Art. premier Intercantonal Agreement on Public Procurement (AIPP), of November 25, 1994 - Purpose

[1] 1 The present agreement aims at the opening of public procurement markets of the cantons, the municipalities, and other bodies carrying out cantonal or municipal tasks. It also applies to third parties, to the extent that they are bound by international agreements.

2. It aims to harmonize the procurement rules in accordance with commonly defined principles, as well as to transpose the obligations arising from the Agreement on Government Procurement (WTO) and the Agreement between the European Community and the Swiss Confederation on certain aspects of government procurement.