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Member States shall provide that paragraph 1(a) does not apply where: the contracting authority/entity considers that the award of a contract without prior publication of a contract notice in the Official Journal of the European Union is permissible in accordance with this Directive, the contracting authority/entity has published in the Official Journal of the European Union a notice as described in Article 64 expressing its intention to conclude the contract, and, the contract has not been concluded before the expiry of a period of at least 10 calendar days with effect from the day following the date of the publication of this notice,
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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-11 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.