8General dutiesS
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(1)A contracting authority must, in carrying out a regulated procurement—
(a)treat relevant economic operators equally and without discrimination,
(b)act in a transparent and proportionate manner.
(2)A contracting authority must also comply with the sustainable procurement duty.
(3)However, a contracting authority must not do anything in pursuance of subsection (2) that would conflict with its duty under subsection (1).
(4)A relevant economic operator is an economic operator who is a national of, or is established in—
(a)a member State, or
(b)Iceland, Liechtenstein or Norway.
(5)Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an EU-regulated procurement.