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A contracting entity may require an economic operator which is a legal person and which is seeking the award of a concession contract to state in its tender or in the application, the names and relevant professional qualifications of the staff to be responsible for the performance of the contract.

A contracting entity must not require a group of economic operators, including temporary associations, to have a specific legal form in order to be able to submit a tender or a request to participate.

A contracting entity may specify in the concession documents the method by which a group of economic operators is to meet the requirements as to economic and financial standing or technical and professional ability referred to in regulation 41 (selection of and qualitative assessment of candidates).

Any method specified as referred to in paragraph (4) must be justified by objective reasons and must be proportionate.

Any conditions for the performance of a contract by a group of economic operators, which are different from those imposed upon individual participants, must be justified by objective reasons and must be proportionate.

A contracting entity may, if it is necessary for the satisfactory performance of the contract, require a group of economic operators to assume a specific legal form for the purpose of the award of the contract.