Article 163U.K.Publicity measures
1.For procedures with a value equal to or greater than the thresholds referred to in Article 175(1) or Article 178, the contracting authority shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union:
(a)a contract notice to launch a procedure, except in the case of the procedure referred to in point (d) of Article 164(1);
(b)a contract award notice on the results of the procedure.
2.Procedures with a value below the thresholds referred to in Article 175(1) or Article 178 shall be advertised by appropriate means.
3.Publication of certain information on a contract award may be withheld where its release would impede law enforcement, or otherwise be contrary to the public interest, would harm the legitimate commercial interests of economic operators or might prejudice fair competition between them.