PART 3Rules on the award of concession contracts

CHAPTER 1General principles

Concession award notices32

1

Not later than 48 days after the award of a concession contract, contracting authorities and utilities shall F2submit a concession award notice for publication in accordance with regulation 33.

2

But concession award notices for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3 may be grouped for publication on a quarterly basis, in which case the contracting authority or utility shall F3submit the grouped notices for publication within 48 days of the end of each quarter.

3

F4Subject to paragraph (4), a concession award notice shall contain the information set out in Annex VII to the Concessions Directive, or in the case of a concession contract for social and other specific services listed in Schedule 3, the information set out in Annex VIII to that Directive.

F14

In paragraph (3), the reference to Annex VII is a reference to that Annex, but as if—

i

in paragraph 7, “Article 41” were a reference to regulation 41 of these Regulations;

ii

in paragraph 11(c), “Article 8(3)” were a reference to regulation 9(6) and (7) of these Regulations;

iii

paragraph 12 (financing by EU funds) were omitted;

iv

in paragraph 14, “in the Official Journal of the European Union” read “on the UK e-notification service (within the meaning of the Concession Contracts Regulations 2016)”; and

v

in paragraph 15, “date of dispatch” were a reference to the date on which the notice is submitted to the UK e-notification service for the purposes of these Regulations.