Hard Brexit Impact Analysis

Page 78 of 106 Category If no agreement is reached: Consequence EU Document Professional Qualifications Train Drivers TRAIN DRIVER CERTIFICATION: As of the withdrawal date, licenses and certificates for train drivers issued in the United Kingdom will no longer be valid in the EU 27. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF RAIL TRANSPORT Public Procurement As of the withdrawal date the EU rules in the field of public procurement no longer apply to the United Kingdom WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT Public Procurement As of the withdrawal date Economic operators from the United Kingdom will have the same status as all other economic operators based in a third country with which the EU does not have any agreement providing for the opening of the EU procurement market. They shall therefore be subject to the same rules as any third country tenderer. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT Public Procurement As of the withdrawal date tenders in this type of EU procurements offering more than 50% of products originating from the United Kingdom and other third countries may be rejected or may not be awarded a contract. Procurement procedures for the purchase of supplies by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors, sets forth that tenders submitted in the EU may be rejected if the proportion of the products originating in third countries with which the EU has not concluded an agreement ensuring comparable and effective access for EU undertakings to the markets of those third countries, exceeds 50%. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT Public Procurement As of the withdrawal date Economic operators from the United Kingdom may therefore be excluded from bidding for defence and security contracts in the EU. WITHDRAWAL OF THE UNITED KINGDOM AND EU RULES IN THE FIELD OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT