LegalizeCommission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 of 23 September 2019 establishing standard forms for the publication of notices in the field of public procurement and repealing Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 (eForms) (Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation establishes the following standard forms:
(1) ‘Planning’
(2) ‘Competition’
(3) ‘Direct award prenotification’
(4) ‘Result’
(5) ‘Contract modification’
(6) ‘Change’
Article 2
Usage
The standard forms referred to in Article 1 shall be used for the publication of the following notices in the Official Journal of the European Union:
(1) ‘Planning form’: for notices referred to in Articles 27(2), 28(3) and 48(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU; Articles 45(2), 67(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU and Articles 30(1) and 33(3) of Directive 2009/81/EC;
(2) ‘Competition form’: for notices referred to in Articles 48(2), 49, 75(1)(a), 75(1)(b) and 79(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU; Articles 67(2), 68, 69, 92(1)(a), 92(1)(b), 92(1)(c) and the first subparagraph of 96(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU; Article 31(1) and Article 31(3) of Directive 2014/23/EU and Articles 30(2) and 52(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC;
(3) ‘Direct award prenotification form’: for notices referred to in Articles 3a of Directive 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC;
(4) ‘Result form’: for notices referred to in Articles 50, 75(2) and 79(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU; Articles 70, 92(2) and the third subparagraph of 96(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU; Article 32 of Directive 2014/23/EU and Article 30(3) of Directive 2009/81/EC;
(5) ‘Contract Modification form’: for notices referred to in Article 72(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU; Article 89(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU and Article 43(1) of Directive 2014/23/EU.
(6) ‘Change form’: for changing or cancelling the notices listed above.
Article 3
Repeal
Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 is repealed with effect from 14 November 2022.
Article 3a
Transitional provision
From 14 November 2022 to 24 October 2023, both the forms established by this Regulation and those established by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/1986 may be used for the publication of notices in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 3b
Transitional provision for new forms and changes
From 1 June 2024 until 30 October 2024 the fields related to Regulation (EU) 2022/1031 of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) and Regulation (EU) 2022/2560 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) set out in the Annex to this Regulation as amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2884 (3) may be used in addition to the fields set out in the Annex to this Regulation as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2303 for the publication of notices in the Official Journal of the European Union once the Commission has published a notice on its webpage announcing that the formats and procedures for sending notices electronically as referred to in point 2 of Annex IX to Directive 2014/23/EU, in point 3 of Annex VIII to Directive 2014/24/EU and in point 3 of Annex IX to Directive 2014/25/EU have been adapted for that purpose.
From 1 November 2024 until 28 February 2025, both the forms including information set out in the Annex to this Regulation and those set out in the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780 as amended by Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2303 may be used for the publication of notices in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 4
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 14 November 2022.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX
Standard forms contain fields. A standard form with appropriate information in its fields is a notice.
Standard forms and notices use mandatory and optional fields.
(a) Mandatory fields shall be included in standard forms and notices, where they shall contain information, unless certain conditions are met (see below).
(b) Optional fields may be included in standard forms and notices, where they may contain information.
Formats and procedures for sending notices, as established under point three of Annex VIII to Directive 2014/24/EU, of Annex IX to Directive 2014/25/EU and of Annex VI to 2009/81/EC and point two of Annex IX to 2014/23/EU, shall include conditions under which mandatory fields are not applicable. These conditions shall exclusively take into account the context of a concrete notice or a procedure (for example, fields about framework agreements shall not be mandatory if a procedure does not include a framework agreement).
The formats and procedures for sending notices shall also set which fields are mandatory and optional for notices published in line with Article 51(6) of Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 71(6) of Directive 2014/25/EU and Article 31 of Directive 2009/81/EC.
Table 1 and Table 2, below, establish which fields are used in individual standard forms and notices.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING TABLE 1
The standard forms in column 1 use the fields referred to in column 2 (and listed in Table 2) when used for the publication of notices referred to in column 3. For better readability, column 4 contains descriptions of column 3. In addition, any standard form or notice may contain fields from the European Single Procurement Document established by the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/7 (4).
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The standard form: | shall contain the fields listed in: | when used for the publication of notices referred to in: | (Notice description) |
| Planning | Table 2, column 1 | Article 48(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Notice of the publication of a prior information notice on a buyer profile – general directive |
| Table 2, column 2 | Article 67(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU | Notice of the publication of a periodic indicative notice on a buyer profile – sectoral directive | |
| Table 2, column 3 | Article 30(1) third subparagraph of Directive 2009/81/EC | Notice of the publication of a prior information notice on a buyer profile – defence directive | |
| Table 2, column 4 | Article 48(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Prior information notice used only for information – general directive | |
| Table 2, column 5 | Article 67(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU | Periodic indicative notice used only for information – sectoral directive | |
| Table 2, column 6 | Article 30(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC | Prior information notice used only for information – defence directive | |
| Table 2, column 7 | Article 27(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU, Article 28(3) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Prior information notice used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders – general directive | |
| Table 2, column 8 | Article 45(2) of Directive 2014/25/EU | Periodic indicative notice used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders – sectoral directive | |
| Table 2, column 9 | Article 33(3) of Directive 2009/81/EC | Prior information notice used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders – defence directive | |
| Competition | Table 2, column 10 | Article 48(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Prior information notice used as a call for competition – general directive, standard regime |
| Table 2, column 11 | Article 67(2) of Directive 2014/25/EU | Periodic indicative notice used as a call for competition – sectoral directive, standard regime | |
| Table 2, column 12 | Article 75(1)(b) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Prior information notice used as a call for competition – general directive, light regime | |
| Table 2, column 13 | Article 92(1)(b) of Directive 2014/25/EU | Periodic indicative notice used as a call for competition – sectoral directive, light regime | |
| Table 2, column 14 | Article 31(3) of Directive 2014/23/EU | Prior information notice used as a call for competition – concessions directive, light regime | |
| Table 2, column 15 | Article 68 of Directive 2014/25/EU, Article 92(1)(c) of Directive 2014/25/EU | Notice on the existence of a qualification system – sectoral directive | |
| Table 2, column 16 | Article 49 of Directive 2014/24/EU | Contract notice – general directive, standard regime | |
| Table 2, column 17 | Article 69 of Directive 2014/25/EU | Contract notice – sectoral directive, standard regime | |
| Table 2, column 18 | Article 30(2) of Directive 2009/81/EC | Contract notice – defence directive, standard regime | |
| Table 2, column 19 | Article 31(1) of Directive 2014/23/EU | Concession notice – concessions directive, standard regime | |
| Table 2, column 20 | Article 75(1)(a) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Contract notice – general directive, light regime | |
| Table 2, column 21 | Article 92(1)(a) of Directive 2014/25/EU | Contract notice – sectoral directive, light regime | |
| Table 2, column 22 | Article 52(1) of Directive 2009/81/EC | Subcontract notice – defence directive | |
| Table 2, column 23 | Article 79(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Design contest notice – general directive, design | |
| Table 2, column 24 | Article 96(1) first subparagraph of Directive 2014/25/EU | Design contest notice – sectoral directive, design | |
| Direct award prenotification | Table 2, column 25 | Article 3a of Directive 89/665/EEC | Voluntary ex ante transparency notice – general directive |
| Table 2, column 26 | Article 3a of Directive 92/13/EEC | Voluntary ex ante transparency notice – sectoral directive | |
| Table 2, column 27 | Article 64 of Directive 2009/81/EC | Voluntary ex ante transparency notice – defence directive | |
| Table 2, column 28 | Article 3a of Directives 89/665/EEC and 92/13/EEC | Voluntary ex ante transparency notice – concession directive | |
| Result | Table 2, column 29 | Article 50 of Directive 2014/24/EU | Contract award notice – general directive, standard regime |
| Table 2, column 30 | Article 70 of Directive 2014/25/EU | Contract award notice – sectoral directive, standard regime | |
| Table 2, column 31 | Article 30(3) of Directive 2009/81/EC | Contract award notice – defence directive, standard regime | |
| Table 2, column 32 | Article 32(2) (reference to Annex VII) of Directive 2014/23/EU | Concession award notice – concession directive, standard regime | |
| Table 2, column 33 | Article 75(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Contract award notice – general directive, light regime | |
| Table 2, column 34 | Article 92(2) of Directive 2014/25/EU | Contract award notice – sectoral directive, light regime | |
| Table 2, column 35 | Article 32(2) (reference to Annex VIII) of Directive 2014/23/EU | Concession award notice – concessions directive, light regime | |
| Table 2, column 36 | Article 79(2) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Design contest result notice – general directive, design | |
| Table 2, column 37 | Article 96(1) second subparagraph of Directive 2014/25/EU | Design contest result notice – sectoral directive, design | |
| Contract modification | Table 2, column 38 | Article 72(1) of Directive 2014/24/EU | Contract modification notice – general directive |
| Table 2, column 39 | Article 89(1) of Directive 2014/25/EU | Contract modification notice – sectoral directive | |
| Table 2, column 40 | Article 43(1) of Directive 2014/23/EU | Contract modification notice – concessions directive | |
| Change | any other standard form and the Notice and Change sections from Table 2 | changing any of the notices listed above | Change notice |
| Voluntary Notices | Table 2, column E1 | On a voluntary basis | Pre-market consultation notice |
| Table 2, column E2 | On a voluntary basis | Prior information notice | |
| Table 2, column E3 | On a voluntary basis | Contract notice | |
| Table 2, column E4 | On a voluntary basis | Award notice | |
| Table 2, column E5 | On a voluntary basis | Completion notice | |
| Table 2, column E6 | On a voluntary basis | Contract modification notice |
INSTRUCTIONS FOR READING TABLE 2
The first column contains information about the nesting of the field or section. Each field or section with a level of ‘++’, ‘+++’ and ‘++++’ is nested within the nearest section placed above it that has a lower number of ‘+’.
The second column contains the ID of the field or section.
The third column contains the fields’ or sections’ names.
The fourth column describe, if the field or section can be repeated.
The fifth column contains the data type.
The sixth column contains the fields’ or sections’ description.
The remaining columns describe the different standard forms and notices.
LEGEND FOR READING TABLE 2
‘M’: A notice must contain this information to be published on TED.
‘CM’: Under certain conditions (specified as business rules by the Publications Office of the European Union) a notice must contain this information to be published on TED.
‘EM’: Under the condition that the information exists (which, in practice, cannot be verified by the Publications Office of the European Union), a notice must contain this information to be published on TED (e.g. FAX number, reference to a PIN about the procedure).
‘O’: This information may optionally be included in a notice. If included, this information will be published on TED.
‘D81’: This notice falls under Directive 2009/81/EC.
‘D23’: This notice falls under Directive 2014/23/EU.
‘D24’: This notice falls under Directive 2014/24/EU.
‘D25’: This notice falls under Directive 2014/25/EU.
‘ANY’: This notice can be used under any law.
‘OT’: This notice can be used under any other law.
‘PIN profile’: Notice of the publication of a prior information notice or a periodic indicative notice on a buyer profile.
‘PIN only’: Prior information notice or a periodic information notice (not used as a call for competition, not used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders).
‘PIN time limit’: Prior information notice or a periodic information notice used to shorten time limits for receipt of tenders.
‘PIN CFC’: General prior information notice or a periodic information notice (not about social or other specific services) used as a call for competition.
‘PIN CFC social’: Prior information notice or a periodic information notice about social or other specific services used as a call for competition.
‘QS’: Notice on the existence of a qualification system.
‘CN general’: Contract notice (not about social or other specific services).
‘CN social’: Contract notice for social or other specific services.
‘Subc’: Subcontracting notice.
‘Design’: Design contest notice or result of a design contest.
‘VEAT’: Voluntary ex ante transparency notice.
‘CAN general’: Contract award notice (not about social or other specific services).
‘CAN social’: Contract award notice about social or other specific services.
‘Compl’ and ‘CC’: Contract completion notice.
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