Selskaber eller virksomheder: privatretlige selskaber eller virksomheder — herunder bl.a. offentlige eller andre selskaber, kooperative selskaber og enhver anden juridisk person eller sammenslutning, der henhører under den offentlige ret eller privatretten, med undtagelse af selskaber, som ikke arbejder med gevinst for øje — der er stiftet i overensstemmelse med en medlemsstats eller OLT's lovgivning, og hvis vedtægtsmæssige hjemsted, hovedkontor eller hovedvirksomhed er beliggende i en medlemsstat eller et OLT; såfremt selskaberne eller virksomhederne kun har deres vedtægtsmæssige hjemsted i en medlems stat eller i et OLT, skal deres virksomhed dog have en reel og vedvarende forbindelse med denne medlems stats eller dette OLT's økonomi.
Should the last day of the period fall upon a non-working day, the period shall expire at the end of the first working day following the last day of the period, writing: any handwritten, typewritten or printed communication, induding telex, cable and facsimile transmission, supplies: all items which the supplier is required to provide to the contracting authority, induding, where necessary, services such as installation, testing, commissioning, provision of expertise, supervision, maintenance, repair, training and other such obligations connected with the items to be provided under the contraa, communications: certificates, notices, orders and instructions issued under the contract, national currency: the currency of the State of the contraaing authority, services: tasks to be performed by the consultant Under a service contraa such as studies, designs, provision of technical assistance and training, ecu: European currency unit, plant: machinery, apparatus, components and all items to be provided or incorporated under the contraa, foreign currency: any permissible currency within the meaning of these general regulations which is not the national currency, and which has been indicated in the tender, terms of reference; the statement issued by the contraaing authority giving the definition of his requirements and/or objectives of the services, induding, where applicable, the methods and means to be used and/or results to be achieved, equipment: appliances and other machinery, and where applicable under the law and/or practice of the State of the contraaing authority, the temporary structures on the work site, required for carrying out the contraa but exduding plant or other items required to form part of permanent works, bill of quantities: the document containing an itemized breakdown of the tasks to be carried out in a unit price contraa, indicating a quantity for each item and the corresponding unit price, price schedule: the completed schedule of prices, induding the breakdown of the overall price, submitted by the tenderer with his tender, modified as necessary, and forming a part of the unit price contraa, companies or firms: companies or firms constituted under civil or commcrdal law, induding public or other companies, cooperative societies and any other legal persons or associations governed by public or private law, save for those which are non-profit making, formed in accordance with the law of a Member State or an OCT and whose registered office, central administration or principal place of business is in a Member State or that OCT; however a company or firm having only its registered office in a Member State or an OCT must be engaged in an activity which has an actual and continuous link with the economy of that Member State or OCT concerned.