Article 11Public contracts and framework agreements awarded by central purchasing bodies
1.Member States may stipulate that contracting authorities may purchase works, supplies and/or services from or through a central purchasing body.
2.Contracting authorities which purchase works, supplies and/or services from or through a central purchasing body in the cases set out in Article 1(10) shall be deemed to have complied with this Directive insofar as the central purchasing body has complied with it.