Commission Decision
of 31 January 2012
adjusting the thresholds referred to in Articles 157(b) and 158(1) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation
(2012/56/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities , and in particular Article 271 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1251/2011 adjusted the thresholds applicable to public procurement contracts pursuant to Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contracts .
(2)
For reasons of consistency, it is therefore necessary to establish the thresholds referred to in Articles 157(b) and 158(1) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002.
(3)
Since the thresholds adjusted by Regulation (EU) No 1251/2011 are applicable from 1 January 2012, this Decision should also apply from 1 January 2012. This Decision should therefore enter into force on the date following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(4)
Commission Decision 2010/78/EU of 9 February 2010 adjusting the thresholds referred to in Article 157(b) and Article 158(1) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of the Financial Regulation has lapsed and should therefore be repealed,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The euro equivalents of the thresholds applicable to public procurement contracts shall be established as follows:
- EUR 5 000 000 in Article 157(b),
- EUR 130 000 in Article 158(1)(a),
- EUR 200 000 in Article 158(1)(b),
- EUR 5 000 000 in Article 158(1)(c).
Article 2
Decision 2010/78/EU is repealed.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on the date following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2012.
Done at Brussels, 31 January 2012.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel Barroso
OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 1.
OJ L 319, 2.12.2011, p. 43.
OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114.
OJ L 37, 10.2.2010, p. 73.