Date: 2025-12-04Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2487 of 2 December 2025 amending Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the thresholds for supply, service and works contracts
Issued by European Commission
· Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space
**Executive Summary**
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2487, dated December 2, 2025, amends Directive 2009/81/EC concerning the thresholds for supply, service, and works contracts in the fields of defence and security. The purpose is to align these thresholds with those of Directive 2014/25/EU, as revised. This regulation will apply from January 1, 2026.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Threshold Amendments:**
* Article 8 of Directive 2009/81/EC is amended.
* The threshold in point (a) is changed from EUR 443,000 to EUR 432,000.
* The threshold in point (b) is changed from EUR 5,538,000 to EUR 5,404,000.
* **Effective Date:**
* The regulation enters into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* It applies from January 1, 2026.
* **Applicability:**
* The Regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
**Impact Analysis**
**Contracting Authorities/Entities in Defence and Security**
* **Impact:** The financial thresholds that trigger specific procurement procedures for works, supply, and service contracts are adjusted.
* **Action Required:** Contracting authorities and entities need to be aware of the new threshold values (EUR 432,000 and EUR 5,404,000) when planning and awarding contracts from January 1, 2026, to ensure compliance with Directive 2009/81/EC.
Key Entities Referenced
Directive 2009/81/EC: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security.
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.
Agreement on Government Procurement: A plurilateral agreement concluded in the framework of the World Trade Organization, aimed at mutually opening government procurement markets among its parties.
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2150: Amends Directive 2014/25/EU in respect of the thresholds for supply, service and works contracts, and design contests for the years 2026-2027
Brussels: Location where the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/2487 was done.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2487 4.12.2025
COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION(EU) 2025/2487
of 2 December 2025
amending Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in respect of the
thresholds for supply, service and works contracts
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination
of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or
entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC(1), and in particular
Article 68(1), second subparagraph, thereof,
Whereas:
(1) By Decision 2014/115/EU(2), the Council approved the Protocol amending the Agreement on Government
Procurement(3) concluded in 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 that reaches or exceeds the amounts set therein (‘thresholds’) expressed as special drawing rights.
(2) In accordance with Article 68(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC, the thresholds laid down in that Directive are to be aligned
to the thresholds laid down in Article 15, points (a) and (b), of Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and
the Council(4) after the latter have been revised, where necessary, to correspond to the thresholds set out in the
Agreement. The thresholds laid down in Directive 2014/25/EU have been revised by Commission Delegated
Regulation (EU) 2025/2150(5).
(3) In accordance with Article 17(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU, the Commission is to revise the thresholds laid down in
Article 15, points (a) and (b), of that Directive every two years, with the effect from 1 January. Hence, the thresholds
for the years 2026-2027 set out in this Regulation should apply as from 1 January 2026.
(4) The data necessary for the calculation of the thresholds were not available by 1 September 2025. In accordance with
Article 68(3) of Directive 2009/81/EC, the revised thresholds in euro and their corresponding values in other
national currencies of the Member States are to be published by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European
Unionat the beginning of November. In view of the above, the Commission makes recourse to the urgency procedure
provided for in Article 66b of that Directive.
(5) Directive 2009/81/EC should therefore be amended accordingly,
(1) OJ L 216, 20.8.2009, p. 76, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/81/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) OJ L 68, 7.3.2014, p. 2, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/prot/2014/115/oj.
(4) 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 (OJ L 94, 28.3.2014, p. 243, ELI: http://
data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2014/25/oj).
(5) 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
(OJ L, 2025/2150, 23.10.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/2150/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/2487/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 4.12.2025
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Article 8 of Directive 2009/81/EC 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’.
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 in
accordance with the Treaties.
Done at Brussels, 2 December 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/2487/oj