Customs

Under Article 1(2)(e) of the CEFTA 2006, CEFTA Parties committed to “Provide fair conditions of competition affecting foreign trade and investment and gradually open the government procurement markets of the Parties”.

The CEFTA 2006 contains a dedicated section on ‘Government Procurement’ under which CEFTA Parties committed to ensure that the procurement of its entities takes place in a transparent and reasonable manner, treats all suppliers of the other Parties equally, and is based on the principle of open and effective competition (Article 35(1) of the CEFTA 2006) and to open their respective government procurement markets so that “suppliers of the other Parties are granted a treatment no less favourable than that accorded to domestic goods, services and suppliers” (Article 35(2) of the CEFTA 2006).