Directive 1992/50 - Coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts

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This directive was in effect from July 14, 1992 until January 30, 2006 and should have been implemented in national regulation on July  1, 1993 at the latest.

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Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts
 
Legal instrument Directive
Number legal act Directive 1992/50
Original proposal COM(1990)372
CELEX number i 31992L0050

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Key dates

Document 18-06-1992
Publication in Official Journal 24-07-1992; Special edition in Polish: Chapter 06 Volume 001,Special edition in Latvian: Chapter 06 Volume 001,Special edition in Swedish: Chapter 06 Volume 003,Special edition in Slovak: Chapter 06 Volume 001,Special edition in Romanian: Chapter 06 Volume 002,Special edition in Lithuanian: Chapter 06 Volume 001,Special edition in Slovenian: Chapter 06 Volume 001,Special edition in Bulgarian: Chapter 06 Volume 002,Special edition in Hungarian: Chapter 06 Volume 001,Special edition in Czech: Chapter 06 Volume 001,OJ L 209, 24.7.1992,Special edition in Estonian: Chapter 06 Volume 001,Special edition in Maltese: Chapter 06 Volume 001,Special edition in Finnish: Chapter 06 Volume 003
Effect 14-07-1992; Entry into force Date notif.
End of validity 30-01-2006; Repealed by 32004L0018
Transposition 01-07-1993; See Art 44
Notification 14-07-1992

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31992L0050

Council Directive 92/50/EEC of 18 June 1992 relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts

Official Journal L 209 , 24/07/1992 P. 0001 - 0024

Finnish special edition: Chapter 6 Volume 3 P. 0139

Swedish special edition: Chapter 6 Volume 3 P. 0139

Council Directive 92/50/EEC

of 18 June 1992

relating to the coordination of procedures for the award of public service contracts

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular the last sentence of Article 57 (2) and Article 66 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(1),

In cooperation with the European Parliament(2),

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee(3),

Whereas the European Council has drawn conclusions on the need to complete the internal market;

Whereas measures aimed at progressively establishing the internal market during the period up to 31 December 1992 need to be taken; whereas the internal market is an area without internal frontiers in which the free movement of goods, persons, services and capital is ensured;

Whereas these objectives require the coordination of the procurement procedures for the award of public service contracts;

Whereas the White Paper on the completion of the internal market contains an action programme and a timetable for opening up public procurement, including in the field of services insofar as this is not already covered by Council Directive 71/305/EEC of 26 July 1971 concerning the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts(4) and Council Directive 77/62/EEC of 21 december 1976 coordinating procedures for the award of public supply contracts(5);

Whereas this Directive should be applied by all contracting authorities within the meaning of Directive 71/305/EEC;

Whereas obstacles to the free movement of services need to be avoided; whereas, therefore, service providers may be either natural or legal persons; whereas this Directive shall not, however, prejudice the application, at national level, of rules concerning the conditions for the pursuit of an activity or a profession provided that they are compatible with Community law;

Whereas the field of services is best described, for the purpose of application of procedural rules and for monitoring purposes, by subdividing it into categories corresponding to particular positions of a common classification; whereas Annexes I A and I B of this Directive refer to the CPC nomenclature (common product classification) of the United Nations; whereas that nomenclature is likely to be replaced in the future by Community nomenclature; whereas provision should be made for adapting the CPC nomenclature in Annexes I A and B in consequence;

Whereas the provision of services is covered by this Directive only in so far as it is based on contracts; whereas the provision of services on other bases, such as law or regulations, or employment contracts, is not covered;

Whereas, in accordance with Article 130f of the Treaty, the encouragement of research and development is a means to strengthen the scientific and technological basis of European industry and the opening up of public contracts will contribute to this end; whereas contributions to the financing of research programmes should not be subject to this Directive; whereas research and development service contracts other than those where the benefits accrue exclusively to the contracting authority for its use in the conduct of its own affairs, on condition that the service provided is wholly remunerated by the contracting authority, are not therefore covered by this Directive;

Whereas contracts relating to the acquisition or rental of immovable property or to rights thereon have particular characteristics, which make the application of procurement rules inappropriate;

Whereas the award of...


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