Candidates — those who have asked to be allowed to take part in a restricted procedure, a competitive dialogue, or a negotiated procedure 5.

economic operator — ‘work contractors’, ‘suppliers’ and ‘service providers’ 5.

In-kind contributions — non-financial resources made available free of charge by third parties to the beneficiary 2.

locality — the address of the recipient when the latter is a legal person; the Region on NUTS 2 level when the recipient is a natural person. As far as personal data referring to natural persons are concerned, the information published shall be removed two years after the end of the financial year in which the funds were awarded. The same shall apply to personal data referring to legal persons for whom the official title identifies one or more natural persons 2.

Technical assistance — support and capacity-building activities necessary for the implementation of a programme or an action, in particular preparatory, management, monitoring, evaluation, audit and control activities 7.

Technical assistance — support and capacity-building activities necessary for the implementation of a programme or an action, in particular preparatory, management, monitoring, evaluation, audit and control activities Article 186

Tenderers — economic operators who have submitted a tender 5.

Vendors — economic operators registered in a list of vendors according to Article 136(1)(b). Consortia of economic operators shall be authorised to submit tenders or to be candidates. Contracting authorities may not demand that consortia must have a given legal form in order to be allowed to submit a tender or request to take part, but the consortium selected may be required to adopt a given legal form after it has been awarded the contract if this change is necessary for proper performance of the contract 5.

work — the outcome of building or civil engineering works taken as a whole that is sufficient of itself to fulfil an economic or technical function 3.