The provisions of Article XVIII shall not apply to suppliers and service providers of:

a Israel and Korea with regard to challenging the award of contracts by entities listed in the note to Annex 2 until such time as Switzerland accepts that those countries have expanded sub-central government coverage

b Japan, Korea, United States of America and Australia with regard to challenging the award of contracts to suppliers or service providers of Parties other than those mentioned which are small- or medium-sized enterprises within the meaning of Swiss law, until such time as Switzerland accepts that those countries no longer apply discriminatory measures in favour of certain domestic small or minority-owned businesses

c Israel, Japan, Korea and Australia with regard to challenging the award of contracts by Swiss entities, the value of which is below the threshold applied to the same category of contracts by those Parties.