Publication at national level
Publication on buyer profiles
72.—(1) In addition to the publication of the notices referred to in regulations 67 to 70, 91 and 95 by the EU Publications Office, utilities may publish the information contained in them on the internet on a buyer profile.
(2) A buyer profile may also include (in addition to the periodic indicative notices referred to in regulation 67(3)(b))—
(a)information on ongoing invitations to tender, scheduled purchases, contracts concluded, procedures cancelled; and
(b)any useful general information, such as a contact point, a telephone and a facsimile number, a postal address and an e-mail address.
Timing and content of publication at national level
(3) The notices referred to in regulations 67 to 70, 91 and 95, and the information contained in them shall not be published at national level before they are published by the EU Publications Office.
(4) But publication may in any event take place at the national level where utilities have not been notified of the publication by the EU Publications Office within 48 hours after confirmation of the receipt of the notice in accordance with Article 71(5) of the Utilities Contracts Directive.
(5) Notices published at national level shall not contain information other than that contained in the notices sent to the EU Publications Office or published on a buyer profile, but shall indicate the date of sending of the notice to the EU Publications Office or its publication on the buyer profile.
(6) Where a periodic indicative notice is to be published on a buyer profile for the purposes of regulation 67(3)(b)—
(a)the periodic indicative notice may not be so published before the notice referred to in regulation 67(4) is sent to the EU Publications Office; and
(b)the periodic indicative notice shall indicate the date of that sending.