Part 7: Implementation of international obligations Section 89: Treaty state suppliers
Some of the international agreements to which the UK is a party include obligations on the UK to ensure that contracting authorities extend entitlements to access the UK procurement regime to the goods, services and suppliers of other States.
	Subsection (1) defines a "treaty state supplier" as a supplier that benefits from an international agreement listed in Schedule 9 (treaty state suppliers (specified international agreements)). This definition applies throughout the Act.
	Subsection (2) clarifies that a supplier only meets the definition of "treaty state supplier" where the individual procurement being carried out or challenged is one for which provision is made in the relevant Schedule 9 agreement.
	Subsection (3) ensures that Schedule 9 (treaty state suppliers) can be updated by secondary legislation to reflect the addition of new international agreements or amendments to existing international agreements to which the UK is a signatory. The power is exercisable by any appropriate authority.
	Subsection (4) makes specific provision for the point at which the UK may be considered to be a signatory to an agreement, which is a concept used in subsection (3)(a).
	Subsection (5) ensures that entitlements to benefit from an international agreement may derive from the place of origin of goods, services or works.
	Subsection (6)(a) clarifies that the term treaty state suppliers does not include United Kingdom suppliers who only have rights arising from the UK being party to an international agreement.
	Subsection (6)(b) clarifies any reference to a state or territory includes not only the states and territories with which an agreement may have been signed but also states and territories within an organisation of states or territories with which an agreement may have been signed. For example, in respect of an agreement signed between the UK and the European Union, it would include all of the Member States of the European Union.