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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)
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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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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)
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