Commission Decision of 7 January 2005 on the detailed rules for the application of the procedure provided for in Article 30 of Directive 2004/17/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council coordinating the procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal services sectors (notified under document C(2004) 5769) (Text with EEA relevance) (2005/15/EC) (repealed)

B. Request from a contracting entity

On (…) the Commission received a request pursuant to Article 30(5) of Directive 2004/17/EC. The first working day following receipt of the request is (…).

This request, from (name of the relevant contracting entity) concerns (brief mention of the relevant sector or activity) in (indicate the Member State concerned). The abovementioned Article 30 provides that Directive 2004/17/EC is not applicable when the activity in question is directly exposed to competition on markets to which access is not restricted. These conditions are evaluated solely for the purposes of Directive 2004/17/EC and are without prejudice to the application of competition rules.

The Commission is allowed a period of three months to take a decision on this request, commencing on the working day referred to above. The period therefore expires on (…).

This period may be extended by three months. Any such extension must be published.

According to the second subparagraph of Article 30(6), further requests concerning (brief mention of the relevant sector or activity) in (indicate the Member State concerned) before the expiry of the period opened in respect of this request are not considered as new procedures and are to be treated in the context of this request.