Recital 48

(48) Corruption in public procurement harms the public interest, undermines public trust and has a negative impact on the lives of citizens. Given the vulnerability of public procurement procedures to corruption, fraud and other predicate offences, it should be possible for national authorities with competences in public procurement procedures to consult the central registers to ascertain the identity of the natural persons who ultimately own or control the tenderers, and identify cases where there is a risk that criminals might be involved in the procurement procedure. Timely access to information held in the central register is crucial to ensuring that public authorities carrying out public procurement procedures can fulfil their functions effectively, including by detecting instances of corruption in those procedures. The notion of public authorities in relation to procurement procedures should encompass the concept of contracting authorities in Union legal acts relating to public procurement procedures for goods and services, or concessions as well as any public authority designated by Member States to verify the legality of public procurement procedures, which is not a competent authority for AML/CFT purposes.

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Source: EUR-Lex CELLAR · retrieved 2026-09-04 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.