LegalizeRegulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) (Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
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.
Article 2
The Commission shall adopt the measures necessary for the revision of the CPV. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Regulation, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 3(2). On imperative grounds of urgency, the Commission may have recourse to the urgency procedure referred to in Article 3(3).
Article 3
The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee established by Council Decision 71/306/EEC ([^E0001]).
Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1), (2), (4) and (6) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.
Article 4
This Regulation shall enter into force on 16 December 2003.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
COMMON PROCUREMENT VOCABULARY
Structure of the classification system
- 1.The CPV consists of a main vocabulary and a supplementary vocabulary.
- 2.The main vocabulary is based on a tree structure comprising codes of up to nine digits associated with a wording that describes the supplies, works or services forming the subject of the contract.
- The numerical code consists of 8 digits, subdivided as follows:
- — the first two digits identify the divisions (XX000000-Y),
- — the first three digits identify the groups (XXX00000-Y),
- — the first four digits identify the classes (XXXX0000-Y),
- — the first five digits identify the categories (XXXXX000-Y).
- Each of the last three digits gives a greater degree of precision within each category.
- A ninth digit serves to verify the previous digits.
- 3.The supplementary vocabulary may be used to expand the description of the subject of a contract. The items are made up of an alphanumeric code with a corresponding wording allowing further details to be added regarding the specific nature or destination of the goods to be purchased.
- The alphanumeric code is made up of:
- — a first level comprising a letter corresponding to a section,
- — a second level comprising a letter corresponding to a group,
- — a third level comprising three digits corresponding to subdivisions.
- The last digit serves to verify the previous digits.
MAIN VOCABULARY
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