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"BCOUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/37/EEC
of 14 June 1993
concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts
(OJ L 199, 9.8.1993, p. 54)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
"M1 European Parliament and Council Directive 97/52/EC of 13
October 1997L 328 1 28.11.1997
Amended by:
"A1 Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C 241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
Corrected by:
"C1 Corrigendum, OJ L 111, 30.4.1994, p. 115 (93/37/EEC)
NB: This consolidated version contains references to the European unit of account and/or the ecu, which from 1 January 1999
should be understood as references to the euro — Council Regulation (EEC) No 3308/80 (OJ L 345, 20.12.1980, p. 1) andCouncil Regulation (EC) No 1103/97 (OJ L 162, 19.6.1997, p. 1).1993L0037 — EN — 18.12.1997 — 002.001 — 1
COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 93/37/EEC
of 14 June 1993
concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public
works contracts
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic
Community, and in particular Articles 57 (2), 66 and 100a thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission (1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament (2),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (3),
Whereas Council Directive 71/305/EEC of 26 July 1971 concerning the
coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts (4)
has been amended substantially and on a number of occasions; whereas,
for reasons of clarity and better understanding, the said Directive should
be consolidated;
Whereas the simultaneous attainment of freedom of establishment and
freedom to provide services in respect of public works contracts awarded
in Member States on behalf of the State, or regional or local authorities
or other bodies governed by public law entails not only the abolition of
restrictions but also the coordination of national procedures for the award
of public works contracts;
Whereas such coordination should take into account as far as possible the
procedures and administrative practices in force in each Member State;
Whereas this Directive does not apply to certain works contracts which
are awarded in the water, energy, transport and telecommunication
sectors covered by Directive 90/531/EEC;
Whereas, in view of the increasing importance of concession contracts in
the public works area and of their specific nature, rules concerning
advertising should be included in this Directive;
Whereas works contracts of less than ECU 5 000 000 may be exempted
from competition as provided for under this Directive and it is
appropriate to provide for their exemption from coordination measures;
Whereas provision must be made for exceptional cases where measures
concerning the coordination of procedures need not be applied, but such
cases must be expressly limited;
Whereas the negotiated procedure should be considered to be
exceptional and therefore only applicable in certain limited cases;
Whereas it is necessary to provide common rules in the technical field
which take account of the Community policy on standards and
specifications;
Whereas, to ensure development of effective competition in the field of
public contracts, it is necessary that contract notices drawn up by the
contracting authorities of Member States be advertised throughout the
Community; whereas the information contained in these notices must
enable contractors established in the Community to determine whether
the proposed contracts are of interest to them; whereas, for this purpose,
it is appropriate to give them adequate information on the works
undertaken and the conditions attached thereto; whereas, more par-
ticularly, in restricted procedures advertisement is intended to enable!B
(1) OJ No C 46, 20. 2. 1992, p. 79.
(2) OJ No C 125, 18. 5. 1992, p. 171 and OJ No C 305, 23. 11. 1992, p. 73.
(3) OJ No C 106, 27. 4. 1992, p. 11.
(4) OJ No L 185, 16. 8. 1971, p. 15; Directive as last amended by
"C1Directive 93/4/EEC (OJ No L 38, 16. 2. 1993, p.31). 31993L0037 — EN — 18.12.1997 — 002.001 — 2
contractors of Member States to express their interest in contracts by
seeking from the contracting authorities invitations to tender under the
required conditions;
Whereas additional information concerning contracts must, as is
customary in Member States, be given in the contract documents for
each contract or else in an equivalent document;
Whereas it is necessary to provide common rules for participation in
public works contracts, including both qualitative selection criteria and
criteria for the award of the contract;
Whereas it would be appropriate to enable certain technical conditions
concerning notices and statistical reports required by this Directive to be
adapted in the light of changing technical requirements; whereas Annex
II to this Directive refers to the General Industrial Classification of
Economic Activities within the European Communities (NACE);
whereas the Community may, as required, revise or replace its common
nomenclature and whereas it is necessary to make provision for the
possibility of adapting the reference made to the NACE nomenclature in
the said Annex II accordingly;
Whereas this Directive should not affect the obligations of the Member
States concerning the deadlines for transposition into national law and
for application indicated in Annex VII,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
TITLE I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
For th purpose of this Directive:
(a) ‘public works contracts’ are contracts for pecuniary interest
concluded in writing between a contractor and a contracting
authority as defined in (b), which have as their object either the
execution, or both the execution and design, of works related to one
of the activities referred to in Annex II or a work defined in (c)
below, or the execution, by whatever means, of a work corresponding
to the requirements specified by the contracting authority;
(b) ‘contracting authorities’ shall be the State, regional or local
authorities, bodies governed by public law, associations formed by
one or several of such authorities or bodies governed by public law;
A ‘body governed by public law’ means any body:— established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the
general interest, not having an industrial or commercial
character, and
— having legal personality, and
— financed, for the most part, by the State, or regional or local
authorities, or other bodies governed by public law, or subject to
management supervision by those bodies, or having an adminis-
trative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of
whose members are appointed by the State, regional or local
authorities or by other bodies governed by public law;
The lists of bodies and categories of bodies governed by public law
which fulfil the criteria referred to in the second subparagraph are
set out in Annex I. These lists shall be as exhaustive as possible and
may be reviewed in accordance with the procedure laid down in
Article 35. To this end, Member States shall periodically notify the
Commission of any changes of their lists of bodies and categories of
bodies;!B1993L0037 — EN — 18.12.1997 — 002.001 — 3
(c) a ‘work’ means the outcome of building or civil engineering, works
taken as a whole that is sufficient of itself to fulfil an economic and
technical function;
(d) ‘public works concession’ is a contract of the same type as that
indicated in (a) except for the fact that the consideration for the
works to be carried out consists either solely in the right to exploit
the construction or in this right together with payment;
(e) ‘open procedures’ are those national procedures whereby all
interested contractors may submit tenders;
(f) ‘restricted procedures’ are those national procedures whereby only
those contractors invited by the contracting authority may submit
tenders;
(g) ‘negotiated procedures’ are those national procedures whereby
contracting authorities consult contractors of their choice and
negotiate the terms of the contract with one or more of them;
(h) a contractor who submits a tender shall be designated by the term
‘tenderer’ and one who has sought an invitation to take part in a
restricted or negotiated procedure by the term ‘candidate’.
Article 2
1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that the
contracting authorities comply or ensure compliance with this Directive
where they subsidize directly by more than 50 % a works contract
awarded by an entity other than themselves.
2. Paragraph 1 shall concern only contracts covered by Class 50, Group
502, of the general industrial classification of economic activities within
the European Communities (NACE) nomenclature and contracts relating
to building work for hospitals, facilities intended for sports, recreation
and leisure, school and university buildings and buildings used for
administrative purposes.
Article 3
1. Should contracting authorities conclude a public works concession
contract, the advertising rules as described in Article 11 (3), (6), (7) and
(9) to (13), and in Article 15, shall apply to that contract when its value is
not less than ECU 5 000 000.
2. The contracting authority may:
— either require the concessionnaire to award contracts representing a
minimum of 30 % of the total value of the work for which the
concession contract is to be awarded, to third parties, at the same
time providing the option for candidates to increase this percentage.
This minimum percentage shall be specified in the concession
contract,
— or request the candidates for concession contracts to specify in their
tenders the percentage, if any, of the total value of the work for which
the concession contract is to be awarded which they intend to assign
to third parties.
3. When the concessionnaire is himself a contracting authority, as
referred to in Article 1 (b), he shall comply with the provisions of this
Directive in the case of works to be carried out by third parties.
4. Member States shall take the necessary steps to ensure that a
concessionnaire other than a contracting authority shall apply the
advertising rules listed in Article 11 (4), (6), (7), and (9) to (13), and in
Article 16, in respect of the contracts which it awards to third parties
when the value of the contracts is not less than ECU 5 000 000. An
advertisement is not, however, required where works contracts meet the
conditions laid down in Article 7 (3).!B1993L0037 — EN — 18.12.1997 — 002.001 — 4
Undertakings which have formed a group in order to obtain the
concession contract, or undertakings affiliated to them, shall not be
regarded as third parties.
An ‘affiliated undertaking’ means any undertaking over which the
concessionnaire may exercise, directly or indirectly, a dominant influence
or which may exercise a dominant influence over the concessionnaire or
which, in common with the concessionnaire, is subject to the dominant
influence of another undertaking by virtue of ownership, financial
participation or the rules which govern it. A dominant influence on the
part of an undertaking shall be presumed when, directly or indirectly in
relation to another undertaking, it:
— holds the major part of the undertaking’s subscribed capital, or
— controls the majority of the votes attaching to shares issued by the
undertakings, or
— can appoint more than half of the members of the undertaking’s
administrative, managerial or supervisory body.
A comprehensive list of these undertakings shall be enclosed with the
candidature for the concession. This list shall be brought up to date
following any subsequent changes in the relationship between the
undertakings.
Article 4
This Directive shall not apply to:
(a) contracts awarded in the fields referred to in Articles 2, 7, 8 and 9 of
Directive 90/531/EEC or fulfilling the conditions in Article 6 (2) of
that Directive;
(b) works contracts which are declared secret or the execution of which
must be accompanied by special security measures in accordance
with the laws, regulations or administrative provisions in force in the
Member State concerned or when the protection of the basic interests
of the Member State’s security so requires.
Article 5
This Directive shall not apply to public contracts governed by different
procedural rules and awarded:
(a) in pursuance of an international agreement, concluded in conformity
with the Treaty, between a Member State and one or more
non-member countries and covering works intended for the joint
implementation or exploitation of a project by the signatory States;
all agreements shall be communicated to the Commission, which
may consult the Advisory Committee for Public Contracts set up by
Decision 71/306/EEC (1);
(b) to undertakings in a Member State or a non-member country in
pursuance of an international agreement relating to the stationing of
troops;
(c) pursuant to the particular procedure of an international organization.
Article 6
1. This Directive shall apply to:
(a) public works contracts whose estimated value net of value-added tax
(V AT) is not less than the equivalent in ecus of 5 000 000 special
drawing rights (SDRs);
(b) public works contracts referred to in Article 2 (1) whose estimated
value net of V AT is not less than ECU 5 000 000.!B
(1) OJ No L 185, 16. 8. 1971, p. 15; Decision as amended by Decision
77/63/EEC (OJ No L 13, 15. 1. 1977, p.15.!M11993L0037 — EN — 18.12.1997 — 002.001 — 5
2. (a) The value in ecus and in national currencies of the threshold laid
down in paragraph 1 shall in principle be revised every two years
with effect from 1 January 1996. The calculation of this value
shall be based on the average daily values of the ecu expressed in
SDRs and of the national currencies expressed in ecus over the
24 months terminating on the last day of August preceding the 1
January revision.
The threshold laid down in paragraph 1 and the value of the
threshold expressed in ecus and in national currencies shall be
published in the Official Journal of the European Communities
at the beginning of the month of November which follows the
abovementioned revision.
(b) The method of calculation laid down in subparagraph (a) shall
be reviewed, on a proposal from the Commission, by the
Advisory Committee for Public Contracts, in principle two years
after its initial application.
3. Where a work is subdivided into several lots, each one the subject of
a contract, the value of each lot must be taken into account for the
purpose of calculating the amounts referred to in paragraph 1. Where the
aggregate value of the lots is not less than the amount referred to in
paragraph 1, the provisions of that paragraph shall apply to all lots.
Contracting authorities shall be permitted to depart from this provision
for lots whose estimated value net of V AT is less than ECU 1 000 000,
provided that the total estimated value of all the lots exempted does not,
in consequence, exceed 20 % of the total estimated value of all lots.
4. No work or contract my be split up with the intention of avoiding the
application of this Directive.
5. When calculating the amounts referred to in paragraph 1 and in
Article 7, account shall be taken not only of the amount of the public
works contracts but also of the estimated value of the supplies needed to
carry out the works are made available to the contractor by the
contracting authorities.
6. Contracting authorities shall ensure that there is no discrimination
between the various contractors.
Article 7
1. In awarding public works contracts the contracting authorities shall
apply the procedures defined in Article 1 (e), (f) and (g), adapted to this
Directive.
2. The contracting authorities may award their public works contracts
by negotiated procedure, with prior publication of a contract notice and
after having selected the candidates according to publicly known
qualitative criteria, in the following cases:
(a) in the event of irregular tenders in response to an open or restricted
procedure or in the case of tenders which are unacceptable under
national provisions that are in accordance with the provisions of Title
IV , insofar as the original terms of the contract are not substantially
altered. The contracting authorities shall not, in these cases, publish
a contract notice where they include in such negotiated procedure all
the enterprises satisfying the criteria of Articles 24 to 29 which,
during the prior open or restricted procedure, have submitted tenders
in accordance with the formal requirements of the tendering
procedure;
(b) when the works involved are carried out purely for the purpose of
research, experiment or development, and not to establish commer-
cial viability or to recover research and development costs;
(c) in exceptional cases, when the nature of the works or the risks
attaching thereto do not permit prior overall pricing.!M1
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3. The contracting authorities may award their public works contracts
by negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice, in
the following cases:
(a) in the absence of tenders or of appropriate tenders in response to an
open or restricted procedure insofar as the original terms of the
contract are not substantially altered and provided that a report is
communicated to the Commission at its request;
(b) when, for technical or artistic reasons or for reasons connected with
the protection of exclusive rights, the works may only be carried out
by a particular contractor;
(c) insofar as is strictly necessary when, for reasons of extreme urgency
brought about by events unforeseen by the contracting authorities in
question, the time limit laid down for the open, restricted or
negotiated procedures referred to in paragraph 2 cannot be kept. The
circumstances invoked to justify extreme urgency must not in any
event be attributable to the contracting authorities;
(d) for additional works not included in the project initially considered
or in the contract first concluded but which have, through unforeseen
circumstances, become necessary for the carrying out of the work
described therein, on condition that the award is made to the
contractor carrying out such work:
— when such works cannot be technically or economically
separated from the main contract without great inconvenience
to the contracting authorities, or
— when such works, although separable from the execution of the
original contract, are strictly necessary to its later stages,
However, the aggregate amount of contracts awarded for additional
works may not exceed 50 % of the amount of the main contract;
e) for new works consisting of the repetition of similar works entrusted
to the undertaking to which the same contracting authorities awarded
an earlier contact, provided that such works conform to a basic
project for which a first contract was awarded according to the
procedures referred to in paragraph 4.
As soon as the first project is put up for tender, notice must be given
that this procedure might be adopted and the total estimated cost of
subsequent works shall be taken into consideration by the
contracting authorities when they apply the provisions of Article 6.
This procedure may only be adopted during the three years following
the conclusion of the original contract.
4. In all other cases, the contracting authorities shall award their public
works contracts by the open procedure or by the restricted procedure.
Article 8
1. The contracting authority shall, within 15 days of the date on which a
written request is received, inform any eliminated candidate or tenderer
of the reasons for rejection of this application or his tender, and, any
tenderer who has made an admissible tender of the characteristics and
relative advantages of the tender selected as well as the name of the
successful tenderer.
However, contracting authorities may decide that certain information on
the contract award, referred to in the preceding subparagraph, be
withheld where release of such information would impede law enforce-
ment or otherwise be contrary to the public interest or would prejudice
the legitimate commercial interests of particular undertakings, public or
private, or might prejudice fair competition between contractors.!B
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2. Contracting authorities shall promptly inform candidates and
tenderers of the decisions taken on contract awards, including the
reasons why they have decided not to award a contract for which there
has been an invitation to tender or to start the procedure again, and shall
do so in writing if requested. They shall also inform the Office for
Official Publications of the European Communities of such decisions.
3. For each contract awarded, the contracting authorities shall draw up a
written report which shall include at least the following:
— the name and address of the contracting authority, the subject and
value of the contract,
— the names of the candidates or tenderers admitted and the reasons for
their selection,
— the names of the candidates or tenderers rejected and the reasons for
their rejection,
— the name of the successful tenderer and the reasons for his tender
having been selected and, if known, any share of the contract the
successful tenderer may intend to subcontract to a third party,
— for negotiated procedures, the circumstances referred to in Article 7
which justify the use of these procedures.
This report, or the main features of it, shall be communicated to the
Commission at its request.
Article 9
In the case of contracts relating to the design and construction of a public
housing scheme whose size and complexity, and the estimated duration
of the work involved, require that planning be based from the outset on
close collaboration within a team comprising representatives of the
contracting authorities, experts and the contractor to be responsible for
carrying out the works, a special award procedure may be adopted for
selecting the contractor most suitable for integration into the team.
In particular, contracting authorities shall include in the contract notice
as accurate as possible a description of the works to be carried out so as
to enable interested contractors to form a valid idea of the project.
Furthermore, contracting authorities shall, in accordance with Articles
24 to 29, set out in such a contract notice the personal, technical and
financial conditions to be fulfilled by candidates.
Where such procedure is adopted, contracting authorities shall apply the
common advertising rules relating restricted procedure and to the criteria
for qualitative selection.
TITLE II
COMMON RULES IN THE TECHNICAL FIELD
Article 10
1. The technical specifications defined in Annex III shall be given in
the general or contractual documents relating to each contract.
2. Without prejudice to the legally binding national technical rules and
insofar as these are compatible with Community law, the technical
specifications shall be defined by the contracting authorities by reference
to national standards implementing European standards, or by reference
to European technical approvals or by reference to common technical
specifications.
3. A contracting authority may depart from paragraph 2 if:(a) the standards, European technical approvals or common technical
specifications do not include any provision for establishing
conformity, or, if technical means do not exist for establishing!M1
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satisfactorily the conformity of a product to these standards,
European technical approvals or common technical specifications;
(b) use of these standards, European technical approvals or common
technical specifications would oblige the contracting authority to
acquire products or materials incompatible with equipment already
in use or would entail disproportionate costs or disproportionate
technical difficulties, but only as part of a clearly defined and
recorded strategy with a view to change-over, within a given period,
to European standards, European technical approvals or common
technical specifications;
(c) the project concerned is of a genuinely innovative nature for which
use of existing European standards, European technical approvals or
common technical specifications would not be appropriate.
4. Contracting authorities invoking paragraph 3 shall record, wherever
possible, the reasons for doing so in the tender notice published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities or in the contract
documents and in all cases shall record these reasons in their internal
documentation and shall supply such information on request to Member
States and to the Commission.
5. In the absence of European standards or European technical
approvals or common technical specifications, the technical specifi-
cations:
(a) shall be defined by reference to the national technical specifications
recognized as complying with the basic requirements listed in the
Community directives on technical harmonization, in accordance
with the procedures laid down in those directives, and in particular in
accordance with the procedures laid down in Council Directive
89/106/EEC of 21 December 1988 on the approximation of laws,
regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States
relating to construction products (1);
(b) may be defined by reference to national technical specifications
relating to design and method of calculation and execution of works
and use of materials;
(c) may be defined by reference to other documents.
In this case, it is appropriate to make reference in order of preference to:(i) national standards implementing international standards accepted by
the country of the contracting authority;
(ii) other national standards and national technical approvals of the
country of the contracting authority;
(iii) any other standard.
6. Unless such specifications are justified by the subject of the contract,
Member States shall prohibit the introduction into the contractual clauses
relating to a given contract of technical specifications which mention
products of a specific make or source or of a particular process and
which therefore favour or eliminate certain undertakings. In particular,
the indication of trade marks, patents, types, or of a specific origin or
production shall be prohibited. However, if such indication is accom-
panied by the words ‘or equivalent’, it shall be authorized in cases where
the contracting authorities are unable to give a description of the subject
of the contract using specifications which are sufficiently precise and
intelligible to all parties concerned.!B
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TITLE III
COMMON ADVERTISING RULES
Article 11
1. Contracting authorities shall make known, by means of an indicative
notice, the essential characteristics of the works contracts which they
intend to award and the estimated value of which is not less than the
threshold laid down in Article 6 (1).
2. Contracting authorities who wish to award a public works contract by
open, restricted or negotiated procedure referred to in Article 7 (2), shall
make known their intention by means of a notice.
3. Contracting authorities who wish to award a works concession
contract shall make known their intention by means of a notice.
4. Works concessionnaires, other than a contracting authority, who wish
to award works contracts to a third party within the meaning of Article 3
(4), shall make known their intention by means of a notice.
5. Contracting authorities who have awarded a contract shall make
known the result by means of a notice. However, certain information on
the contract award may, in certain cases, not be published where release
of such information would impede law enforcement or otherwise be
contrary to the public interest, would prejudice the legitimate commer-
cial interests of particular enterprises, public or private, or might
prejudice fair competition between contractors.
6. The notices referred to in paragraphs 1 to 5 shall be drawn up in
accordance with the models given in Annexes IV , V and VI, and shall
specify the information requested in those Annexes.
The contracting authorities may not require any conditions but those
specified in Articles 26 and 27 when requesting information concerning
the economic and technical standards which they require of contracts for
their selection (point 11 of Annex IV B, point 10 of Annex IV C and
point 9 of Annex IV D).
7. The contracting authorities shall send the notices referred to in
paragraphs 1 to 5 as rapidly as possible and by the most appropriate
channels to the Office for Official Publications of the European
Communities. In the case of the accelerated procedure referred to in
Article 14, the notice shall be sent by telex, telegram or telefax.
The notice referred to in paragraph 1 shall be sent as soon as possible
after the decision approving the planning of the works contracts that the
contracting authorities intend to award.
The notice referred to in paragraph 5 shall be sent at the latest 48 days
after the award of the contract in question.
8. The notices referred to in paragraphs 1 and 5 shall be published in
full in the Official Journal of the European Communities and in the TED
data bank in the official languages of the Communities, the original text
alone being authentic.
9. The notices referred to in paragraphs 2, 3 and 4 shall be published in
full in the Official Journal of the European Communities and in the TED
data bank in the original languages. A summary of the important
elements of each notice shall be published in the other official languages
of the Community, the original text alone being authentic.
10. The Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
shall publish the notices not later than 12 days after their dispatch. In the
case of the accelerated procedure referred to in Article 14, this period
shall be reduced to five days.
11. The notice shall not be published in the official journals or in the
press of the country of the contracting authority before the date of
dispatch to the Official Journal of the European Communities and it shall
mention this date. It shall not contain information other than that
published in the Official Journal of the European Communities .!B1993L0037 — EN — 18.12.1997 — 002.001 — 10
12. The contracting authorities must be able to supply evidence of the
date of dispatch.
13. The cost of publication of the notices in the Official Journal of the
European Communities shall be borne by the Communities. The length
of the notice shall not be greater than one page of the Journal, or
approximately 650 words. Each edition of the Journal containing one or
more notices shall reproduce the model notice or notices on which the
published notice or notices are based.
Article 12
1. In open procedures the time limit for the receipt of tenders, fixed by
the contracting authorities shall be not less than 52 days from the date of
dispatch of the notice.
2. The time limit for receipt of tenders laid down in paragraph 1 may be
replaced by a period sufficiently long to permit responsive tendering,
which, as a general rule, shall be not less than 36 days and in any case not
less than 22 days, from the date on which the contract notice was
dispatched, if the contracting authorities have sent the indicative notice
provided for in Article 11 (1), drafted in accordance with the model in
Annex IV A (Prior information), to the Official Journal of the European
Communities within a minimum of 52 days and a maximum of 12
months before the date on which the contract notice provided for in
Article 11 (2) was dispatched to the Official Journal of the European
Communities , provided that the indicative notice contained, in addition,
at least as much of the information referred to in the model notice in
Annex IV B (Open procedure) as was available at the time of publication
of the notice.
3. Provided they have been requested in good time, the contract
documents and supporting documents must be sent to the contractors by
the contracting authorities or competent departments within six days of
receiving their application.
4. Provided it has been requested in good time, additional information
relating to the contract documents shall be supplied by the contracting
authorities not later than six days before the final date fixed for receipt of
tenders.
5. Where the contract documents, supporting documents or additional
information are too bulky to be suppliedwithin the time limits laid down
in paragraph 3 or 4 or where tenders can only be made after a visit to the
site or after on-the-spot inspection of the documents supporting the
contract documents, the time limits laid down in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall
be extended accordingly.
Article 13
1. In restricted procedures and negotiated procedures as described in
Article 7 (2), the time limit for receipt of requests to participate fixed by
the contracting authorities shall be not less than 37 days from the date
dispatch of the notice.
2. The contracting authorities shall simultaneously and in writing invite
the selected candidates to submit their tenders. The letter of invitation
shall be accompanied by the contract documents and supporting
documents. It shall include at least the following information:
(a) where appropriate, the address of the service from which the contract
documents and supporting documents can be requested and the final
date for making such a request; also the amount and terms of any
sum to be paid for such documents;
(b) the final date for receipt of tenders, the address to which they must
be sent and the language or languages in which they must be drawn
up;
(c) a reference to the contract notice published;!B
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(d) an indication of any documents to be annexed, either to support the
verifiable statements furnished by the candidate in accordance with
Article 11 (7), or to supplement the information provided for in that
Article under the same conditions as those laid down in Articles 26
and 27;
(e) the criteria for the award of the contract if these are not given in the
notice.
3. In restricted procedures, the time limit for receipt of tenders fixed by
the contracting authorities may not be less than 40 days from the date of
dispatch of the written invitation.
4. The time limit for receipt of tenders laid down in paragraph 3 may be
reduced to 26 days if the contracting authorities have sent the indicative
notice provided for in Article 11 (1) drafted in accordance with the
model in Annex IV A (Prior information) to the Official Journal of the
European Communities within a minimum of 52 days and a maximum of
12 months before the date on which the contract notice provided for in
Article 11 (2) was dispatched to the Official Journal of the European
Communities , provided that the indicative notice contained, in addition,
at least as much of the information referred to in the model notice in
Annex IV C (Restricted procedure), or, where applicable, Annex IV D
(Negotiated procedure) as was available at the time of publication of the
notice.
5. Requests to participate in procedures for the award of contracts may
be made by letter, by telegram, telex, telefax or by telephone. If by one of
the last four, they must be confirmed by letter dispatched before the end
of the period laid down in paragraph 1.
6. Provided it has been requested in good time, additional information
relating to the contract documents must be suplied by the contracting
authorities not later than six days before the final date fixed for the
receipt of tenders.
7. Where tenders can be made only after a visit to the site or after
on-the-spot inspection of the documents supporting the contract
documents, the time limit laid down in paragraphs 3 and 4 shall be
extended accordingly.
Article 14
1. In cases where urgency renders impracticable the time limits laid
down in Article 13, the contracting authorities may fix the following
time limits:
(a) a time limit for receipt of requests to participate which shall be not
less than 15 days from the date of dispatch of the notice;
(b) a time limit for the receipt of tenders which shall be not less than 10
days from the date of the invitation to tender.
2. Provided it has been requested in good time, additional information
relating to the contract documents must be supplied by the contracting
authorities not later than four days before the final date fixed for the
receipt of tenders.
3. Requests for participation in contracts and invitations to tender must
be made by the most rapid means of communication possible. When
requests to participate are made by telegram, telex, telefax or telephone,
they must be confirmed by letter dispatched before the expiry of the time
limit referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 15
Contracting authorities who wish to award a works concession contract
shall fix a time limit for receipt of candidatures for the concession,
which shall not be less than 52 days from the date of dispatch of the
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Article 16
In works contracts awarded by a works concessionnaire other than a
contracting authority, the time limit for the receipt of requests to
participate, fixed by the concessionnaire, shall be not less than 37 days
from the date of dispatch of the notice, and the time limit for the receipt
of tenders not less than 40 days from thedate of dispatch of the notice or
the invitation to tender.
Article 17
Contracting authorities may arrange for the publication in the Official
Journal of the European Communities of notices announcing public
works contracts which are not subject to the publication requirement laid
down in this Directive.
TITLE IV
COMMON RULES ON P ARTICIP ATION
Chapter 1
General provisions
Article 18
"M11.3Contracts shall be awarded on the basis of the criteria laid
down in Chapter 3 of this Title, taking into account Article 19, after the
suitability of the contractors not excluded under Article 24 has been
checked by contracting authorities in accordance with the criteria of
economic and financial standing and of technical knowledge or ability
referred to in Articles 26 to 29.
2. Tenders shall be submitted in writing, directly or by mail. Member
States may authorize the submission of tenders by any other means
making it possible to ensure:
— that each tender contains all the information necessary for its
evaluation,
— that the confidentiality of tenders is maintained pending their
evaluation,
— that, where necessary, for reasons of legal proof, such tenders are
confirmed as soon as possible in writing or by dispatch of a certified
copy,
— that tenders are opened after the time limit for their submission has
expired.
Article 19
Where the criterion for the award of the contract is that of the most
economically advantageous tender, contracting authorities may take
account of variants which are submitted by a tenderer and meet the
minimum specifications required by the contracting authorities.
The contracting authorities shall state in the contract documents the
minimum specifications to be respected by the variants and any specific
requirements for their presentation. They shall indicate in the tender
notice if variants are not permitted.
Contracting authorities may not reject the submission of a variant on the
sole grounds that it has been drawn up with technical specifications
defined by reference to national standards transposing European
standards, to European technical approvals or to common technical
specifications referred to in Article 10 (2) or again by reference to
national technical specifications referred to in Article 10 (5) (a) and (b).!B
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Article 20
In the contract documents, the contracting authority may ask the tenderer
to indicate in his tender any share of the contract he may intend to
subcontract to third parties.
This indication shall be without prejudice to the question of the principal
contractor’s liability.
Article 21
Tenders may be submitted by groups of contractors. These groups may
not be required to assume a specific legal form in order to submit the
tender; however, the group selected may be required to do so when it has
been awarded the contract.
Article 22
1. In restricted and negotiated procedures the contracting authorities
shall, on the basis of information given relating to the contractor’s
personal position as well as to the information and formalities necessary
for the evaluation of the minimum conditions of an economic and
technical nature to be fulfilled by him, select from among the candidates
with the qualifications required by Articles 24 to 29 those whom they
will invite to submit a tender or to negotiate.
2. Where the contracting authorities award a contract by restricted
procedure, they may prescribe the range within which the number of
undertakings which they intend to invite will fall. In this case the range
shall be indicated in the contract notice. The range shall be indicated in
the contract notice. The range shall be determined in the light of the
natural of the work to be carried out. The range must number at least 5
undertakings and may be up to 20.
In any event, the number of candidates invited to tender shall be
sufficient to ensure genuine competition.
3. Where the contracting authorities award a contract by negotiated
procedure as referred to in Article 7 (2), the number of candidates
admitted to negotiate may not be less than three provided that there is a
sufficient number of suitable candidates.
4. Each Member State shall ensure that contracting authorities issue
invitations without discriminations to those nationals of other Member
States who satisfy the necessary requirements and under the same
conditions as to its own nationals.
Article 23
1. The contracting authority may state in the contract documents, or be
obliged by a Member State to do so, the authority or authorities from
which a tenderer may obtain the appropriate information on the
obligations relating to the employment protection provisions and the
working conditions which are in force in the Member State, region or
locality in which the works are to be executed and which shall be
applicable to the works carried out on site during the performance of the
contract.
2. The contracting authority which supplies the information referred to
in paragraph 1 shall request the tenderers or those participating in the
contract procedure to indicate that they have taken account, when
draving up their tender, of the obligations relating to employment
protection provisions and the working conditions which are in force in
the place where the work is to be carried out. This shall be without
prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article 30 (4) concerning
the examination of abnormally low tenders.!B1993L0037 — EN — 18.12.1997 — 002.001 — 14
Chapter 2
Criteria for qualitative selection
Article 24
Any contractor may be excluded from participation in the contract who:
(a) is bankrupt or is being wound up, whose affairs are being
administered by the court, who has entered into an arrangement
with creditors, who has suspended business activities or who is in
any analogous situation arising from a similar procedure under
national laws and regulations;
(b) is the subject of proceedings for a declaration of bankruptcy, for an
order for compulsory winding up or administration by the court or
for an arrangement with creditors or of any other similar proceedings
under national laws or regulations;
(c) has been convicted of an offence concerning his professional
conduct by a judgment which has the force of res judicata ;
(d) has been guilty of grave professional misconduct proved by any
means which the contracting authorities can justify;
(e) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of social security
contributions in accordance with the legal provisions of the country
in which he is established or with those of the country of the
contracting authority;
(f) has not fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes in
accordance with the legal provisions of the country in which he is
established or those of the country of the contracting authority;
(g) is guilty of serious misrepresentation in supplying the information
required under this Chapter.
Where the contracting authority requires of the contractor proof that
none of the cases quoted in (a), (b), (c), (e) or (f) applies to him, it shall
accept as sufficient evidence:
— for points (a), (b) or (c), the production of an extract from the
‘judicial record’ or, failing this, of an equivalent document issued by
a competent judicial or administrative authority in the country of
origin in the country whence that person comes showing that these
requirements have been met;
— for points (e) or (f), a certificate issued by the competent authority in
the Member State concerned.
Where the country concerned does not issue such documents or
certificates, they may be replaced a declaration on oath or, in Member
States where there is no provision for declarations on oath, by a solemn
declaration made by the person concerned before a judicial or
administrative authority, a notary or a competent professional or trade
body, in the country of origin or in the country whence that person
comes.
Member States shall designate the authorities and bodies competent to
issue these documents and shall forthwith inform the other Member
States and the Commission thereof.
Article 25
Any contractor wishing to take part in a public works contract may be
requested to prove his enrolment in the professional or trade register
under the conditions laid down by the laws of the Member State in which
he is established:
— in Belgium the ‘Registre du Commerce - Handelsregister’,— in Denmark, the ‘Handelsregistret, Aktieselskabesregistret’ and the
‘Erhvervsregistret’,
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— in Greece, the registrar of contractors’ enterprises ‘ Μητρώ/omikron
Εργ/omikronληπτικών Επι/khiειρήσεων» of the Ministry for Environment,
Town and Country Planning and Public Works,
— in Spain, the ‘Registro Oficial de Contratistas del Ministerio de
Industria, Comercio y Turismo’,
— in France, the ‘Registre du Commerce and the Répertoire des
métiers’,
— in Italy, the ‘Registro della Camera di commercio, industria,
agricoltura e artigianato’,
— in Luxembourg, the ‘Registre aux firmes and the Rôle de la Chambre
des métiers’,
— in the Netherlands, the ‘Handelsregister’,— in Portugal, the ‘Commissão de Alvarás de Empresas de Obras
Públicas e Particulares (CAEOPP)’,
— in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the contractor may be requested
to provide a certificate from the Registrar of Companies or the
Registrar of Friendly Societies or, if this is not the case, a certificate
stating that the person concerned has declared on oath that he is
engaged in the profession in question in the country in which he is
established, in a specific place and under a given business name,
— in Austria, the ‘Firmenbuch’, the ‘Gewerberegister’, the ‘Mitglie-
derverzeichnisse der Landeskammern’,
— in Finland, ‘Kaupparekisteri — Handelsregistret’,— in Sweden, ‘aktiebolags-, handels- eller föreningsregistren’.
Article 26
1. Evidence of the contractor’s financial and economic standing may, as
a general rule, be furnished by one or more of the following references:
(a) appropriate statements from bankers;(b) the presentation of the firm’ s balance sheets or extracts from the
balance sheets, where publication of the balance sheet is required
under the law of the country in which the contractor is established;
(c) a statement of the firm’ s overall turnover and the turnover on
construction works for the three previous financial years.
2. The contracting authorities shall specify in the notice or in the
invitation to tender which reference or references they have chosen and
what references other than those mentioned under paragraph 1 (a), (b) or
(c) are to be produced.
3. If, for any valid reason, the contractor is unable to supply the
references requested by the contracting authorities, he may prove his
economic and financial standing by any other document which the
contracting authorities consider appropriate.
Article 27
1. Evidence of the contractor’s technical capability may be furnished
by:
(a) the contractor’s educational and professional qualifications and/or
those of the firm’ s managerial staff and, in particular, those of the
person or persons responsible for carrying out the works;
(b) a list of the works carried out over the past five years, accompanied
by certificates of satisfactory execution for the most important
works. These certificates shall indicate the value, date and site of the
works and shall specify whether they were carried out according to
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competent authority shall submit these certificates to the contracting
authority direct;
(c) a statement of the tools, plant and technical equipment available to
the contractor for carrying out the work;
(d) a statement of the firm’ s average annual manpower and the number
of managerial staff for the last three years;
(e) a statement of the technicians or technical bodies which the
contractor can call upon for carrying out the work, whether or not
they belong to the firm.
2. The contracting authorities shall specify in the invitation to tender
which of these references are to be produced.
Article 28
Within the limits of Articles 24 to 27, the contracting authority may
invite the contractor to supplement the certificates and documents
submitted or to clarify them.
Article 29
1. Member States who have official lists of recognized contractors must
adapt them to the provisions of Article 24 (a) to (d) and (g) and of
Articles 25, 26 and 27.
2. Contractors registered in the official lists may, for each contract,
submit to the contracting authority a certificate of registration issued by
the competent authority. This certificate shall state the reference which
enabled them to be registered in the list and the classification given in
this list.
3. Certified registration in the official lists by the competent bodies
shall, for the contracting authorities of other Member States, constitute a
presumption of suitability for works corresponding to the contractor’s
classification only as regards Articles 24 (a) to (d) and (g), 25, 26 (b) and
(c) and 27 (b) and (d).
Information which can be deduced from registration in official lists may
not be questioned. However, with regard to the payment of social security
contributions, an additional certificate may be required of any registered
contractor whenever a contract is offered.
The contracting authorities of other Member States shall apply the above
provisions only in favour of contractors who are established in the
country holding the official list.
4. For the registration of contractors of other Member States in an
official list, no further proofs and statements may be required other than
those requested of nationals and, in any event, only those provided for
under Articles 24 to 27.
5. Member States holding an official list shall communicate to other
Member States the address of the body to which requests for registration
may be made.
Chapter 3
Criteria for the award of contracts
Article 30
1. The criteria on which the contracting authorities shall base the award
of contracts shall be:
(a) either the lowest price only;(b) or, when the award is made to the most economically advantageous
tender, various criteria according to the contract: e. g. price, period
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2. In the case referred to in paragraph 1 (b), the contracting authority
shall state in the contract documents or in the contract notice all the
criteria it intends to apply to the award, where possible in descending
order of importance.
3. Paragraph 1 shall not apply when a Member State bases the award of
contracts on other criteria, within the framework of rules in force at the
time of the adoption of this Directive whose aim is to give preference to
certain tenderers, on condition that the rules invoked are compatible with
the EEC Treaty.
4. If, for a given contract, tenders appear to be abnormally low in
relation to the works, the contracting authority shall, before it may reject
those tenders, request, in writing, details of the constituent elements of
the tender which it considers relevant and shall verify those constituent
elements taking account of the explanations received.
The contracting authority may take into consideration explanations
which are justified on objective grounds including the economy of the
construction method, or the technical solution chosen, or the excep-
tionally favourable conditions available to the tenderer for the execution
of the work, or the originality of the work proposed by the tenderer.
If the documents relating to the contract provide for its award at the
lowest price tendered, the contracting authority must communicate to the
Commission the rejection of tenders which it consider to be too low.
However, until the end of 1992, if current national law so permits, the
contracting authority may exceptionally, without any discrimination on
grounds of nationality, reject tenders which are abnormally low in
relation to the works, without being obliged to comply with the
procedure provided for in the first subparagraph if the number of such
tenders for a particular contract is so high that implementation of this
procedure would lead to a considerable delay and jeopardize the public
attaching to the execution of the contract in question. Recourse to this
exceptional procedure shall be mentioned in the notice referred to in
Article 11 (5).
Article 31
1. Until 31 December 1992, this Directive shall not prevent the
application of existing national provisions on the award of public works
contracts which have as their objective the reduction of regional
disparities and the promotion of job creation in regions whose
development is lagging behind and in declining industrial regions, on
condition that the provisions concerned are compatible with the Treaty,
in particular with the principles of non-discrimination on grounds of
nationality, freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services,
and with the Community’s international obligations.
2. Paragraph 1 shall be without prejudice to Article 30 (3).
Article 32
1. Member States shall inform the Commission of national covered by
Article 30 (3) and Article 31 and of the rules for applying them.
2. Member States concerned shall forward to the Commission, every
year, a report describing the practical application of the measures
referred to in paragraph 1. The reports shall be submitted to the Advisory
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TITLE V
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 33
The calculation of the time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to
participate shall be made in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC,
Euratom) No 1182/71 of 3 June 1971 determining the rules applicable to
periods, dates and time limits (1).
Article 33a
For the purposes of the award of public contracts by contracting
authorities, Member States shall apply in their relations conditions as
favourable as those which they grant to third countries in implementation
of the Agreement on government procurement, concluded in the
framework of the Uruguay Round multilateral negotiations (2), here-
inafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’. Member States shall to this end
consult each other within the Advisory Committee for Public Contracts
on the measures to be taken pursuant to the Agreement.
Article 34
1. In order to permit assessment of the results of applying this
Directive, Member States shall forward to the Commission a statistical
report on the works contracts awarded by contracting authorities during
the preceding year, not later than 31 October 1997 and thereafter not
later than 31 October of each year.
2. The statistical report shall detail at least:(a) in the case of contracting authorities listed in Annex I to Directive
93/36/EEC:
— the estimated overall value of contracts awarded below the
threshold by each contracting authority,
— the number and value of contracts awarded above the threshold,
by each contracting authority subdivided as far as possible by
procedure, category of work according to the nomenclature used
in Annex II and the nationality of the contractor to whom the
contract has been awarded, and in the case of negotiated
procedures, subdivided in accordance with Article 7, listing the
number and value of the contracts awarded to each Member
State and to third countries;
(b) in the case of all other contracting authorities subject to this
Directive, for each category of contracting authority, the number and
value of contracts awarded above the threshold, subdivided, as far as
possible, by procedure, category of work according to the
nomenclature used in Annex II and the nationality of the contractor
to whom the contract has been awarded and, in the case of negotiated
procedures, subdivided in accordance with Article 7, listing the
number and value of the contracts awarded to each Member State
and to third countries;
(c) in the case of contracting authorities listed in Annex I to Directive
93/36/EEC, the number and total value of contracts awarded by
contracting authorities pursuant to derogations to the Agreement; in
the case of all other contracting authorities subject to this Directive,
the total value of contracts awarded by each category of contracting
authority pursuant to derogations to the Agreement;!B
(1) OJ No L 124, 8. 6. 1971, p. 1.
(2) Council Decision 94/800/EC of 22 December 1994 concerning the
conclusion on behalf of the European Community, as regards matters withinits competence, of the Agreements reached in the Uruguay Roundmultilateral negotiations (1986 to 1994) (OJ L 336, 23. 12. 1994, p. 1).!
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(d) any other statistical information, to be determined pursuant to the
procedure provided for in Article 35 (3), which is required in
accordance with the Agreement.
3. The Commission shall determine, in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 35 (3), the nature of any statistical information
required pursuant to this Directive.
Article 35
1. Annex I shall be amended by the Commission, in accordance with
the procedure laid down in paragraph 3, when, in particular on the basis
of the notifications from the Member States, it appears necessary:
(a) to remove from the said Annex bodies governed by public law which
no longer fulfil the criteria laid down in Article 1 (b);
(b) to include in that Annex bodies governed by public law which meet
those criteria.
2. The conditions for the drawing up, transmission, receipt, translation,
collection and distribution of the notices referred to in Article 11 and of
the statistical reports provided for in Article 34, the nomenclature
provided for in Annex II, as well as the reference in the notices to
particular positions of the nomenclature, may be modified in accordance
with the procedure laid down in paragraph 3.
3. The chairman of the Advisory Committee for Public Contracts shall
submit to the committee a draft of any measures to be taken. The
committee shall deliver its opinion on the draft, if necessary by taking a
vote, within a time limit to be fixed by the chairman in light of the
urgency of the matter.
The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes. In addition, each Member
State shall have the right to request that its position be recorded in the
minutes.
The Commission shall take the fullest account of the opinion delivered
by the committee. It shall inform the committee of the manner in which
its opinion has been taken into account.
4. Amended versions of Annexes I and II and of the conditions set out
in paragraph 2 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities .
Article 36
1. Directive 71/305/EEC (1) is hereby repealed, without prejudice to the
obligations of the Member States concerning the deadlines for
transposition into national law and for application indicated in Annex
VII.
2. References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as references
to this Directive and should be read in accordance with the correlation
table given in Annex VIII.
Article 37
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.!M1
(1) including the provisions which amended this Directive, namely:
— Directive 78/669/EEC (OJ No L 225, 16. 8. 1978, p. 41),
— Directive 89/440/EEC (OJ No L 210, 21. 7. 1989, p. 1),
— Commission Decision 90/380/EEC (OJ No L 187, 19. 7. 1990, p. 55,
— Article 35 (2) of Directive 90/531/EEC (OJ No L 297, 29. 10. 1990, p. 1),
and
— Directive 93/4/EEC (OJ. No L 38, 16. 2. 1993, p. 31).!B1993L0037 — EN — 18.12.1997 — 002.001 — 20
ANNEX I
LISTS OF BODIES AND CATEGORIES OF BODIES GOVERNED BY
PUBLIC LA W REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1 (b)
I. BELGIUM
Bodies
— Archives générales du Royaume et Archives de l’État dans les
Provinces — Algemeen Rijksarchief en Rijksarchief in de Provinciën,
— Conseil autonome de l’enseignement communautaire — Autonome
Raad van het Gemeenschapsonderwijs,
— Radio et télévision belges, émissions néerlandaises — Belgische
Radio en Televisie, Nederlandse uitzendingen,
— Belgisches Rundfunk- und Fernsehzentrum der Deutschsprachigen
Gemeinschaft (Centre de radio et télévision belge de la Communauté
de langue allemande — Centrum voor Belgische Radio en Televisie
voor de Duitstalige Gemeenschap),
— Bibliothèque royale Albert Ier— Koninklijke Bibliotheek Albert I,
— Caisse auxiliaire de paiement des allocations de chômage — Hulpkas
voor Werkloosheidsuitkeringen,
— Caisse auxiliaire d’assurance maladie-invalidité — Hulpkas voor
Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekeringen,
— Caisse nationale des pensions de retraite et de survie — Rijkskas voor
Rust- en Overlevingspensioenen,
— Caisse de secours et de prévoyance en faveur des marins naviguant
sous pavillon belge — Hulp- en V oorzorgskas voor Zeevarenden
onder Belgische Vlag,
— Caisse nationale des calamités — Nationale Kas voor de Rampen-
schade,
— Caisse spéciale de compensation pour allocations familiales en faveur
des travailleurs de l’industrie diamantaire — Bijzondere Verrekenkasvoor Gezinsvergoedingen ten bate van de Arbeiders der Diamantnij-
verheid,
— Caisse spéciale de compensation pour allocations familiales en faveur
des travailleurs de l’industrie du bois — Bijzondere Verrekenkas voorGezinsvergoedingen ten bate van Arbeiders in de Houtnijverheid,
— Caisse spéciale de compensation pour allocations familiales en faveur
des travailleurs occupés dans les entreprises de batellerie —
Bijzondere Verrekenkas voor Gezinsvergoedingen ten bate vanArbeiders der Ondernemingen voor Binnenscheepvaart,
— Caisse spéciale de compensation pour allocations familiales en faveur
des travailleurs occupés dans les entreprises de chargement,
déchargement et manutention de marchandises dans les ports
débarcadères, entrepôts et stations (appelée habituellement «Caissespéciale de compensation pour allocations familiales des régionsmaritimes») — Bijzondere Verrekenkas voor Gezinsvergoedingen ten
bate van de Arbeiders gebezigd door Ladings- en Lossingsonder-
nemingen en door de Stuwadoors in de Havens, Losplaatsen,Stapelplaatsen en Stations (gewoonlijk genoemd: „Bijzondere Com-pensatiekas voor kindertoeslagen van de zeevaartgewesten”),
— Centre informatique pour la Région bruxelloise — Centrum voor
Informatica voor het Brusselse Gewest,
— Commissariat général de la Communauté flamande pour la coo-
pération internationale — Commissariaat-generaal voor Internationa-le Samenwerking van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap,
— Commissariat général pour les relations internationales de la
Communauté française de Belgique — Commissariaat-generaal bij
de Internationale Betrekkingen van de Franse Gemeenschap vanBelgië,!
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— Conseil central de l’économie — Centrale Raad voor het Bedrijfs-
leven,
— Conseil économique et social de la Région wallonne — Sociaal-
economische Raad van het Waals Gewest,
— Conseil national du travail — Nationale Arbeidsraad,— Conseil supérieur des classes moyennes — Hoge Raad voor de
Middenstand,
— Office pour les travaux d’infrastructure de l’enseignement subsidié —
Dienst voor Infrastructuurwerken van het Gesubsidieerd Onderwijs,
— Fondation royale — Koninklijke Schenking,
— Fonds communautaire de garantie des bâtiments scolaires —
Gemeenschappelijk Waarborgfonds voor Schoolgebouwen,
— Fonds d’aide médicale urgente — Fonds voor Dringende Geneeskun-
dige Hulp,
— Fonds des accidents du travail — Fonds voor Arbeidsongevallen,
— Fonds des maladies professionnelles — Fonds voor Beroepsziekten,— Fonds des routes — Wegenfonds,— Fonds d’indemnisation des travailleurs licenciés en cas de fermeture
d’entreprises — Fonds tot Vergoeding van de in geval van Sluiting
van Ondernemingen Ontslagen Werknemers,
— Fonds nationaal de garantie pour le réparation de dégâts houillers —
Nationaal Waarborgfonds inzake Kolenmijnschade,
— Fonds national de retraite des ouvriers mineurs — National
Pensioenfonds voor Mijnwerkers,
— Fonds pour le financement des prêts à des États étrangers — Fonds
voor Financiering van de Leningen aan Vreemde Staten,
— Fonds pour la rémunération des mousses enrôlés à bord des bâtiments
de pêche — Fonds voor Scheepsjongens aan Boord van Vissersvaar-tuigen,
— Fonds wallon d’avances pour la réparation des dommages provoqués
par des pompages et des prises d’eau souterraine — Waals Fonds van
V oorschotten voor het Herstel van de Schade veroorzaakt doorGrondwaterzuiveringen en Afpompingen,
— Institut d’aéronomie spatiale — Instituut voor Ruimte-aëronomie,
— Institut belge de normalisation — Belgisch Instituut voor Normali-
satie,
— Institut bruxellois de l’environnement — Brussels Instituut voor
Milieubeheer,
— Institut d’expertise vétérinaire — Instituut voor Veterinaire Keuring,
— Institut économique et social des classes moyennes — Economisch en
Sociaal Instituut voor de Middenstand,
— Institut d’hygiène et d’épidémiologie — Instituut voor Hygiëne en
Epidemiologie,
— Institut francophone pour la formation permanente des classes
moyennes — Franstalig Instituut voor Permanente V orming voor deMiddenstand,
Institut géographique national — Nationaal Geografisch Instituut,
— Institut géotechnique de l’État — Rijksinstituut voor Grondmechani-
ca,
— Institut national d’asurance maladie-invalidité — Rijksinstituut voor
Ziekte- en Invaliditeitsverzekering,
— Institut national d’assurances sociales pour travailleurs indépen-
dants — Rijksinstituut voor de Sociale Verzekeringen der Zelf-
standigen,
— Institut national des industries extractives — Nationaal Instituut voor
de Extractiebedrijven,!
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— Institut national des invalides de guerre, anciens combattants et
victimes de guerre — Nationaal Instituut vor Oorlogsinvaliden,
Oudstrijders en Oorlogsslachtoffers,
— Institut pour l’amélioration des conditions de travail — Instituut voor
Verbetering van de Arbeidsvoorwaarden,
— Institut pour l’encouragement de la recherche scientifique dans
l’industrie et l’agriculture — Instituut tot Aanmoediging van hetWetenschappelijk Onderzoek in Nijverheid en Landbouw,
— Institut royal belge des sciences naturelles — Koninklijk Belgisch
Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen,
— Institut royal belge du patrimoine artistique — Koninklijk Belgisch
Instituut voor het Kunstpatrimonium,
— Institut royal de météorologie — Koninklijk Meteorologisch Instituut,
— Enfance et famille — Kind en Gezin,
— Compagnie des installations maritimes de Bruges — Maatschappij
der Brugse Zeevaartinrichtingen,
— Mémorial national du fort de Breendonck — Nationaal Gedenkteken
van het Fort van Breendonck,
— Musée royal de l’Afrique centrale — Koninklijk Museum voor
Midden-Afrika,
— Musées royaux d’art et d’historie — Koninklijke Musea voor Kunst
en Geschiedenis,
— Musées royaux des beaux-arts de Belgique — Koninklijke Musea
voor Schone Kunsten van België,
— Observatoire royal de Belgique — Koninklijke Sterrenwacht van
België,
— Office belge de l’économie et de l’agriculture — Belgische Dienst
voor Bedrijfsleven en Landbouw,
— Office belge du commerce extérieur — Belgische Dienst vor
Buitenlandse Handel,
— Office central d’action sociale et culturelle au profit des membres de
la communauté militaire — Centrale Dienst voor Sociale en Culturele
Actie ten behoeve van de Leden van de Militaire Gemeenschap,
— Office de la naissance et de l’enfance — Dienst voor Borelingen en
Kinderen,
— Office de la navigation — Dienst voor de Scheepvaart,— Office de promotion du tourisme de la Communauté française —
Dienst voor de Promotie van het Toerisme van de FranseGemeenschap,
— Office de renseignements et d’aude aux familles des militaires —
Hulp- en Informatiebureau voor Gezinnen van Militairen,
— Office de sécurité sociale d’outre-mer — Dienst voor Overzeese
Sociale Zekerheid,
— Office national d’allocations familiales pour travailleurs salariés —
Rijksdienst voor Kinderbijslag voor Werknemers,
— Office national de l’emploi — Rijksdienst voor de Arbeidsvoor-
ziening,
— Office national des débouchés agricoles et horticoles — Nationale
Dienst voor Afzet van Land- en Tuinbouwprodukten,
— Office national de sécurité sociale — Rijksdienst voor Sociale
Zekerheid,
— Office national de sécurité des administrations provinciales et
locales — Rijksdienst voor Sociale Zekerheid van de Provinciale en
Plaatselijke Overheidsdiensten,
— Office national des pensions — Rijksdienst voor Pensioenen,— Office national des vacances annuelles — Rijksdienst voor de
Jaarlijkse Vakantie,!
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— Office national du lait — Nationale Zuiveldienst,
— Office régional bruxellois de l’emploi — Brusselse Gewestelijke
Dienst voor Arbeidsbemiddeling,
— Office régional et communautaire de l’emploi et de la formation —
Gewestelijke en Gemeenschappelijke Dienst voor Arbeidsvorzieningen V orming,
— Office régulateur de la navigation intérieure — Dienst voor Regeling
der Binnenvaart,
— Société publique des déchets pour la Région flamande — Openbare
Afvalstoffenmaatschappij voor het Vlaams Gewest,
— Orchestre national de Belgique — Nationaal Orkest van Belgie,
— Organisme national des déchets radioactifs et des matières fissiles —
Nationale Instelling voor Radioactief Afval en Splijtstoffen,
— Palais des breaux-arts — Paleis voor Schone Kunsten,
— Pool des marins de la marine marchande — Pool van de Zeelieden ter
Koopvaardij,
— Port autonome de Charleroi — Autonome Haven van Charleroi,
— Port aunonome de Liège — Autonome Haven van Luik,
— Port autonome de Namur — Autonome Haven van Namen,— Radion et télévision belges de la Communauté française — Belgische
Radio en Televisie van de Franse Gemeenschap,
— Régie des bâtiments — Regie der Gebouwen,— Régie des voies aériennes — Regie der Luchtwegen,— Régie des postes — reige der Posterijen,— Régie des télégraphes et des téléphones — Regie van Telegraaf en
Telefoon,
— Conseil économique et social pour la Flandre — Sociaal-economi-
sche Raad voor Vlaanderen,
— Société anonyme du canal et des installations maritimes de
Bruxelles — Naamloze Vennootschap „Zeekanaal en Haveninrichtin-
gen van Brussel”,
— Société du logement de la Région bruxelloise et sociétés argéées —
Brusselse Gewestelijke Huisvestingsmaatschappij en erkende maat-
schappijen,
— Société nationale terrienne — Nationale Landmaatschaapij,— Théâtre royal de la Monnaie — De Koninklijke Muntschouwburg,— Universités relevant de la Communauté flamande — Universiteiten
afhangende van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap,
— Universités relevant de la Communauté française — Universiteiten
afhangende van de Franse Gemeenschap,
— Office flamand de l’emploi et de la formation professionnelle —
Vlaamse Dienst voor Arbeidsvoorziening en Beroepsopleiding,
— Fonds flamand de construction d’institutions hospitalières et médico-
sociales — Vlaams Fonds voor de Bouw van Ziekenhuizen enMedisch-Sociale Instellingen,
— Société flamande du logement et sociétés agréées — Vlaamse
Huisvestingsmaatschappij en erkende maatschappijen,
— Société régionale wallone du logement et sociétés agréées — Waalse
Gewestelijke Maatschappij voor de Huisvesting en erkende maat-
schappijen,
— Société flamande d’éputation des eaux — Vlaamer Maatschappij
Waterzuivering.
— Fonds flamand du logement des familles nombreuses — Vlaams
Woningfonds van de Grote Gezinnen.!
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Categories
— les centres publics d’aide sociale,
— les fabriques d’église (church councils).
II. DENMARK
Bodies
— Københavns Havn,
— Danmarks Radio,
— TV 2/Danmark,— TV 2 Reklame A/S,
— Danmarks Nationalbank,
— A/S Storebæltsforbindelsen,— A/S Øresundsforbindelsen (alene tilslutningsanlæg i Danmark),
— Københavns Lufthavn A/S,
— Byfornyelsesselskabet København,
— Tele Danmark A/S mit Tochterunternehmen,
— Fyns Telefon A/S,— Jydsk Telefon Aktieselskab A/S,
— Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab,
— Tele Sønderjylland A/S,— Telecom A/S,
— Tele Danmark Mobil A/S.
Categories
— De kommunale havne (municipal ports),
— Andre Forvaltningssubjekter (other public administrative bodies).
III. GERMANY
1. Legal persons governed by public law
Authorities, establishments and foundations governed by public
law and created by federal, State or local authorities in particular inthe following sectors:
1.1. Authorities
— Wissenschaftliche Hochschulen und verfaßte Studenten-
schaften (universities and established student bodies),
— berufsständige Vereinigungen (Rechtsanwalts-, Notar-, Steuer-
berater-, Wirtschaftsprüfer-, Architekten-, Ärzte- und Apothe-kerkammern) (professional associations representing lawyers,
notaries, tax consultants, accountants, architects, medical
practitioners and pharmacists),
— Wirtschaftsvereinigungen (Landwirtschafts-, Handwerks-, In-
dustrie- und Handelskammern, Handwerksinnungen, Hand-
werkerschaften) (business and trade associations: agriculturaland craft associations, chambers of industry and commerce,craftmen’s guilds, tradesmen’s associations),
— Sozialversicherungen (Krankenkassen, Unfall- und Renten-
versicherungsträger) (social security institutions: health,accident and pension insurance funds),
— kassenärztliche Vereinigungen (associations of panel doctors),
— Genossenschaften und Verbände (cooperatives and other
associations).!
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1.2. Establishments and foundations
Non-industrial and non-commercial establishments subject to state
control and operating in the general interest, particularly in thefollowing fields:
— Rechtsfähige Bundesanstalten (federal institutions having
legal capacity),
— Versorgungsanstalten und Studentenwerke (pension organiz-
ations and students’ unions),
— Kultur-, Wohlfahrts- und Hilfsstiftungen (cultural, welfare and
relief foundations).
2. Legal persons governed by private law
Non-industrial and non-commercial establishments subject to State
control and operating in the general interest (including ‘kom-munale Versorgungsunternehmen’ — municipal utilities), particu-
larly in the following fields:
— Gesundheitswesen (Krankenhäuser, Kurmittelbetriebe, medi-
zinische Forschungseinrichtungen, Untersuchungs- und Tier-
körperbeseitigungsanstalten) (health: hospitals, health resortestablishments, medical research institutes, testing andcarcase-disposal establishments),
— Kultur (öffentliche Bühnen, Orchester, Museen, Bibliotheken,
Archive, zoologische und botanische Gärten) (culture: public
theatres, orchestras, museums, libraries, archives, zoological
and botanical gardens),
— Soziales (Kindergärten, Kindertagesheime, Erholungseinrich-
tungen, Kinder- und Jugendheime, Freizeiteinrichtungen,Gemeinschafts- und Bürgerhäuser, Frauenhäuser, Altersheime,Obdachlosenunterkünfte) (social welfare: nursery schools,
children’s playschools, rest-homes, children’s homes, hostels
for young people, leisure centres, community and civiccentres, homes for battered wives, old people’ s homes,accommodation for the homeless),
— Sport (Schwimmbäder, Sportanlagen und -einrichtungen)
(sport: swimming baths, sports facilities),
— Sicherheit (Feuerwehren, Rettungsdienste) (safety: fire brig-
ades, other emergency services),
— Bildung (Umschulungs-, Aus-, Fort- und Weiterbildungsein-
richtungen, V olkshochschulen) (education: training, further
training and retraining establishments, adult evening classes),
— Wissenschaft, Forschung und Entwicklung (Großforschung-
seinrichtungen, wissenschaftliche Gesellschaften und Vereine,
Wissenschaftsförderung) (science, research and development:large-scale research institutes, scientific societies and associ-ations, bodies promoting science),
— Entsorgung (Straßenreinigung, Abfall- und Abwasserbeseiti-
gung) (refuse and garbage disposal services: street cleaning,
waste and sewage disposal),
— Bauwesen und Wohnungswirtschaft (Stadtplanung, Stadtent-
wicklung, Wohnungsunternehmen, Wohnraumvermittlung)
(building, civil engineering and housing: town planning,urban development, housing enterprises, housing agencyservices),
— Wirtschaft (Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaften) (economy:
organizations promoting economic development),
— Friedhofs- und Bestattungswesen (cemeteries and burial
services),
— Zusammenarbeit mit den Entwicklungsländern (Finanzierung,
technische Zusammenarbeit, Entwicklungshilfe, Ausbildung)
(cooperation with developing countries: financing, technicalcooperation, development aid, training).!
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IV . GREECE
Categories
Other legal persons governed by public law whose public works contracts
are subject to State control.
V . SPAIN
Categories
— Entidades Gestoras y Servicios Comunes de la Seguridad Social
(administrative entities and common services of the health and social
services)
— Organismos Autónomos de la Administración del Estado (indepen-
dent bodies of the national administration)
— Organismos Autónomos de las Comunidades Autónomas (indepen-
dent bodies of the autonomous communities)
— Organismos Autónomos de las Entidades Locales (independent bodies
of local authorities)
— Otras entidades sometidas a la legislación de contratos del Estado
español (other entities subject to Spanish State legislation on
procurement).
VI. FRANCE
Bodies
1. National public bodies:
1.1. with scientific, cultural and professional character:
— Collège de France,
— Conservatoire national des arts et métiers,— Observatoire de Paris.
1.2. Scientific and technological:
— Centre national de la recherche scientifique (CNRS),
— Institut national de la recherche agronomique,
— Institut national de la santé e de la recherche médicale,— Institut français de recherche scientifique pour le développe-
ment en coopération (ORSTOM).
1.3. with administrative character:
— Agence nationale pour l’emploi,
— Caisse nationale des allocations familiales,
— Caisse nationale d’assurance maladie des travailleurs salariés,
— Caisse nationale d’assurance vieillesse des travailleurs sal-
ariés,
— Office national des anciens combattants et victimes de la
guerre,
— Agences financières de bassins.
Categories
1. National public bodies:
— universités (universities),— écoles normales d’instituteurs (teacher training colleges).
2. Administrative public bodies at regional, departmental and local
level:
— collèges (secondary schools),!
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— lycées (secondary schools),
— établissements publics hospitaliers (public hospitals),— offices publics d’habitations à loyer modéré (OPHLM) (public
offices for low-cost housing).
3. Groupings of territorial authorities:
— syndicats de communes (associations of local authorities),— districts (districts),— communautés urbaines (municipalities),— institutions interdépartementales et interrégionales (institu-
tions common to more than one Département and interregional
institutions).
VII. IRELAND
Bodies
— Shannon Free Airport Development Company Ltd,
— Local Government Computer Services Board,
— Local Government Staff Negotiations Board,
— Córas Tráchtála (Irish Export Board),— Industrial Development Authority,— Irish Goods Council (Promotion of Irish Goods),— Córas Beostoic agus Feola (CGF) (Irish Meat Board),— Board Fálite Éireann (Irish Tourism Board),— Údarás na Gaeltachta (Development Authority for Gaeltacht
Regions),
— An Bord Pleanála (Irish Planning Board).
Categories
— Third level Educational Bodies of a Public Character,
— National Training, Cultural or Research Agencies,— Hospital Boards of a Public Character,— National Health & Social Agencies of a Public Character,
— Central & Regional Fishery Boards.
VIII. ITAL Y
Bodies
— Agenzia per la promozione dello sviluppo nel Mezzogiorno.
Categories
— Enti portuali e aeroportuali (port and airport authorities),
— Consorzi per le opere idrauliche (consortia for water engineering
works),
— Le università statali, gli istituti universitari statali, i consorzi per i
lavori interessanti le università (State universities, State university
institutes, consortia for university development work),
— Gli istituti superiori scientifici e culturali, gli osservatori astronomici,
astrofisici, geofisici o vulcanologici (higher scientific and culturalinstitutes, astronomical, astrophysical, geophysical or vulcanological
oberservatories),
— Enti di ricerca e sperimentazione (organizations conducting research
and experimental work),!
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— Le istituzioni pubbliche di assistenza e di beneficenza (public welfare
and benevolent institutions),
— Enti che gestiscono forme obbligatorie di previdenza e di assistenza
(agencies administering compulsory social security and welfareschemes), — Consorzi di bonifica (land reclamation consortia),
— Consorzi di bonifica (land reclamation consortia),
— Enti di sviluppo o di irrigazione (development or irrigation agencies),
— Consorzi per le aree industriali (associations for industrial areas),— Comunità montane (groupings of municipalities in mountain areas),— Enti preposti a servizi di pubblico interesse (organizations providing
services in the public interest),
— Enti pubblici preposti ad attività di spettacolo, sportive, turistiche e
del tempo libero (public bodies engaged in entertainment, sport,tourism and leisure activities),
— Enti culturali e di promozione artistica (organizations promoting
culture and artistic activities)
IX. LUXEMBOURG
Categories
— Les établissements publics de l’État placés sous la surveillance d’un
membre du gouvernement (public establishments of the State placed
under the supervision of a member of the Government),
— Les établissements publics placés sous la surveillance des communes
(public establishments placed under the supervision of the com-munes),
— Les syndicats de communes créés en vertu de la loi du 14 février
1900 telle qu’elle a été modifiée par la suite (associations ofcommunes created under the law of 14 February 1900 as subsequentlymodified).
X. THE NETHERLANDS
Bodies
— De Nederlandse Centrale Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurweten-
schappelijk Onderzoek (TNO) en de daaronder ressorterendeorganisaties.
Categories
— De waterschappen (administration of water engineering works),
— De instellingen van wetenschappelijk onderwijs vermeld in artikel 8
van de Wet op het Wetenschappelijk Onderwijs (1985), de academ-
ische ziekenhuizen (Institutions for scientific education, as listed in
Article 8 of the Scientific Education Act (1985)) wet op hetWetenschappelijk Onderwijs (1985) (teaching hospitals).
XI. PORTUGAL
Categories
— Estabelecimentos públicos de ensino investigaçaço científica e saúde
(public establishments for education, scientific research and health),
— Institutos públicos sem carácter comercial ou industrial (public
institutions without commercial or industrial character), — Fundaçõespúblicas (public foundations),
— Fundações públicas (public foundations),
— Administrações gerais e juntas autonómas (general administration
bodies and independent councils).!
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XII. THE UNITED KINGDOM
Bodies
— Central Blood Laboratories Authority,
— Design Council,
— Health and Safety Executive,— National Research Development Corporation,— Public Health Laboratory Services Board,
— Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service,
— Commission for the New Towns,— Development Board For Rural Wales,— English Industrial Estates Corporation,
— National Rivers Authority,
— Northern Ireland Housing Executive,— Scottish Enterprise,— Scottish Homes,
— Welsh Development Agency.
Categories
— Universities and polytechnics, maintained schools and colleges,
— National Museums and Galleries,— Research Councils,
— Fire Authorities,
— National Health Service Authorities,— Police Authorities,— New Town Development Corporations,
— Urban Development Corporation.
XIII. AUSTRIA
all bodies subject to budgetary supervision by the ‘Rechnungshof’(audit
authority) not having an industrial or commercial character.
XIV . FINLAND
public or publicly controlled entities or undertakings not having an
industrial orcommercial character.
XV . SWEDEN
All non-commercial bodies whose procurement is subject to supervision
by theNational Board for Public Procurement.!
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ANNEX II
LIST OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AS SET OUT IN THE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION
OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES (NACE)
Classes Groups Subgroups and items Description
50 BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
500 General building and civil engineering work (without any
particular specification) and demolition work
500.1 General building and civil engineering work (without any
particular specification)
500.2 Demolition work
501 Construction of flats, office blocks, hospitals and other buildings,
both residential and non-residential
501.1 General building contractors501.2 Roofings501.3 Construction of chimneys, kilns and furnaces501.4 Water-proofing and damp-proofing501.5 Restoration and maintenance of outside walls (repointing, cleaning,
etc.)
501.6 Erection and dismantlement of scaffolding501.7 Other specialized activities relating to construction work (including
carpentry)
502 Civil engineering: construction of roads, bridges, railways, etc.
502.1 General civil engineering work502.2 Earth-moving (navvying)502.3 Construction of bridges, tunnels and shafts; drillings502.4 Hydraulic engineering (rivers, canals, harbours, flows, lochs and
dams)
502.5 Road-building (including specialized construction of airports and
runways)
502.6 Specialized construction work relating to water (i.e. to irrigation,
land drainage, water supply, sewage disposal, sewerage, etc.)
502.7 Specialized activities in other areas of civil engineering
503 Installation (fittings and fixtures)
503.1 General installation work503.2 Gas fitting and plumbing, and the installation of sanitary equip-
ment
503.3 Installation of heating and ventilating apparatus (central heating,
air-conditioning, ventilation)
503.4 Sound and heat insulation; insulation against vibration503.5 Electrical fittings503.6 Installation of aerials, lightning conductors, telephones, etc.
504 Building completion work
504.1 General building completion work504.2 Plastering504.3 Joinery, primarily engaged in the after assembly and/or installation
(including the laying of parquet flooring)
504.4 Painting, glazing and paper-hanging504.5 Tiling and otherwise covering floors and walls504.6 Other building completion work (putting in fireplaces, etc.)!
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ANNEX III
DEFINITION OF CERTAIN TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
For the purposes of this Directive the following terms shall be defined as follows:
1. ‘Technical specifications’: the totality of the technical prescriptions contained
in particular in the tender documents, defining the characteristics required of
a work, material, product or supply, which permits a work, a material, aproduct or a supply to be described in a manner such that it fulfils the use forwhich it is intended by the contracting authority. These technical prescriptions
shall include levels of quality, performance, safety or dimensions, including
the requirements applicable to the material, the product or to the supply asregards quality assurance, terminology, symbols, testing and test methods,packaging, marking or labelling. They shall also include rules relating to
design and costing, the test, inspection and acceptances for works and
methods or techniques of construction and all other technical conditionswhich the contracting authority is in a position to prescribe, under general orspecific regulations, in relation to the finished works and to the materials or
parts which they involve;
2. ‘Standard’: a technical specification approved by a recognized standardizing
body for repeated and continuous application, compliance with which is inprinciple not compulsory;
3. ‘European standard’: a standard approved by the European Committee for
Standardization (CEN) or by the European Committee for Electrotechnical
Standardization (Cenelec) as ‘European standards (EN)’ or ‘Harmonization
documents (HD)’ according to the common rules of these organizations;
4. ‘European technical approval’: a favourable technical assessment of the
fitness for use of a product, based on fulfilment of the essential requirementsfor building works, by means of the inherent characteristics of the product and
the defined conditions of application and use. The European agreement shall
be issued by an approval body designated for this purpose by the MemberState;
5. ‘Common technical specification’: a technical specification laid down in
accordance with a procedure recognized by the Member States to ensure
uniform application in all Member States which has been published in the
Official Journal of the European Communities .
6. ‘Essential requirements’: requirements regarding safety, health and certain
other aspects in the general interest, that the construction works must meet.!
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ANNEX IV
MODEL NOTICES OF WORKS CONTRACTS
A. PRIOR INFORMATION
1. Name, address, telephone number, telegraphic address, telex and fax
numbers of the contracting authority.
2. (a) Site.
(b) Nature and extent of the works to be provided and, where relevant,
main characteristics of any lots by reference to the work.
(c) If available, an estimate of the cost range of the proposed works.
3. (a) Estimated date for initiating the award procedures in respect of the
contract or contracts.
(b) If known, estimated date for the start of the work.
(c) If known, estimated timetable for completion of the work.
4. If known, terms of financing of the work and of price revision and/or
references to the provisions in which these are contained.
5. Other information.
6. Date of dispatch of the notice.
7. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities.
8. Indication whether the procurement is covered by the Agreement.
B. OPEN PROCEDURES
1. Name, address, telephone number, telegraphic address, telex and fax
numbers of the contracting authority.
2. (a) Award procedure chosen.
(b) Nature of the contract for which tenders are being requested.
3. (a) Site.
(b) Nature and extent of the works to be provided and general nature of
the work, including any options for further works and if known, anestimate of the timing when such options may be exercised.
(c) If the work or the contract is subdivided into several lots, the size of
the different lots and the possibility of tendering for one, for several orfor all of the lots.
(d) Information concerning the purpose of the work or the contract where
the latter also involves the drawing up of projects.
4. Time limit for completion of the works or duration of the works contract
and, as far as possible, time limit for starting the works.
5. (a) Name and address of the service from which the contract documents
and additional documents may be requested.
(b) Where applicable, the amount and terms of payment of the sum to be
paid to obtain such documents.
6. (a) Final date for receipt of tenders.
(b) Address to which tenders must be sent.(c) Language(s) in which tenders must be drawn up.
7. (a) Where applicable, the persons authorized to be present at the opening
of tenders.
(b) Date, hour and place of opening of tenders.
8. Any deposit and guarantees required.9. Main terms concerning financing and payment and/or references to the
relevant provisions.!
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10. Where applicable, the legal form to be taken the grouping of contractors to
whom the contract is awarded.
11. Information concerning the contractor’s personal position and minimum
economic and technical standards required of the contractor to whom thecontract is awarded.
12. Period during which the tenderer is bound to keep open his tender.13. Criteria for the award of the contract. Criteria other than that of the lowest
price shall be mentioned where they do not appear in the contractdocuments.
14. Where applicable, prohibition on variants.15. Other information.
16. Date of publication of the prior information notice in the Official Journal
of the European Communities or references to its non-publication.
17. Date of dispatch of the notice.
18. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities.
19. Indication whether the procurement is covered by the Agreement.
C. RESTRICTED PROCEDURES
1. Name, address, telephone number, telegraphic address, telex and fax
numbers of the contracting authority.
2. (a) Award procedure chosen.
(b) Where applicable, justification for the use of the accelerated
procedure.
(c) Nature of the contract for which tenders are being requested.
3. (a) Site.
(b) Nature and extent of the works to be provided and general nature of
the work, including any options for further works and, if known, anestimate of the timing when such options may be exercised.
(c) If the work of the contract is subdivided into several lots, the size of
the different lots and the possibility of tendering for one, for several orfor all of the lots.
(d) Information concerning the purpose of the work or the contract where
the latter also involves the drawing up of projects.
4. Time limit for completion of the works or duration of the works contract
and, as far as possible, time limit for starting the works.
5. Where applicable, the legal form to be taken by the grouping of contractors
to whom the contract is awarded.
6. (a) Final date for receipt of requests to participate.
(b) Address to which requests must be sent.
(c) Language(s) in which requests must be drawn up.
7. Final date for dispatch of invitations to tender.8. Any deposit and guarantees required.
9. Main terms concerning financing and payment and/or the relevant
provisions.
10. Information concerning the contractor’s personal position and minimum
economic and technical standards required of the contractor to whom the
contract is awarded.
11. Criteria for the award of the contract where they are not mentioned in the
invitation to tender.
12. Where applicable, prohibition on variants.
13. Other information.14. Date of publication of the prior information notice in the Official Journal
of the European Communities or reference to its non-publication.!
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15. Date of dispatch of the notice.
16. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities.
17. Indication whether the procurement is covered by the Agreement.
D. NEGOTIATED PROCEDURES
1. Name, address, telephone number, telegraphic address, telex and fax
numbers of the contracting authority.
2. (a) Award procedure chosen.
(b) Where applicable, justification for the use of the accelerated
procedure.
(c) Nature of the contract for which tenders are being requested.
3. (a) Site.
(b) Nature and extent of the services to be provided and general nature of
the work, including any options for further works and, if known, an
estimate of the timing when such options may be exercised.
(c) If the work of the contract is subdivided into several lots, the size of
the different lots and the possibility of tendering for one, for several orfor all of the lots.
(d) Information concerning the purpose of the work or the contract where
the latter also involves the drawing up of projects.
4. Time limit for completion of the works or duration of the works contract
and, as far as possible, time limit for starting the works.
5. Where applicable, the legal form to be taken, the grouping of contractors
to whom the contract is awarded.
6. (a) Final date for receipt of requests to participate.
(b) Address to which they must be sent.
(c) Language(s) in which they must be drawn up.
7. Any deposit and guarantees required.8. Main terms concerning financing and payment and/or the relevant
provisions.
9. Information concerning the contractor’s personal position and information
and formalities necessary in order to evaluate the minimum economic and
technical standards required of the contractor to whom the contract is
awarded.
10. Where applicable, prohibition on variants.11. Where applicable, name and address of suppliers already selected by the
awarding authority.
12. Date(s) of previous publications in the Official Journal of the European
Communities
13. Other information.14. Date of publication of the prior information notice in the Official Journal
of the European Communities .
15. Date of dispatch of the notice.
16. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities.
17. Date(s) of previous publication in the Official Journal of the European
Communities .
18. Indication whether the procurement is covered by the Agreement.
E. CONTRACT AWARDS
1. Name and address of awarding authority.
2. Award procedure chosen. In the case of the negotiated procedure without
prior publication of a tender notice, justification (Article 7 (4)).!
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3. Date of award of contract.
4. Criteria for award of contract.5. Number of offers received.
6. Name and address of successful contractor(s).
7. Nature and extent/quantity of the works provided, general characteristics of
the finished structure.
8. Price or range of prices (minimum/maximum) paid.9. Value of winning award(s) or the highest and lowest offer taken into
account in the award of the contract.
10. Where appropriate, value and proportion of contract likely to be
subcontracted to third parties.
11. Other information.12. Date of publication of the tender notice in the Official Journal of the
European Communities .
13. Date of dispatch of the notice.
14. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities.!
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ANNEX V
MODEL NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKS CONCESSION
1. Name, address, telephone number, telegraphic address, telex and facsimile
numbers of the contracting authority.
2. (a) Site.
(b) Subject of the concession, nature and extent of the services to be
provided
3. (a) Final date for receipt of candidatures.
(b) Address to which candidatures must be sent.
(c) Language or languages in which candidatures must be drawn up.
4. Personal, technical and financial conditions to be fulfilled by the
candidates.
5. Criteria for award of contract.6. Where applicable, the minimum percentage of the works contracts
awarded to third parties.
7. Other information.
8. Date of dispatch of the notice.9. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities.!
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ANNEX VI
MODEL NOTICE OF WORKS CONTRACTS A W ARDED BY THE
CONCESSIONNAIRE
1. (a) Site.
(b) Nature and extent of the services to be provided and the general nature
of the work.
2. Any time limit for the completion of the works.
3. Name and address of the service from which the contract documents and
additional documents may be requested.
4. (a) Final date for receipt of requests to participate and/or for receipt of
tenders.
(b) Address to which requests must be sent.(c) Language of languages in which requests must be drawn up.
5. Any deposit and guarantees required.6. Economic and technical standards required of the contract.
7. Criteria for the award of the contract.
8. Other information.9. Date of dispatch of the notice.10. Date of receipt of the notice by the Office for Official Publications of the
European Communities.!
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ANNEX VII
DEADLINES FOR TRANSPOSITION AND FOR APPLICATION
Directive 71/305/EEC (1)amended by Directives amended by Act of Accession of
78/669/EEC (2) 89/440/EEC (3) 90/531/EEC (4)DK, IRL,
UK (5)GR (6)E , P (7)
Article 1 amended
Article 1 a amended
Article 1 b amended
Article 2 amendedArticle 3 (1) deletedArticle 3 (2) deleted
Article 3 (3) deleted
Article 3 (4) and (5), deletedsubparagraphs (a) and (b) amendedArticle 3, (4) and (5)
subparagraph (c) amended
Article 4 amendedArticle 4 a amendedArticle 5 amended
Article 5 a amended
Article 6 amendedArticle 7 (1) amended deletedArticle 7 (2) deleted
Article 8 deleted
Article 9 deletedArticle 10 amendedArticle 11 deleted
Article 12 amended
Article 13 amendedArticle 14 amendedArticle 15 amended
Article 15 a amended
Article 15 b amendedArticle 16 deletedArticle 17 deleted
Article 18 deleted
Article 19 amended amendedArticle 20 amendedArticle 20 a amended
Article 20 b amended
Article 21Article 22 amendedArticle 22 a amended
Article 23
Article 24 amended amended amended amendedArticle 25Article 26
Article 27
Article 28Article 29 (1)Article 29 (2)
Article 29 (3) deleted
Article 29 (4) amendedArticle 29 (5) amendedArticle 29 a amended
Article 29 b amended
Article 30!
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Directive 71/305/EEC (1)amended by Directives amended by Act of Accession of
78/669/EEC (2) 89/440/EEC (3) 90/531/EEC (4)DK, IRL,
UK (5)GR (6)E , P (7)
Article 30 a amended
Article 30 b amended
Article 31 deletedArticle 32Article 33
Article 34
Annexes I to VI I to VI I I II
(1) EC-6: 30. 7. 1972.
DK, IRL, UK: 1. 1. 1973.GR: 1. 1. 1981.E, P: 1. 1. 1986.
(
2) EC-9: 16. 2. 1979.
GR: 1. 1. 1981.E, P: 1. 1. 1986.
(
3) EC-9: 19. 7. 1990.
GR, E, P: 1. 3. 1992.
(4) EC-9: 1. 1. 1993.
E: 1. 1. 1996.GR, P: 1. 1. 1998.
(
5) EC-9: 1. 1. 1973.
(6) EC-10: 1. 1. 1981.
(7) EC-12: 1. 1. 1986.!B1993L0037 — EN — 18.12.1997 — 002.001 — 40
ANNEX VIII
CORRELATION TABLE
Directive 71/305/EEC This Directive
Article 1 Article 1
Article 1 a Article 2
Article 1 b Article 3Article 2 —Article 3 (1) —
Article 3 (2) —
Article 3 (3) —Article 3 (4) and (5), Article 4, subparagraph (a)subparagraphs (a) and (b)
Article 3 (4) and (5), Article 4, subparagraph (b)
subparagraph (c)Article 4 Article 5Article 4 a Article 6
Article 5 Article 7
Article 5 a Article 8Article 6 Article 9Article 7 —
Article 8 —
Article 9 —Article 10 Article 10Article 11 —
Article 12 Article 11
Article 13 Article 12Article 14 Article 13Article 15 Article 14
Article 15 a Article 15
Article 15 b Article 16Article 16 —Article 17 —
Article 18 —
Article 19 Article 17Article 20 Article 18Article 20 a Article 19
Article 20 b Article 20
Article 21 Article 21Article 22 Article 22Article 22 a Article 23
Article 23 Article 24
Article 24 Article 25Article 25 Article 26Article 26 Article 27
Article 27 Article 28
Article 28 Article 29Article 29 (1) Article 30 (1)Article 29 (2) Article 30 (2)
Article 29 (3) —
Article 29 (4) Article 30 (3)Article 29 (5) Article 30 (4)Article 29 a Article 31
Article 29 b Article 32
Article 30 Article 33Article 30 a Article 34Article 30 b Article 35
Article 31 —
— Article 36!
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Directive 71/305/EEC This Directive
Article 32 —
Article 33 —— Article 37Article 34 Article 38
Annexes I to VI Annexes I to VI
— Annexes VII and VIII!
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