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DIRECTIVE 2014/25/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 26 February 2014 on procurement by entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors and repealing Directive 2004/17/EC (Text with EEA relevance) · European Union

For the purpose of this Directive contracting entities are entities, which: (a) are contracting authorities or public undertakings and which pursue one of the activities referred to in Articles 8 to 14; (b) when they are not contracting authorities or public undertakings, have as one of their activities any of the activities referred to in Articles 8 to 14, or any combination thereof and operate on the basis of special or exclusive rights granted by a competent authority of a Member State.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as consolidated on 2026-01-01; changes after this date are not shown.