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The Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) has been developed by the European Union to facilitate the processing of invitations to tender published in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) by means of a single classification system to describe the subject matter of public contracts. It was established by Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) and amended by European Commission Regulation (EU) No. 213/2008. issued on 28 November 2007.
Description
CPV codification consists of a main vocabulary which defines the subject of the contract, and a supplementary vocabulary to add further qualitative information. The main vocabulary is based on a tree structure made up with codes of up to 9 digits (an 8 digit code plus a check digit). This combination of digits is associated with a wording that describes the type of supplies, works or services defining the subject of the contract. A Call for Tender is quite often described by more than one CPV Code, aiming to give a better and more detailed description of the object of the contract.
CPV Main Vocabulary classification structure
The numerical code consists of 8 digits, subdivided into:
Divisions: first two digits of the code XX000000-Y.
Groups: first three digits of the code XXX00000-Y.
Classes: first four digits of the code XXXX0000-Y.
Categories: first five digits of the code XXXXX000-Y.
For example (from the 2008 amended version):
03113100-7 Sugar beet 03113200-8 Sugar cane 18451000-5 Buttons 18453000-9 Zip fasteners 71355000-1 Surveying services 71355200-3 Ordnance surveying
Each of the last three digits of the code allows to provide a more precise description of the subject within each category. The ninth digit, the so-called "control digit", verifies the previous eight ones, avoiding any possible error in the assignation of codes to the subject of public procurement
CPV Supplementary Vocabulary classification structure
Although the supplementary vocabulary is not always used, it can be added in certain cases to expand the description of the subject of a contract. It is 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 includes the following levels:
First level comprising a letter corresponding to a section Second level comprising four digits: three to denote a subdivision and the last one for verification purposes.
For example:
Z042-6: Width
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External reference
- Summaries of EU legislation > Internal market > Businesses in the internal market > Public procurement > Common procurement vocabulary
- simap.europa.eu Information about European public procurement
Footnotes
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32002R2195:EN:NOT Regulation (EC) No 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 November 2002 on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32008R0213&qid=1429986881823&from=EN