Public Procurement Citation and commencement 1 These Regulations may be cited as the Concession Contracts (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2016 and come into force on 18th April 2016. Amendment of the Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2 1 The Concession Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2016 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2 (interpretation)— a in the definition of “contracting body”, for “contracting body” substitute “contracting entity”; b after paragraph (3) insert— 4 In these Regulations, references to the following Directives, Regulation and Commission Decisions are references to the Directives, Regulation and Commission Decisions as amended from time to time— a Directive 1999/93/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on a Community framework for electronic signatures ; b Regulation (EC) 2195/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) ; c Directive 2002/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the common regulatory framework for electronic communication networks and services ; d Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning markets for financial instruments amending Council Directives 85/611/EEC and 93/6/EEC and Directive 2000/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directive 93/22/EEC ; e Commission Decision 2009/767/EC setting out measures facilitating the use of procedures by electronic means through the points of single contact under Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market (notified under document C(2009)7806) ; f Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the coordination of certain provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in member States concerning the provision of audio-visual media services ; g Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statement and related reports of certain types of undertaking , amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC ; h Commission Decision 2011/130/EU establishing minimum requirements for the cross-border processing of documents signed electronically by competent authorities under Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market (notified under document C(2011) 1081 ; i Directive 2014/23/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the award of concession contracts ; j Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC ; and k Directive 2014/25/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on procurement entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC . . 3 In regulation 32 (rules applicable to communication), in paragraph (18) delete “as amended from time to time,”. 4 In regulation 51 (duty owed to economic operators) in paragraph (5) for “GPS” substitute “ GPA ”. 5 In regulation 63 (transitional provision and saving where procurement was commenced before 18th April 2016)— a in paragraph (1), for “47(1)(a) to (3)” substitute “47(1)(a), (2) and (3)”; b in paragraph (2), for “service” substitute “services”. 6 In regulation 64 (transitory provision prior to full commencement of regulation 32(1) to (7)), in paragraph (2) for “2106” substitute “2016”. KEITH BROWN A member of the Scottish Government St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh 23rd February 2016