A single classification system applicable to public procurement, known as the ‘Common Procurement Vocabulary’ or ‘CPV’ is hereby established.

The text of the CPV is set out in Annex I.

The illustrative tables showing the correspondence between the CPV and the Statistical Classification of Products by Activity in the EEC (CPA), the Provisional Central Product Classification (CPC Prov.) of the United Nations, the General Industrial Classification of Economic Activities within the European Communities (NACE Rev. 1) and the Combined Nomenclature (CN) are set out in Annexes II, III, IV and V respectively.

The Minister for the Cabinet Office may make regulations amending the Annexes to this Regulation.

Regulations under this Article are to be made by statutory instrument.

A statutory instrument containing regulations under this Article is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

Regulations under this Article may make consequential, supplementary, incidental, transitional, transitory or saving provision.