These Regulations make amendments to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016 and the Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 as a consequence of the Republic of North Macedonia acceding to the Agreement on Government Procurement (“the GPA”) by the deposit of their instrument of accession on 30th September 2023. The GPA enters into force for the Republic of North Macedonia on 30th October 2023, being the 30th day following deposit of its instrument of accession.