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of16February1998
amending Directive 93/38/EEC coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in
thewater,energy,transportandtelecommunications sectors
(OJ L 199, 9.8.1993, p. 84)
Amended by:
Official Journal
No page date
►M1Directive 98/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16
February 1998L 101 1 1.4.1998
►M2Commission Directive 2001/78/EC of 13 September 2001 L 285 1 29.10.2001
Amended by:
►A1Act of Accession of Austria, Sweden and Finland C241 21 29.8.1994
(adapted by Council Decision 95/1/EC, Euratom, ECSC) L 1 1 1.1.1995
Corrected by:►
C1Corrigendum, OJ L 82, 25.3.1994, p. 39 (93/38/EEC)
►C2Corrigendum, OJ L 214, 9.8.2002, p. 1 (2001/78/EC)
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).
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE93/38/EEC
of14June1993
coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in
thewater,energy,transportandtelecommunications sectors
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European EconomicCommunity, and in particular the last sentence of Articles 57 (2), 66,100a and 113 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(
1),
In cooperation with the European Parliament(2),
Having regard of the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(3),
1.Whereas the measures aimed at progressively establishing theinternal market during the period up to 31 December 1992 need
to be taken; whereas the internal market consists of an area
without internal frontiers in which free movement of goods,persons, services and capital is guaranteed;
2.Whereas restrictions on the free movement of goods and onfreeedom to provide services in respect of supply and servicecontracts awarded in the water, energy, transport and telecom-munications sectors are prohibited by the terms of Articles 30
and 59 of the EEC Treaty;
3.Whereas Article 97 of the Euratom Treaty prohibits any restric-
tions based on nationality as regards companies under thejurisdiction of a Member State where they desire to participatein the construction of nuclear installations of a scientific orindustrial nature in the Community or to provide the relevantservice in the Community;
4.Whereas these objectives also require the coordination of the
procurement procedures applied by the entities operating in these
sectors;
5.Whereas the White Paper on the completion of the internalmarket contains an action programme and a timetable foropening up public procurement markets in sectors which arecurrently excluded from Council Directive 71/305/EEC of 26July 1971 concerning the coordination of procedures for the
award of public works contracts(
4), and Council Directive 77/
62/EEC of 21 December 1976 coordinating procedure for theaward of public supply contracts(
5);
6.Whereas the White Paper on the completion of the internalmarket also contains an action programme and a timetable foropening up service contracts;
7.Whereas among such excluded sectors are those concerning theprovision of water, energy and transport services and, as far as
Directive 77/62/EEC is concerned, the telecommunications
sector;
8.Whereas the main reason for their exclusion was that entitiesproviding such services are in some cases governed by publiclaw, in others by private law;1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 2
(1) OJ No C 337, 31. 12. 1991, p. 1.
(2) OJ No C 176, 13. 7. 1992, p. 136 and
OJ No C 150, 31. 5. 1993.
(3) OJ C 106, 27. 4. 1992, p. 6.
(4) OJ No L 185, 16. 8. 1971, p. 5. Directive as last amended by Directive 89/
440/EEC (OJ No L 210, 21. 7. 1989, p. 1).
(5) OJ No L 13, 15. 1. 1977, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 88/
295/EEC (OJ No L 127, 20. 5. 1988, p. 1).
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9.Whereas the need to ensure a real opening-up of the market and
a fair balance in the application of procurement rules in these
sectors requires that the entities to be covered must be identifiedon a different basis than by reference to their legal status;
10.Whereas, in the four sectors concerned, the procurement
problems to be solved are of a similar nature, thus permitting
them to be addressed in one instrument;
11.Whereas, among the main reasons why entities operating in
these sectors do not purchase on the basis of Community-wide
competition is the closed nature of the markets in which theyoperate, due to the existence of special or exclusive rightsgranted by the national authorities, concerning the supply to,provision or operation of, networks for providing the serviceconcerned, the exploitation of a given geographical area for a
particular purpose, the provision or operation of public telecom-
munications networks or the provision of publictelecommunications services;
12.Whereas the other main reason for the absence of Community-wide competition in these areas results from various ways inwhich national authorities can influence the behaviour of theseentities, including participations in their capital and representa-tion in the entities administrative, managerial or supervisorybodies;
13.Whereas this Directive should not extend to activities of thoseentities which either fall outside the sectors of water, energyand transport services or outside the telecommunications sector,
or which fall within those sectors but are nevertheless directly
exposed to competitive forces in markets to which entry isunrestricted;
14.Whereas it is appropriate that these entities apply common
procurement procedures in respect of their activities relating to
water; whereas certain entities have been covered upto now byDirectives 71/305/EEC and 77/62/EEC in respect of their activ-ities in the field of hydraulic engineering projects, irrigation,land drainage or the disposal and treatment of sewage;
15.Whereas, however, procurement rules of the type proposed forsupplies of goods are inappropriate for purchases of water, giventhe need to procure water from sources near the area it will beused;
16.Whereas, when specific conditions are fulfilled, exploitation of ageographical area with the aim of exploring for or extracting oil,gas, coal or other solid fuels may be made subject to alternative
arrangements which will enable the same objective of opening
upcontracts to be achieved; whereas the Commission mustensure that these conditions are complied with by the MemberStates who implement these alternative arrangements;
17.Whereas the Commission has announced that it will proposemeasures to remove obstacles to cross-frontier exchanges ofelectricity by 1992; whereas procurement rules of the typeproposed for supplies of goods would not make it possible toovercome existing obstacles to the purchases of energy and fuelsin the energy sector; whereas, as a result, it is not appropriate to
include such purchases in the scope of this Directive, although it
should be borne in mind that this exemption will be re-examinedby the Council on the basis of a Commission report andCommission proposals;
18.Whereas Regulations (EEC) No 3975/87(1) and (EEC) No 3976/
87(2), Directive 87/601/EEC(3) and Decision 87/602/EEC(4) are1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 3
(1) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1987, p. 1.
(2) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1987, p. 9.
(3) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1987, p. 12.
(4) OJ No L 374, 31. 12. 1987, p. 19.
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designed to introduce more competition between the entities
offering air transport services to the public and it is thereforenot appropriate for the time being to include such entities in the
scope of this Directive although the situation ought to be
reviewed at a later stage in the light of progress made as regardscompetition;
19.Whereas, in view of the competitive position of Communityshipping, it would be inappropriate for the greater part of thecontracts in this sector to be subject to detailed procedures;whereas the situation of shippers operating sea-going ferriesshould be kept under review; whereas certain inshore and river
ferry services operated by public authorities should no longer
be excluded from the scope of Directives 71/305/EEC and 77/62/EEC;
20.Whereas it is appropriate to facilitate compliance with provisionsrelating to activities not covered by this Directive;
21.Whereas the rules on the award of service contracts should be asclose as possible to the rules on the works and supply contractsreferred to in this Directive;
22.Whereas obstacles to the free movement of services need to beavoided; whereas, therefore, service providers may be eithernatural or legal persons; whereas this Directive shall not,however, prejudice the application, at national level, of rulesconcerning the conditions for the pursuit of an activity or a
profession provided that they are compatible with Community
law;
23.Whereas the field of services is best described, for the purpose
of application of procedural rules and for monitoring purposes,
by subdividing the services into categories corresponding toparticular positions of a common classification; whereasAnnexes XVI A and XVI B to this Directive refer to the UnitedNations CPC (Central Product Classification) nomenclature;whereas that nomenclature is likely to be replaced by a Commu-
nity nomenclature in the future; whereas it is necessary to make
provision for the possibility of adapting the reference made tothe CPC nomenclature in Annexes XVI A and XVI B accord-ingly;
24.Whereas the provision of services is covered by this Directiveonly in so far as it is based on contracts; whereas the provisionof services on other bases, such as law, regulations or adminis-trative provisions or employment contracts, is not covered;
25.Whereas, in accordance with Article 103f of the EEC Treaty, theencouragement of research and development is a means ofstrengthening the scientific and technological basis of European
industry and the opening-up of public contracts will contribute to
this end; whereas contributions to the financing of researchprogrammes should not be subject to this Directive; whereasresearch and development service contracts other than thosewhere the benefits accrue exclusively to the contracting authority
for its use in the conduct of its own affairs, on condition that the
service provided is wholly remunerated by the contractingauthority, are not therefore covered by this Directive;
26.Whereas contracts for the acquisition or rental of land, existingbuildings or other immovable property have particular character-istics, which make the application of procurement rulesinappropriate;
27.Whereas arbitration and conciliation services are usuallyprovided by bodies or individuals which are agreed on, orselected, in a manner which cannot be governed by procurementrules;
28.Whereas the service contracts covered by this Directive do notinclude contracts for the issue, purchase sale or transfer of secu-rities or other financial instruments;1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 4
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29.Whereas this Directive should not apply to procurement
contracts which are declared secret or may affect basic State
security interests or are concluded according to other rules setupby existing international agreements or international organiza-tions;
30.Whereas contracts with a designated single source of supplymay, under certain conditions, be fully or partly exempted fromthis Directive;
31.Whereas the Community's or the Member States' existing inter-national obligations must not be affected by the rules of thisDirective;
32.Whereas it is appropriate to exclude certain service contractsawarded to an affiliated undertaking having as its principalactivity, with respect to services, the provision of such services
to the groupof which it is p art, rather than the offering of its
services on the market;
33.Whereas full application of this Directive must be limited, for atransitional period, to contracts for those services where itsprovisions will enable the full potential for increased cross-fron-tier trade to be realized; whereas contracts for other servicesneed to be monitored for a certain period before taking a deci-sion on the full application of the said Directive; whereas the
mechanism for such monitoring needs to be set upby this Direc-
tive and whereas it should at the same time enable thoseinterested to share the relevant information;
34.Whereas the relevant Community rules on mutual recognition ofdiplomas, certificates or other evidence of formal qualificationsapply when evidence of a particular qualification is required forparticipation in an award procedure or a design contest;
35.Whereas products, works or services must be described by refer-ence to European specifications; whereas, in order to ensure thata product, work or service fulfils the use for which it is intended
by the contracting entity, such reference may be complemented
by specifications which do not change the nature of the technicalsolution or solutions set out in the European specification;
36.Whereas the principles of equivalence and of mutual recognitionof national standards, technical specifications and manufacturingmethods are applicable in the field of application of this Direc-tive;
37.Whereas Community undertakings should be granted access tothe award of service contracts in third countries; whereas theCommunity should endeavour to remedy any situation whereby
such access, in law or in fact, is found to be restricted and
whereas it should be possible, under certain conditions, to takemeasures as regards access to service contracts covered by thisDirective for undertakings of the third country concerned or fortenders originating in that country;
38.Whereas, when the contracting entities define by commonaccord with tenderers the deadlines for receiving tenders, theyshall comply with the principles of non-discrimination, and
whereas, if there is no such agreement, it is necessary to lay
down suitable provisions;
39.Whereas it could prove useful to provide for greater transparency
as to the requirements regarding the protection and conditions of
employment applicable in the Member State in which the worksare to be carried out;
40.Whereas it is appropriate that national provisions for regionaldevelopment requirements to be taken into consideration in theaward of public contracts should be made to conform to theobjectives of the Community and be in keeping with the princi-ples of the EEC Treaty;1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 5
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41.Whereas contracting entities must not be able to reject abnor-
mally low tenders before having requested in writing
explanations as to the constituent elements of the tender;
42.Whereas, within certain limits, preference should be given to an
offer of Community origin where there are equivalent offers of
third-country origin;
43.Whereas this Directive should not prejudice the position of the
Community in any current or future international negotiations;
44.Whereas, based on the results of such international negotiations,this Directive should be extendable to offers of third-country
origin, pursuant to a Council Decision;
45.Whereas the rules to be applied by the entities concerned should
establish a framework for sound commercial practice and should
leave a maximum of flexibility;
46.Whereas, as a counterpart for such flexibility and in the interest
of mutual confidence, a minimum level of transparency must be
ensured and appropriate methods adopted for monitoring theapplication of this Directive;
47.Whereas it is necessary to adapt Directives 71/305/EEC and 77/62/EEC to establish well-defined fields of application; whereasthe scope of Directive 71/305/EEC should not be reduced,except as regards contracts in the water and telecommunicationssectors; whereas the scope of Directive 77/62/EEC should not be
reduced, except as regards certain contracts in the water sector;
whereas the scope of Directives 71/305/EEC and 77/62/EECshould not, however, be extended to contracts awarded bycarriers by land, air, sea, inshore or inland waterway which,although carrying out economic activities of an industrial or
commercial nature, belong to the State administration; whereas,
nevertheless, certain contracts awarded by carriers by land, air,sea, inshore or inland waterway which belong to the Stateadministration and are carried out only for reasons of publicservice should be covered by those Directives;
48.Whereas this Directive should be re-examined in the light ofexperience;
49.Whereas the opening-up of contracts in the sectors covered bythis Directive might have an adverse effect upon the economyof the Kingdom of Spain; whereas the economies of the HellenicRepublic and the Portuguese Republic will have to sustain even
greater efforts; whereas it is appropriate that these Member
States be granted adequate additional periods to implement thisDirective,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
TITLE I
General provisions
Article 1
For the purpose of this Directive:
1. ‘public authorities’ shall mean the State, regional or local authori-
ties, bodies governed by public law, or associations formed by one
or more of such authorities or bodies governed by public law.
A body is considered to be governed by public law where it:
— is established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the
general interest, not being of an industrial or commercialnature,
— has legal personality, and— is financed for the most part by the State, or regional or local
authorities, or other bodies governed by public law, or issubject to management supervision by those bodies, or has an1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 6
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administrative, managerial or supervisory board more than half
of whose members are appointed by the State, regional or localauthorities, or other bodies governed by public law;
2. ‘public undertaking’ shall mean any undertaking over which the
public authorities may exercise directly or indirectly a dominantinfluence by virtue of their ownershipof it, their financial p artici-pation therein, or the rules which govern it. A dominant influenceon the part of the public authorities shall be presumed when these
authorities, directly or indirectly, in relation to an undertaking:
— hold the majority of the undertaking's subscribed capital, or
— control the majority of the votes attaching to shares issued by
the undertaking, or
— can appoint more than half of the members of the undertaking's
administrative, managerial or supervisory body;
3. ‘affiliated undertaking’ shall mean any undertaking the annual
accounts of which are consolidated with those of the contracting
entity in accordance with the requirements of the seventh Council
Directive 83/349/EEC of 13 June 1983, based on Article 54 (3) (g)of the EEC Treaty on consolidated accounts(
1) or, in the case of
entities not subject to that Directive, any undertaking over whichthe contracting entity may exercise, directly or indirectly, a domi-
nant influence within the meaning of paragraph 2, or which may
exercise a dominant influence over the contracting entity or which,in common with the contracting entity, is subject to the dominantinfluence of another undertaking by virtue of ownership, financialparticipation, or the rules which govern it;
4. ‘supply, works and service contracts’ shall mean contracts for
pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one of the
contracting entities referred to in Article 2, and a supplier, acontractor or a service provider, having as their object:
(a) in the case of supply contracts, the purchase, lease, rental or
hire-purchase, with or without options to buy, of products;
(b) in the case of works contracts either the execution, or both the
execution and design or the realization, by whatever means, ofbuilding or civil engineering activities referred to in Annex XI.
These contracts may, in addition, cover supplies and services
necessary for their execution;
(c) in the case of service contracts, any object other than those
referred to in (a) and (b) and to the exclusion of:
(i) contracts for the acquisition or rental, by whatever finan-
cial means, of land, existing buildings, or other
immovable property or concerning rights thereon; never-
theless, financial service contracts concluded at the sametime as, before or after the contract of acquisition orrental, in whatever form, shall be subject to this Directive;
(ii) contracts for voice telephony, telex, radiotelephony,
paging and satellite services;
(iii) contracts for arbitration and conciliation services;
(iv) contracts for the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securi-
ties or other financial instruments;
(v) employment contracts;
(vi) research and development service contracts other than
those where the benefits accrue exclusively to thecontracting entity for its use in the conduct of its own
affairs, on condition that the service provided is wholly
remunerated by the contracting entity.
Contracts which include the provision of services and
supplies shall be regarded as supply contracts if the total
value of supplies is greater than the value of the servicescovered by the contract;1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 7
(1) OJ No L 193, 18. 7. 1983, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Directive 90/
605/EEC (OJ No L 317, 16. 11. 1990, p. 60).
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5. ‘framework agreement’ shall mean an agreement between one of
the contracting entities defined in Article 2 and one or moresuppliers, contractors or service providers the purpose of which is
to establish the terms, in particular with regard to the prices and,
where appropriate, the quantity envisaged, governing the contractsto be awarded during a given period;
6. ‘tenderer’ shall mean a supplier, contractor or service provider who
submits a tender and ‘candidate’ shall mean a person who hassought an invitation to take part in a restricted or negotiated proce-
dure; service providers may be either natural or legal persons,
including contracting entities within the meaning of Article 2;
7. ‘open, restricted and negotiated procedures’ shall mean the award
procedures applied by contracting entities whereby:
(a) in the case of open procedures, all interested suppliers, contrac-
tors or service providers may submit tenders;
(b) in the case of the restricted procedures, only candidates invited
by the contracting entity may submit tenders;
(c) in the case of negotiated procedures, the contracting entity
consults suppliers, contractors or service providers of its choice
and negotiates the terms of the contract with one or more ofthem;
8. ‘technical specifications ’ shall mean the technical requirements
contained in particular in the tender documents, defining the char-acteristics of a set of works, material, product, supply or service,
and enabling a piece of work, a material, a product, a supply or a
service to be objectively described in a manner such that it fulfilsthe use for which it is intended by the contracting entity. Thesetechnical specifications may include quality, performance, safetyor dimensions, as well as requirements applicable to the material,product, supply or service as regards quality assurance, termi-
nology, symbols, testing and test methods, packaging, marking or
labelling. In the case of works contracts, they may also includerules for the design and costing, the test, inspection and acceptanceconditions for works and techniques or methods of constructionand all other technical conditions which the contracting entity is
in a position to prescribe under general or specific regulations, in
relation to the finished works and to the materials or parts whichthey involve;
9. ‘standard’ shall mean a technical specification approved by a
recognized standardizing body for repeated or continuous applica-tion, compliance with which is in principle not compulsory;
10. ‘European standard’ shall mean a standard approved by the
European Committee for Standardization (CEN) or by the
European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization(Cenelec) as a ‘European Standard (EN)’ or ‘Harmonization Docu-ment (HD)’, according to the common rules of those organizations,or by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI)according to its own rules as a ‘European Telecommunications
Standard (ETS)’;
11. ‘common technical specification’ shall mean a technical specifica-
tion drawn upin accordance with a p rocedure recognized by theMember States with a view to uniform application in all MemberStates and published in the Official Journal of the European
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12. ‘European technical approval’ shall mean a favourable technical
assessment of the fitness for use of a product for a particularpurpose, based on fulfilment of the essential requirements for
building works, by means of the inherent characteristics of the
product and the defined conditions of application and use, asprovided for in Council Directive 89/106/EEC of 21 December1988 on the approximation of laws, regulations and administrativeprovisions of the Member States relating to construction
products(
1). European technical approval shall be issued by an
approval body designated for this purpose by the Member State;
13. ‘European specification’ shall mean a common technical specifica-
tion, a European technical approval or a national standardimplementing a European standard;
14. ‘public telecommunications network’ shall mean the public tele-
communications infrastructure which enables signals to beconveyed between defined network termination points by wire, by
microwave, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means;
‘network termination point’ shall mean all physical connections
and their technical access specification which form part of thepublic telecommunications network and are necessary for accessto, and efficient communication through, that public network;
15. ‘public telecommunications services’ shall mean telecommunica-
tions services the provision of which the Member States have
specifically assigned notably to one or more telecommunications
entities;
‘Telecommunications services’ shall mean services the provision of
which consists wholly or partly in the transmission and routing ofsignals on the public telecommunications network by means oftelecommunications processes, with the exception of radio-broad-
casting and television;
16. ‘design contests’ shall mean the national procedures which enable
the contracting entity to acquire, mainly in the fields of architec-ture, engineering or data processing, a plan or design selected bya jury after having been put out to competition with or withoutthe award of prizes.
Article 2
1. This Directive shall apply to contracting entities which:
(a) are public authorities or public undertakings and exercise one of
the activities referred to in paragraph 2;
(b) when they are not public authorities or public undertakings, have as
one of their activities any of those referred to in paragraph 2 or anycombination thereof and operate on the basis of special or exclu-
sive rights granted by a competent authority of a Member State.
2. Relevant activities for the purposes of this Directive shall be:
(a) the provision or operation of fixed networks intended to provide a
service to the public in connection with the production, transport ordistribution of:
(i) drinking water; or
(ii) electricity; or
(iii) gas or heat;
or the supply of drinking water, electricity, gas or heat to such
networks;
(b) the exploitation of a geographical area for the purpose of:
(i) exploring for or extracting oil, gas, coal or other solid fuels, or
(ii) the provision of airport, maritime or inland port or other term-
inal facilities to carriers by air, sea or inland waterway;1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 9
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(c) the operation of networks providing a service to the public in the
field of transport by railway, automated systems, tramway, trolleybus, bus or cable.
As regards transport services, a network shall be considered to exist
where the service is provided under operating conditions laid downby a competent authority of a Member State, such as conditions on
the routes to be served, the capacity to be made available or the
frequency of the service;
(d) the provision or operation of public telecommunications networks
or the provision of one or more public telecommunications
services.
3. For the purpose of applying paragraph 1 (b), special or exclusive
rights shall mean rights deriving from authorizations granted by acompetent authority of the Member State concerned, by law, regulation
or administrative action, having as their result the reservation for one
or more entities of the exploitation of an activity defined in paragraph2.
A contracting entity shall be considered to enjoy special or exclusive
rights in particular where:
(a) for the purpose of constructing the networks or the facilities
referred to in paragraph 2, it may take advantage of a procedurefor the expropriation or use of property or may place networkequipment on, under or over the public highway;
(b) in the case of paragraph 2 (a), the entity supplies with drinking
water, electricity, gas or heat a network which is itself operatedby an entity enjoying special or exclusive rights granted by acompetent authority of the Member State concerned.
4. The provision of bus transport services to the public shall not be
considered to be a relevant activity within the meaning of paragraph 2(c) where other entities are free to provide those services, either ingeneral or in a particular geographical area, under the same conditionas the contracting entities.
5. The supply of drinking water, electricity, gas or heat to networks
which provide a service to the public by a contracting entity other thana public authority shall not be considered as a relevant activity withinthe meaning of paragraph 2 (a) where:
(a) in the case of drinking water or electricity:
— the production of drinking water or electricity by the entity
concerned takes place because its consumption is necessary forcarrying out an activity other than that referred to in paragraph
2, and
— supply to the public network depends only on the entity's own
consumption and has not exceeded 30 % of the entity's totalproduction of drinking water or energy, having regard to theaverage for the preceding three years, including the currentyear;
(b) in the case of gas or heat:
— the production of gas or heat by the entity concerned is the
unavoidable consequence of carrying on an activity other thanthat referred to in paragraph 2, and
— supply to the public network is aimed only at the economic
exploitation of such production and amounts to not more than20 % of the entity's turnover having regard to the average forthe preceding three years, including the current year.
6. The contracting entities listed in Annexes I to X shall fulfil the
criteria set out above. In order to ensure that the lists are as exhaustiveas possible, Member States shall notify the Commission of amend-ments to their lists. The Commission shall revise Annexes I to X inaccordance with the procedure in Article 40.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 10
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Article 3
1. Member States may request the Commission to provide that
exploitation of geographical areas for the purpose of exploring for orextracting oil, gas, coal or other solid fuels shall not be considered tobe an activity defined in Article 2 (2) (b) (i) and that entities shall not
be considered as operating under special or exclusive rights within the
meaning of Article 2 (3) (b) by virtue of carrying on one or more ofthese activities, provided that all the following conditions are satisfiedwith respect to the relevant national provisions concerning such activ-ities:
(a) at the time when authorization to exploit such a geographical area
is requested, other entities shall be free to seek authorization forthat purpose under the same conditions as the contracting entities;
(b) the technical and financial capacity of entities to engage in parti-
cular activities shall be established prior to any evaluation of the
merits of competing applications for authorization;
(c) authorization to engage in those activities shall be granted on the
basis of objective criteria concerning the way in which it isintended to carry out exploitation or extraction, which shall beestablished and published prior to the requests and applied in a
non-discriminatory manner;
(d) all conditions and requirements concerning the carrying out or
termination of the activity, including provisions on operating obli-gations, royalties, and participation in the capital or revenue of theentities, shall be established and made available prior to therequests for authorization being made and then applied in a non-
discriminatory manner; every change concerning these conditions
and requirements shall be applied to all the entities concerned, orelse amendments must be made in a non-discriminatory manner;however, operating obligations need not be established until imme-diately before the authorization is granted; and
(e) contracting entities shall not be required by any law, regulation,
administrative requirement, agreement or understanding to provide
information on a contracting entity's intended or actual sources of
procurement, except at the request of national authorities with aview to the objectives mentioned in Article 36 of the EEC Treaty.
2. Member States which apply the provisions of paragraph 1 shall
ensure, through the conditions of the authorization or other appropriatemeasures, that any entity:
(a) observes the principles of non-discrimination and competitive
procurement in respect of the award of supplies, works and servicecontracts, in particular as regards the information which the entitymakes available to undertakings concerning its procurement inten-tions;
(b) communicates to the Commission, under conditions to be defined
by the latter in accordance with Article 40, information relating tothe award of contracts.
3. As regards individual concessions or authorizations granted
before the date on which Member States apply this Directive in accor-dance with Article 45, paragraph 1 (a), (b) and (c) shall not apply,provided that at that date other entities are free to seek authorizationfor the exploitation of geographical areas for the purpose of exploringfor or extracting oil, gas, coal or other solid fuels, on a non-discrimina-
tory basis and in the light of objective criteria. Paragraph 1 (d) shall
not apply as regards conditions or requirements established, applied oramended before the date referred to above.
4. A Member State which wishes to apply paragraph 1 shall inform
the Commission accordingly. In so doing, it shall inform the Commis-sion of any law, regulation or administrative provision, agreement orunderstanding relating to compliance with the conditions referred to inparagraphs 1 and 2.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 11
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The Commission shall take a decision in accordance with the procedure
laid down in Article 40 (5) to (8). It shall publish its decision, givingits reasons, in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
It shall forward to the Council each year a report on the implementa-
tion of this Article and review its application in the framework of thereport provided for in Article 44.
Article 4
1. When awarding supply, works or service contracts, or organizing
design contests, the contracting entities shall apply procedures whichare adapted to the provisions of this Directive.
2. Contracting entities shall ensure that there is no discrimination
between different suppliers, contractors or service providers.
3. In the context of provision of technical specifications to interested
suppliers, contractors or service providers, of qualification and selec-
tion of suppliers, contractors or service providers and of award ofcontracts, contracting entities may impose requirements with a view toprotecting the confidential nature of information which they makeavailable.
4. This Directive shall not limit the right of suppliers, contractors or
service providers to require a contracting entity, in conformity with
national law, to respect the confidential nature of information whichthey make available.
Article 5
1. Contracting entities may regard a framework agreement as a
contract within a meaning of Article 1 (4) and award it in accordancewith this Directive.
2. Where contracting entities have awarded a framework agreement
in accordance with this Directive, they may avail themselves of Article
20 (2) (i) when awarding contracts based on that agreement.
3. Where a framework agreement has not been awarded in accor-
dance with this Directive, contracting entities may not availthemselves of Article 20 (2) (i).
4. Contracting entities may not misuse framework agreements in
order to hinder, limit or distort competition.
Article 6
1. This Directive shall not apply to contracts or design contests
which the contracting entities award or organize for purposes otherthan the pursuit of their activities as described in Article 2 (2) or for
the pursuit of such activities in a non-member country, in conditions
not involving the physical use of a network or geographical area withinthe Community.
2. However, this Directive shall apply to contracts or design contests
awarded or organized by the entities which exercise an activity referredto in Article 2 (2) (a) (i) and which:
(a) are connected whith hydraulic engineering projects, irrigation or
land drainage, provided that the volume of water intended for the
supply of drinking water represents more than 20 % of the totalvolume of water made available by these projects or irrigation ordrainage installations, or
(b) are connected with the disposal or treatment of sewage.
3. The contracting entities shall notify the Commission at its request
of any activities they regard as excluded under paragraph 1. TheCommission may periodically publish lists of the categories of activ-ities which it considers to be covered by this exclusion forinformation in the Official Journal of the European Communities .I n
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aspects the contracting entities may point out when forwarding this
information.
Article 7
1. This Directive shall not apply to contracts awarded for purposes
of resale or hire to third parties, provided that the contracting entity
enjoys no special or exclusive right to sell or hire the subject of suchcontracts and other entities are free to sell or hire it under the sameconditions as the contracting entity.
2. The contracting entities shall notify the Commission at its request
of all the categories of products or activities which they regard asexcluded under paragraph 1. The Commission may periodically publishlists of the categories of products of activities which it considers to becovered by this exclusion for information in the Official Journal of the
European Communities . In so doing, the Commission shall respect any
sensitive commercial aspects which the contracting entities may pointout when forwarding this information.
Article 8
1. This Directive shall not apply to contracts which contracting enti-
ties exercising an activity described in Article 2 (2) (d) award forpurchases intended exclusively to enable them to provide one or more
telecommunications services where other entities are free to offer the
same services in the same geographical area and under substantiallythe same conditions.
2. The contracting entities shall notify the Commission at its request
of any services which they regard as excluded under paragraph 1. The
Commission may periodically publish the list of services which itconsiders to be covered by this exclusion for information in the Official
Journal of the European Communities . In so doing, the Commission
shall respect any sensitive commercial aspects the contracting entities
may point out when forwarding this information.
Article 9
1. This Directive shall not apply to:
(a) contracts which the contracting entities listed in Annex I award for
the purchase of water;
(b) contracts which the contracting entities listed in Annexes II to V
award for the supply of energy or of fuels for the production of
energy.
2. The Council shall re-examine the provisions of paragraph 1 when
it has before it a report from the Commission together with appropriate
proposals.
Article 10
This Directive shall not apply to contracts when they are declared to be
secret by Member States, when their execution must be accompaniedby special security measures in accordance with the laws, regulationsor administrative provisions in force in the Member State concernedor when the protection of the basic security interests of that State so
requires.
Article 11
This Directive shall not apply to service contracts awarded to an entity
which is itself a contracting authority within the meaning of Article 1(b) of Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to thecoordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts(
1)
on the basis of an exclusive right which it enjoys pursuant to a1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 13
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published law, regulation or administrative provision which is compa-
tible with the EEC Treaty.
Article 12
This Directive shall not apply to contracts governed by different proce-
dural rules and awarded:
1. pursuant to an international agreement concluded in conformity with
the Treaty between a Member State and one or more third countriesand covering supplies, works, services or design contests intended
for the joint implementation or exploitation of a project by the
signatory States; every agreement shall be communicated to theCommission, which may consult the Advisory Committee for PublicContracts set upby Council Decision 71/306/EEC(
1) or, in the case
of agreements governing contracts awarded by entities exercising an
activity defined in Article 2 (2) (d), the Advisory Committee on
Telecommunications Procurement referred to in Article 39;
2. to undertakings in a Member State or a third country in pursuance of
an international agreement relating to the stationing of troops;
3. pursuant to the particular procedure of an international organization.
Article 13
1. This Directive shall not apply to service contracts which:
(a) a contracting entity awards to an affiliated undertaking;
(b) are awarded by a joint venture formed by a number of contracting
entities for the purpose of carrying out a relevant activity within
the meaning of Article 2 (2) to one of those contracting entities orto an undertaking which is affiliated with one of these contractingentities,
provided that at least 80 % of the average turnover of that undertaking
with respect to services arising within the Community for the precedingthree years derives from the provision of such services to undertakingswith which it is affiliated.
Where more than one undertaking affiliated with the contracting entity
provides the same service or similar services, the total turnover
deriving from the provision of services by those undertakings shall betaken into account.
2. The contracting entities shall notify to the Commission, at its
request, the following information regarding the application of theprovisions of paragraph 1:
— the names of the undertakings concerned,
— the nature and value of the service contracts involved,
— such proof as may be deemed necessary by the Commission that the
relationshipbetween the undertaking to which the contracts areawarded and the contracting entity is in conformity with therequirements of this Article.
Article 14
1. This Directive shall apply to:
(a) contracts awarded by contracting entities carrying out activities
referred to in Annex X(
2), provided that the estimated value, net
of value added tax (VAT), is not less than:
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(b) contracts awarded by contracting entities carrying out activities
referred to in Annexes I, II, VII, VIII and IX(1), provided that the
estimated value, net of VAT, is not less than:
(i) the equivalent in ECU of 400 000 special drawing rights
(SDR) for supply contracts and for the service contracts listed
in Annex XVI A, except for the R&D services mentioned inCategory 8 and Category 5 telecommunications services, theCPC reference numbers of which are 7524, 7525 and 7526;
(ii) ECU 400000 in the case of service contracts other than those
mentioned in (i);
(iii) the equivalent in ECU of 5 000000 SDR for works contracts;
(c) contracts awarded by contracting entities carrying out activities
referred to in Annexes III, IV, V, and VI(
2), provided that the esti-
mated value, net of VAT, is not less than:
(i) ECU 400000 in the case of supply and service contracts;
(ii) ECU 5 000000 in the case of works contracts.
2. For the purposes of calculating the estimated amount of a service
contract, the contracting entity shall include the total remuneration ofthe service provider, taking account of the elements specified in para-
graphs 3 to 13.
3. For the purposes of calculating the estimated contract amount of
financial services, the following amounts shall be taken into account:
— as regards insurance services, the premium payable,
— as regards banking and other financial services, fees, commissions,
interest and other types of remuneration,
— as regards contracts which involve design, the fee or commission
payable.
4. In the case of supply contracts for lease, rental or hire-purchase,
the basis for calculating the contract value shall be:
(a) in the case of fixed-term contracts, where their term is 12 months
or less, the estimated total value for the contract's duration, or,where their term exceeds 12 months, the contract's total valueincluding the estimated residual value;
(b) in the case of contracts for an indefinite period or in cases where
there is doubt as to the duration of the contracts, the anticipated
total instalments to be paid in the first four years.
5. In the case of service contracts which do not indicate a total cost,
the basis for calculating the estimated contract value shall be:
— for fixed-term contracts, where their term is 48 months or less, the
total value for their whole duration,
— for contracts without a fixed term or for a term exceeding 48
months, the monthly value multiplied by 48.
6. Where a proposed supply or service contract expressly specifies
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(1) Annex I: entities in the sectors covering the production, transport or
distribution of drinking water.
Annex II: entities in the sectors covering the production, transport or
distribution of electricity.
Annex VI: entities in the field of urban railway, tramway, trolleybus
or bus services.
Annex VIII: entities in the field of airport facilities.
Annex IX: entities in the field of maritime or inland port or other
terminal facilities.
(2) Annex III: entities in the sectors covering the transport or distribution
of gas or heat.
Annex IV: entities in the sectors covering the exploration for and
extraction of oil or gas.
Annex V: entities in the sectors covering the exploration for and
extraction of coal or other solid fuels.
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highest possible total purchase, lease, rental or hire-purchase permis-
sible, inclusive of the option clauses.
7. In the case of a procurement of supplies or services over a given
period by means of a series of contracts to be awarded to one or moresuppliers or service providers or of contracts which are to be renewed,
the contract value shall be calculated on the basis of:
(a) the total value of contracts with similar characteristics which were
awarded over the previous financial year or 12 months, adjusted
where possible for anticipated changes in quantity or value overthe subsequent twelve months; or
(b) the aggregate value of contracts to be awarded during the 12
months following the first award or during the whole term of thecontract, where this is longer than 12 months.
8. The basis for calculating the estimated value of a contract
including both supplies and services shall be the total value of the
supplies and services, regardless of their respective values. The calcula-
tion shall include the value of the siting and installation operations.
9. The basis for calculating the value of a framework agreement
shall be the estimated maximum value of all the contracts envisagedfor the period in question.
10. The basis for calculating the value of a works contract for the
purposes of paragraph 1 shall be the total value of the work. ‘Work’shall mean the result of building and civil engineering activities, takenas a whole, which are intended to fulfil an economic and technicalfunction by themselves.
In particular, where a supply, work or service is the subject of several
lots, the value of each lot shall be taken into account when assessing
the value referred to in paragraph 1. Where the aggregate value of the
lots equals or exceeds the value laid down in paragraph 1, that para-graph shall apply to all the lots. However, in the case of workscontracts, contracting entities may derogate from paragraph 1 in respectof lots the estimated value net of VAT for which is less than ECU 1million, provided that the aggregate value of those lots does not exceed
20 % of the overall value of the lots.
11. For the purposes of paragraph 1, contracting entities shall
include in the estimated value of a works contract the value of any
supplies or services necessary for the execution of the contracts whichthey make available to the contractor.
12. The value of supplies or services which are not necessary for the
execution of a particular works contract may not be added to that of theworks contract with the result of avoiding application of this Directiveto the procurement of those supplies or services.
13. Contracting entities may not circumvent this Directive by split-
ting contracts or using special methods of calculating the value ofcontracts.
14. The value in national currencies of the thresholds laid down
specified in paragraph 1 shall, in principle, be revised every two years
with effect from 1 January 1996. The calculation of such value shall be
based on the average daily values of those currencies expressed in ecusover the 24 months terminating on the last day of August preceding therevision with effect from 1 January. These values shall be published intheOfficial Journal of the European Communities at the beginning of
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15. The values of the thresholds of the Agreement on Government
Procurement, concluded in the framework of the Uruguay Round multi-lateral negotiations(
1), hereinafter referred to as the ‘Agreement’,
expressed in ecus shall in principle be revised every two years with
effect from 1 January 1996. The calculation of these values shall bebased on the average daily value of the ecu expressed in SDR overthe 24 months terminating on the last day of August preceding the 1January revision. These values shall be published as provided for in
paragraph 14.
16. The methods of calculation laid down in paragraphs 14 and 15
shall be examined pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article5(1)(c) of Directive 93/36/EEC.
TITLE II
Two-tierapplication
Article 15
Supply and works contracts and contracts which have as their object
services listed in Annex XVI A shall be awarded in accordance with
the provisions of Titles III, IV and V.
Article 16
Contracts which have as their object services listed in Annex XVI B
shall be awarded in accordance with Articles 18 and 24.
Article 17
Contracts which have as their object services listed in both Annexes
XVI A and XVI B shall be awarded in accordance with the provisions
of Titles III, IV and V where the value of the services listed in Annex
XVI A is greater than the value of the services listed in Annex XVI B.Where this is not the case, they shall be awarded in accordance withArticles 18 and 24.
TITLE III
Technical specificationsandstandards
Article 18
1. Contracting entities shall include the technical specifications in
the general documents or the contract documents relating to eachcontract.
2. The technical specifications shall be defined by reference to
European specifications, where these exist.
3. In the absence of European specifications, the technical specifica-
tions should as far as possible be defined by reference to otherstandards having currency within the Community.
4. Contracting entities shall define such further requirements as are
necessary to complete European specifications or other standards. In so
doing, they shall prefer specifications which indicate performancerequirements rather than design or description characteristics, unlessthe contracting entity has objective reasons for considering that suchspecifications are inadequate for the purposes of the contract.
5. Technical specifications which mention goods of a specific make
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competence, of the agreements reached in the Uruguay Round multilateral
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such specifications are indispensable for the subject of the contract. In
particular, the indication of trade marks, patents, types, of specificorigin or production shall be prohibited; however, such an indication
accompanied by the works ‘or equivalent’ shall be authorized where
the subject of the contract cannot otherwise be described by specifica-tions which are sufficiently precise and fully intelligible to allconcerned.
6. Contracting entities may derogate from paragraph 2 if:
(a) it is technically impossible to establish satisfactorily that a product
conforms to the European specifications;
(b) the application of paragraph 2 would prejudice the application of
Council Directive 86/361/EEC of 24 July 1986 on the initial stageof the mutual recognition of type approval for telecommunicationsterminal equipment(
1), or of Council Decision 87/95/EEC of 22
December 1986 on standardization in the field of information tech-
nology and telecommunications(2);
(c) in the context of adapting existing practice to take account of
European specifications, use of those specifications would obligethe contracting entity to acquire supplies incompatible with equip-ment already in use or would entail disproportionate cost or
disproportionate technical difficulty. Contracting entities which
have recourse to this derogation shall do so only as part ofclearly-defined and recorded strategy with a view to a changeoverto European specifications;
(d) the relevant European specification is inappropriate for the parti-
cular application or does not take account of technical
developments which have come about since its adoption.
Contracting entities which have recourse to this derogation shallinform the appropriate standardizing organization, or any otherbody empowered to review the European specification, of thereasons why they consider the European specification to be inap-propriate and shall request its revision;
(e) the project is of a genuinely innovative nature for which use of
European specifications would not be appropriate.
7. Notices published pursuant to Article 21 (1) (a) or Article 21 (2)
(a) shall indicate any recourse to the derogations referred to in para-
graph 6.
8. This Article shall be without prejudice to compulsory technical
rules in so far as these are compatible with Community law.
Article 19
1. Contracting entities shall make available on request to suppliers,
contractors or service providers interested in obtaining a contract thetechnical specifications regularly referred to in their supply, works orservice contracts or the technical specifications which they intend to
apply to contracts covered by periodic information notices within the
meaning of Article 22.
2. Where such technical specifications are based on documents
available to interested suppliers, contractors or service providers, a
reference to those documents shall be sufficient.
TITLE IV
Proceduresfortheawardofcontracts
Article 20
1. Contracting entities may choose any of the procedures described
in Article 1 (7), provided that, subject to paragraph 2, a call for compe-tition has been made in accordance with Article 21.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 18
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2. Contracting entities may use a procedure without prior call for
competition in the following cases:
(a) in the absence of tenders or suitable tenders in response to a proce-
dure with a prior call for competition, provided that the original
contract conditions have not been substantially changed;
(b) where a contract is purely for the purpose of research, experiment,
study or development and not for the purpose of ensuring profit or
of recovering research and development costs and in so far as theaward of such contract does not prejudice the competitive award ofsubsequent contracts which have in particular these purposes;
(c) when, for technical or artistic reasons or for reasons connected with
protection of exclusive rights, the contract may be executed onlyby a particular supplier, contractor or service provider;
(d) in so far as is strictly necessary when, for reasons of extreme
urgency brought about by events unforeseeable by the contractingentities, the time limits laid down for open and restricted proce-dures cannot be adhered to;
(e) in the case of supply contracts for additional deliveries by the
original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacementof normal supplies or installations or as the extension of existingsupplies or installations, where a change of supplier would obligethe contracting entity to acquire material having different technical
characteristics which would result in incompatibility or dispropor-
tionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance;
(f) for additional works or services not included in the project initially
awarded or in the contract first concluded but which have, through
unforeseen circumstances, become necessary for the execution ofthe contract, on condition that the award is made to the contractoror service provider executing the original contract:
— when such additional works or services cannot be technically or
economically separated from the main contract without greatinconvenience to the contracting entities,
— or when such additional works or services, although separable
from the execution of the original contract, are strictly neces-sary to its later stages;
(g) in the case of works contracts, for new works consisting of the
repetition of similar works entrusted to the contractor to which thesame contracting entities awarded an earlier contract, provided thatsuch works conform to a basic project for which a first contract
was awarded after a call for competition. As soon as the first
project is put up for tender, notice must be given that this proce-dure might be adopted and the total estimated cost of subsequentworks shall be taken into consideration by the contracting entitieswhen they apply the provisions of Article 14;
(h) for supplies quoted and purchased on a commodity market;
(i) for contracts to be awarded on the basis of a framework agreement,
provided that the condition referred to in Article 5 (2) is fulfilled;
(j) for bargain purchases, where it is possible to procure supplies
taking advantage of a particularly advantageous opportunity avail-
able for a very short space of time at a price considerably lower
than normal market prices;
(k) for purchases of goods under particularly advantageous conditions
from either a supplier definitively winding up his business activ-
ities or the receivers or liquidators of a bankruptcy, an
arrangement with creditors or a similar procedure under nationallaws or regulations;
(l) when the service contract concerned is part of the follow-up a
design contest organized in conformity with the provisions of thisDirective and must, in accordance with the relevant rules, beawarded to the winner or to one of the winners of that contest. Inthe latter case, all the winners must be invited to participate in thenegotiations.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 19
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Article 21
1. In the case of supplies, works or service contracts, the call for
competition may be made:
(a) by means of a notice drawn upin accordance with Annex XII A, B
or C; or
(b) by means of a periodic indicative notice drawn up in accordance
with Annex XIV; or
(c) by means of a notice on the existence of a qualification system
drawn upin accordance with Annex XIII.
2. When a call for competition is made by means of a periodic indi-
cative notice:
(a) the notice must refer specifically to the supplies, works or services
which will be the subject of the contract to be awarded;
(b) the notice must indicate that the contract will be awarded by
restricted or negotiated procedure without further publication of a
notice of a call for competition and invite interested undertakings
to express their interest in writing;
(c) contracting entities shall subsequently invite all candidates to
confirm their interest on the basis of detailed information on the
contract concerned before beginning the selection of tenderers orparticipants in negotiations. The information must include at leastthe following:
(i) the nature and quantity, including any options for further
procurement and, if possible, an estimate of the timing whensuch options may be exercised; in the case of recurringcontracts the nature and quantity and, if possible, an estimateof the timing of the subsequent calls for competition for the
works, supplies or services to be procured;
(ii) whether the procedure is restricted or negotiated;
(iii) any date for starting or completing the delivery of supplies or
for performing works or services;
(iv) the address and final date for submitting an application to be
invited to tender, as well as the language or languages in
which it must be submitted;
(v) the address of the entity awarding the contract and providing
any information necessary for obtaining specifications andother documents;
(vi) any economic and technical requirements, financial guaran-
tees and information required from suppliers, undertakingsor providers of services;
(vii) the amount and terms of payment of any sum payable for the
documentation relating to the procurement procedure;
and
(viii) whether the entity is inviting offers for purchase, lease, rental
or hire purchase, or more than one of these methods.
2. When a call for competition is made by means of a notice on the
existence of a qualification system, tenderers in a restricted procedure
or participants in a negotiated prcedure shall be selected from the
qualified candidates in accordance with such a system.
4. In the case of design contests, the call for competition shall be
made by means of a notice drawn upin accordance with Annex XVII.
5. The notices referred to in this Article shall be published in the
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Article 22
1. Contracting entities shall make known, at least once a year, by
means of a periodic indicative notice:
(a) in the case of supply contracts, the total of the contracts for each
product area of which the estimated value, taking into account theprovisions of Article 14, is equal to or greater than ECU 750000,and which they intend to award over the following twelve months;
(b) in the case of works contracts, the essential characteristics of the
works contracts which the contracting entities intend to award, theestimated value of which is not less than:
— the threshold laid down in Article 14(1)(a)(ii) as regards
contracts intended to be awarded by entities carrying out anactivity referred to in Annex X,
— the threshold laid down in Article 14(1)(b)(iii) as regards
contracts intended to be awarded by entities carrying out anactivity referred to in Annexes I, II, VII, VIII and IX, or
— the threshold laid down in Article 14(1)(c)(ii) as regards
contracts intended to be awarded by entities carrying out anactivity referred to in Annexes III, IV, V and VI;
(c) in the case of service contracts, the estimated total value of the
service contracts in each of the categories of services listed in
Annex XVI A which they intend to award over the following 12months, where such estimated total value, taking into account theprovisions of Article 14, is equal to or greater than ECU 750000.
2. The notice shall be drawn upin accordance with Annex XIV and
published in the Official Journal of the European Communities .
3. Where the notice is used as a means of calling for competition in
accordance with Article 21 (1) (b), it must have been published notmore than 12 months prior to the date on which the invitation referredto in Article 21 (2) (c) is sent. Moreover, the contracting entity shallmeet the deadlines laid down in Article 26 (2).
4. Contracting entities may, in particular, publish periodic indicative
notices relating to major projects without repeating information
previously included in a periodic indicative notice, provided that it is
clearly stated that such notices are additional notices.
Article 23
1. This Article shall apply to design contests organized as part of a
procedure leading to the award of a service contract whose estimatedvalue net of VAT for which is not less than:
— the threshold laid down in Article 14(1)(a)(i) as regards contracts
intended to be awarded by entities carrying out an activity referredto in Annex X,
— the threshold laid down in Article 14(1)(b)(i) or (ii) as regards
contracts intended to be awarded by entities carrying out an activityreferred to in Annexes I, II, VII, VIII and IX, or
— the threshold laid down in Article 14(1)(c)(i) as regards contracts
intended to be awarded by entities carrying out an activity referred
to in Annexes III, IV, V and VI.
2. This Article shall apply to all design competitions where the total
amount of competition prizes and payments to participants is not lessthan:
— the threshold laid down in Article 14(1)(a)(i) as regards contracts
intended to be awarded by entities carrying out an activity referredto in Annex X,
— the threshold laid down in Article 14(1)(b)(i) or (ii) as regards
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— the threshold laid down in Article 14(1)(c)(i) as regards contracts
intended to be awarded by entities carrying out an activity referredto in Annexes III, IV, V, and VI.
2. This Article shall apply to all design contests where the total
amount of contest prizes and payments to participants is not less thanECU 400 000 for design contests organized by entities exercising anactivity referred to in Article 2 (2) (a), (b) and (c) and ECU 600000for design contests organized by entities exercising an activity referred
to in Article 2 (2) (d).
3. The rules for the organization of a design contest shall be in
conformity with the requirements of this Article and shall be commu-nicated to those interested in participating in the contest.
4. The admission of participants to design contests shall not be
limited:
— by reference to the territory or part of the territory of a Member
State,
— on the grounds that, under the law of the Member State in which
the contest is organized, they would have been required to be either
natural or legal persons.
5. Where design contests are restricted to a limited number of parti-
cipants, the contracting authorities shall lay down clear and non-
discriminatory selection criteria. In any event, the number of candidates
invited to participate shall be sufficient to ensure genuine competition.
6. The jury shall be composed exclusively of natural persons who
are independent of participants in the contest. Where a particular
professional qualification is required from participants in a contest, atleast a third of its members must have the same qualification or itsequivalent.
The jury shall be autonomous in its decisions or opinions. These shall
be reached on the basis of projects submitted anonymously and solelyon the grounds of the criteria indicated in the notice provided for inAnnex XVII.
Article 24
1. Contracting entities which have awarded a contract or organized a
design contest shall communicate to the Commission, within twomonths of the award of the contract and under conditions to be laiddown by the Commission in accordance with the procedure laid down
in Article 40, the results of the awarding procedure by means of a
notice drawn upin accordance with Annex XV or Annex XVIII.
2. Information provided under Section I of Annex XV or under
Annex XVIII shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities . In this connection the Commission shall respect any
sensitive commercial aspects which the contracting entities may point
out when forwarding this information in connection with points 6, 9and 11 of Annex XV.
3. Contracting entities awarding service contracts within category
No 8 of Annex XVI A to which Article 20 (2) (b) applies needmention, concerning point 3 of Annex XV, only the main title thereof
within the meaning of the classification of Annex XVI. Contracting
entities awarding service contracts within category No 8 of AnnexXVI A to which Article 20 (2) (b) does not apply may, on the groundsof commercial confidentiality, limit the information provided for inpoint 3 of Annex XV. However, they must ensure that any information
published under this point is no less detailed than that contained in the
notice of the call for competition published in accordance with Article20 (1) or, where a qualification system is used, no less detailed than thecategory referred to in Article 30 (7). In the case listed in Annex XVIB, the contracting entites shall indicate in the notice whether they agreeon its publication.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 22
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4. Information provided under Section II of Annex XV must not be
published, except in aggregated form, for statistical purposes.
Article 25
1. The contracting entities must be able to supply proof of the date
of dispatch of the notices referred to in Articles 20 to 24.
2. The notices shall be published in full in their original language in
theOfficial Journal of the European Communities and in the TED data
bank. A summary of the important elements of each notice shall bepublished in the other official languages of the Community, theoriginal text alone being authentic.
3. The Office for Official Publications of the European Commu-
nities shall publish the notices not later than 12 days after their
dispatch. In exceptional cases it shall endeavour to publish the notice
referred to in Article 21 (1) (a) within five days in response to arequest by the contracting entity and provided that the notice has beensent to the Office by electronic mail, telex or telefax. Each edition oftheOfficial Journal of the European Communities which contains one
or more notices shall reproduce the model notice or notices on which
the published notice or notices is/are based.
4. The cost of publication of the notices in the Official Journal of
the European Communities shall be borne by the Communities.
5. Contracts or design contests in respect of which a notice is
published in the Official Journal of the European Communities
pursuant to Article 21 (1) or (4) shall not be published in any other
way before that notice has been dispatched to the Office for Official
Publications of the European Communities. Such publication shall notcontain information other than that published in the Official Journal of
the European Communities .
Article 26
1. In open procedures the time limit for the receipt of tenders shall
be fixed by contracting entities at not less than 52 days from the date
of dispatch of the notice. This time limit may be replaced by one which
is sufficiently long to allow those concerned to submit valid tendersand which, as a general rule, shall not be less than 36 days and in anycase not less than 22 days from the date on which the contract noticewas dispatched, if the contracting entities have sent the Official Journal
of the European Communities a periodic indicative notice in accor-
dance with Article 22(1), provided that this notice contains theinformation required in Parts II and III of Annex XIV, insofar as thatinformation is available at the time of publication of the notice referredto in Article 22(1).
This periodic indicative notice must furthermore have been dispatched
to theOfficial Journal of the European Communities within a
minimum of 52 days and a maximum of 12 months before the dateon which the contract notice provided for in Article 21(1)(a) isdispatched to the Official Journal of the European Communities .
2. In restricted procedures and in negotiated procedures with a prior
call for competition, the following shall apply:
(a) the time limit for receipt of requests to participate, in response to a
notice published in accordance with Article 21(1)(a) or in response
to an invitation from a contracting entity in accordance with Article21(2)(c), shall, as a general rule, be at least 37 days from the dateof dispatch of the notice or invitation and shall in any case not beless than the time limit for publication laid down in Article 25(3),plus 10 days;
(b) the time limit for receipt of tenders may be fixed by mutual agree-
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(c) where it is not possible to reach agreement on the time limit for the
receipt of tenders, the contracting entity shall fix a time limit whichshall, as a general rule, be at least 24 days and shall in any case not
be less than 10 days from the date of the invitation to tender; the
time allowed shall be sufficiently long to take account in particularof the factors mentioned in Article 28(3).
Article 27
In the contract documents, the contracting entity may ask the tenderer
to indicate in his tender any share of the contract which he may intendto subcontract to third parties.
This indication shall be without prejudice to the question of the prin-
cipal contractor's responsibility.
Article 28
1. Provided that they have been requested in good time, the contract
documents and supporting documents must be sent to the suppliers,
contractors or service providers by the contracting entities as a general
rule within six days of receipt of the application.
2. Provided that it has been requested in good time, additional infor-
mation relating to the contract documents shall be supplied by the
contracting entities not later than six days before the final date fixedfor receipt of tenders.
3. Where tenders require the examination of voluminous documenta-
tion such as lengthy technical specifications, a visit to the site or an on-the-spot inspection of the documents supporting the contract docu-ments, this shall be taken into account when the appropriate timelimits are fixed.
4. Contracting entities shall invite the selected candidates simulta-
neously and in writing. The letter of invitation shall be accompaniedby the contract documents and supporting documents. It shall include
at least the following information:
(a) the address from which any additional documents can be requested,
the final date for such requests and the amount and methods of
payment 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 drawnup;
(c) a reference to any tender notice published;
(d) an indication of any document to be annexed;
(e) the criteria for the award of the contract if these are not given in
the notice;
(f) any other special condition for participation in the contract.
5. 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, fax, tele-phone or any other electronic means, Member States may requirethem to be confirmed by letter dispatched before the expiry of the
time limit referred to in Article 26(2).
6. Tenders shall be submitted in writing, directly or by mail.
Member States may authorise the submission of tenders by any other
means making it possible to ensure:
— that each tender contains all the information necessary for its
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— that, where necessary for reasons of legal proof, such tenders are
confirmed as soon as possible in writing or by dispatch of a certi-fied copy,
— that tenders are opened after the time-limit for their submission has
expired.
Article 29
1. The contracting entity may state in the contract documents, or be
obliged by a Member State so to do, the authority or authorities fromwhich a tenderer may obtain the appropriate information on the obliga-tions 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 or services are to be executed or performed and whichshall be applicable to the works carried out or the services performedon site during the performance of the contract.
2. A contracting entity 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
drawing uptheir tender, of the obligations relating to emp loymentprotection provisions and the working conditions which are in force inthe place where the work or the service is to be carried out orperformed. This shall be without prejudice to the application of Article34 (5) concerning the examination of abnormally low tenders.
TITLE V
Qualification,selection andaward
Article 30
1. Contracting entities which so wish may establish and operate a
system of qualification of suppliers, contractors or service providers.
Entities establishing or operating a qualification system shall ensure
that suppliers, contractors and service providers may apply for qualifi-
cation at any time.
2. The system, which may involve different qualification stages,
shall operate on the basis of objective criteria and rules to be estab-lished by the contracting entity. The contracting entity shall use
European standards as a reference where they are appropriate. The
criteria and rules may be updated as required.
3. The criteria and rules for qualification shall be made available on
request to interested suppliers, contractors or service providers. Theupdating of these criteria and rules shall be communicated to the inter-ested suppliers, contractors and service providers. Where a contracting
entity considers that the qualification system of certain third entities or
bodies meets its requirements, it shall communicate to interestedsuppliers, contractors and service providers the names of such thirdentities or bodies.
4. Contracting entities shall inform applicants of their decision as to
qualification within a reasonable period. If the decision will take longer
than six months from the presentation of an application, the contracting
entity shall inform the applicant, within two months of the application,of the reasons justifying a longer period and of the date by which itsapplication will be accepted or refused.
5. In reaching their decision as to qualification or when the criteria
and rules are being updated, contracting entities may not:
— impose conditions of an administrative, technical or financial nature
on some suppliers, contractors or service providers which are notimposed on others,
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6. Applicants whose qualification is refused shall be informed of
this decision and the reasons for refusal. The reasons must be basedon the criteria for qualification referred to in paragraph 2.
7. A written record of qualified suppliers, contractors or service
providers shall be kept and it may be divided into categories, accordingto the type of contract for which the qualification is valid.
8. Contracting entities may bring the qualification of a supplier,
contractor or service provider to an end only for reasons based on thecriteria referred to in paragraph 2. The intention to bring qualificationto an end must be notified in writing to the supplier, contractor orservice provider beforehand, together with the reason or reasons justi-
fying the proposed action.
9. The qualification system shall be the subject of a notice drawn up
in accordance with Annex XIII and published in the Official Journal of
the European Communities , indicating the purpose of the qualification
system and the availability of the rules concerning its operation. Where
the system is of a duration greater than three years, the notice shall bepublished annually. Where the system is of a shorter duration, an initialnotice shall suffice.
Article 31
1. Contracting entities which select candidates to tender in restricted
procedures or to participate in negotiated procedures shall do soaccording to objective criteria and rules which they lay down andwhich they shall make available to interested suppliers, contractors or
service providers.
2. The criteria used may include the criteria for exclusion specified
in Article 23 of Directive 71/305/EEC and in Article 20 of Directive77/62/EEC.
3. The criteria may be based on the objective need of the contracting
entity to reduce the number of candidates to a level which is justifiedby the need to balance the particular characteristics of the contractaward procedure and the resources required to complete it. The number
of candidates selected must, however, take account of the need to
ensure adequate competition.
Article 32
Should contracting entities require the production of certificates drawn
upby indep endent bodies for attesting conformity of the serviceprovider to certain quality assurance standards, they shall refer toquality assurance systems based on the relevant EN 29 000 Europeanstandards series certified by bodies conforming to the EN 45 000European standards series.
Entities shall recognize equivalent certificates from bodies established
in other Member States. They shall also accept other evidence ofequivalent quality assurance measures from service providers whohave no access to such certificates or no possibility of obtaining them
within the relevant time limits.
Article 33
1. Groupings of suppliers, contractors or service providers shall be
permitted to tender or negotiate. The conversion of such groupings
into a specific legal form shall not be required in order to submit atender or to negotiate, but the grouping selected may be required so toconvert itself once it has been awarded the contract where such conver-sion is necessary for the proper performance of the contract.
2. Candidates or tenderers who, under the law of the Member State
in which they are established, are entitled to carry out the relevantservice activity shall not be rejected on the sole ground that under thelaw of the Member State in which the contract is awarded they wouldhave been required to be either a natural or a legal person.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 26
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3. However, legal persons may be required to indicate, in the tender
or the request for participation, the names and relevant professionalqualifications of the staff to be responsible for the performance of the
service.
Article 34
1. Without prejudice to national laws, regulations or administrative
provisions on the remuneration of certain services, the criteria on
which the contracting entities shall base the award of contracts shall
be:
(a) the most economically advantageous tender, involving various
criteria depending on the contract in question, such as: delivery or
completion date, running costs, cost-effectiveness, quality, aesthetic
and functional characteristics, technical merit, after-sales serviceand technical assistance, commitments with regard to spare parts,security of supplies and price; or
(b) the lowest price only.
2. In the case referred to in paragraph 1 (a), contracting entities shall
state in the contract documents or in the tender notice all the criteria
which they intend to apply to the award, where possible in descending
order of importance.
3. Where the criterion for the award of the contract is that of the
most economically advantageous tender, contracting entities may take
account of variants which are submitted by a tenderer and meet the
minimum specifications required by the contracting entities.Contracting entities shall state in the contract documents the minimumspecifications to be respected by the variants and specific requirementsfor their presentation. Where variants are not permitted, they shall soindicate in the contract documents.
4. Contracting entities may not reject the presentation of a variant
on the sole ground that it was drawn upon the basis of technical sp eci-fications defined with reference to European specifications or tonational technical specifications recognized as complying with the
essential requirements within the meaning of Directive 89/106/EEC.
5. If, for a given contract, tenders appear abnormally low in relation
to the provision of services, the contracting entity shall, before it mayreject those tenders, request in writing details of the constituentelements of the tender which it considers relevant and shall verify
those constituent elements taking account of the explanations received.
It may set a reasonable period within which to reply.
The contracting entity may take into consideration explanations which
are justified on objective grounds relating to the economy of the
construction or production method, or the technical solutions chosen,
or the exceptionally favourable conditions available to the tenderer forthe execution of the contract, or the originality of the product or thework proposed by the tenderer.
Contracting entities may reject tenders which are abnormally low
owing to the receipt of State aid only if they have consulted thetenderer and if the tenderer has been unable to show that the aid inquestion has been notified to the Commission pursuant to Article 93(3) of the EEC Treaty or has received the Commission's approval.Contracting entities which reject a tender under these circumstances
shall inform the Commission thereof.
Article 35
1. Article 34(1) shall not apply where a Member State bases the
award of contracts on other criteria, within the framework of rules inforce at the time of adoption of this Directive, which are intended togive preference to certain tenderers, provided that the rules invokedare compatible with the Treaty.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 27
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2. Without prejudice to paragraph 1, this Directive shall not prevent,
until 31 December 1992, the application of national provisions in forceon the award of supply or works contracts which have as their objec-
tive the reduction of regional disparities and the promotion of job
creation in disadvantaged regions or those suffering from industrialdecline, provided that the provisions concerned are compatible withthe EEC Treaty and with the Community's international obligations.
Article 36
1. This Article shall apply to tenders comprising products origi-
nating in third countries with which the Community has notconcluded, multilaterally or bilaterally, an agreement ensuring compar-
able and effective access for Community undertakings to the markets
of those third countries. It shall be without prejudice to the obligationsof the Community or its Member States in respect of third countries.
2. Any tender made for the award of a supply contract may be
rejected where the proportion of the products originating in third coun-tries, as determined in accordance with Council Regulation (EEC)No 802/68 of 27 June 1968 on the common definition of the concept
of the origin of goods(
1), exceeds 50 % of the total value of the
products constituting the tender.
For the purposes of this Article, software used in telecommunications
network equipment shall be considered as products.
3. Subject to paragraph 4, where two or more tenders are equivalent
in the light of the award criteria defined in Article 34, preference shallbe given to the tenders which may not be rejected pursuant to para-graph 2. The prices of these tenders shall be considered equivalent for
the purposes of this Article, if the price difference does not exceed 3 %.
4. However, a tender shall not be preferred to another pursuant to
paragraph 3 where its acceptance would oblige the contracting entityto acquire material having technical characteristics different from thoseof existing material, resulting in incompatibility or technical difficultiesin operation and maintenance or disproportionate costs.
5. For the purpose of this Article, those third countries to which the
benefit of the provisions of this Directive has been extended by a
Council Decision in accordance with paragraph 1 shall not be taken
into account for determining the proportion referred to in paragraph 2of products originating in third countries.
6. The Commission shall submit an annual report to the Council (for
the first time in the second half of 1991) on progress made in multilat-eral or bilateral negotiations regarding access for Communityundertakings to the markets of third countries in the fields covered by
this Directive, on any result which such negotiations may have
achieved and on the implementation in practice of all the agreementswhich have been concluded.
The Council, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the
Commission, may amend the provisions of this Article in the light ofsuch developments.
Article 37
1. The Member States shall inform the Commission of any general
difficulties encountered, in law or in fact, by their undertakings insecuring the award of service contracts in third countries.
2. The Commission shall report to the Council before 31 December
1994 and periodically thereafter on the opening-up of service contracts
in third countries and on progress in negotiations with these countrieson this subject, particularly within the GATT framework.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 28
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3. Whenever the Commission establishes, on the basis of either the
reports referred to in paragraph 2 or other information, that with regardto the award of service contracts a third country:
(a) does not grant Community undertakings effective access compar-
able to that granted by the Community to undertakings from that
country;
(b) does not grant Community undertakings national treatment or the
same competitive opportunities as are available to national under-takings; or
(c) grants undertakings from other third countries more favourable
treatment than Community undertakings,
it must approach the third country concerned to try to remedy the situa-
tion.
4. Under the conditions referred to in paragraph 3, the Commission
may at any time propose that the Council decide to suspend or restrict
the award of service contracts to:
(a) undertakings governed by the law of the third country in question;
(b) undertakings affiliated to the undertakings specified in (a) and
having their registered office in the Community but having nodirect and effective link with the economy of a Member State;
(c) undertakings submitting tenders which have as their object services
originating in the third country in question,
during a period to be determined in the decision. The Council shall act
by qualified majority as soon as possible.
The Commission may propose these measures on its own initiative or
at the request of a Member State.
5. This Article is without prejudice to the obligations of the
Community in relation to third countries.
TITLE VI
Finalprovisions
Article 39
1. The Commission shall be assisted, as regards procurement by the
contracting entities exercising an activity referred to in Article 2 (2)
(d), by a Committee of an advisory nature which shall be the Advisory
Committee on Telecommunications Procurement. The Committee shallbe composed of representatives of the Member States and chaired by arepresentative of the Commission.
2. The Commission shall consult this Committee on:
(a) amendments to Annex X;
(b) revision of the currency values of the thresholds;
(c) the rules concerning contracts awarded under international agree-
ments;
(d) the review of the application of this Directive;
(e) the procedures described in Article 40 (2) relating to notices and
statistical reports.
Article 40
1. Annexes I to X shall be revised in accordance with the procedure
laid down in paragraphs 4 to 8 with a view to ensuring that they fulfilthe criteria of Article 2.
2. The conditions for the presentation, dispatch, reception, transla-
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22 and 24 and of the statistical reports provided for in Article 42 shall
be established, for the purposes of simplification, in accordance withthe procedure laid down in paragraphs 4 to 8.
3. The nomenclature cited in Annexes XVI A and XVI B and the
references in the notices to particular headings of the nomenclaturemay be amended in accordance with the procedure laid down in para-
graphs 4 to 8.
4. The revised Annexes and the conditions referred to in paragraphs
1 and 2 shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
Communities .
5. The Commission shall be assisted by the Advisory Committee for
Public Contracts and, in the case of the revision of Annex X, by theAdvisory Committee on Telecommunications Procurement providedfor in Article 39 of this Directive.
6. The Commission representative shall submit to the Committee a
draft of the decisions to be taken. The Committee shall deliver itsopinion on the draft within a time limit which the Chairman may lay
down according to the urgency of the matter, if necessary by taking a
vote.
7. The opinion shall be recorded in the minutes; in addition, each
Member State shall have the right to ask to have its position recorded
in the minutes.
8. The Commission shall take the utmost account of the opinion
delivered by the Committee. It shall inform the Committee of themanner in which its opinion has been taken into account.
Article 41
1. Contracting entities shall keep appropriate information on each
contract which shall be sufficient to permit them at a later date tojustify decisions taken in connection with:
(a) the qualification and selection of contractors, suppliers or service
providers and award of contracts;
(b) recourse to derogations from the use of European specifications in
accordance with Article 18(6);
(c) use of procedures without prior call for competition in accordance
with Article 20(2);
(d) non-application of Titles II, III and IV in accordance with the dero-
gations provided for in Title I.
2. The information shall be kept for at least four years from the date
of award of the contract so that the contracting entity will be able,during that period, to supply the necessary information to the Commis-sion if the latter so requests.
3. Entities carrying out one of the activities mentioned in Annexes I,
II, VII, VIII and IX shall inform participating suppliers, contractors orservice providers of decisions on contract awards promptly and, uponrequest, in writing.
4. The contracting entities carrying out one of the activities
mentioned in Annexes I, II, VII, VIII and IX shall, promptly after thedate on which a written request is received, inform any eliminatedcandidate or tenderer of the reasons for rejection of his 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 asthe name of the successful tenderer.
However, contracting entities may decide that certain information on
the contract award, referred to in the first subparagraph of this para-graph, be withheld where release of such information would impedelaw enforcement or otherwise be contrary to the public interest orwould prejudice the legitimate commercial interests of particular enter-prises, public or private, including those of the enterprise to which the1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 30
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contract has been awarded, or might prejudice fair competition between
suppliers, contractors or service providers.
Article 42
1. The Member States shall ensure, in accordance with the arrange-
ments to be laid down under the procedure provided for in Article 40(4) to (8), that the Commission receives each year a statistical reportconcerning the total value, broken down by Member State and each
category of activity to which Annexes I to X refer, of the contracts
awarded below the thresholds defined in Article 14 which would, ifthey were not below those thresholds, be covered by this Directive.
1a. With respect to the activities to which Annexes I, II, VII, VIII
and IX refer, Member States shall, in accordance with the arrangementsto be laid down under the procedure provided for in Article 40(4) to(8), ensure that, by 31 October 1997 at the latest for the preceding
year and thereafter by 31 October of every year, the Commission
receives a statistical report on the contracts awarded. This report shallcontain the information necessary to verify the proper application ofthe Agreement.
The information required under this paragraph shall not include infor-
mation concerning contracts for the services listed in category 8 ofAnnex XVI A, telecommunications services listed in category 5, theCPC reference numbers of which are 7524, 7525 and 7526, or the
services listed in Annex XVI.B.
2. Arrangements shall be fixed in accordance with the procedure
referred to in Article 40 to ensure that:
(a) in the interests of administrative simplification, contracts of lesser
value may be excluded, provided that the usefulness of the statis-tics is not jeopardized;
(b) the confidential nature of the information provided is respected.
Article 42a
For the purposes of the award of contracts by the contracting entities,
Member States shall apply in their relations conditions as favourable asthose which they grant to third countries in implementation of theAgreement. The Member States shall to this end consult each otherwithin the Advisory Committee for Public Contracts on the measures
to be taken pursuant to the Agreement.
Article 43
Article 2 (2) of Directive 77/62/EEC is hereby replaced by the
following:
‘2. This Directive shall not apply to:
(a) contracts awarded in the fields referred to in Articles 2, 7, 8
and 9 of Council Directive 90/531/EEC of 17 September 1990
on the procurement procedures of entities operating in thewater, energy, transport and telecommunications sectors (
1)o r
fulfilling the conditions in Article 6 (2) of the said Directive;
(b) supplies which are declared secret or when their delivery must
be accompanied by special security measures in accordance
with the laws, regulations or administrative provisions in forcein the Member State concerned or when the protection of thebasic interests of that State's security so requires (
2).
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Article 44
Not later than four years after the application of this Directive, the
Commission, acting in close cooperation with the Advisory Committee
for Public Contracts, shall review the manner in which this Directive
has operated and its field of application and, if necessary, shall makefurther proposals to adapt it, in the light of developments linked inparticular with progress made in opening up contracts and the level ofcompetition. In the case of entities exercising an activity defined inArticle 2 (2) (d), the Commission shall act in close cooperation with
the Advisory Committee on Telecommunications Procurement.
Article 45
1. Member States shall adopt the measures necessary to comply with
the provisions of this Directive and shall apply them by 1 July 1994.
They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
2. Nevertheless, the Kingdom of Spain may provide that the
measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply from 1 January 1997only and the Hellenic Republic and the Portuguese Republic mayprovide that the measures referred to in paragraph 1 shall apply from
1 January 1998 only.
3. Directive 90/531/EEC shall cease to have effect as from the date
on which this Directive is applied by the Member States and this shallbe without prejudice to the obligations of the Member Statesconcerning the deadlines laid down in Article 37 of that Directive.
4. References to Directive 90/531/EEC shall be construed as refer-
ring to this Directive.
Article 46
When Member States adopt the provisions referred to in Article 45,
they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by
such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The
methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by the MemberStates.
Article 47
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the main provi-
sions of national law, whether laws, regulations or administrativeprovisions, which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
Article 48
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LIST OF ANNEXES
ANNEX I: Production, transport or distribution of drinking water
ANNEX II: Production, transport or distribution of electricity
ANNEX III: Transport or distribution of gas or heat
ANNEX IV: Exploration for and extraction of oil or gasANNEX V: Exploration for and extraction of coal or other solid fuels
ANNEX: VI: Contracting entities in the field or railway services
ANNEX VII: Contracting entities in the field of urban railway, tramway,
trolley bus or bus services
ANNEX VIII: Contracting entities in the field of airport facilitiesANNEX IX: Contracting entities in the field of maritime or inland port
or other terminal facilities
ANNEX X: Operation of telecommunications networks or provision of
telecommunications services
ANNEX XI: List of professional activities as set out in the general
industrial classification of economic activities within the
European Communities
ANNEX XII: A. Open procedures
B. Restricted procedures
C. Negotiated procedures
ANNEX XIII: Notice on the existence of a qualification system
ANNEX XIV: Periodic information notice:
I. Headings to be completed in any case
II. Information which must be supplied where the notice is
used as a means of calling for competition or permits
reduction of the deadlines for the receipt of candida-
tures or tenders
III. Information to be supplied, in so far as such informa-
tion is available, where the notice is used as a means
of calling for competition or permits reduction of the
deadlines for the receipt of candidatures or tenders
ANNEX XV: Notice on contracts awarded
I. Information for publication in the Official Journal of
the European Communities
II. Information not intended for publication
ANNEX XVI A: Services within the meaning of Article 15
ANNEX XVI B: Services within the meaning of Article 16
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ANNEX I
PRODUCTION, TRANSPORT OR DISTRIBUTION OF DRINKING
WATER
BELGIUM
Entity set upp ursuant to the décret du 2 juillet 1987de la région wallonne
érigeant en entreprise régionale de production et d'adduction d'eau le servicedu ministère de la région chargé de la production et du grand transport d'eau.
Entity set upp ursuant to the arrêté du 23 avril 1986 portant constitution d'une
société wallonne de distribution d'eau.
Entity set upp ursuant to the arrêté du 17juillet 1985 de l'exécutif flamand
portant fixation des statuts de la société flamande de distribution d'eau.
Entities producing or distributing water and set up pursuant to the loi relative
aux intercommunales du 22 décembre 1986.
Entities producing or distributing water set up pursuant to the code communal,
article 47 bis, teretquatersur les régies communales.
DENMARK
Entities producing or distributing water referred to in Article 3, paragraph 3 of
lovbekendtgørelse om vandforsyning m.v. af 4. juli 1985.
GERMANY
Entities producing or distributing water pursuant to the Eigenbetriebsverord-
nungenorEigenbetriebsgesetze of theLänder (Kommunale Eigenbetriebe).
Entities producing or distributing water pursuant to the Gesetze über die
Kommunale Gemeinschaftsarbeit oder Zusammenarbeit of theLänder.
Entities producing water pursuant to the Gesetz über Wasser- und Boden-
verbände vom 10. Februar 1937 and theerste Verordnung über Wasser- und
Bodenverbände vom 3. September 1937.
(Regiebetriebe) producing or distributing water pursuant to the Kommunalge-
setzeand notably with the Gemeindeordnungen der Länder.
Entities set upp ursuant to the Aktiengesetz vom 6. September 1965, zuletzt
geändert am 19. Dezember 1985 orGmbH-Gesetz vom 20. Mai 1898, zuletzt
geändert am 15. Mai 1986, or having the legal status of a Kommanditge-
sellschaft, producing or distributing water on the basis of a special contract
with regional or local authorities.
GREECE
The Water Company of Athens / Εταιρεία Υδρεύσεως —Αποχετεύσεως
Πρωτευούσης set upp ursuant to Law 1068/80 of 23 August 1980.
The Water Company of Salonica / Οργανισµός Υδρεύσεως Θεσσαλονίκης oper-
ating pursuant to Presidential Decree 61/1988.
The Water Company of Voios / Εταιρεία Υδρεύσεως Βόλου operating pursuant
to Law 890/1979.
Municipal companies / ∆ηµοτικές Επιχειρήσεις ύδρευσης —αποχέτευσης
producing or distributing water and set up pursuant to Law 1059/80 of 23
August 1980.
Associations of local authorities (Σύνδεσµοι ύδευυσης) operating pursuant to the
Code of local authorities (Κώδικας ∆ήµων και Κοινοτήτων) implemented by
Presidential Decree 76/1985.
SPAIN
— Entities producing or distributing water pursuant to Ley n
o7/1985 de 2 de
abril de 1985. Reguladora de las Bases del Régimen local and toDecreto
Real no781/1986 Texto Refundido Régimen local.
—Canal de Isabel II. Ley de la Comunidad Autónoma de Madrid de 20 de
diciembre de 1984.
—Mancomunidad de los Canales de Taibilla, Ley de 27de abril de 1946.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 34
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FRANCE
Entities producing or distributing water pursuant to the:disposititions générales sur les régies, code des communes L 323-1 à L 328-8, R
323-1 à R 323-6 (dispositions générales sur les régies); or
code des communes L 323-8 R 323-4 [régies directes (ou de fait)]; or
décret-loi du 28 décembre 1926, règlement d'administration publique du 17
février 1930, code des communes L 323-10 à L 323-13, R 323-75 à 323-132
(régies à simple autonomie financière); or
code des communes L 323-9, R 323-7à R 323-7 4, décret du 19 octobre 1959
(régies à personnalité morale et à autonomie financière); or
code des communes L 324-1 à L 324-6, R 324-1 à R 324-13 (gestion déléguée,
concession et affermage); or
jurisprudence administrative, circulaire intérieure du 13 décembre 1975
(gérance); or
code des communes R 324-6, circulaire intérieure du 13 décembre 1975 (régie
intéressée); or
circulaire intérieure du 13 décembre 1975 (exploitation aux risques et périls);
or
décret du 20 mai 1955, loi du 7juillet 1983 sur les sociétés d'économie mixte
(participation à une société d'économie mixte); or
code des communes L 322-1 à L 322-6, R 322-1 à R 322-4 (dispositions
communes aux régies, concessions et affermages).
IRELAND
Entities producing or distributing water pursuant to the Local Government (Sani-
tary Services) Act 1878 to 1964.
ITALY
Entities producing or distributing water pursuant to the Testo unico delle leggi
sull'assunzione diretta dei pubblici servizi da parte dei comuni e delle province
approvato con Regio Decreto 15 ottobre 1925, n. 2578 and toDecreto del P.R.
n. 902 del 4 ottobre 1986.
Ente Autonomo Acquedotto Pugliese set upp ursuant to RDL 19 ottobre 1919,
n. 2060.
Ente Acquedotti Siciliani set upp ursuant to leggi regionali 4 settembre 1979,
n. 2/2 e 9 agosto 1980, n. 81.
Ente Sardo Acquedotti e Fognature set upp ursuant to legge 5 luglio 1963 n. 9.
LUXEMBOURG
Local authorities distributing water.Associations of local authorities producing or distributing water set up pursuant
to theloi du 14 février 1900 concernant la création des syndicats de communes
telle qu'elle a été modifiée et complétée par la loi du 23 décembre 1958 et par
la loi du 29 juillet 1981 and pursuant to the loi du 31 juillet 1962 ayant pour
objet le renforcement de l'alimentation en eau potable du grand-duché du
Luxembourg à partir du réservoir d'Esch-sur-Sûre.
NETHERLANDS
Entities producing or distributing water pursuant to the Waterleidingwet van 6
april 1957 , amended by the wetten van 30 juni 1967, 10 september 1975, 23
juni 1976, 30 september 1981, 25 januari 1984, 29 januari 1986.
PORTUGAL
Empresa Pública das Águas Livres producing or distributing water pursuant to
theDecreto-Lei n
o190/81 de 4 de Julho de 1981.
Local authorities producing or distributing water.
UNITED KINGDOM
Water companies producing or distributing water pursuant to the Water Acts
1945 and 1989.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 35
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TheCentral Scotland Water Development Board producing water and the water
authorities producing or distributing water pursuant to the Water (Scotland) Act
1980.
TheDepartment of the Environment for Northern Ireland responsible for produ-
cing and distributing water pursuant to the Water and Sewerage (Northern
Ireland) Order 1973.
AUSTRIA
Entities of local authorities (Gemeinden) and associations of local authorities
(Gemeindeverbände) producing, transporting or distributing drinking water
pursuant to the Wasserversorgungsgesetze of the nine Länder.
FINLAND
Entities producing, transporting or distributing drinking water pursuant to
Article 1 of Laki yleisistä vesi- ja viemärilaitoksista (982/77) of 23 December
1977.
SWEDEN
Local authorities and municipal companies which produce, transport or distri-
bute drinking water pursuant to lagen (1970:244) om allmänna vatten- och
avloppsanläggningar .1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 36
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ANNEX II
PRODUCTION,TRANSPORTORDISTRIBUTIONOFELECTRICITY
BELGIUM
Entities producing, transporting or distributing electricity pursuant to article 5:
Des régies communales et intercommunales of theloi du 10 mars 1925 sur les
distributions d'énergie électrique.
Entities transporting or distributing electricity pursuant to the loi relative aux
intercommunales du 22 décembre 1986.
EBES, Intercom, Unerg and other entities producing, transporting or distributing
electricity and granted a concession for distribution pursuant to article 8 — les
concessions communales et intercommunales of theloi du 10 mars 1952 sur les
distributions d'énergie électrique.
TheSociété publique de production d'électricité (SPÉ).
DENMARK
Entities producing or transporting electricity on the basis of a licence pursuant
to § 3,stk. 1,of thelov nr. 54 af 25. februar 1976 om elforsyning, jf. bekendt-
gørelse nr. 607 af 17. december 1976 om elforsyningslovens
anvendelsesområde.
Entities distributing electricity as defined in § 3, stk. 2, of thelov nr. 54 af 25.
februar 1976 om elforsyning, jf. bekendtgørelse nr. 607 af 17. december 1976
om elforsyningslovens anvendelsesområde and on the basis of authorizations
for expropriation pursuant to Articles 10 to 15 of the lov om elektriske stærk-
strømsanlæg, jf lovbekendtgørelse nr. 669 af 28. december 1977.
GERMANY
Entities producing, transporting or distributing electricity as defined in § 2
Absatz 2 of theGesetz zur Förderung der Energiewirtschaft (Energiewirtschafts-
gesetz) of 13 December 1935. Last modified by the Gesetz of 19 December
1977,and auto-production of electricity so far as this is covered by the field of
application of the Directive pursuant to Article 2, paragraph 5.
GREECE
∆ηµόσια Επιχείρηση Ηλεκτρισµού (Public Power Corporation) set up pursuant
to the law 1468 of 2 August 1950 Περί ιδρύσεως ∆ηµοσίας Επιχειρήσεως
Ηλεκτρισµού, and operating pursuant to the law 57/85: ∆οµή, ρόλος και τρόπος
διοίκησης και λειτουργίας της κοινωνικοποιηµένης ∆ηµόσιας Επιχείρησης
Ηλεκτρισµού.
SPAIN
Entities producing, transporting or distributing electricity pursuant to Article 1
of theDecreto de 12 de marzo de 1954, approving the Reglamento de verifica-
ciones eléctricas y regularidad en el suministro de energía and pursuant to
Decreto 2617/1966, de 20 de octubre, sobre autorización administrativa en
materia le instalaciones eléctricas.
Red Eléctrica de España SA, set upp ursuant to Real Decreto 91/1985 de 23 de
enero.
FRANCE
Électricité de France, set up and operating pusuant to the loi 46/6288 du 8 avril
1946 sur la nationalisation de l'électricité et du gaz.
Entities(sociétés d'économie mixte orrégies)distributing electricity and referred
to in article 23 of the loi 48/1260 du 12 août 1948 portant modification des lois
46/6288 du 8 avril 1946 et 46/2298 du 21 octobre 1946 sur la nationalisation
de l'électricité et du gaz.
Compagnie nationale du Rhône.
IRELAND
The Electricity Supply Board (ESB) set up and operating pursuant to the Electri-
city Supply Act 1927.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 37
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ITALY
Ente nazionale per l'energia elettrica set upp ursuant to legge n. 1643, 6
dicembre 1962 approvato con Decreto n. 1720, 21 dicembre 1965.
Entities operating on the basis of a concession pursuant to article 4, n. 5 or 8 of
legge 6 dicembre 1962, n. 1643 — Istituzione dell'Ente nazionale per la energia
elettrica e trasferimento ad esso delle imprese esercenti le industrie elettriche.
Entities operating on the basis of concession pursuant to article 20 of Decreto
del Presidente delle Repubblica 18 marzo 1965, n. 342 norme integrative della
legge 6 dicembre 1962, n. 1643 e norme relative al coordinamento e all'eser-
cizio delle attività elettriche esercitate da enti ed imprese diverse dell'Ente
nazionale per l'énergia elettrica.
LUXEMBOURG
Compagnie grand-ducale d'électricité de Luxembourg, producing or distributing
electricity pursuant to the convention du 11 novembre 1927concernant l'établis-
sement et l'exploitation des réseaux de distribution d'énergie électrique dans le
grand-duché du Luxembourg approuvée par la loi du 4 janvier 1928.
Société électrique de l'Our (SEO).Syndicat de Communes SIDOR.
NETHERLANDS
Elektriciteitsproduktie Oost-Nederland.Elektriciteitsbedrijf Utrecht—Noord-Holland—Amsterdam (UNA).
Elektriciteitsbedrijf Zuid-Holland (EZH)
Elektriciteitsproduktiemaatschappij Zuid-Nederland (EPZ).
Provinciale Zeeuwse Energie Maatschappij (PZEM).
Samenwerkende Elektriciteitsbedrijven (SEP).
Entities distributing electricity on the basis of a licence (vergunning) granted by
the provincial authorities pursuant to the Provinciewet.
PORTUGAL
Electricidade de Portugal (EDP), set upp ursuant to the Decreto-Lei n
o502/76
de 30 de Junho de 1976.
Entities distributing electricity pursuant to artigo 1odo Decreto-Lei no344-B/82
de 1 de Setembro de 1982, amended by Decreto-Lei no297/86 de 19 de
Setembro de 1986. Entities producing electricity pursuant to Decreto Lei no189/
88 de 27de Maio de 1988.
Independent producers of electricity pursuant to Decreto Lei no189/88 de 27de
Maio de 1988.
Empresa de Electricidade dos Açores — EDA, EP, created pursuant to the
Decreto Regional no16/80 de 21 de Agosto de 1980.
Empresa de Electricidade da Madeira, EP, created pursuant to the Decreto-Lei
no12/74 de 17 de Janeiro de 1974 and regionalized pursuant to the Decreto-Lei
no31/79 de 24 de Fevereiro de 1979, Decreto-Lei no91/79 de 19 de Abril de
1979.
UNITED KINGDOM
Central Electricity Generating (CEGB), and the Areas Electricity Boards produ-
cing, transporting or distributing electricity pursuant to the Electricity Act 1947
and theElectricity Act 1957.
TheNorth of Scotland Hydro-Electricity Board (NSHB), producing, transporting
and distributing electricity pursuant to the Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979.
TheSouth of Scotland Electricity Board (SSEB) producing, transporting and
distributing electricity pursuant to the Electricity (Scotland) Act 1979.
TheNorthern Ireland Electricity Service (NIES), set upp ursuant to the Electri-
city Supply (Northern Ireland) Order 1972.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 38
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AUSTRIA
Entities producing, transporting or distributing electricity pursuant to the second
Verstaatlichungsgesetz (BGBl. Nr. 81/1947), and theElektrizitätswirtschaftsge-
setz (BGBl. Nr. 260/1975), including the Elektrizitätswirtschaftsgesetze of the
nineLänder.
FINLAND
Entities producing, transporting or distributing electricity on the basis of a
concession pursuant to Article 27 of Sähkölaki (319/79) of 16 March 1979.
SWEDEN
Entities which transport or distribute electricity on the basis of a concession
pursuant to lagen (1902:71 s. 1) innefattande vissa bestämmelser omelektriska
anläggningar .1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 39
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ANNEX III
TRANSPORTORDISTRIBUTIONOFGASORHEAT
BELGIUM
Distrigaz SA operating pursuant to the loi du 29 juillet 1983.
Entities transporting gas on the basis of an authorization or concession pursuant
to theloi du 12 avril 1985 as amended by the loi du 28 juillet 1987.
Entities distributing gas and operating pursuant to the loi relative aux Intercom-
munales du 22 décembre 1986.
Local authorities, or associations of these local authorities supplying heat to the
public.
DENMARK
Dansk Olie og Naturgas A/S operating on the basis of an exclusive right granted
pursuant to bekendtgørelse nr. 869 af 18. juni 1979 om eneretsbevilling til
indførsel, forhandling, transport og oplagring af naturgas.
Entities operating pursuant to lov nr. 294 af 7. juni 1972 om naturgasforsyning.
Entities distributing gas or heat on the basis of an approval pursuant to Chapter
IV oflov om varmeforsyning, jf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 330 af 29. juni 1983.
Entities transporting gas on the basis of an authorization pursuant to bekendtgør-
else nr. 141 af 13. marts 1974 om rørledningsanlæg på dansk
kontinentalsokkelområde til transport af kulbrinter (installation of pipelines on
the continental shelf for the transport of hydrocarbons).
GERMANY
Entities transporting or distributing gas as defined in § 2 Absatz 2 of the Gesetz
zur Förderung der Energiewirtschaft vom 13. Dezember 1935 (Energie-
wirtschaftsgesetz), as last amended by the law of 19 December 1977.
Local authorities, or associations of these local authorities supplying heat to the
public.
GREECE
DEPtransporting or distributing gas pursuant to the Ministerial decision 2583/
1987(Ανάθεση στη ∆ηµόσια Επιχείρηση Πετρελαίου αρµοδιοτήτων σχετικών
µε το φυσικό σέριο) Σύσταση της ∆ΕΠΑ ΑΕ (∆ηµόσια Επιχείρηση Αερίου,
Ανώνυµος Εταιρεία).
Athens Municipal Gasworks S.A. DEFAtransporting or distributing gas.
SPAIN
Entities operating pursuant to Ley no10 de 15 de junio de 1987.
FRANCE
Société nationale des gaz du Sud-Ouest transporting gas.
Gaz de France, set up and operating pursuant to the loi 46/6288 du 8 avril 1946
sur la nationalisation de l'électricité et du gaz.
Entities(sociétés d'économie mixte orrégies)distributing electricity and referred
to in Article 23 of the loi 48/1260 du 12 août 1948 portant modification des lois
46/6288 du 8 avril 1946 et 46/2298 du 21 octobre 1946 sur la nationalisation
de l'électricité et du gaz.
Compagnie française du méthane transporting gas.
Local authorities, or associations of, supplying heat to the public.
IRELAND
Irish Gas Board and operating pursuant to the Gas Act 1976 to 1987 and other
entities governed by Statute.
Dublin Corporation, supplying heat to the public.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 40
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ITALY
SNAMandSGM e Montedison transporting gas.
Entities distributing gas pursuant to the Testo unico delle leggi sull'assunzione
diretta del pubblici servizi da parte del comuni e delle province approvato con
Regio Decreto 15 ottobre 1925, n. 2578 and to the Decreto del P.R. n. 902 del 4
ottobre 1986.
Entities distributing heat to the public referred to in Article 10 of the Legge 29
maggio 1982, n. 308 — Norme sul contenimento dei consumi energetici, lo
sviluppo delle fonti rinnovabili di energia, l'esercizio di centrali elettriche
alimentate con combustibili diversi dagli idrocarburi.
Local authorities, or associations of, supplying heat to the public.
LUXEMBOURG
Société de transport de gaz SOTEG SA.Gaswierk Esch-Uelzecht SA.
Service industriel de la commune de Dudelange.
Service industriel de la commune de Luxembourg.Local authorities, or associations of these local authorities supplying heat to the
public.
NETHERLANDS
NV Nederlandse Gasunie
Entities transporting or distributing gas on the basis of a licence (vergunning)
granted by the local authorities pursuant to the Gemeentewet.
Local or provincial entities transporting or distributing gas to the public pursuant
to theGemeentewet and the Provinciewet.
Local authorities, or associations of these local authorities supplying heat to the
public.
PORTUGAL
Petroquímica e Gás de Portugal, EP Decreto-Lei n
o346-A/88 de 29 de
Setembro de 1988.
UNITED KINGDOM
British Gas plc and other entities operating pursuant to the Gas Act 1986.
Local authorities, or associations of, supplying heat to the public pursuant to the
Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976.
Electricity Boards distributing heat pursuant to the Electricity Act 1947.
AUSTRIA
Gas: contracting entities transporting or distributing gas pursuant to the Ener-
giewirtschaftsgesetz 1935, dRGBl. I S.1451/1935 as amended by dRGBl.
I S. 467/1941 .
Heat: contracting entities transporting or distributing heat licensed pursuant to
theAustrian Trade, Commerce and Industry Regulation Act (Gewer-
beordnung BGBl. Nr. 50/1974) .
FINLAND
Municipal energy boards, or associations thereof, or other entities transporting
or distributing gasor heat on the basis of a concession granted by the municipal
authorities.
SWEDEN
Entities which transport or distribute gas or heat on the basis of a concession
pursuant to lagen (1978:160) om vissa rörledningar .1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 41
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ANNEX IV
EXPLORATIONFORANDEXTRACTIONOFOILORGAS
The entities granted an authorization, permit, licence or concession to explore
for or extract oil and gas pursuant to the following legal provisions:
BELGIUM
Loi du 1 mai 1939 complétée par l'arrêté royal no83 du 28 novembre 1939 sur
l'exploration et l'exploitation du pétrole et du gaz.
Arrêté royal du 15 novembre 1919.Arrêté royal du 7avril 1953.
Arrêté royal du 15 mars 1960 loi au sujet de la plate-forme continentale du 15
juin 1969.
Arrêté de l'exécutif régional wallon du 29 septembre 1982.
Arrêté de l'exécutif flamand du 30 mai 1984.
DENMARK
Lov nr. 293 af 10. juni 1981 om anvendelse af Danmarks undergrund.Lov om kontinentalsoklen, jf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 182 af 1. maj 1979.
GERMANY
Bundesberggesetz vom 13. August 1980, as last amended on 12 February 1990.
GREECE
Law 87/1975 setting upDEP-EKY (Περί ιδρύσεως ∆ηµοσίας Επιχειρήσεως
Πετρελαίου).
SPAIN
Ley sobre Investigación y Explotación de Hidrocarburos de 27de Junio de 197 4
and its implementing decrees.
FRANCE
Code minier (décret 56-838 du 16 août 1956) amended by the loi 56-1327du 29
décembre 1956, ordonnance 58-1186 du 10 décembre 1958, décret 60-800 du 2
août 1960, décret 61-359 du 7 avril 1961, loi 70-1 du 2 janvier 1970, loi 77-620
du 16 juin 1977, décret 80-204 du 11 mars 1980.
IRELAND
Continental Shelf Act 1960.
Petroleum and Other Minerals Development Act 1960.Ireland Exclusive Licensing Terms 1975.Revised Licensing Terms 1987.
Petroleum (Production) Act (NI) 1964.
ITALY
Legge 10 febbraio 1953, n. 136.Legge 11 gennaio 1957, n. 6, modificata dalla legge 21 luglio 1967, n. 613.
LUXEMBOURG
—
NETHERLANDS
Mijnwet nr. 285 van 21 april 1810.Wet opsporing delfstoffen nr. 258 van 3 mei 1967.Mijnwet continentaal plat 1965, nr. 428 van 23 september 1965.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 42
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PORTUGAL
Decreto-Lei no543/74 de 16 de Outubro de 1974, no168/77 de 23 de Abril de
1977, no266/80 de 7de Agosto de 1980, no174/85 de 21 de Maio de 1985 and
Despacho no22 de 15 de Março de 1979.
Decreto-Lei no47973 de 30 de Setembro de 1967, no49369 de 11 de Novembro
de 1969, no97/71 de 24 de Março de 1971, no96/74 de 13 de Março de 1974,
no266/80 de 7de Agosto de 1980, no2/81 de 7de Janeiro de 1981 andno245/
82 de 22 de Junho de 1982.
UNITED KINGDOM
Petroleum (Production) Act 1934 as extended by the Continental Shelf Act 1964.Petroleum (Production) Act (Northern Ireland) 1964.
AUSTRIA
Berggesetz 1975 (BGBl. Nr. 259/1975).
SWEDEN
Entities holding a concession for the prospection or exploitation of oil or gas
underminerallagen (1991:45) or which have been granted an authorization
pursuant to lagen (1966:314) om kontinentalsockeln .1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 43
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ANNEX V
EXPLORATION FOR AND EXTRACTION OF COAL OR OTHER
SOLIDFUELS
BELGIUM
Entities exploring or extracting coal or other solid fuels pursuant to the arrêté
du Régent du 22 août 1948 and theloi du 22 avril 1980.
DENMARK
Entities exploring or extracting coal or other solid fuels pursuant to the lovbe-
kendtgørelse nr. 531 af 10. oktober 1984.
GERMANY
Entities exploring or extracting coal or other solid fuels pursuant to the Bundes-
berggesetz vom 13. August 1980, as last amended on 12 February 1990.
GREECE
Public Power Corporation exploring or extracting coal or other fuels pursuant to
the Mining code of 1973 as amended by the law of 27 April 1976. ∆ηµόσια
Επιχείρηση Ηλεκτρισµού.
SPAIN
Entities exploring or extracting coal or other solid fuels pursuant to Ley 22/
1973, de 21 de julio, de Minas, as amended by Ley 54/1980 de 5 de noviembre
and byReal Decreto Legislativo 1303/1986, de 28 de junio.
FRANCE
Entities exploring extracting coal or other solid fuels pursuant to code minier
(décret 58-863 du 16 août 1956), as amended by the loi 77-620 du 16 juin
1977, décret 80-204 etarrêté du 11 mars 1980.
IRELAND
Bord na Mona.
Entities prospecting or extracting coal pursuant to the Minerals Development
Acts, 1940 to 1970.
ITALY
Carbo Sulcis SpA
LUXEMBOURG
—
NETHERLANDS
—
PORTUGAL
Empresa Carbonífera do Douro.
Empresa Nacional de Urânio.
UNITED KINGDOM
British Coal Board (BCC) set upp ursuant to the Coal Industry Nationalization
Act 1946.
Entities benefiting from a licence granted by the BCC pursuant to the Coal
Industry Nationalization Act 1946.
Entities exploring or extracting solid fuels pursuant to the Mineral Development
Act (Northern Ireland) 1969.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 44
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AUSTRIA
Entities exploring for or extracting coal or other solid fuels pursuant to the
Berggesetz 1975 (BGBl. Nr. 259/1975) .
FINLAND
Entities exploring for or extracting coal or other solid fuels and operating on the
basis of an exclusive right pursuant to Articles 1 and 2 of Laki oikeudesta
luovuttaa valtion maaomaisuutta ja tuloatuottavia oikeuksia (687/78) .
SWEDEN
Entities exploring or extracting coal or other solid fuels on the basis of a conces-
sion pursuant to minerallagen (1991:45) or lagen (1985:620) om vissa
torvfyndigheter or which have been granted an authorization pursuant to lagen
(1966:314) om kontinentalsockeln .1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 45
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ANNEX VI
CONTRACTINGENTITIESINTHEFIELDOFRAILWAYSERVICES
BELGIUM
Société nationale des chemins de fer belges/Nationale Maatschappij der
Belgische Spoorwegen.
DENMARK
Danske Statsbaner (DSB)
Entities operating set up pursuant to lov nr. 295 af 6. juni 1984 om privatba-
nerne, jf. lov nr. 245 af 6. august 1977.
GERMANY
Deutsche Bundesbahn
Other entities providing railway services to the public as defined in paragraph 2
Abs. 1 of Allgemeines Eisenbahngesetz of 29 March 1951.
GREECE
Οργανισµός Σιδηροδρόµων Ελλάδος (ΟΣΕ). Organization of railways in
Greece (OSE).
SPAIN
Red Nacional de Los Ferrocarriles Españoles.
Ferrocarriles de Vía Estrecha (FEVE).
Ferrocarrils de la Generalitat de Catalunya (FGC).
Eusko Trenbideak (Bilbao).
Ferrocarriles de la Generalitat Valenciana (FGV).
FRANCE
Société nationale des chemins de fer français and other réseaux ferroviaires
ouverts au public referred to in the loi d'orientation des transports intérieurs
du 30 décembre 1982, titre II, chapitre 1erdu transport ferroviaire.
IRELAND
Iarnrod Éireann (Irish Rail).
ITALY
Ferrovie dello Stato
Entities providing railway services on the basis of a concession pursuant to
Article 10 of Regio Decreto 9 maggio 1912, n. 1447, che approva il Testo unico
delle disposizioni di legge per le ferrovie concesse all'Industria privata, le
tramvie a trazione meccanica e gli automobili.
Entities operating on the basis of a concession granted, pursuant to special laws,
as referred to in Titolo XI, Capo II, Sezione la del Regio Decreto 9 maggio
1912, n. 1447, che approva il Testo unico delle disposizioni di legge per le
ferrovie concesse all'industria privata, le tramvie a trazione meccanica e gli
automobili.
Entities providing railway services on the basis of a concession pursuant to
Article 4 of Legge 14 giugno 1949, n. 410 — Concorso dello Stato per la riat-
tivazione del pubblici servizi di trasporto in concessione.
Entities or local authorities providing railway services on the basis of a conces-
sion pursuant to Article 14 of Legge 2 agosto 1952, n. 1221 — Provvedimenti
per l'esercizio ed il potenziamento di ferrovie e di altre linee di trasporto inregime di concessione.
LUXEMBOURG
Chemins de fer luxembourgeois (CFL).1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 46
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NETHERLANDS
Nederlandse Spoorwegen NV.
PORTUGAL
Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses.
UNITED KINGDOM
British Railways Board.
Northern Ireland Railways.
AUSTRIA
Entities providing railway services pursuant to the Eisenbahngesetz 1957(BGBl.
Nr. 60/1957) .
FINLAND
Valtionrautatiet — Statsjärnvägarna (State Railways).
SWEDEN
Public entities operating railway services in accordance with förordningen
(1988:1379) om statens spåranläggningar andlagen (1990:1157) om
järnvägssäkerhet .
Regional and local public entities operating regional or local railway communi-
cations pursuant to lagen (1978:438) om huvudmannaskap för viss kollektiv
persontrafik .
Private entities operating railway services pursuant to a permission under
förordningen (1988:1379) om statens spåranläggningar where such permits
correspond to Article 2 (3) of the Directive.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 47
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ANNEX VII
CONTRACTING ENTITIES IN THE FIELD OF URBAN RAILWAY,
TRAMWAY,TROLLEYBUSORBUSSERVICES
BELGIUM
Société nationale des chemins de fer vicinaux (SNCV)/Nationale Maatschappij
van Buurtspoorwegen (NMB)
Entities providing transport services to the public on the basis of a contract
granted by SNCVpursuant to Articles 16 and 21 of the arrêté du 30 décembre
1946 relatif aux transports rémunérés de voyageurs par route effectués par
autobus et par autocars.
Société des transports intercommunaux de Bruxelles (STIB),Maatschappij van het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Antwerpen (MIVA),Maatschappij van het Intercommunaal Vervoer te Gent (MIVG),Société des transports intercommunaux de Charleroi (STIC),Société des transports intercommunaux de la région liégeoise (STIL),
Société des transports intercommunaux de l'agglomération verviétoise (STIAV),
and other entities set upp ursuant to the loi relative à la création de sociétés de
transports en commun urbains/Wet betreffende de oprichting van maatschap-
pijen voor stedelijk gemeenschappelijk vervoer of 22 February 1962.
Entities providing transport services to the public on the basis of a contract with
STIBpursuant to Article 10 or with other transport entities pursuant to Article 11
of thearrêté royal 140 du 30 décembre 1982 relatif aux mesures d'assainisse-
ment applicables à certains organismes d'intérêt public dépendant du ministère
des communications.
DENMARK
Danske Statsbaner (DSB)Entities providing bus services to the public (almindelig rutekørsel) on the basis
of an authorization pursuant to lov nr. 115 af 29. marts 1978 om buskørsel.
GERMANY
Entities providing, on the basis of an authorization, short-distance transport
services to the public (Öffentlichen Personennahverkehr) pursuant to the Perso-
nenbeförderungsgesetz vom 21. März 1961, as last amended on 25 July 1989.
GREECE
Ηλεκτροκίνητα Λεωφορεία Περιοχής Αθηνών -Πειραιώς, (Electric buses of the
Athens — Piraeus area) operating pursuant to decree 768/1970 and law 588/
1977).
Ηλεκτρικοί Σιδηρόδροµοι Αθηνών -Πειραιώς. (Athen-Piraeus electric railways)
operating pursuant to laws 352/1976 and 588/1977.
Επιχείρηση Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών. (Enterprise of urban transport) operating
pursuant to law 588/1977.
Κοινό Ταµείο Εισπράζεως Λεωφορείων. (Joint receipts fund of buses) operating
pursuant to decree 102/1973.
ΡΟ∆Α (∆ηµοτικήΕπιχείρηση Λεωφορείων. Ρόδου) Roda: Municipal bus
enterprise in Rhodes.
Οργανισµός Αστικών Συγκοινωνιών Θεσσαλονίκης. (Urban transport organiza-
tion of Thessaloniki) operating pursuant to decree 3721/1957 and law 716/1980.
SPAIN
Entities providing transport services to the public pursuant to the Ley de
Régimen local.
Corporación metropolitana de Madrid.
Corporación metropolitana de Barcelona.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 48
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Entities providing urban or inter-urban bus services to the public pursuant to
Articles 113 to 118 of the Ley de Ordenación de Transportes Terrestres de 31
de julio de 1987.
Entities providing bus services to the public, pursuant to Article 71 of the Ley
de Ordinación de Transportes Terrestres de 31 de julio de 1987.
FEVE, RENFE (or Empresa Nacional de Transportes de Viajeros por Carre-
tera)providing bus services to the public pursuant to the Disposiciones
adicionales. Primera, de la Ley de Ordenación de Transportes Terrestres de
31 de julio de 1957.
Entities providing bus services to the public pursuant to Disposiciones Transi-
torias, Tercera, de la Ley de Ordenación de Transportes Terrestres de 31 de
julio de 1957.
FRANCE
Entities providing transport services to the public pursuant to article 7-11 of the
loi no82-1153 du 30 décembre 1982, transports intérieurs, orientation).
Régie autonome des transports parisiens, Société nationale des chemins de fer
français, APTR, and other entities providing transport services to the public on
the basis of an authorization granted by the syndicat des transports parisiens
pursuant to the ordonnance de 1959 et ses décrets d'application relatifs à l'orga-
nisation des transports de voyageurs dans la région parisienne.
IRELAND
Iarnrod Éireann (Irish Rail).
Bus Éireann (Irish Bus).
Bus Átha Cliath (Dublin Bus).
Entities providing transport services to the public pursuant to the amended Road
Transport Act 1932.
ITALY
Entities providing transport services of a concession pursuant to Legge 28
settembre 1939, n. 1822 — Disciplina degli autoservizi di linea (autolinee per
viaggiatori, bagagli e pacchi agricoli in regime di concessione all'industria
privata)— Article 1 as modified by Article 45 of Decreto del Preisidente della
Repubblica 28 giugno 1955, n. 771.
Entities providing transport services to the public pursuant to Article 1 (15) of
Regio Decreto 15 ottobre 1925, n. 2578 — Approvazione del Testo unico della
legge sull'assunzione diretta del pubblici servizi da parte dei comuni e delle
province.
Entities operating on the basis of a concession pursuant to Article 242 or 255 of
Regio Decreto 9 maggio 1912, n. 1447, che approva il Testo unico delle dispo-
sizioni di legge per le ferrovie concesse all'industria privata, le tramvie a
trazione meccanica e gli automobili.
Entities or local authorities operating on the basis of a concession pursuant to
Article 4 of Legge 14 giugno 1949, n. 410, concorso dello Stato per la riattiva-
zione dei pubblici servizi di trasporto in concessione.
Entities operating on the basis of a concession pursuant to Article 14 of Legge 2
agosto 1952, n. 1221 — Provvedimenti per l'esercizio ed il potenziamento di
ferrovie e di altre linee di trasporto in regime di concessione.
LUXEMBOURG
Chemins de fer du Luxembourg (CFL).
Service communal des autobus municipaux de la ville de Luxembourg.
Transports intercommunaux du canton d'Esch-sur-Alzette (TICE).Bus service undertakings operating pursuant to the règlement grand-ducal du 3
février 1978 concernant les conditions d'octroi des autorisations d'établissement
et d'exploitation des services de transports routiers réguliers de personnes
rémunérées.
NETHERLANDS
Entities providing transport services to the public pursuant to Chapter II (Open-
baar vervoer) of theWet Personenvervoer van 12 maart 1987.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 49
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PORTUGAL
Rodoviaria Nacional, EP.
Companhia Carris de ferro de Lisboa.Metropolitano de Lisboa, EP.
Serviços de Transportes Colectivos do Porto.
Serviços Municipalizados de Transporte do Barreiro.Serviços Municipalizados de Transporte de Aveiro.
Serviços Municipalizados de Transporte de Braga.
Serviços Municipalizados de Transporte de Coimbra.Serviços Municipalizados de Transporte de Portalegre.
UNITED KINGDOM
Entities providing bus services to the public pursuant to the London Regional
Transport Act 1984.
Glasgow Underground.
Greater Manchester Rapid Transit Company.Docklands Light Railway.
London Underground Ltd.
British Railways Board.Tyne and Wear Metro.
AUSTRIA
Entities providing transport services pursuant to the Eisenbahngesetz 1957
(BGBl. Nr. 60/1957) and theKraftfahrliniengesetz 1952 (BGBl. Nr. 84/1952) .
FINLAND
Public or private entities operating bus services according to ‘Laki (343/91)
luvanvaraisesta henkilöliikenteestä tiellä’ andHelsingin kaupungin
liikennelaitos — Helsingfors stads trafikverk (Helsinki Transport Board), which
provides metro andtramway services to the public.
SWEDEN
Entities operating urban railway or tramway services according to lagen
(1978:438) om huvudmannaskap för viss kollektiv persontrafik andlagen
(1990:1157) om järnvägssäkerhet . Public or private entities operating a trolley
bus or bus service inaccordance with the lagen (1978:438) om huvudmannaskap
för viss kollektiv persontrafik and lagen(1983:293) om yrkestrafik .1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 50
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CONTRACTINGENTITIESINTHEFIELDOFAIRPORTFACILITIES
BELGIUM
Régie des voies aériennes set upp ursuant to the arrêté-loi du 20 novembre 1946
portant création de la régie des voies aériennes amended by arrêté royal du 5
octobre 1970 portant refonte du statut de la régle des voies aériennes.
DENMARK
Airports operating on the basis of an authorization pursuant to § 55, stk. 1, lov
om luftfart, jf. lovbekendtgørelse nr. 408 af 11. september 1985.
GERMANY
Airports as defined in Article 38 Absatz 2 no of theLuftverkehrszulassungsord-
nung vom 19. März 1979, as last amended by the Verordnung vom 21. Juli
1986.
GREECE
Airports operating pursuant to law 517/1931 setting up the civil aviation service
(Υπηρεσία Πολιτικής Αεροπορίας (ΥΠΑ)).
International airports operating pursuant to presidential decree 647/981.
SPAIN
Airports managed by Aeropuertos Nacionales operating pursuant to the Real
Decreto 278/1982 de 15 de octubre de 1982.
FRANCE
Aéroports de Paris operating pursuant to titre V, articles L 251-1 à 252-1 du
code de l'aviation civile.
Aéroport de Bâle — Mulhouse, set upp ursuant to the convention franco-suisse
du 4 juillet 1949.
Airports as defined in article L 270-1, code de l'aviation civile.
Airports operating pursuant to the cahier de charges type d'une concession
d'aéroport, décret du 6 mai 1955.
Airports operating on the basis of a convention d'exploitation pursuant to article
L/221, code de l'aviation civile.
IRELAND
Airports of Dublin, Cork andShannon managed by Aer Rianta — Irish Airports.
Airports operating on the basis of a Public use License granted, pursuant to the
Air Navigation and Transport Act No 23 1936, theTransport Fuel and Power
Transfer of Departmental, Administration and Ministerial Functions Order
1959 (SI No 125 of 1959) andthe Air Navigation (Aerodromes and Visual
Ground Aids) Order 1970 (SI No 291 of 1970).
ITALY
Civil Stat. airports (aerodroal civili istituiti dallo Stato referred to in Article 692
of theCodice della navigazione, Regio Decreto 30 marzo 1942, n. 327.
Entities operating airport facilities on the basis of a concession granted pursuant
to Article 694 of the Codice della navigazione, Regio Decreto 30 marzo 1942,
n. 327.
LUXEMBOURG
Aéroport de Findel.
NETHERLANDS
Airports operating pursuant to Articles 18 and following of the Luchtvaartwet of
15 January 1958, amended on 7 June 1978.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 51
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PORTUGAL
Airports managed by Aeroportos de Navegação Aérea (ANA), EP pursuant to
Decreto-Lei no246/79.
Aeroporto do Funchal andAeroporto de Porto Santo, regionalized pursuant to
theDecreto-Lei no284/81.
UNITED KINGDOM
Airports managed by British Airports Authority plc.
Airports which are public limited companies (plc) pursuant to the Airports Act
1986.
AUSTRIA
Austro Control GmbH
Entities as defined in Articles 60 to 80 of the Luftfahrtgesetz 1957(BGBl. Nr.
253/1957) .
FINLAND
Airports managed by ‘Ilmailulaitos — Luftfartsverket’ pursuant to Ilmailulaki
(595/64).
SWEDEN
Publicly owned and operated airports in accordance with lagen (1957:297) om
luftfart.
Privately owned and operated airports with an exploitation permit under the act,
where this permit corresponds to the criteria of Article 2 (3) of the Directive.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 52
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ANNEX IX
CONTRACTING ENTITIES IN THE FIELD OF MARITIME OR
INLANDPORTOROTHERTERMINALFACILITIES
BELGIUM
Société anonyme du canal et des installations maritimes de Bruxelles.Port autonome de Liège.Port autonome de Namur.Port autonome de Charleroi.
Port de la ville de Gand.
La Compagnie des installations maritimes de Bruges — Maatschappij der
Brugse haveninrichtingen.
Société intercommunale de la rive gauche de l'Escaut — Intercommunale
maatschappij van de linker Scheldeoever (Port d'Anvers).
Port de Nieuwport.Port d'Ostende.
DENMARK
Ports as defined in Article 1, I to III of the bekendtgørelse nr. 604 af 16.
december 1985 om hvilke havne der er omfattet af lov om trafikhavne, jf. lov
nr. 239 af 12. maj 1976 om trafikhavne.
GERMANY
Seaports owned totally or partially by territorial authorities (Länder, Kreise,
Gemeinden).
Inland ports subject to the Hafenordnung pursuant to the Wassergesetze der
Länder.
GREECE
Piraeus port (Οργανισµός Λιµένος Πειραιώς) set upp ursuant to Emergency
Law 1559/1950 and Law 1630/1951.
Thessaloniki port (Οργανισµός Λιµένος Θεσσαλονίκης) set upp ursuant to
decree N.A. 2251/1953.
Other ports governed by presidential decree 649/1977 ( ΝΑ. 649/1977)Εποπ-
τεία, οργάνωση λειτουργίας, διοικητικός έλεγχος λιµένων. (supervision,
organization of functioning and administrative control).
SPAIN
Puerto de Huelva set upp ursuant to the Decreto de 2 de octubre de 1969,
n
o2380/69. Puertos y Faros. Otorga Régimen de Estatuto de Autonomía al
Puerto de Huelva.
Puerto de Barcelona set upp ursuant to the Decreto de 25 de agosto de 1978,
no2407/78, Puertos y Faros. Otorga al de Barcelona Régimen de Estatuto de
Autonomía.
Puerto de Bilbao set upp ursuant to the Decreto de 25 de agosto de 1978,
no2048/78. Puertos y Faros. Otorga al de Bilbao Régimen de Estatuto de
Autonomía.
Puerto de Valencia set upp ursuant to the Decreto de 25 de agosto de 1978,
no2409/78. Puertos y Faros. Otorga al de Valencía Régimen de Estatuto de
Autonomía.
Juntas de Puertos operating pursuant to the Lei 27/68 de 20 de junio de 1968;
Puertos y Faros. Juntas de Puertos y Estatutos de Autonomía and to the Decreto
de 9 de abril de 1970, no1350/70. Juntas de Puertos. Reglamento.
Ports managed by the Comisión Administrativa de Grupos de Puertos , operating
pursuant to the Ley 27/68 de 20 de junio de 1968, Decreto 1958/78 de 23 de
junio de 1978 andDecreto 571/81 de 6 de mayo de 1981.
Ports listed in the Real Decreto 989/82 de 14 de mayo de 1982. Puertos. Clasi-
ficación de los de interés general.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 53
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FRANCE
Port autonome de Paris set upp ursuant to loi 68/917du 24 octobre 1968 rela-
tive au port autonome de Paris.
Port autonome de Strasbourg set upp ursuant to the convention du 20 mai 1923
entre l'État et la ville de Strasbourg relative à la constitution du port rhénan de
Strasbourg et à l'exécution de travaux d'extension de ce port, approved by the
loi du 26 avril 1924.
Other inland waterway ports set up or managed pursuant to article 6 (navigation
intérieure) of thedécret 69-140 du 6 février 1969 relatif aux concessions
d'outillage public dans les ports maritimes.
Ports autonomes operating pursuant to articles L 111-1 et suivants of thecode
des ports maritimes.
Ports non autonomes operating pursuant to articles R 121-1 et suivants of the
code des ports maritimes.
Ports managed by regional authorities (départements) or operating pursuant to a
concession granted by the regional authorities (départements) pursuant to article
6of theloi 86-663 du 22 juillet 1983 complétant la loi 83-8 du 7janvier 1983
relative à la répartition de compétences entre les communes, départements et
l'État.
IRELAND
Ports operating pursuant to the Harbour Acts 1946 to 1976.
Port ofDun Laoghaire operating pursuant to the State Harbours Act 1924.
Port ofRosslare Harbour operating pursuant to the Finguard and Rosslare Rail-
ways and Harbours Act 1899.
ITALY
State ports and other ports managed by the Capitaneria di Porto pursuant to the
Codice della navigazione, Regio Decreto 30 marzo 1942, n. 32.
Autonomous ports (enti portuali) set up by special laws pursuant to Article 19
of theCodice della navigazione, Regio Decreto 30 marzo 1942, n. 327.
LUXEMBOURG
Port de Mertert set up and operating pursuant to loi du 22 juillet 1963 relative à
l'aménagement et à l'exploitation d'un port fluvial sur la Moselle.
NETHERLANDS
Havenbedrijven, set up and operating pursuant to the Gemeentewet van 29 juni
1851.
Havenschap Vlissingen, set upby the wet van 10 september 1970 houdende een
gemeenschappelijke regeling tot oprichting van het Havenschap Vlissingen.
Havenschap Terneuzen, set upby the wet van 8 april 1970 houdende een
gemeenschappelijke regeling tot oprichting van het Havenschap Terneuzen.
Havenschap Delfzijl, set upby the wet van 31 juli 1957houdende een
gemeenschappelijke regeling tot oprichting van het Havenschap Delfzijl.
Industrie- en havenschap Moerdijk, set upby gemeenschappelijke regeling tot
oprichting van het Industrie- en havenschap Moerdijk van 23 oktober 1970,approved by Koninklijke Besluit nr. 23 van 4 maart 1972.
PORTUGAL
Porto do Lisboa set upp ursuant to Decreto Real do 18 de Fevereiro de 1907
and operating pursuant to Decreto-Lei n
o36976 de 20 de Julho de 1948.
Porto do Douro e Leixões set upp ursuant to Decreto-Lei no36977 de 20 de
Julho de 1948.
Porto de Sines set upp ursuant to Decreto-Lei no508/77 de 14 de Dezembro de
1977.
Portos de Setúbal, Aveiro, Figueira de Foz, Viana do Castelo, Portimão e Faro
operating pursuant to the Decreto-Lei no37754 de 18 de Fevereiro de 1950.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 54
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UNITED KINGDOM
Harbour Authorities within the meaning of Section 57of the Harbours Act 1964
providing port facilities to carriers by sea or inland waterway.
AUSTRIA
Inland ports owned totally or partially by Länderand/orGemeinden .
FINLAND
Ports operating pursuant to Laki kunnallisista satamajärjestyksistä ja liikenne-
maksuista (955/76) .
Saimaa Canal (Saimaan kanavan hoitokunta).
SWEDEN
Ports and terminal facilities according to lagen (1983:293) om inrättande,
utvidgning ochavlysning av allmän farled och allmän hamn, the förordningen
(1983:744) om trafiken på Göta kanal.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 55
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ANNEX X
OPERATION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS OR PROVI-
SIONOFTELECOMMUNICATIONSSERVICES
BELGIUM
Régie des télégraphes et des téléphones/Regie van Telegrafie en Telefonie.
DENMARK
Kjøbenhavns Telefon Aktieselskab.Jydsk Telefon.Fyns Telefon.Statens Teletjeneste.Tele Sønderjylland.
GERMANY
Deutsche Bundespost — Telekom.
Mannesmann — Mobilfunk GmbH.
GREECE
ΟΤΕ/Hellenic Telecommunications Organization.
SPAIN
Compañía Telefónica Nacional de España.
FRANCE
Direction générale des télécommunications.Transpac.Telecom service mobile.Société française de radiotéléphone.
IRELAND
Telecom Éireann.
ITALY
Amministrazione delle poste e delle telecommunicazioni.Azienda di stato per i servizi telefonici.Società italiana per l'esercizio telefonico SpA.Italcable.Telespazio SpA.
LUXEMBOURG
Administration des postes et télécommunications.
NETHERLANDS
Koninklijke PTT Nederland NV and subsidiaries(
1).
PORTUGAL
Telefones de Lisboa e Porto, SA.
Companhia Portuguesa Rádio Marconi.►
C1Telecom Portugal, SA ◄.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 56
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UNITED KINGDOM
British Telecommunications plc.
Mercury Communications Ltd.City of Kingston upon Hull.
Racal Vodafone.
Telecoms Securicor Cellular Radio Ltd (Cellnet).
AUSTRIA
Österreichische Post- und Telegraphenverwaltung (PTV) .
FINLAND
Entities operating subject to permits corresponding to the criteria of Article 2 (3)
of theDirective (Article 4 of Teletoimintalaki (183/87, as amended by 676/92)).
SWEDEN
Entities operating subject to permits corresponding to the criteria of Article 2 (3)
of theDirective.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 57
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ANNEX XI
LIST OF PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AS SET OUT IN THE GENERAL INDUSTRIAL
CLASSIFICATION OF ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE EUROPEAN COMMU-
NITIES
Classes GroupsSubgroups
and itemsDescription
50 BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING
500 Generalbuildingandcivilengineeringwork(without
anyparticularspecification)anddemolitionwork
500.1 General building and civil engineering work (without
any particular specification)
500.2 Demolition work
501 Construction of flats, office blocks, hospitals and
otherbuildings,bothresidentialandnon-residential
501.1 General building contractors
501.2 Roofings
501.3 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 scaffolding
501.7 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 engi-
neering
503 Installation(fittingsandfixtures)
503.1 General installation work
503.2 Gas fitting and plumbing, and the installation of sani-
tary equipment
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, tele-
phones, etc.
504 Buildingcompletionwork
504.1 General building completion work504.2 Plastering504.3 Joinery, primarily engaged in the after assembly and/
or installation (including the laying of parquet
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Classes GroupsSubgroups
and itemsDescription
504.4 Painting, glazing and paper-hanging
504.5 Tiling and otherwise covering floors and walls
504.6 Other building completion work (putting in fireplaces,
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▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 72
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 73
▼M1
ANNEX XIV
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▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 75
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 76
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 77
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 78
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 79
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 80
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 81
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 82
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 83
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 84
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 85
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 86
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 87
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 88
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 89
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 90
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 91
▼M1
ANNEX XV
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▼M2
▼C2
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 93
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 94
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 95
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 96
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 97
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 98
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 99
▼B
ANNEX XVI A
SERVICESINTHESENSEOFARTICLE15
Category Subject CPC reference No
1 Maintenance and repair services 6112, 6122, 633, 886
2 Land transport services (1), including armoured car
services, and courier services, except transport of mail712 (except 71235), 7512,
87304
3 Air transport services of passengers and freight, except
transport of mail73 (except 7321)
4 Transport of mail by land (1) and by air 71235, 7321
5 Telecommunications services (2) 752
6 Financial services
(a) Insurance services
(b) Banking and investment services (3)ex81
812, 814
7 Computer and related services 84
8 R&D services (4)8 5
9 Accounting, auditing and book-keeping services 862
10 Market research and public opinion polling services 864
11 Management consulting services (5) and related
services865, 866
12 Architectural services;
Engineering services and integrated engineering
services;
Urban planning and landscape architectural services;
Related scientific and technical consulting services;
Technical testing and analysis services867
13 Advertising services 871
14 Building-cleaning services and property management
services874
82201, 82206
15 Publishing and printing services on a fee or contract
basis88442
16 Sewage and refuse disposal services; sanitation and
similar services94
(1) Except for rail transport services covered by category 18.
(2) Except voice telephony, telex, radiotelephony, paging and satellite services.
(3) Except contracts for the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments, and central
bank services.
(4) Except research and development service contracts other than those where the benefits accrue exclusively to the
contracting entity for its use in the conduct of its own affairs on condition that the service provided is wholly
remunerated by the contracting entity.
(5) Except arbitration and conciliation services.1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 100
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ANNEX XVI B
SERVICESINTHESENSEOFARTICLE16
Category Subject CPC reference No
17 Hotel and restaurant services 64
18 Transport services by rail 71119 Water transport services 7220 Supporting and auxiliary transport services 74
21 Legal services 861
22 Personnel placement and supply services 87223 Investigation and security services (except armoured
car services)873 (except 87304)
24 Education and vocational education services 92
25 Health and social services 9326 Recreational, cultural and sporting services 9627 Other services1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 101
▼B
ANNEX XVII
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 102
▼M2
▼C2
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 103
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 104
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 105
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 106
▼B
ANNEX XVIII
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 107
▼M2
▼C2
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 108
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 109
▼C2
1993L0038 — EN — 18.11.2001 — 003.001 — 110