What changed, Directive 2014/25/EU

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− Article 1
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− Article 2
− | (1) | ‘supply, works and service contracts’ means contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one or more contracting entities and one or more economic operators and having as their object the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services; |
− | (2) | ‘works contracts’ means 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 I;(b)the execution, or both the design and execution, of a work;(c)the realisation by whatev…
− | (a) | the execution, or both the design and execution, of works related to one of the activities within the meaning of Annex I; |
− | (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 entity exercising a decisive influence on the type or design of the work; |
− | (3) | ‘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; |
− | (4) | ‘supply contracts’ means contracts having as their object the purchase, lease, rental or hire-purchase, with or without an option to buy, of products. A supply contract may include, as an incidental matter, siting and installation operations; |
− | (5) | ‘service contracts’ means contracts having as their object the provision of services other than those referred to in point 2; |
− | (6) | ‘economic operator’ means any natural or legal person, or a contracting entity, or a 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 marke…
− | (7) | ‘tenderer’ means an economic operator that has submitted a tender; |
− | (8) | ‘candidate’ means an economic operator that has sought an invitation or has been invited to take part in a restricted or negotiated procedure, in a competitive dialogue or in an innovation partnership; |
− | (9) | ‘procurement document’ means any document produced or referred to by the contracting entity to describe or determine elements of the procurement or the procedure, including the contract notice, the periodic indicative notice or the notices on the existence of a qualification system where the…
− | (10) | ‘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 entities,(b)the award of contracts or the conclusion of framework agreements for works, supplies or serv…
− | (a) | the acquisition of supplies and/or services intended for contracting entities, |
− | (b) | the award of contracts or the conclusion of framework agreements for works, supplies or services intended for contracting entities; |
− | (11) | ‘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 entities to award public contracts or to conclude framework agreements for works, supplie…
− | (a) | technical infrastructure enabling contracting entities to award public contracts or to conclude framework agreements for works, supplies or services; |
− | (b) | advice on the conduct or design of procurement procedures; |
− | (c) | preparation and management of procurement procedures on behalf and for the account of the contracting entity concerned; |
− | (12) | ‘central purchasing body’ means a contracting entity within the meaning of Article 4(1) of this Directive or a contracting authority within the meaning of point 1 of Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU providing centralised purchasing activities and, possibly, ancillary purchasing activiti…
− | (13) | ‘procurement service provider’ means a public or private body, which offers ancillary purchasing activities on the market; |
− | (14) | ‘written’ or ‘in writing’ means any expression consisting of words or figures which can be read, reproduced and subsequently communicated, including information transmitted and stored by electronic means; |
− | (15) | ‘electronic means’ means electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of data which is transmitted, conveyed and received by wire, by radio, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means; |
− | (16) | ‘life cycle’ means all consecutive and/or interlinked stages, including research and development to be carried out, production, trading and its conditions, transport, use and maintenance, throughout the existence of the product or the works or the provision of the service, from raw material…
− | (17) | ‘design contests’ means those procedures which enable the contracting entity to acquire, mainly in the fields of town and country planning, architecture, engineering or data processing, a plan or design selected by a jury after being put out to competition with or without the award of prize…
− | (18) | ‘innovation’ means the implementation of a new or significantly improved product, service or process, including but not limited to production, building or construction processes, a new marketing method, or a new organisational method in business practices, workplace organisation or external…
+ ## *CHAPTER I* / ***Subject-matter and definitions***
+ ### Article 1 — Subject matter and scope
+ ### Article 2 — Definitions
+ (1) ‘supply, works and service contracts’ means contracts for pecuniary interest concluded in writing between one or more contracting entities and one or more economic operators and having as their object the execution of works, the supply of products or the provision of services;
+ (2) ‘works contracts’ means 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 I;
+ (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 entity exercising a decisive influence on the type or design of the work;
+ (3) ‘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;
+ (4) ‘supply contracts’ means contracts having as their object the purchase, lease, rental or hire-purchase, with or without an option to buy, of products. A supply contract may include, as an incidental matter, siting and installation operations;
+ (5) ‘service contracts’ means contracts having as their object the provision of services other than those referred to in point 2;
+ (6) ‘economic operator’ means any natural or legal person, or a contracting entity, or a 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;
+ (7) ‘tenderer’ means an economic operator that has submitted a tender;
+ (8) ‘candidate’ means an economic operator that has sought an invitation or has been invited to take part in a restricted or negotiated procedure, in a competitive dialogue or in an innovation partnership;
+ (9) ‘procurement document’ means any document produced or referred to by the contracting entity to describe or determine elements of the procurement or the procedure, including the contract notice, the periodic indicative notice or the notices on the existence of a qualification system where they ar…
+ (10) ‘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 entities,
+ (b) the award of contracts or the conclusion of framework agreements for works, supplies or services intended for contracting entities;
+ (11) ‘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 entities to award public contracts or to conclude framework agreements for works, supplies or services;
+ (b) advice on the conduct or design of procurement procedures;
+ (c) preparation and management of procurement procedures on behalf and for the account of the contracting entity concerned;
+ (12) ‘central purchasing body’ means a contracting entity within the meaning of Article 4(1) of this Directive or a contracting authority within the meaning of point 1 of Article 2(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU providing centralised purchasing activities and, possibly, ancillary purchasing activities.
+ Procurement carried out by a central purchasing body in order to perform centralised purchasing activities shall be deemed to be procurement for the pursuit of an activity as described in Articles 8 to 14. Article 18 shall not apply to procurement carried out by a central purchasing body in order to…
+ (13) ‘procurement service provider’ means a public or private body, which offers ancillary purchasing activities on the market;
+ (14) ‘written’ or ‘in writing’ means any expression consisting of words or figures which can be read, reproduced and subsequently communicated, including information transmitted and stored by electronic means;
+ (15) ‘electronic means’ means electronic equipment for the processing (including digital compression) and storage of data which is transmitted, conveyed and received by wire, by radio, by optical means or by other electromagnetic means;
+ (16) ‘life cycle’ means all consecutive and/or interlinked stages, including research and development to be carried out, production, trading and its conditions, transport, use and maintenance, throughout the existence of the product or the works or the provision of the service, from raw material acq…
+ (17) ‘design contests’ means those procedures which enable the contracting entity to acquire, mainly in the fields of town and country planning, architecture, engineering or data processing, a plan or design selected by a jury after being put out to competition with or without the award of prizes;
+ (18) ‘innovation’ means the implementation of a new or significantly improved product, service or process, including but not limited to production, building or construction processes, a new marketing method, or a new organisational method in business practices, workplace organisation or external rel…