ARTICLE 7

1 . THE TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS DEFINED IN ANNEX II AND THE DESCRIPTION OF TESTING , CHECKING AND ACCEPTANCE METHODS SHALL FIGURE IN THE GENERAL OR THE CONTRACTUAL DOCUMENTS RELATING TO EACH CONTRACT . SUCH TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS MAY BE DEFINED BY REFERENCE TO APPROPRIATE STANDARDS . IN THIS CASE IT IS APPROPRIATE TO MAKE REFERENCE , IN ORDER OF PREFERENCE , TO : 1 . COMMUNITY STANDARDS WHICH ARE BINDING BY VIRTUE OF AN ACT OF THE COMMUNITIES ; 2 . OTHER COMMUNITY STANDARDS ( IN PARTICULAR ECSC STANDARDS ) OR EUROPEAN STANDARDS ( IN PARTICULAR ESC AND CENELEC STANDARDS ) ACCEPTED BY THE COUNTRY OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY ; 3 . INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS ACCEPTED BY THE COUNTRY OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY ( IN PARTICULAR ISO AND IEC STANDARDS ) ; 4 . THE NATIONAL STANDARDS OF THE COUNTRY OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITY ; 5 . ANY OTHER STANDARD . 2 . UNLESS SUCH SPECIFICATIONS ARE JUSTIFIED BY THE SUBJECT OF THE CONTRACT , MEMBER STATES SHALL PROHIBIT THE INTRODUCTION INTO THE CONTRACTUAL CLAUSES RELATING TO A GIVEN CONTRACT OF TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS WHICH MENTION GOODS OF A SPECIFIC MAKE OR SOURCE OR OF A PARTICULAR PROCESS AND WHICH HAVE THE EFFECT OF FAVOURING OR ELIMINATING CERTAIN UNDERTAKINGS OR PRODUCTS . IN PARTICULAR , THE INDICATION OF TRADE MARKS , PATENTS , TYPES OR SPECIFIC ORIGIN OR PRODUCTIONS SHALL BE PROHIBITED ; HOWEVER , SUCH AN INDICATION ACCOMPANIED BY THE WORDS " OR EQUIVALENT " SHALL BE AUTHORIZED WHERE THE SUBJECT OF THE CONTRACT CANNOT OTHERWISE BE DESCRIBED BY SPECIFICATIONS WHICH ARE SUFFICIENTLY PRECISE AND FULLY INTELLIGIBLE TO ALL CONCERNED .

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-10 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.