41In that regard, it must be observed at the outset that the European Union is bound, with respect to certain third countries, by international agreements, in particular the GPA, which guarantee, on a reciprocal and equal basis, access for EU economic operators to public procurement in those third countries and for economic operators of those third countries to public procurement in the European Union.
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