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

Published date: 28 March 2014

Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (Text with EEA relevance)

	Recitals
	Title I Scope, Definitions and General Principles (arts. 1-24)
	Chapter I Scope and definitions (ss. 1-17)
	Section 1 Subject - matter and definitions (arts. 1-3)
	Article 1 Subject-matter and scope
	Article 2 Definitions
	Article 3 Mixed procurement
	Section 2 Thresholds (arts. 4-6)
	Article 4 Threshold amounts
	Article 5 Methods for calculating the estimated value of procurement
	Article 6 Revision of the thresholds and of the list of central government authorities
	Section 3 Exclusions (arts. 7-12)
	Article 7 Contracts in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors
	Article 8 Specific exclusions in the field of electronic communications
	Article 9 Public contracts awarded and design contests organised pursuant to international rules
	Article 10 Specific exclusions for service contracts
	Article 11 Service contracts awarded on the basis of an exclusive right
	Article 12 Public contracts between entities within the public sector
	Section 4 Specific situations (arts. 13-17)
	Subsection 1 Subsidised contracts and research and development services (arts. 13-14)
	Article 13 Contracts subsidised by contracting authorities
	Article 14 Research and development services
	Subsection 2 Procurement involving defence or security aspects (arts. 15-17)
	Article 15 Defence and security
	Article 16 Mixed procurement involving defence or security aspects
	Article 17 Public contracts and design contests involving defence or security aspects which are awarded or organised pursuant to international rules
	Chapter II General rules (arts. 18-24)
	Article 18 Principles of procurement
	Article 19 Economic operators
	Article 20 Reserved contracts
	Article 21 Confidentiality
	Article 22 Rules applicable to communication
	Article 23 Nomenclatures
	Article 24 Conflicts of interest
	Title II Rules on Public Contracts (arts. 25-73)
	Chapter I Procedures (arts. 25-32)
	Article 25 Conditions relating to the GPA and other international agreements
	Article 26 Choice of procedures
	Article 27 Open procedure
	Article 28 Restricted procedure
	Article 29 Competitive procedure with negotiation
	Article 30 Competitive dialogue
	Article 31 Innovation partnership
	Article 32 Use of the negotiated procedure without prior publication
	Chapter II Techniques and instruments for electronic and aggregated procurement (arts. 33-39)
	Article 33 Framework agreements
	Article 34 Dynamic purchasing systems
	Article 35 Electronic auctions
	Article 36 Electronic catalogues
	Article 37 Centralised purchasing activities and central purchasing bodies
	Article 38 Occasional joint procurement
	Article 39 Procurement involving contracting authorities from different Member States
	Chapter III Conduct of the procedure (arts. 40-69)
	Section 1 Preparation (arts. 40-47)
	Article 40 Preliminary market consultations
	Article 41 Prior involvement of candidates or tenderers
	Article 42 Technical specifications
	Article 43 Labels
	Article 44 Test reports, certification and other means of proof
	Article 45 Variants
	Article 46 Division of contracts into lots
	Article 47 Setting time limits
	Section 2 Publication and transparency (arts. 48-55)
	Article 48 Prior information notices
	Article 49 Contract notices
	Article 50 Contract award notices
	Article 51 Form and manner of publication of notices
	Article 52 Publication at national level
	Article 53 Electronic availability of procurement documents
	Article 54 Invitations to candidates
	Article 55 Informing candidates and tenderers
	Section 3 Choice of participants and award of contracts (arts. 56-69)
	Article 56 General principles
	Subsection 1 Criteria for qualitative selection (arts. 57-64)
	Article 57 Exclusion grounds
	Article 58 Selection criteria
	Article 59 European Single Procurement Document
	Article 60 Means of proof
	Article 61 Online repository of certificates (e-Certis)
	Article 62 Quality assurance standards and environmental management standards
	Article 63 Reliance on the capacities of other entities
	Article 64 Official lists of approved economic operators and certification by bodies established under public or private law
	Subsection 2 Reduction of numbers of candidates, tenders and solutions (arts. 65-66)
	Article 65 Reduction of the number of otherwise qualified candidates to be invited to participate
	Article 66 Reduction of the number of tenders and solutions
	Subsection 3 A ward of the contract (arts. 67-69)
	Article 67 Contract award criteria
	Article 68 Life-cycle costing
	Article 69 Abnormally low tenders
	Chapter IV Contract performance (arts. 70-73)
	Article 70 Conditions for performance of contracts
	Article 71 Subcontracting
	Article 72 Modification of contracts during their term
	Article 73 Termination of contracts
	Title III Particular Procurement Regimes (arts. 74-82)
	Chapter I Social and other specific services (arts. 74-77)
	Article 74 Award of contracts for social and other specific services
	Article 75 Publication of notices
	Article 76 Principles of awarding contracts
	Article 77 Reserved contracts for certain services
	Chapter II Rules governing design contests (arts. 78-82)
	Article 78 Scope
	Article 79 Notices
	Article 80 Rules on the organisation of design contests and the selection of participants
	Article 81 Composition of the jury
	Article 82 Decisions of the jury
	Title IV Governance (arts. 83-86)
	Article 83 Enforcement
	Article 84 Individual reports on procedures for the award of contracts
	Article 85 National reporting and statistical information
	Article 86 Administrative cooperation
	Title V Delegated Powers, Implementing Powers and Final Provisions (arts. 87-94)
	Article 87 Exercise of the delegation
	Article 88 Urgency procedure
	Article 89 Committee procedure
	Article 90 Transposition and transitional provisions
	Article 91 Repeals
	Article 92 Review
	Article 93 Entry into force
	Article 94 Addressees
	Annex I Central government authorities
	Annex II List of the activities referred to in point (6)(a) of article 2(1)
	Annex III List of products referred to in article 4(b) with regard to contracts awarded by contracting authorities in the field of defence
	Annex IV Requirements relating to tools and devices for the electronic receipt of tenders, requests for participation as well as plans and projects in contests
	Annex V Information to be included in notices
	Annex VI Information to be included in the procurement documents relating to electronic auctions (article 35(4))
	Annex VII Definition of certain technical specifications
	Annex VIII Features concerning publication
	Annex IX Contents of the invitations to submit a tender, to participate in the dialogue or to confirm interest provided for under article 54
	Annex X List of international social and environmental conventions referred to in article 18(2)
	Annex XI Registers
	Annex XII Means of proof of selection criteria
	Annex XIII List of eu legislation referred to in article 68(3)
	Annex XIV Services referred to in article 74
	Annex XV Correlation table
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