|
38. |
Valstybinė kainų ir energetikos kontrolės komisija (National Control Commission for Prices and Energy) |
|
39. |
Vyriausioji administracinių ginčų komisija (Chief Administrative Disputes Commission) |
|
40. |
Mokestinių ginčų komisija (Commission on Tax Disputes) |
|
41. |
Valstybinė lošimų priežiūros komisija (State Gambling Supervisory Commission) |
|
42. |
Lietuvos archyvų departamentas (Lithuanian Archives Department) |
|
43. |
Europos teisės departamentas (European Law Department) |
|
44. |
Lietuvos mokslo taryba (The Lithuanian Council of Science) |
|
45. |
Ginklų fondas (Weaponry Fund) |
|
46. |
Lietuvos valstybinis mokslo ir studijų fondas (Lithuanian State Science and Studies Foundation) |
|
47. |
Informacinės visuomenės plėtros komitetas (Information Society Development Committee) |
|
48. |
Kūno kultūros ir sporto departamentas (Lithuanian State Department of Physical Culture and Sport) |
|
49. |
Ryšių reguliavimo tarnyba (Lithuanian Telecommunications Regulator) |
|
50. |
Statistikos departamentas (Department of Statistics) |
|
51. |
Tautinių mažumų ir išeivijos departamentas (Department of National Minorities and Lithuanians Living Abroad) |
|
52. |
Valstybinė atominės energetikos saugos inspekcija (State Nuclear Safety Inspectorate) |
|
53. |
Valstybinė duomenų apsaugos inspekcija (State Data Protection Inspectorate) |
|
54. |
Valstybinė maisto ir veterinarijos tarnyba (State Food and Veterinary Service) |
|
55. |
Valstybinė ligonių kasa (State Patients' Fund) |
|
56. |
Valstybinė tabako ir alkoholio kontrolės tarnyba (State Tobacco and Alcohol Control Service) |
|
57. |
Viešųjų pirkimų tarnyba (Public Procurement Office) |
|
58. |
Lietuvos Aukščiausiasis Teismas (The Supreme Court of Lithuania) |
|
59. |
Lietuvos apeliacinis teismas (The Court of Appeal of Lithuania) |
|
60. |
Lietuvos vyriausiasis administracinis teismas (The Supreme Administrative Court of Lithuania) |
|
61. |
Apygardų teismai (County Courts of Lithuania) |
|
62. |
Apygardų administraciniai teismai (County Administrative Courts of Lithuania) |
|
63. |
Apylinkių teismai (District Courts of Lithuania). |
HUNGARY
|
1. |
Belügyminisztérium (Ministry of the Interior) |
|
2. |
Egészségügyi, Szociális és Családügyi Minisztérium (Ministry of Health, Social and Family Affairs) |
|
3. |
Foglalkoztatáspolitikai és Munkaügyi Minisztérium (Ministry of Employment Policy and Labour Affairs) |
|
4. |
Földművelésügyi és Vidékfejlesztési Minisztérium (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) |
|
5. |
Gazdasági és Közlekedési Minisztérium (Ministry of Economy and Transport) |
|
6. |
Gyermek-, Ifjúsági és Sportminisztérium (Ministry of Children, Youth and Sports) |
|
7. |
Honvédelmi Minisztérium (Ministry of Defence) (1) |
|
8. |
Igazságügyi Minisztérium (Ministry of Justice) |
|
9. |
Informatikai és Hírközlési Minisztérium (Ministry of Informatics and Communications) |
|
10. |
Környezetvédelmi és Vízügyi Minisztérium (Ministry of Environment and Water Management) |
|
11. |
Külügyminisztérium (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
|
12. |
Miniszterelnöki Hivatal (Prime Minister's Office) |
|
13. |
Nemzeti Kulturális Örökség Minisztériuma (Ministry of Cultural Heritage) |
|
14. |
Oktatási Minisztérium (Ministry of Education) |
|
15. |
Pénzügyminisztérium (Ministry of Finance) |
|
16. |
Központi Szolgáltatási Főigazgatóság (Central Services Directorate) |
MALTA
|
1. |
Uffiċċju tal-President (Office of the President) |
|
2. |
Uffiċċju ta' l-Iskrivan tal-Kamra tad-Deputati (Office of the Clerk to the House of Representatives) |
|
3. |
Uffiċċju tal-Prim Ministru (Office of the Prime Minister) (2) |
|
4. |
Ministeru għall-Politika Soċjali (Ministry for Social Policy) |
|
5. |
Ministeru ta' l-Edukazzjoni (Ministry of Education) |
|
6. |
Ministeru tal-Finanzi u l-Affarijiet Ekonomiċi (Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs) |
|
7. |
Ministeru tar-Riżorsi u l-Infrastruttura (Ministry for Resources and Infrastructure) |
|
8. |
Ministeru tat-Turiżmu (Ministry for Tourism) |
|
9. |
Ministeru għat-Trasport u Komunikazzjoni (Ministry for Transport and Communications) |
|
10. |
Ministeru tal-Ġustizzja u l-Intern (Ministry for Justice and Home Affairs) |
|
11. |
Ministeru għall-Affarijiet Rurali u l-Ambjent (Ministry for Rural Affairs and the Environment) |
|
12. |
Ministeru għal Għawdex (Ministry for Gozo) |
|
13. |
Ministeru tas-Saħħa (Ministry of Health) |
|
14. |
Ministeru ta' l-Affarijiet Barranin (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
|
15. |
Ministeru għat-Teknoloġija ta' l-Informazzjoni u Investiment (Ministry for Information Technology and Investment) |
|
16. |
Ministeru għaż-Żgħażagħ u l-Kultura (Ministry for Youth and the Arts) |
POLAND
|
1. |
Kancelaria Prezydenta RP (Chancellery of the President of the Republic of Poland) |
|
2. |
Kancelaria Sejmu RP (Chancellery of the Sejm) |
|
3. |
Kancelaria Senatu RP (Chancellery of the Senate) |
|
4. |
Sąd Najwyższy (Supreme Court) |
|
5. |
Naczelny Sąd Administracyjny (Supreme Administrative Court) |
|
6. |
Trybunał Konstytucyjny (Constitutional Court) |
|
7. |
Najwyższa Izba Kontroli (Supreme Chamber of Control) |
|
8. |
Biuro Rzecznika Praw Obywatelskich (Office of the Ombudsman) |
|
9. |
Krajowa Rada Radiofonii i Telewizji (National Broadcasting Council) |
|
10. |
Generalny Inspektor Ochrony Danych Osobowych (Inspector General for the Protection of Personal Data) |
|
11. |
Państwowa Komisja Wyborcza (State Election Commission) |
|
12. |
Krajowe Biuro Wyborcze (National Election Office) |
|
13. |
Państwowa Inspekcja Pracy (National Labour Inspectorate) |
|
14. |
Biuro Rzecznika Praw Dziecka (Office of the Children's Rigths Ombudsman) |
|
15. |
Kancelaria Prezesa Rady Ministrów (Prime Minister's Chancellery) |
|
16. |
Ministerstwo Finansów (Ministry of Finance) |
|
17. |
Ministerstwo Gospodarki Pracy i Polityki Społecznej (Ministry of Economy, Labour and Social Policy) |
|
18. |
Ministerstwo Kultury (Ministry of Culture) |
|
19. |
Ministerstwo Nauki i Informatyzacji (Ministry of Science and Informatisation) |
|
20. |
Ministerstwo Obrony Narodowej (Ministry of National Defence) (1) |
|
21. |
Ministerstwo Rolnictwa i Rozwoju Wsi (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development) |
|
22. |
Ministerstwo Skarbu Państwa (Ministry of the State Treasury) |
|
23. |
Ministerstwo Sprawiedliwości (Ministry of Justice) |
|
24. |
Ministerstwo Infrastruktury (Ministry of Infrastructure) |
|
25. |
Ministerstwo Środowiska (Ministry of Environment) |
|
26. |
Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji (Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration) |
|
27. |
Ministerstwo Spraw Zagranicznych (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
|
28. |
Ministerstwo Zdrowia (Ministry of Health) |
|
29. |
Ministerstwo Edukacji Narodowej i Sportu (Ministry of National Education and Sport) |
|
30. |
Urząd Komitetu Integracji Europejskiej (Office of the Committee for European Integration) |
|
31. |
Rządowe Centrum Studiów Strategicznych (Government Centre for Strategic Studies) |
|
32. |
Agencja Restrukturyzacji i Modernizacji Rolnictwa (Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture) |
|
33. |
Agencja Rynku Rolnego (Agriculture Market Agency) |
|
34. |
Agencja Własności Rolnej Skarbu Państwa (State Treasury Agricultural Property Agency) |
|
35. |
Narodowy Fundusz Zdrowia (National Health Fund) |
|
36. |
Polska Akademia Nauk (Polish Academy of Science) |
|
37. |
Polskie Centrum Akredytacji (Polish Acreditation Centre) |
|
38. |
Polski Komitet Normalizacyjny (Polish Committee for Standardisation) |
|
39. |
Rządowe Centrum Legislacji (Government Legislation Centre) |
|
40. |
Zakład Ubezpieczeń Społecznych (Social Insurance Office) |
|
41. |
Komisja Nadzoru Ubezpieczeń i Funduszy Emerytalnych (Insurance and Pension Funds Supervisiory Commission) |
|
42. |
Komisja Papierów Wartościowych i Giełd (Polish Securities and Exchange Commission) |
|
43. |
Główny Urząd Miar (Main Office of Measures) |
|
44. |
Urząd Patentowy Rzeczpospolitej Polskiej (Patent Office of the Republic of Poland) |
|
45. |
Urząd Regulacji Energetyki (The Energy Regulatory Authority of Poland) |
|
46. |
Urząd do Spraw Kombatantów i Osób Represjonowanych (Office for Military Veterans and Victims of Repression) |
|
47. |
Generalna Dyrekcja Dróg Krajowych i Autostrad (The General Directorate of National Roads and Motorways) |
|
48. |
Urząd Transportu Kolejowego (Office for Railroad Transport) |
|
49. |
Urząd Głównego Inspektora Transportu Drogowego (Office of the Main Inspector of Road Transport) |
|
50. |
Główny Urząd Geodezji i Kartografii (The Main Office of Geodesy and Cartography) |
|
51. |
Główny Urząd Nadzoru Budowlanego (The Main Office for Construction Supervision) |
|
52. |
Urząd Lotnictwa Cywilnego (The Main Office for Civil Aviation) |
|
53. |
Urząd Regulacji Telekomunikacji i Poczty (Office for Telecommunication Regulation and Post) |
|
54. |
Naczelna Dyrekcja Archiwów Państwowych (The Main Directorate for National Archives) |
|
55. |
Kasa Rolniczego Ubezpieczenia Społecznego (Farmers Social Security Fund) |
|
56. |
Główny Inspektorat Inspekcji Ochrony Roślin i Nasiennictwa (The Main Inspectorate for the Inspection of Plant and Seeds Protection) |
|
57. |
Główny Inspektorat Jakości Handlowej Artykułów Rolno-Spożywczych (The Main Inspectorate of Commercial Quality of Agri-Food Products) |
|
58. |
Główny Inspektorat Weterynarii (The Main Veterinary Inspectorate) |
|
59. |
Komenda Główna Państwowej Straży Pożarnej (The Chief Command of the National Fire Guard) |
|
60. |
Komenda Główna Policji (The Chief Police Command) |
|
61. |
Komenda Główna Straży Granicznej (The Chief Boarder Guards Command) |
|
62. |
Urząd do Spraw Repatriacji i Cudzoziemców (Office for Repatriation and Foreigners) |
|
63. |
Urząd Zamówień Publicznych (Public Procurement Office) |
|
64. |
Wyższy Urząd Górniczy (Main Mining Office) |
|
65. |
Główny Inspektorat Ochrony Środowiska (The Main Inspectorate for Environment Protection) |
|
66. |
Państwowa Agencja Atomistyki (State Atomic Agency) |
|
67. |
Główny Inspektorat Farmaceutyczny (Main Pharmaceutical Inspectorate) |
|
68. |
Główny Inspektorat Sanitarny (Main Sanitary Inspectorate) |
|
69. |
Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego (Internal Security Agency) |
|
70. |
Agencja Wywiadu (Foreign Intelligence Agency) |
|
71. |
Główny Urząd Statystyczny (Main Statistical Office) |
|
72. |
Urząd Ochrony Konkurencji i Konsumentów (Office for Competition and Consumer Protection) |
|
73. |
Urząd Służby Cywilnej (Civil Service Office) |
|
74. |
Instytut Pamięci Narodowej — Komisja Ścigania Zbrodni Przeciwko Narodowi Polskiemu (National Remembrance Institute — Commission for the Prosecution of Crimes Against the Polish Nation) |
|
75. |
Państwowa Agencja Inwestycji Zagranicznych (State Foreign Investment Agency) |
|
76. |
Polska Konfederacja Sportu (Polish Confederation of Sport) |
|
77. |
Narodowy Bank Polski (National Bank of Poland) |
|
78. |
Narodowy Fundusz Ochrony Środowiska i Gospodarki Wodnej (The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management) |
|
79. |
Państwowy Fundusz Rehabilitacji Osób Niepełnosprawnych (State Fund for the Rehabilitation of the Disabled) |
|
80. |
Polskie Centrum Badań i Certyfikacji (Polish Centre for Testing and Certification) |
|
81. |
Agencja Mienia Wojskowego (Agency for Military Property) (1) |
SLOVENIA
|
1. |
Predsednik Republike Slovenije (President of the Republic of Slovenia) |
|
2. |
Državni zbor (The National Assembly) |
|
3. |
Državni svet (The National Council) |
|
4. |
Varuh človekovih pravic (The Ombudsman) |
|
5. |
Ustavno sodišče (The Constitutional Court) |
|
6. |
Računsko sodišče (The Court of Audits) |
|
7. |
Državna revizijska komisja (The National Review Commission) |
|
8. |
Slovenska akademija znanosti in umetnosti (The Slovenian Academy of Science and Art) |
|
9. |
Vladne službe (The Government Services) |
|
10. |
Ministrstvo za finance (Ministry of Finance) |
|
11. |
Ministrstvo za notranje zadeve (Ministry of Internal Affairs) |
|
12. |
Ministrstvo za zunanje zadeve (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
|
13. |
Ministrstvo za obrambo (Ministry of Defence) (1) |
|
14. |
Ministrstvo za pravosodje (Ministry of Justice) |
|
15. |
Ministrstvo za gospodarstvo (Ministry of the Economy) |
|
16. |
Ministrstvo za kmetijstvo, gozdarstvo in prehrano (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food) |
|
17. |
Ministrstvo za promet (Ministry of Transport) |
|
18. |
Ministrstvo za okolje, prostor in energijo (Ministry of Environment, Spatial Planning and Energy) |
|
19. |
Ministrstvo za delo, družino in socialne zadeve (Ministry of Labour, Family and Social Affairs) |
|
20. |
Ministrstvo za zdravje (Ministry of Health) |
|
21. |
Ministrstvo za informacijsko družbo (Ministry of Information Society) |
|
22. |
Ministrstvo za šolstvo, znanost in šport (Ministry of Education, Science and Sport) |
|
23. |
Ministrstvo za kulturo (Ministry of Culture) |
|
24. |
Vrhovno sodišče Republike Slovenije (The Supreme Court of the Republic of Slovenia) |
|
25. |
Višja sodišča (Higher Courts) |
|
26. |
Okrožna sodišča (District Courts) |
|
27. |
Okrajna sodišča (County Courts) |
|
28. |
Vrhovno tožilstvo Republike Slovenije (The Supreme Prosecutor of the Republic of Slovenia) |
|
29. |
Okrožna državna tožilstva (Districts' State Prosecutors) |
|
30. |
Družbeni pravobranilec Republike Slovenije (Social Attorney of the Republic of Slovenia) |
|
31. |
Državno pravobranilstvo Republike Slovenije (National Attorney of the Republic of Slovenia) |
|
32. |
Upravno sodišče Republike Slovenije (Administrative Court of the Republic of Slovenia) |
|
33. |
Senat za prekrške Republike Slovenije (Senat of Minor Offences of the Republic of Slovenia) |
|
34. |
Višje delovno in socialno sodišče v Ljubljani (Higher Labour and Social Court) |
|
35. |
Delovna sodišča (Labour Courts) |
|
36. |
Sodniki za prekrške (Judges of Minor Offences) |
|
37. |
Upravne enote (Local Administration Units) |
SLOVAKIA
|
1. |
Kancelária Prezidenta Slovenskej republiky (The Office of the President of the Slovak Republic) |
|
2. |
Národná rada Slovenskej republiky (National Council of the Slovak Republic) |
|
3. |
Úrad vlády Slovenskej republiky (The Office of the Government of the Slovak Republic) |
|
4. |
Ministerstvo zahraničných vecí Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) |
|
5. |
Ministerstvo hospodárstva Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Economy of the Slovak Republic) |
|
6. |
Ministerstvo obrany Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Defence of the Slovak Republic) (1) |
|
7. |
Ministerstvo vnútra Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic) |
|
8. |
Ministerstvo financií Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Finance of the Slovak Republic) |
|
9. |
Ministerstvo kultúry Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Culture of the Slovak Republic) |
|
10. |
Ministerstvo zdravotníctva Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Health of the Slovak Republic) |
|
11. |
Ministerstvo práce, sociálnych vecí a rodiny Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family of the Slovak Republic) |
|
12. |
Ministerstvo školstva Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Education of the Slovak Republic) |
|
13. |
Ministerstvo spravodlivosti Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Justice of the Slovak Republic) |
|
14. |
Ministerstvo životného prostredia Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Environment of the Slovak Republic) |
|
15. |
Ministerstvo pôdohospodárstva Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Agriculture of the Slovak Republic) |
|
16. |
Ministerstvo dopravy, pôšt a telekomunikácií Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunication of the Slovak Republic) |
|
17. |
Ministerstvo výstavby a regionálneho rozvoja Slovenskej republiky (Ministry of Construction and Regional Development of the Slovak Republic) |
|
18. |
Ústavný súd Slovenskej republiky (Constitutional Court of the Slovak Republic) |
|
19 |
Najvyšší súd Slovenskej republiky (Supreme Court of the Slovak Republic) |
|
20. |
Generálna prokuratúra Slovenskej republiky (Public Prosecution of the Slovak Republic) |
|
21. |
Najvyšší kontrolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Supreme Audit Office of the Slovak Republic) |
|
22. |
Protimonopolný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Antimonopoly Office of the Slovak Republic) |
|
23. |
Úrad pre verejné obstarávanie (Office for Public Procurement) |
|
24. |
Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky (Statistical Office of the Slovak Republic) |
|
25. |
Úrad geodézie, kartografie a katastra Slovenskej republiky (Office of the Land Register of the Slovak Republic) |
|
26. |
Úrad pre normalizáciu, metrológiu a skúšobníctvo Slovenskej republiky (Office of Standards, Metrology and Testing of the Slovak Republic) |
|
27. |
Telekomunikačný úrad Slovenskej republiky (Telecommunications Office of the Slovak Republic) |
|
28. |
Úrad priemyselného vlastníctva Slovenskej republiky (Industrial Property Office of the Slovak Republic) |
|
29. |
Úrad pre finančný trh (Office for the Finance Market) |
|
30. |
Národný bezpečnostný úrad (National Security Office) |
|
31. |
Poštový úrad (Post Office) |
|
32. |
Úrad na ochranu osobných údajov (Office for Personal Data Protection) |
|
33. |
Kancelária verejného ochrancu práv (Ombudsman's Office) |
Appendix 2
ENTITIES AT SUBCENTRAL LEVEL AND BODIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW
ENTITIES WHICH PROCURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE
LISTS OF BODIES AND CATEGORIES OF BODIES GOVERNED BY PUBLIC LAW
XVI. CZECH REPUBLIC:
|
— |
Fond národního majetku (National Property Fund) |
|
— |
Pozemkový fond (Land Fund) |
|
— |
Other State funds |
|
— |
Česká národní banka (Czech National Bank) |
|
— |
Česká televize (Czech Television) |
|
— |
Český rozhlas (Czech Radio) |
|
— |
Rada pro rozhlasové a televizní vysílání (Council for Radio and Television Broadcasting) |
|
— |
Česká konsolidační agentura (Czech Consolidation Agency) |
|
— |
Health insurance agencies |
|
— |
Universities |
|
— |
Other legal entities established by a special Act which for their operation and in compliance with budget regulations use money from the State budget, State funds, contributions of international institutions, district authority budget, or budgets of self-governing territorial divisions. |
XVII. ESTONIA:
Bodies:
|
— |
Eesti Kunstiakadeemia (Estonian Academy of Arts) |
|
— |
Eesti Liikluskindlustuse Fond (Estonian Traffic Insurance Foundation) |
|
— |
Eesti Muusikaakadeemia (Estonian Academy of Music) |
|
— |
Eesti Põllumajandusülikool (Estonian Agricultural University) |
|
— |
Eesti Raadio (Estonian Radio) |
|
— |
Eesti Teaduste Akadeemia (Estonian Academy of Sciences) |
|
— |
Eesti Televisioon (Estonian Television) |
|
— |
Hoiuste Tagamise Fond (Deposit Guarantee Fund) |
|
— |
Hüvitusfond (Compensation Fund) |
|
— |
Kaitseliidu Peastaap (Defence League Headquarters) |
|
— |
Keemilise ja Bioloogilise Füüsika Instituut (National Institute of Chemical Physics and Biophysics) |
|
— |
Keskhaigekassa (Central Health Insurance Fund) |
|
— |
Kultuurkapital (Cultural Endowment of Estonia) |
|
— |
Notarite Koda (The Chamber of Notaries) |
|
— |
Rahvusooper Estonia (Estonian National Opera) |
|
— |
Rahvusraamatukogu (National Library of Estonia) |
|
— |
Tallinna Pedagoogikaülikool (Tallinn Pedagogical University) |
|
— |
Tallinna Tehnikaülikool (Tallinn Technical University) |
|
— |
Tartu Ülikool (University of Tartu) |
Categories:
|
— |
Other legal persons governed by public law whose public works contracts are subject to State control |
XVIII. CYPRUS:
|
— |
Αρχή Ανάπτυξης Ανθρώπινου Δυναμικού Κύπρου (Human Resource Development Authority) |
|
— |
Αρχή Κρατικών Εκθέσεων (Cyprus State Fair Authority) |
|
— |
Επιτροπή Σιτηρών Κύπρου (Cyprus Grain Commission) |
|
— |
Επιστημονικό Τεχνικό Επιμελητήριο Κύπρου (Scientific and Technical Chamber of Cyprus) |
|
— |
Θεατρικός Οργανισμός Κύπρου (National Theatre of Cyprus) |
|
— |
Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Αθλητισμού (Cyprus Sports Organisation) |
|
— |
Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Τουρισμού (Cyprus Tourism Organisation) |
|
— |
Κυπριακός Οργανισμός Αναπτύξεως Γης (Cyprus Land Development Corporation) |
|
— |
Οργανισμός Γεωργικής Ασφαλίσεως (Agricultural Insurance Organisation) |
|
— |
Οργανισμός Κυπριακής Γαλακτοκομικής Βιομηχανίας (Cyprus Milk Industry Organisation) |
|
— |
Οργανισμός Νεολαίας Κύπρου (Youth Board of Cyprus) |
|
— |
Οργανισμός Χρηματοδοτήσεως Στέγης (Housing Finance Corporation) |
|
— |
Συμβούλια Αποχετεύσεων (Sewerage Boards) |
|
— |
Συμβούλια Σφαγείων (Slaughterhouse Boards) |
|
— |
Σχολικές Εφορίες (School Boards) |
|
— |
Χρηματιστήριο Αξιών Κύπρου (Cyprus Stock Exchange) |
|
— |
Επιτροπή Κεφαλαιαγοράς Κύπρου (Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission) |
|
— |
Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου (University of Cyprus) |
|
— |
Κεντρικός Φορέας Ισότιμης Κατανομής Βαρών (Central Agency for Equal Distribution of Burdens) |
|
— |
Αρχή Ραδιοτηλεόρασης Κύπρου (Cyprus Radio-Television Authority) |
XIX. LATVIA:
Categories:
|
— |
Bezpeļņas organizācijas, kuras nodibinājusi valsts vai pašvaldība un kuras tiek finansētas no valsts vai pašvaldības budžeta (Non-profit-making organisations established by the State or a local government and which the State budget or a local government budget finances) |
|
— |
Specializētie bērnu sociālās aprūpes centri (Specialised social care centres for children) |
|
— |
Specializētie valsts sociālās aprūpes pansionāti (Specialised State social care homes for old people) |
|
— |
Specializētie valsts sociālās aprūpes un rehabilitācijas centri (Specialised State social care and rehabilitation centres) |
|
— |
Valsts bibliotēkas (State libraries) |
|
— |
Valsts muzeji (State museums) |
|
— |
Valsts teātri (State theatres) |
|
— |
Valsts un pašvaldību aģentūras (State and local government agencies) |
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Valsts un pašvaldību pirmsskolas izglītības iestādes, kuras reģistrētas Izglītības un zinātnes ministrijas izglītības iestāžu reģistrā (State and local government pre-school education institutions registered in the Register of Education Institutions at the Ministry of Education and Science) |
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Valsts un pašvaldību interešu izglītības iestādes, kuras reģistrētas Izglītības un zinātnes ministrijas izglītības iestāžu reģistrā (State and local government institutions of hobby/interest education registered in the Register of Education Institutions at the Ministry of Education and Science) |
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Valsts un pašvaldību profesionālās ievirzes izglītības iestādes, kuras reģistrētas Izglītības un zinātnes ministrijas izglītības iestāžu reģistrā (State and local government vocational education institutions registered in the Register of Education Institutions at the Ministry of Education and Science) |
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Valsts un pašvaldību vispārējās izglītības iestādes, kuras reģistrētas Izglītības un zinātnes ministrijas izglītības iestāžu reģistrā (State and local government general education institutions registered in the Register of Education Institutions at the Ministry of Education and Science) |
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Valsts un pašvaldību pamata un vidējās profesionālās izglītības iestādes un koledžas, kuras reģistrētas Izglītības un zinātnes ministrijas izglītības iestāžu reģistrā (State and local government basic and secondary vocational education institutions and colleges (first level higher professional education institutions) registered in the Register of Education Institutions at the Ministry of Education and Science) |
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Valsts un pašvaldību augstākās izglītības iestādes, kuras reģistrētas Izglītības un zinātnes ministrijas izglītības iestāžu reģistrā (State and local government higher education institutions registered in the Register of Education Institutions at the Ministry of Education and Science) |
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Valsts zinātniskās institūcijas (State scientific reasearch entities) |
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Valsts veselības aprūpes iestādes (State health care establishments) |
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Citi publisko tiesību subjekti, kuru darbība nav saistīta ar komercdarbību (Other bodies governed by public law not having a commercial character) |
XX. LITHUANIA:
All bodies not having an industrial or commercial character whose procurement is subject to supervision by the Public Procurement Office under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania
XXI. HUNGARY:
Bodies:
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a megyei, illetőleg a regionális fejlesztési tanács (County and Regional Development Council), az elkülönített állami pénzalap kezelője (Managing Bodies of the Separate State Fund), a társadalombiztosítás igazgatási szerve (Social Security Administration Body) |
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a köztestület (public-law corporation) és a köztestületi költségvetési szerv (budgetary organ of a public-law corporation), valamint a közalapítvány (public foundation) |
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a Magyar Távirati Iroda Részvénytársaság (Hungarian News Agency plc.), a közszolgálati műsorszolgáltatók (public service broadcasters), valamint azok a köz-műsorszolgáltatók, amelyek működését többségében közpénzből finanszírozzák (public broadcasters financed mainly from the public budget) |
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az Állami Privatizációs és Vagyonkezelő Részvénytársaság (Hungarian Privatisation and State Holding Company) |
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a Magyar Fejlesztési Bank Részvénytársaság (Hungarian Development Bank Plc.), az a gazdálkodó szervezet, melyben a Magyar Fejlesztési Bank Részvénytársaság ellenőrző részesedéssel rendelkezik (business organisations on which the Hungarian Development Bank Plc. exercises a dominant influence). |
Categories:
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egyes központi és önkormányzati költségvetési szervek (certain budgetary organs) |
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alapítvány (foundation), társadalmi szervezet (civil society organisations), közhasznú társaság (public benefit company), biztosító egyesület (insurance association), víziközmű-társulat (public utility water works association) |
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business organisations established for the purpose of meeting needs in the general interest and controlled by public entities or financed mainly from the public budget. |
XXII. MALTA:
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Kunsill Malti għall-Iżvilupp Ekonomiku u Soċjali (Malta Council for Economic and Social Development) |
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Awtorità tax-Xandir (Broadcasting Authority) |
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MITTS Ltd. (Malta Information Technology and Training Services Ltd) |
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Awtorità għas-Saħħa u s-Sigurta' fuq il-Post tax-Xogħol (Occupational Health and Safety Authority) |
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Awtorità tad-Djar (Housing Authority) |
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Korporazzjoni għax-Xogħol u t-Taħrig (Employment and Training Corporation) |
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Fondazzjoni għas-Servizzi għall-Ħarsien Soċjali (Foundation for Social Welfare Services) |
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Sedqa |
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Appoġġ |
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Kummissjoni Nazzjonali Persuni b'Diżabilita` (National Commission for Persons with Disability) |
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Bord tal-Koperattivi (Cooperatives Board) |
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Fondazzjoni għaċ-Ċentru tal-Kreativita` (Foundation for the Centre of Creativity) |
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Orkestra Nazzjonali (National Orchestra) |
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Kunsill Malti għax-Xjenza u Teknoloġija (Malta Council for Science and Technology) |
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15. |
Teatru Manoel (Manoel Theatre) |
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Dar il-Mediterran għall-Konferenzi (Mediterranean Conference Centre) |
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Bank Ċentrali ta' Malta (Central Bank of Malta) |
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Awtorità għas-Servizzi Finanzjarji ta' Malta (Malta Financial Services Authority) |
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Borża ta' Malta (Malta Stock Exchange) |
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20. |
Awtorità dwar il-Lotteriji u l-Logħob (Lotteries and Gaming Authority) |
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Awtorità ta' Malta dwar ir-Riżorsi (Malta Resources Authority) |
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Kunsill Konsultattiv dwar l-Industrija tal-Bini (Building Industry Consultative Council) |
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23. |
Istitut għall-Istudju tat-Turiżmu (Institute of Tourism Studies) |
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24. |
Awtorità tat-Turiżmu ta' Malta (Malta Tourism Authority) |
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Awtorità ta' Malta dwar il-Komunikazzjoni (Malta Communications Authority) |
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Korporazzjoni Maltija għall-Iżvilupp (Malta Development Corporation) |
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Istitut għall-Promozzjoni ta' l-Intrapriżi Żgħar (IPSE Ltd) |
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Awtorità ta' Malta dwar l-Istandards (Malta Standards Authority) |
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Awtorità ta' Malta ta' l-Istatistika (Malta Statistics Authority) |
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30. |
Laboratorju Nazzjonali ta' Malta (Malta National Laboratory) |
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Metco Ltd |
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MGI/Mimcol |
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Maltapost plc |
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Gozo Channel Co. Ltd |
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Awtorità ta' Malta dwar l-Ambjent u l-Ippjanar (Malta Environment and Planning Authority) |
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Fondazzjoni għas-Servizzi Mediċi (Foundation for Medical Services) |
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Sptar Zammit Clapp (Zammit Clapp Hospital) |
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Ċentru Malti għall-Arbitraġġ (Malta Arbitration Centre) |
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Kunsilli Lokali (Local Councils) |
XXIII. POLAND:
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Uniwersytety i szkoły wyższe, wyższe szkoły pedagogiczne, ekonomiczne, rolnicze, artystyczne, teologiczne itp. (Universities and academic schools, pedagogical, economics, agricultural, artistic, theological academic schools, etc.)
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Państwowe i samorządowe instytucje kultury (national and self- governing cultural institutions) |
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Parki narodowe (national parks) |
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Agencje państwowe działające w formie spółek (national agencies acting in the form of companies) |
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Państwowe Gospodarstwo Leśne ‘Lasy Państwowe’ (‘State Forests’ National Forest Holding) |
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Podstawowe, gimnazjalne i ponadgimnazjalne szkoły publiczne (public primary and secondary schools) |
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Publiczni nadawcy radiowi i telewizyjni (public radio and TV broadcasters)
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Publiczne muzea, teatry, biblioteki i inne publiczne placówki kultury itp.: (public museums, theatres, libraries, other public cultural institutions, etc.)
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Publiczne placówki naukowe, jednostki badawczo- rozwojowe oraz inne placówki badawcze (Public research institutions, research and development institutions and other research institutions) |
XXIV. SLOVENIA:
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občine (local communities) |
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javni zavodi s področja vzgoje, izobraževanja ter športa (public institutes in the area of child care, education and sport) |
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javni zavodi s področja zdravstva (public institutes in the area of health care) |
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javni zavodi s področja socialnega varstva (public institutes in the area of security) |
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javni zavodi s področja kulture (public institutes in the area of culture) |
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javni zavodi s področja raziskovalne dejavnosti (public institutes in the area of science and research) |
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javni zavodi s področja kmetijstva in gozdarstva (public institutes in the area of agriculture and forestry) |
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javni zavodi s področja okolja in prostora (public institutes in the area of environment and spatial planning) |
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javni zavodi s področja gospodarskih dejavnosti (public institutes in the area of economic activities) |
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javni zavodi s področja malega gospodarstva in turizma (public institutes in the area of small enterprises and tourism) |
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javni zavodi s področja javnega reda in varnosti (public institutes in the area of public order and security) |
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agencije (agencies) |
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skladi socialnega zavarovanja (social security funds) |
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javni skladi na ravni države in na ravni občin (public funds at the level of the central government and local communities) |
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Družba za avtoceste v RS (Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia) |
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Pošta Slovenije (The Post Office of Slovenia) |
XXV. SLOVAKIA:
The procuring entity is defined in Article 3 § 1 of Act No. 263/1999 Z. z. on Public Procurement, as amended, as:
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an organisation financed by the State budget (e.g. ministries, other state administration authorities) or co-financed by the State budget (e.g. universities, colleges) and by a State goal-specific fund |
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a self-governed region, a municipality, an organisation of a self-governed region or municipality financed or co-financed by the same |
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a health insurance agency |
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a legal entity established by law as a public institution (e.g. Slovenská televízia, Slovenský rozhlas, Sociálna poisťovňa) |
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National Property Fund of the Slovak Republic |
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Slovak Land Fund |
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association of legal entities which was formed by the procuring entities stated in items 1 to 3. |
Appendix 3
ENTITIES OPERATING IN THE UTILITIES SECTOR
ENTITIES WHICH PROCURE IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS TITLE
SECTION 1
Contracting entities in the field of maritime or inland port or other terminal facilities
CZECH REPUBLIC
Operators of harbours (definition of entities is provided in Article 2, section 1(c)) and Article 3 of act No 40/2004 Sb on Public Procurement).
ESTONIA
Entities operating pursuant to Article 5 of the Public Procurement Act (RT I 2001, 40, 224) and Article 14 of the Competition Act (RT I 2001, 56 332).
CYPRUS
The Cyprus Ports Authority established by the Cyprus Ports Authority Law of 1973 (Η Αρχή Λιμένων Κύπρου, που εγκαθιδρύθηκε από τον περί Αρχής Λιμένων Κύπρου Νόμο του 1973).
LATVIA
Authorities, which govern ports in accordance with the law ‘Likums par ostām’:
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Rīgas brīvostas pārvalde (Rīga free port authority) |
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Ventspils brīvostas pārvalde (Ventspils free port authority) |
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Liepājas ostas pārvalde (Liepāja port authority) |
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Salacgrīvas ostas pārvalde (Salacgrīva port authority) |
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Skultes ostas pārvalde (Skulte port authority) |
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Lielupes ostas pārvalde (Lielupe port authority) |
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Engures ostas pārvalde (Engure port authority) |
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Mērsraga ostas pārvalde (Mērsrags port authority) |
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Pāvilostas pārvalde (Pāvilosta port authority) |
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Rojas ostas pārvalde (Roja port authority). |
LITHUANIA
Valstybės įmonė ‘Klaipėdos valstybinio jūrų uosto direkcija’ (State enterprise Klaipėda State Seaport Authority) operating pursuant to the Lietuvos Respublikos Klaipėdos valstybinio jūrų uosto įstatymas (Žin., 1996, No 53-1245).
Valstybės įmonė ‘Vidaus vandens kelių direkcija’ (State enterprise Inland Waterways Administration) operating pursuant to the Lietuvos Respublikos vidaus vandenų transporto kodeksas (Žin., 1996, No 105-2393).
Other entities operating in the field of maritime or inland port or other terminal facilities and being in compliance with the provisions of Lietuvos Respublikos viešųjų pirkimų įstatymas (Žin., 2002, No 118-5296).
HUNGARY
Public ports operated fully or partially by the State pursuant to Act XLII of 2000 on water transport (2000. évi XLII. törvény a vízi közlekedésről).
MALTA
L-Awtorita' Marittima ta' Malta (Malta Maritime Authority).
POLAND
Podmioty zajmujące się zarządzaniem portami morskimi lub śródlądowymi i udostępnianiem ich przewoźnikom morskim i śródlądowym. (Entities operating in the field of management of sea ports or inland harbours and letting them for use to sea and inland carriers.).
SLOVENIA
Morska pristanišča v državni ali delni lasti države, ko opravljajo gospodarsko javno službo, skladno s Pomorskim zakonikom (Uradni list RS, 26/01). (Sea ports in full or partial State ownership when performing economic public service in accordance with the Maritime Code (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 26).
SLOVAKIA
The procuring entity is defined in Article 3(2) and (3) of Act No 263/1999 Z. z. on Public Procurement, as amended, as a legal entity which deals in inland navigation by maintaining the waterways and by establishing and maintaining public ports and waterway facilities (Act No 338/2000 Z. z.— e.g. Prístav Bratislava, Prístav Komárno, Prístav Štúrovo).
SECTION 2
Contracting entities in the field of airport facilities
CZECH REPUBLIC
Operators of airports (definition of entities is provided in Article 2 section 1c) and Article 3 of act No 40/2004 Sb on Public Procurement).
ESTONIA
Entities operating pursuant to Article 5 of the Public Procurement Act (RT I 2001, 40, 224) and Article 14 of the Competition Act (RT I 2001, 56 332).
LATVIA
Valsts akciju sabiedrība ‘Latvijas gaisa satiksme’ (State public limited liability company Latvijas gaisa satiksme).
Valsts akciju sabiedrība ‘Starptautiskā lidosta Rīga’ (State public limited liability company International airport Rīga).
LITHUANIA
Airports operating pursuant to the Lietuvos Respublikos aviacijos įstatymas (Žin., 2000, No 94-2918) and Lietuvos Respublikos civilinės aviacijos įstatymas (Žin., 2000, No 66-1983).
Valstybės įmonė ‘Oro navigacija’ (State enterprise Oro navigacija) operating pursuant to the Lietuvos Respublikos aviacijos įstatymas (Žin., 2000, Nr. 94-2918) and Lietuvos Respublikos civilinės aviacijos įstatymas (Žin., 2000, No 66-1983).
Other entities operating in the field of airport facilities and being in compliance with the provisions of Lietuvos Respublikos viešųjų pirkimų įstatymas (Žin., 2002, No 118-5296).
HUNGARY
Airports operating on the basis of an authorisation pursuant to Act XCVII of 1995 on air traffic (1995. évi XCVII. törvény a légiközlekedésről).
Budapest Ferihegy International Airport managed by the Budapest Ferihegy International Airport Operator plc. (Budapest Ferihegy Nemzetközi Repülőtér managed by Budapest Ferihegy Nemzetközi Repülőtér Üzemeltetési Rt.) on the basis of Act XVI of 1991 on concessions (1991. évi XVI. törvény a koncesszióról), Act XCVII of 1995 on air traffic (1995. évi XCVII. törvény a légiközlekedésről), Decree No 45/2001. (XII. 20.) KöViM of the Minister of Transport and Water Management on winding-up the Air Traffic and Airport Administration and establishing HungaroControl Hungarian Air Navigation Services (45/2001. (XII. 20.) KöViM rendelet a Légiforgalmi és Repülőtéri Igazgatóság megszüntetéséről és a HungaroControl Magyar Légiforgalmi Szolgálat létrehozásáról).
MALTA
L-Ajruport Internazzjonali ta Malta (Malta International Airport).
POLAND
Przedsiębiorstwo Państwowe ‘Porty Lotnicze’ (the State enterprise Polish Airports).
SLOVENIA
Javna civilna letališča, skladno z Zakonom o letalstvu (Uradni list RS, 18/01). Public civil airports that operate in accordance with Civil Aviation Act (Official Gazette of the Republic of Slovenia, No 18/01).
SLOVAKIA
The procuring entity is defined in Article 3(2) and (3) of Act No 263/1999 Z. z. on Public Procurement, as amended, as a legal entity which deals in civil aviation by establishing and operating public airports and ground aviation facilities (Act No. 143/1998 Z.z. as amended — e.g. Airports — Letisko M.R. Štefánika, Letisko Košice — Barca, Letisko Poprad — Tatry, Letisko Sliač, Letisko Piešťany — managed by Slovenská správa letísk/Slovak Airports Administration/and operating on the basis of a licence issued by Ministry of Transport, Posts and Telecommunications of the Slovak Republic pursuant to paragraph 32 Act No 143/1998 Z. z. on Civil Aviation).
(1) Non-warlike materials contained in section 3 of Appendix I to Annex XI to this Agreement.
(2) Procurement of the armed forces of Malta: non-warlike materials contained in section 3 of Appendix I to Annex XI to the Agreement.
ANNEX X
List of publication means to be added to ANNEX XIII to the Association Agreement
Appendix 2
ESTONIA
Official Journal of the European Union
HUNGARY
Official Journal of the European Union
Közbeszerzési Értesítő (Public Procurement Bulletin)
Lapja (Public Procurement Bulletin — Official Journal of the Public Procurement Council)
SLOVENIA
Official Journal of the Republic of Slovenia
CZECH REPUBLIC
Official Journal of the Republic
Centrální adresa (Central Address)
CYPRUS
Official Journal of the European Union
Official Gazette of the Republic
Local Daily Press
POLAND
Official Journal of the European Union
Biuletyn Zamówień Publicznych (Public Procurement Bulletin)
MALTA
Official Gazette of the Republic
Government Gazette
LITHUANIA
Official Journal of the Republic of Lithuania
Information supplement ‘Informaciniai pranesimai’ to the Gazette (Valstybes zinios) of the Republic of Lithuania
LATVIA
Official Journal of the Republic of Latvia
Latvijas vestnesis (official newspaper)
SLOVAKIA
Official Journal of the European Union
Vestnik Verejneho Obstaravania (Public procurement journal)
