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The Commission may accept that procurement rules and procedures are equivalent to its own if the following conditions are met: they comply with the principle of broad competition of tenderers to obtain the best value for money, and negotiated procedures are limited to reasonable amounts or are duly justified; they ensure transparency with adequate ex ante publication, in particular of calls for tenders, and adequate ex post publication of contractors; they ensure equal treatment, proportionality and non-discrimination; they prevent conflicts of interests throughout the entire procurement procedure. National law of Member States or third countries transposing Directive 2004/18/EC shall be considered equivalent to the rules applied by the institutions in accordance with the Financial Regulation.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.