OBS_VALUE: Effective from 29 August 2022, the EU's new International Procurement Instrument (IPI) enables the European Commission to undertake investigations into alleged third-country measures or practices against EU economic operators, goods and services; enter into consultations with the third countries concerned; and, if the Commission determines the existence of a restrictive measure or practice which has not been removed despite consultations, adopt a so-called IPI measure to restrict access to EU public procurement markets by economic operators, good or services from the third country applying a restrictive measure or practice. In an IPI measure, the Commission may decide to impose a score adjustment on tenders submitted by economic operators originating in that third country, or exclude tenders submitted by economic operators originating in that third country. Additionally, in the case of public procurement procedures which are subject to an IPI measure, successful tenderers may not subcontract more than 50 % of the total value of the contract to economic operators originating in a third country which is subject to an IPI measure.The IPI applies only to non-covered procurement, i.e. public procurement procedures for goods, services or concessions regarding which the EU has not undertaken market access commitments in an international agreement in the field of public procurement or concessions.