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PART 3 E+W+N.I.Rules on the award of concession contracts

CHAPTER 1E+W+N.I.General principles

Concession award noticesE+W+N.I.

32.—(1) Not later than 48 days after the award of a concession contract, contracting authorities and utilities shall [F1submit] 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 [F2submit] the grouped notices for publication within 48 days of the end of each quarter.

(3) [F3Subject 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.

[F4(4) 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.]

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