Section 3: Access to defence or security concession contracts by economic operators or products from third countries

Defence or security concessions excluded or exempted from the Agreement on Government Procurement or another equivalent international agreement to which the European Union is a party shall be awarded to economic operators from Member States of the European Union.The awarding authorities may, however, authorise, on a case-by-case basis, economic operators from countries outside the European Union to take part in an award procedure.The decision of the awarding authority shall take…

For the purposes of this Part, States which are parties to the European Economic Area and which are not Member States of the European Union shall be treated as Member States of the European Union.