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) (c. 24)

TITLE II RULES ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS

CHAPTER III Conduct of the procedure

Section 3 Choice of participants and award of contracts

Subsection 2 Reduction of numbers of candidates, tenders and solutions

Article 66 Reduction of the number of tenders and solutions

Where contracting authorities exercise the option of reducing the number of tenders to be negotiated as provided for in Article 29(6) or of solutions to be discussed as provided for in Article 30(4), they shall do so by applying the award criteria stated in the procurement documents. In the final stage, the number arrived at shall make for genuine competition in so far as there are enough tenders, solutions or qualified candidates.