Commission Trade Policy Committee TTIP — P fiblic Procurement 9%: a? yh C will find attached a nbte by the ‘ : ja n classified EU/EU RESTRICTED ' sts of the 2 July 20] Withoutprejudice ‘ UROPEAN COMMISSION Directorate—General for e OBJ CTIVE: F or information and discWan 1 RESTREIN T UE RESTREINT UE % ‚k „ S: Member States (DS 1 comments expressed N content will be provided at the informal t sub: this document t0 the US before or o; 2 RESTREIN T UE The enclosed text revise fvvo previous documents submitte . 1”/l4 and DS 1235/14). The reviseds-ägää . ‚ä ‚wäome Member States. An Opportunä? Rio the ext takes into account the ß ‚ r" EU—Ü . 2 July 2014 IP Negatiationg Without prejudice N *DELIVERABLES IN AN INIT OFFER CONCERNING V NTRAL LEVEL N PUBLIC PRÖCUREMENT (IN PARTICULÄfi ‘9. ISSUES RELATED T0 ANNE ) the High Level Working mm of TTIP 1n the area of government procukrement improved access to?’ vemment procurement opp f niti N . asis of natio In this context sub tially improved access at sgäcentral level in the US guar ;‚f_j_:_‚jjteed to tates and relevant sub-centgw which account for Egproximately 60% o critical component overall ’ und Egtands that präparations of . tak " ure ent oppo rtunities roc sseßment, is a particularly ‚ ackage. While the EU ov ring the sub—centraL _vel will gp-application o o t requirements t0 EU good W supäärs and se . R should convey the mes f’ Eother sub—central level “äods services, suppliers and providers, the EU - significangfi‘gmprovements in access for ' service rs. In that context it shoul manufactured in accord Ece with equally high ent and labour protection ° hat the EU is ready t0 . . . . . . 3?? . . 1procal baSIS not t0 scr1m1nate VIS a-VIS US good H \„ _me the process of consul '_ on with the States' ments and entities, this 5aper sets out without ce t0 other requests that e submitted at a later sta i o—‚ below ain elementsmwpf EU expectäffions for US geliverables in an offer ntral level on public procurfäfgent. The EU reiterates concerning the suba’i ‘ that it accepts, as iäaä‘t‘ggested by the US, that the ference for State level ' tiath revised GPA text. com 'tments Will be the recently n MAIN ELEMENTS EXPECTA'E‘IÖNS FOR « 2July 2014 7 Without prejudice ‘ y US to refrain from imsmg domestic content restrictions (e.g. “Buy Ame ” ' -ä-vis EU suppliers, 7 SCI‘ViCCS in procurement b5? ääub—federal entities (states, restrictions Including stricte domestic con’fEn x goods, services, suppliers " ' ' sub—federal ‚tities where major of State government es as defined‘ below. {2% JJ recalls that the issue of “flow-dääm” was raised in the EU benchm nträä: evel and that its appearance h schedule this commit place t0 exempt restric is done "without prejudice" as in the end. Inter alia, the reserv'fions which are currently in would be lifted. 2July 2014 ’ ii Without prejudice - rchasing Agents and Designa ed Purchasing Agents, as well as their subordi Comprehe‘ "sive coverag without major restrictio eal programs and e ove ge should be extended t0, forigäxample, ' lecommunications service '- „ Also respect tö transport ' on-applicaggn of domestic content restr :_ _ commitment 'would apply: o the main preference progammes applied by State and othe i nb—central entities, such as 3 =asides esses, but not for limited clearly circurhscribed im - 'ü ä TTIP Negatiations 2 July 2014 \ Without prejudice application „such policies vis-ä—vis EU and service providers. ds, services, suppliers as follows: Goods (supp ' 200.000, Construction serviäös (works): SDR 5.000.000. ents as identified above W „‚ the disciplines of the recent-L revised GPA t0 the full exte . . d 8. The EU alscgw serves the right t0 req 2% t0 other entities which wogfid qu