Date: 2025-10-23Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2150 of 22 October 2025 amending Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the thresholds for supply, service and works contracts, and design contests for the years 2026-2027
**Executive Summary**
This is a Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2150, issued on 22 October 2025, amending Directive 2014/25/EU regarding thresholds for supply, service, and works contracts, and design contests. The purpose is to revise the thresholds to align with the Agreement on Government Procurement. The regulation takes effect twenty days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union and applies from 1 January 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Directive Amendment:** Article 15 of Directive 2014/25/EU is amended.
* **Revised Thresholds:**
* Point (a): EUR 443,000 is replaced by EUR 432,000.
* Point (b): EUR 5,538,000 is replaced by EUR 5,404,000.
* **Entry into Force and Application:**
* Enters into force twenty days following publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* Applies from 1 January 2026.
* **Binding Nature:** The Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
**Impact Analysis**
**Contracting Entities Operating in the Water, Energy, Transport and Postal Services Sectors**
*Impact*
Affected by changes in procurement thresholds, impacting their procurement processes and the applicability of certain rules.
*Action Required*
Must adjust procurement procedures and budget planning to reflect the new threshold values when awarding supply, service, and works contracts, and design contests.
Key Entities Referenced
Directive 2014/25/EU: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, which is amended by this regulation.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2150: Delegated regulation amending Directive 2014/25/EU regarding thresholds for supply, service, and works contracts and design contests.
Agreement on Government Procurement: A plurilateral agreement concluded within the framework of the World Trade Organization, aimed at mutually opening government procurement markets among its parties.
European Commission: The executive branch of the European Union, responsible for drafting and proposing the regulation.
Brussels: Location where the regulation was adopted.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2150 23.10.2025
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION(EU) 2025/2150
of 22 October 2025
amending Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the
thresholds for supply, service and works contracts, and design contests for the years 2026-2027
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on
procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing
Directive 2004/17/EC(1), and in particular Article 17(4), second subparagraph thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision 2014/115/EU(2), the Council approved the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government
Procurement(3) concluded within the framework of the World Trade Organization. The amended Agreement on
Government Procurement (‘the Agreement’) is a plurilateral instrument and its purpose is to mutually open
government procurement markets among its parties. The Agreement applies to any procurement contract with a
value greater than or equal to the amounts (‘thresholds’) set therein, expressed in terms of special drawing rights.
(2) One of the objectives of Directive 2014/25/EU is to allow the contracting entities applying that Directive to comply
at the same time with the obligations laid down in the Agreement. In accordance with Article 17(1) of
Directive 2014/25/EU, the Commission is to verify every two years that the thresholds for supply, service and works
contracts, and design contests set in Article 15, points (a) and (b), of that Directive correspond to the thresholds set in
the Agreement. Given that the thresholds calculated in accordance with Article 17(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU are
different from the thresholds set in Article 15, points (a) and (b), of that Directive, those thresholds should be revised.
(3) Article 17(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU requires the Commission to revise the thresholds every two years, with effect
from 1 January. Consequently, the thresholds for 2026-2027 should apply from 1 January 2026.
(4) Directive 2014/25/EU should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 15 of Directive 2014/25/EU is amended as follows:
(1) in point (a), ‘EUR 443 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 432 000’;
(2) in point (b), ‘EUR 5 538 000’ is replaced by ‘EUR 5 404 000’.
(1) OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/25/oj.
(2) Council Decision 2014/115/EU of 2 December 2013 on the conclusion of the Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government
Procurement (OJ L 68, 7.3.2014, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2014/115(1)/oj).
(3) Protocol Amending the Agreement on Government Procurement (OJ L 68, 7.3.2014, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/prot/2014/
115/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/2150/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 23.10.2025
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2026.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 October 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/2150/oj