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27 April 2020 
(20-3285) Page: 1/1 
Committee on Government Procurement  Original: English  
 
 THE THRESHOLDS IN AP PENDIX I OF THE REVISED AGREEMENT AS EXPRESS ED 
IN NATIONAL CURRENCI ES FOR 20 18-2019  
THE KINGDOM OF NETHE RLANDS WITH RESPECT TO ARUBA  
Revision1 
Pursuant to the agreed procedures (GPA/1, Annex 3), delegations have been invited to notify their 
respective threshold values in national currencies.  
 
The information notified by The Kingdom of Netherlands with respect to Aruba for the period 
2018­2019 is reproduced below.  
 
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1  THRESHOLDS IN APPEND IX I OF THE GPA, AS EXPRESSED IN NATI ONAL CURRENCIES  
1.1  Central Government Entities (Annex 1)  
 Threshold Value in Special 
Drawing Right (SDR)  Threshold Value in  
Aruban Florin  (AWG)  
Goods  100,000  248,087 
Services  100,000  248,087 
Construction services  4,000,000  9,923,464 
 
2  PERIOD OF VALIDITY F OR THE THRESHOLD  
The thresholds would be effective from 1 January 20 18 to 31 December 20 19. 
3  METHOD OF CALCULATIO N 
The calculation of the GPA threshold values in national currencies is based on the monthly  average 
exchange rates of the Aruban Florin  (AWG) in terms of the Special Drawing Right  (SDR) over 
the two-year period from October 2015 to September 2017 (SDR 1 = AWG 2.480866 ). 
 
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1 This Revision is being distributed in light of an error in the national currency referred to in the original 
notification.  