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title: "Incorrect application of the monetary thresholds or artificial splitting of a procurement (Art. 165¹⁶)"
url: "https://legal.ge/en/service/administrative-and-public-law-en/incorrect-application-of-the-monetary-thresholds-or-artificial-splitting-of-a-en"
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description: "Art. 165¹⁶: wrong monetary thresholds or artificial splitting of a procurement. Fine GEL 1,000; repeat GEL 2,000. Legal.ge."
updated: "2026-10-14"
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# Incorrect application of the monetary thresholds or artificial splitting of a procurement (Art. 165¹⁶)

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## Article 165¹⁶ and its purpose

Article 165¹⁶ of the Code of Administrative Offences of Georgia establishes administrative liability for the incorrect application of the monetary thresholds in a procurement and for the artificial splitting of a procurement. Both forms of conduct counter the same danger: simplifying or avoiding the procedures that the law prescribes for procurements of a certain value. Monetary thresholds exist precisely so that small and large procurements fall under procedures of different strictness, and their incorrect application undermines that system. The norm therefore protects not an abstract formality but the very architecture that matches the intensity of public control to the value of what is being bought.

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### What fine is provided for incorrectly applying the monetary thresholds or artificially splitting a procurement?

Under the first part of Article 165¹⁶, the responsible person of the purchasing organisation is fined GEL 1,000.

### What happens in the event of a repeat violation?

The same act, committed within one year of the imposition of an administrative penalty for such an act, is punishable by a fine of GEL 2,000.

### What is the artificial splitting of a public procurement?

As a rule, it means dividing a single procurement need into several parts. The concrete assessment is made under the legislation on public procurement and the circumstances of the case.

### Who is the responsible person under this article?

Under the article, the fine is borne by the responsible person of the purchasing organisation. The examination of the case and the appeal are regulated by other provisions of the Code.