Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (repealed) (c. 17)

ANNEX XX U.K. FEATURES CONCERNING PUBLICATION

1. Publication of notices U.K.

(a)

[F1 Notices referred to in Articles 41, 42, 43 and 63 must be sent by the contracting entities to the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities in the format established by implementing measures to be adopted by the Commission in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 68(2).] The periodic indicative notices referred to in Article 41(1), published on a buyer profile as described in paragraph 2(b), must also use that format, as must the notice of such publication;

(b)

Notices referred to in Articles 41, 42, 43 and 63 must be published by the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities or by the contracting entities in the event of a periodic indicative notice published on a buyer profile in accordance with Article 41(1).

In addition, contracting authorities may publish this information on the Internet on a ‘buyer profile’ as referred to in point 2(b);

(c)

The Office for Official Publications of the European Communities will give the contracting authority the confirmation referred to in Article 44(7).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Directive 2005/51/EC of 7 September 2005 amending Annex XX to Directive 2004/17/EC and Annex VIII to Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and the Council on public procurement (Text with EEA relevance).

2. Publication of complementary or additional information U.K.

(a)

Contracting entities are encouraged to publish the specifications and the additional documents in their entirety on the Internet;

(b)

The buyer profile may include periodic indicative notices as referred to in Article 41(1), information on ongoing invitations to tender, scheduled purchases, contracts concluded, procedures cancelled and any useful general information, such as a contact point, a telephone and a fax number, a postal address and an e-mail address.

3. Format and procedures for the electronic transmission of notices U.K.

The format and procedure for sending notices electronically are accessible at the Internet address ‘http://simap.eu.int’.