Additional information about the Contract Notice Supply of Equipment for Advanced Prototype Station (APS) Location – Eskişehir/TURKEY 1. Nature of contract  2. Programme title  Unit price Multi-annual Operational Programme “Competitiveness and Innovation Sector” for  Community Assistance from the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II) for the  Socioeconomic and Regional Development Policy Area in Turkey IPA budget item 22.02 03 02 of the General Budget of the EU and National Contribution Participation is open to all natural persons who are nationals of and legal persons  (participating either individually or in a grouping – consortium – of candidates/tenderers)  which are effectively established in a Member State of the European Union or in a eligible  country or territory as defined under the Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 establishing common  rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's instruments for external action  (CIR) for the applicable instrument under which the contract is financed (see also heading  ‘Legal basis’ below). Participation is also open to international organisations. All supplies under this contract must originate in one or more of these countries. For UK candidates or tenderers: Please be aware that following the entry into force of the EU- UK Withdrawal Agreement* on 1 February 2020 and in particular Articles 127(6), 137 and  138, the references to natural or legal persons residing or established in a Member State of the  European Union and to goods originating from an eligible country, as defined under  Regulation (EU) No 236/2014** and Annex IV of the ACP-EU Partnership Agreement***,  are to be understood as including natural or legal persons residing or established in, and to  goods originating from, the United Kingdom ****. Those persons and goods are therefore  eligible under this call. * Agreement on the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland  from the European Union and the European Atomic Energy Community. ** Regulation (EU) No 236/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March  2014 laying down common rules and procedures for the implementation of the Union's  instruments for financing external action. Page 1 of 9  August 2020  a5f_info_candidates_tenderers_enotices_en  3. Financing  4. Eligibility and rules of origin  Ref. Ares(2020)5475650 - 14/10/2020