What changed, Directive 2014/24/EU

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− Article 1
− ### art_2
− Article 2
− | (1) | ‘contracting authorities’ means the State, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law; |
− | (2) | ‘central government authorities’ means the contracting authorities listed in Annex I and, in so far as corrections or amendments have been made at national level, their successor entities; |
− | (3) | ‘sub-central contracting authorities’ means all contracting authorities which are not central government authorities; |
− | (4) | ‘bodies governed by public law’ means bodies that have all of the following characteristics:(a)they are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character;(b)they have legal personality; and(c)they are financed, for…
− | (a) | they are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character; |
− | (b) | they have legal personality; and |
− | (c) | they are financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law; or are subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies; or have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members a…
− | (5) | ‘public contracts’ means contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one or more economic operators and one or more contracting authorities and having as their object the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services; |
− | (6) | ‘public works contracts’ means public contracts having as their object one of the following:(a)the execution, or both the design and execution, of works related to one of the activities within the meaning of Annex II;(b)the execution, or both the design and execution, of a work;(c)the realis…
− | (a) | the execution, or both the design and execution, of works related to one of the activities within the meaning of Annex II; |
− | (b) | the execution, or both the design and execution, of a work; |
− | (c) | the realisation, by whatever means, of a work corresponding to the requirements specified by the contracting authority exercising a decisive influence on the type or design of the work; |
− | (7) | ‘a work’ means the outcome of building or civil engineering works taken as a whole which is sufficient in itself to fulfil an economic or technical function; |
− | (8) | ‘public supply contracts’ means public contracts having as their object the purchase, lease, rental or hire-purchase, with or without an option to buy, of products. A public supply contract may include, as an incidental matter, siting and installation operations; |
− | (9) | ‘public service contracts’ means public contracts having as their object the provision of services other than those referred to in point 6; |
− | (10) | ‘economic operator’ means any natural or legal person or public entity or group of such persons and/or entities, including any temporary association of undertakings, which offers the execution of works and/or a work, the supply of products or the provision of services on the market; |
− | (11) | ‘tenderer’ means an economic operator that has submitted a tender; |
− | (12) | ‘candidate’ means an economic operator that has sought an invitation or has been invited to take part in a restricted procedure, in a competitive procedure with negotiation, in a negotiated procedure without prior publication, in a competitive dialogue or in an innovation partnership; |
− | (13) | ‘procurement document’ means any document produced or referred to by the contracting authority to describe or determine elements of the procurement or the procedure, including the contract notice, the prior information notice where it is used as a means of calling for competition, the techn…
− | (14) | ‘centralised purchasing activities’ means activities conducted on a permanent basis, in one of the following forms:(a)the acquisition of supplies and/or services intended for contracting authorities,(b)the award of public contracts or the conclusion of framework agreements for works, suppli…
− | (a) | the acquisition of supplies and/or services intended for contracting authorities, |
− | (b) | the award of public contracts or the conclusion of framework agreements for works, supplies or services intended for contracting authorities; |
− | (15) | ‘ancillary purchasing activities’ means activities consisting in the provision of support to purchasing activities, in particular in the following forms:(a)technical infrastructure enabling contracting authorities to award public contracts or to conclude framework agreements for works, supp…
− | (a) | technical infrastructure enabling contracting authorities to award public contracts or to conclude framework agreements for works, supplies or services; |
− | (b) | advice on the conduct or design of public procurement procedures; |
− | (c) | preparation and management of procurement procedures on behalf and for the account of the contracting authority concerned; |
+ ## Section 1 / **Subject-matter and definitions**
+ ### Article 1 — Subject-matter and scope
+ ### Article 2 — Definitions
+ (1) ‘contracting authorities’ means the State, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law;
+ (2) ‘central government authorities’ means the contracting authorities listed in Annex I and, in so far as corrections or amendments have been made at national level, their successor entities;
+ (3) ‘sub-central contracting authorities’ means all contracting authorities which are not central government authorities;
+ (4) ‘bodies governed by public law’ means bodies that have all of the following characteristics:
+ (a) they are established for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character;
+ (b) they have legal personality; and
+ (c) they are financed, for the most part, by the State, regional or local authorities, or by other bodies governed by public law; or are subject to management supervision by those authorities or bodies; or have an administrative, managerial or supervisory board, more than half of whose members are a…
+ (5) ‘public contracts’ means contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one or more economic operators and one or more contracting authorities and having as their object the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services;
+ (6) ‘public works contracts’ means public contracts having as their object one of the following:
+ (a) the execution, or both the design and execution, of works related to one of the activities within the meaning of Annex II;
+ (b) the execution, or both the design and execution, of a work;
+ (c) the realisation, by whatever means, of a work corresponding to the requirements specified by the contracting authority exercising a decisive influence on the type or design of the work;
+ (7) ‘a work’ means the outcome of building or civil engineering works taken as a whole which is sufficient in itself to fulfil an economic or technical function;
+ (8) ‘public supply contracts’ means public contracts having as their object the purchase, lease, rental or hire-purchase, with or without an option to buy, of products. A public supply contract may include, as an incidental matter, siting and installation operations;
+ (9) ‘public service contracts’ means public contracts having as their object the provision of services other than those referred to in point 6;
+ (10) ‘economic operator’ means any natural or legal person or public entity or group of such persons and/or entities, including any temporary association of undertakings, which offers the execution of works and/or a work, the supply of products or the provision of services on the market;
+ (11) ‘tenderer’ means an economic operator that has submitted a tender;
+ (12) ‘candidate’ means an economic operator that has sought an invitation or has been invited to take part in a restricted procedure, in a competitive procedure with negotiation, in a negotiated procedure without prior publication, in a competitive dialogue or in an innovation partnership;
+ (13) ‘procurement document’ means any document produced or referred to by the contracting authority to describe or determine elements of the procurement or the procedure, including the contract notice, the prior information notice where it is used as a means of calling for competition, the technical…
+ (14) ‘centralised purchasing activities’ means activities conducted on a permanent basis, in one of the following forms:
+ (a) the acquisition of supplies and/or services intended for contracting authorities,
+ (b) the award of public contracts or the conclusion of framework agreements for works, supplies or services intended for contracting authorities;
+ (15) ‘ancillary purchasing activities’ means activities consisting in the provision of support to purchasing activities, in particular in the following forms:
+ (a) technical infrastructure enabling contracting authorities to award public contracts or to conclude framework agreements for works, supplies or services;
+ (b) advice on the conduct or design of public procurement procedures;
+ (c) preparation and management of procurement procedures on behalf and for the account of the contracting authority concerned;
+ (16) ‘central purchasing body’ means a contracting authority providing centralised purchasing activities and, possibly, ancillary purchasing activities;