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What Is a Territorial Public Body (Gebietskörperschaft, Germany)?
This is a German procurement term. Public bodies such as the federal government, the states and municipalities.
What is a Gebietskörperschaft?
A public body with authority over a territory: the federal government, the states, the districts and the municipalities. They are the core contracting authorities.
Which rules apply to their procurements?
Above the EU thresholds, the GWB and the regulations. Below them, the state procurement law and the budget rules of the body concerned, with value limits that differ by state.
Do municipal companies count?
Not as territorial bodies, but usually as bodies governed by public law, which brings them under the same rules.
