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19 December 2019  
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Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 
 THE THRESHOLDS IN APPENDIX I OF THE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT 
PROCUREMENT, AS EXPRESSED IN NATIONAL CURRENCIES FOR 2020 -2021 
NOTIFICATION FROM TH E EUROPEAN UNION  
Pursuant to the agreed procedures (GPA/1, Annex 3), delegations have been invited to notify their 
respective threshold values in national currencies.  
 
The following notification, dated 17 December 2019 , is being circulated at the request of the 
Delegation of the European Union.1 
 
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These thresholds are effective via  Commiss ion Delegated Regulation s (EU) N ° 2019/1827,  
No. 2019/1828, No. 2019/1829 and No. 2019/1830 as well as Commission Communication 
C/2019/7697 of 30 October 2019  published in the EU Official Journal of 31 October 2019:  
 
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 20 19/1827 amending Directive 2014/23/EU of the 
European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the threshold for concessions: 
https://eur -lex.europa.e u/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1572524521249&uri=CELEX:32019R1827  
 
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1828 amending Directive 2014/24/EU of the 
European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the thresholds for public supply, 
service and works contracts, and design contests: https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1572524521249&uri=CELEX:32019R1828   
 
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1829 amending Directive 2014/25/EU of the 
European Parlia ment and of the Council in respect of the thresholds for supply, service and 
works contracts, and design contests: https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
conten t/EN/TXT/?qid=1572524521249&uri=CELEX:32019R1829     
 
• Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1830 amending Directive 2009/81/EC of the 
European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the thresholds for supply, service and 
works contracts: https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1572524521249&uri=CELEX:32019R1830     
 
• Communication from the Commission C/2019/7697 on Corresponding values of  the 
thresholds of Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU, 2014/25/EU and 2009/81/EC: 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?qid=1572511909780& uri=OJ:JOC_2019_370_R_0001  
 
 
 
 
 
                                                
1 The Secretariat notes that the Protocol amending the Agreement on Government Procurement has 
entered into force for the European Union on 6  April 2014 and that the European Union's threshold values as 
expressed in SDR are the same under the revised and th e 1994 Agreement.  GPA/THR/EU/2  
 
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  1  THRESHOLDS IN APPEND IX I OF THE GPA, AS EXPRESSED IN NATIONA L CURRENCIES  
1.1  Central Government Entities (Annex  1) 
 Special 
Drawing 
Right (SDR)  Euro (EUR)  New 
Bulgarian Lev 
(BGN)  Czech Koruna 
(CZK)  Danish Krone 
(DKK)  Pound 
Sterling 
(GBP)  
Goods  130,000 139,000  271,856  3,568,964  1,036,259  122,976  
Services  130,000  139,000  271,856  3,568,964  1,036,259  122,976  
Construction 
Services  5,000,000  5,350,000  10,463,530  137,366,600  39,884,785  4,733,252  
 
 Special 
Drawing 
Right (SDR)  Croatian 
Kuna (HRK)  Hungarian 
Forint (HUF)  New Polish 
Zloty (PLN)  New 
Romanian 
Leu (RON)  Swedish 
Krona (SEK)  
Goods  130,000  1,033,076  44,279,840  593,433  649,895  1,427,377  
Services  130,000  1,033,076  44,279,840  593,433  649,895  1,427,377  
Construction 
Services  5,000,000  39,762,270  1,704,296,000  22,840,755  25,013,925  54,938,615  
 
1.2  Sub-central Government Entities (Annex 2)  
 SDR EUR BGN CZK DKK GBP 
Goods  200,000  214,000  418,541  5,494,664  1,595,391  189,330  
Services  200,000  214,000  418,541  5,494,664  1,595,391  189,330  
Construction 
Services  5,000,000  5,350,000  10,463,530  137,366,600  39,884,785  4,733,252  
 
 SDR HRK HUF PLN RON SEK 
Goods  200,000  1,590,491 68,171,840  913,630  1,000,557  2,197,545  
Services  200,000  1,590,491 68,171,840  913,630  1,000,557  2,197,545  
Construction 
Services  5,000,000  39,762,270  1,704,296,000  22,840,755  25,013,925  54,938,615 
 
1.3  Other Entities (Annex 3)  
 SDR EUR BGN CZK DKK GBP 
Goods  400,000  428,000  837,082  10,989,328  3,190,783  378,660  
Services  400,000  428,000  837,082  10,989,328  3,190,783  378,660  
Construction 
Services  5,000,000  5,350,000  10,463,530  137,366,600  39,884,785  4,733,252  
 
 SDR HRK HUF PLN RON SEK 
Goods  400,000  3,180,982  136,343,680  1,827,260  2,001,114  4,395,089  
Services  400,000  3,180,982  136,343,680  1,827,260  2,001,114  4,395,089  
Construction 
Services  5,000,000  39,762,270  1,704,296,000  22,840,755  25,013,925  54,938,615 
 
2  PERIOD OF VALIDITY F OR THE THRESHOLD  
The threshold levels provided above will apply to the period starting on 1 January 20 20 and ending 
on 31 December 20 21. 
 
3  METHOD OF CALCULATIO N 
The calculation of the thresholds of the Agreement on Government Procurement, expressed in 
Euro (EUR) and in national currencies, has been based on the average daily Special Drawing Right 
(SDR) to EUR exchange rate over 24  months from 1 September  2017 through 31 August  2019 
(SDR 1 = EUR 1 .20917 ). 
 
The value of the thresholds in Euro and in national currencies has been expressed without the 
value -added tax (VAT) , because  the European Union excludes VAT when calculating the value of 
contracts.  
 
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