\n| \n 4.1.2018<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n EN<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Official Journal of the European Union<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n L 1\/1<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
\nDECISION No 1\/2017 OF THE EU-COLOMBIA-PERU TRADE COMMITTEE<\/p>\n of 24 November 2017<\/p>\n amending Appendix 1 of Annex XII (\u2018Government Procurement\u2019) to the Trade Agreement between the European Union and its Member States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part [2018\/1]<\/p>\n THE TRADE COMMITTEE,<\/p>\n Having regard to the Trade Agreement between the European\u00a0Union (\u2018Union\u2019) and its Member\u00a0States, of the one part, and Colombia and Peru, of the other part (\u2018the Trade Agreement\u2019), and in particular Article 191 thereof,<\/p>\n Whereas:<\/p>\n \n\n\n <\/colgroup>\n\n\n| \n (1)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Article 191 of the Trade Agreement lays down the procedures whereby a Party may modify or rectify its coverage of procurement under Title VI of the Trade Agreement.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n\n <\/colgroup>\n\n\n| \n (2)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Subsection 2 of Section A to Appendix 1 of Annex XII (\u2018Government Procurement\u2019) to the Trade Agreement specifies sub-central government entities of Colombia whose procurement is covered under Title VI.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n\n <\/colgroup>\n\n\n| \n (3)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n Following exchanges between the Union and Colombia on the implementation of the Trade Agreement, Colombia notified the Union of its intention to add a note to Subsection 2 to specify that \u2018procuring entities\u2019 cover all sub-central public procuring entities, not having an industrial or commercial character. The Union and Colombia agree to such modification and that such modification will not require compensatory adjustments.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n \n\n\n <\/colgroup>\n\n\n| \n (4)<\/p>\n<\/td>\n | \n In order to include this note, Subsection 2 of Section A to Appendix 1 of Annex XII to the Trade Agreement must be modified. The decision to modify the Annex can be adopted in the Trade Committee set out under the Trade Agreement by the Union and Colombia (\u2018the signatory Andean Country concerned\u2019), pursuant to paragraph\u00a03 of Article 14 of the Trade Agreement, as it relates exclusively to the bilateral relationship between them,<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:<\/p>\n Article 1<\/p>\n The notes to Subsection 2 of Section A to Appendix 1 of Annex XII (\u2018Government Procurement\u2019) to the Trade Agreement shall be replaced as follows:<\/p>\n | | | | |