SECTION 1 U.K. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 7 U.K. Timing of the consultation of the EWS

The authorising officer responsible shall verify if there is a warning in the EWS concerning a person at the following stages:

(a)

before an individual budgetary commitment is entered;

(b)

before a global budgetary commitment is entered if the person is known at that stage;

(c)

in the case of provisional budgetary commitments, before concluding the legal commitment giving rise to an entitlement to subsequent payments unless it concerns payment of staff and the reimbursement of travel expenditure related to participation in meetings and competitions;

(d)

in the case of procurement or grant award procedures, prize contests and calls for expression of interests, at the latest before the award decision;

(e)

in the case of procurement, if the contracting authority limits the number of candidates invited to submit a tender, before the selection of candidates has been completed;

(f)

before any payment unless it concerns payment of staff and the reimbursement of travel expenditure related to participation in meetings and competitions.