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Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title
Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
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Article 10Contracts and framework agreements awarded by central purchasing bodies
1.Member States may stipulate that contracting authorities/entities may purchase works, supplies and/or services from or through a central purchasing body.
2.Contracting authorities/entities which purchase works, supplies and/or services from or through a central purchasing body in the cases set out in Article 1(18) shall be deemed to have complied with this Directive insofar as:
the central purchasing body has complied with it, or,
when the central purchasing body is not a contracting authority/entity, the contract award rules applied by it are compliant with all the provisions of this Directive and the contracts awarded can be subject to efficient remedies comparable to those provided for in Title IV.
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