Article 2 Definitions

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Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 February 2014 on public procurement and repealing Directive 2004/18/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
Title I Scope, Definitions and General Principles (arts. 1-24)
Chapter I Scope and definitions (ss. 1-17)
Section 1 Subject - matter and definitions (arts. 1-3)
Article 2 Definitions

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Version status: Entered into force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes

Version date: 17 April 2014 - onwards

Version 2 of 2

1. For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

(1) "contracting authorities" means the State, regional or local authorities, bodies governed by public law or associations formed by one or more such authorities or one or more such bodies governed by public law;

(2) "central government authorities" means the contracting authorities listed in Annex I and, in so far as corrections or amendments have been made at national level, their successor entities;

(3) "sub-central contracting authorities" means all contracting authorities which are not central government authorities;

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