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1 . CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES WHO WISH TO AWARD A PUBLIC SUPPLY CONTRACT BY OPEN OR RESTRICTED PROCEDURE SHALL MAKE KNOWN THEIR INTENTION BY MEANS OF A NOTICE . 2 . SUCH NOTICE SHALL BE SENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE BY THE MOST APPROPRIATE CHANNELS TO THE OFFICE FOR OFFICIAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN FULL IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES IN THE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES OF THE COMMUNITIES , THE ORIGINAL TEXT ALONE BEING AUTHENTIC . IT SHALL BE DRAWN UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MODELS GIVEN IN ANNEX III . 3 . UNDER THE ACCELERATED PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 12 , THE NOTICE SHALL BE PUBLISHED , IN ITS ORIGINAL LANGUAGE ONLY , IN ALL EDITIONS OF THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES . 4 . THE NOTICE REFERRED TO IN THE PRECEDING PARAGRAPHS SHALL BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES NOT LATER THAN NINE DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF DISPATCH AND , IN THE CASE OF THE ACCELERATED PROCEDURE PROVIDED FOR IN ARTICLE 12 , NOT LATER THAN FIVE DAYS AFTER THAT DATE . 5 . THE NOTICE SHALL NOT BE PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNALS OR IN THE PRESS OF THE COUNTRY OF THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES BEFORE THE DATE OF ITS DISPATCH , AND IT SHALL MENTION THIS DATE . IT SHALL NOT CONTAIN INFORMATION OTHER THAN THAT PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES . 6 . THE CONTRACTING AUTHORITIES MUST BE ABLE TO SUPPLY EVIDENCE OF THE DATE OF DISPATCH . 7 . THE COST OF THE PUBLICATION OF NOTICES IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES SHALL BE BORNE BY THE COMMUNITIES . NO NOTICE MAY BE LONGER THAN ONE PAGE OF THE JOURNAL ; THAT IS TO SAY , APPROXIMATELY 650 WORDS . NOTICES SHALL BE DRAWN UP IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE MODEL NOTICES CONTAINED IN ANNEX III . EVERY EDITION OF THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES WHICH CONTAINS A NOTICE OR NOTICES SHALL REPRODUCE THE MODEL NOTICE OR NOTICE ON WHICH THE PUBLISHED NOTICE OR NOTICES ARE BASED .

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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.