Version status: Entered into force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Published date: 28 March 2014

Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on the award of concession contracts (Text with EEA relevance)

	Recitals
	Title I Subject-matter, scope, principles and definitions (arts. 1-29)
	Chapter I  Scope, general principles and definitions (arts. 1-25)
	Section I Subject - matter, scope, general principles, definitions and threshold (arts. 1-9)
	Article 1 Subject-matter and scope
	Article 2 Principle of free administration by public authorities
	Article 3 Principle of equal treatment, non-discrimination and transparency
	Article 4 Freedom to define services of general economic interest
	Article 5 Definitions
	Article 6 Contracting authorities
	Article 7 Contracting entities
	Article 8 Threshold and methods for calculating the estimated value of concessions
	Article 9 Revision of the threshold
	Section II Exclusions (arts. 10-17)
	Article 10 Exclusions applicable to concessions awarded by contracting authorities and contracting entities
	Article 11 Specific exclusions in the field of electronic communications
	Article 12 Specific exclusions in the field of water
	Article 13 Concessions awarded to an affiliated undertaking
	Article 14 Concessions awarded to a joint venture or to a contracting entity forming part of a joint venture
	Article 15 Notification of information by contracting entities
	Article 16 Exclusion of activities which are directly exposed to competition
	Article 17 Concessions between entities within the public sector
	Section III General provisions (arts. 18-23)
	Article 18 Duration of the concession
	Article 19 Social and other specific services
	Article 20 Mixed contracts
	Article 21 Mixed procurement contracts involving defence or security aspects
	Article 22 Contracts covering both activities referred to in Annex II and other activities
	Article 23 Concessions covering both activities referred to in Annex II and activities involving defence or security aspects
	Section IV Specific situations (arts. 24-25)
	Article 24 Reserved concessions
	Article 25 Research and development services
	Chapter II Principles (arts. 26-29)
	Article 26 Economic operators
	Article 27 Nomenclatures
	Article 28 Confidentiality
	Article 29 Rules applicable to communication
	Title II Rules on the award of concessions: General principles and procedural guarantees (arts. 30-41)
	Chapter I General principles (arts. 30-35)
	Article 30 General principles
	Article 31 Concession notices
	Article 32 Concession award notices
	Article 33 Form and manner of publication of notices
	Article 34 Electronic availability of concession documents
	Article 35 Combating corruption and preventing conflicts of interest
	Chapter II Procedural guarantees (arts. 36-41)
	Article 36 Technical and functional requirements
	Article 37 Procedural guarantees
	Article 38 Selection and qualitative assessment of candidates
	Article 39 Time limits for receipt of applications and tenders for the concession
	Article 40 Provision of information to candidates and tenderers
	Article 41 Award criteria
	Title III Rules on performance of concessions (arts. 42-45)
	Article 42 Subcontracting
	Article 43 Modification of contracts during their term
	Article 44 Termination of concessions
	Article 45 Monitoring and reporting
	Title IV Amendments to directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC (arts. 46-47)
	Article 46 Amendments to Directive 89/665/EEC
	Article 47 Amendments to Directive 92/13/EEC
	Title V Delegated powers, implementing powers and final provisions (arts. 48-55)
	Article 48 Exercise of the delegation
	Article 49 Urgency procedure
	Article 50 Committee Procedure
	Article 51 Transposition
	Article 52 Transitional provisions
	Article 53 Monitoring and reporting
	Article 54 Entry into force
	Article 55 Addressees
	Annex I List of the activities referred to in point (7) of article (5)
	Annex II Activities exercise by contracting entities as referred to in article 7
	Annex III List of legal acts of the union referred to in point (b) of article 7(2)
	Annex IV Services referred to in article 19
	Annex V Information to be included in concession notice referred to in article 31
	Annex VI Information to be included in prior information notices concerning concessions for social and other specific services, as referred to in article 31(3)
	Annex VII Information to be included in concession award notices, as referred to in article 32
	Annex VIII information to be included in concession award notices concerning concessions for social and other specific services, as referred to in article 32
	Annex IX Features concerning publication
	Annex X List of international social and environmental conventions referred to in article 30(3)
	Annex XI Information to be included in notices of modifications of a concession during its term according to article 43
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