TITLE II

RULES ON PUBLIC CONTRACTS
CHAPTER VII

Conduct of the procedure
Section 2

Criteria for qualitative selection

Quality assurance standards
Article 49
Should they require the production of certificates drawn up by independent bodies attesting the compliance of the economic operator with certain quality assurance standards, contracting authorities shall refer to quality assurance systems based on the relevant European standards series certified by bodies conforming to the European standards series concerning certification. They shall recognise equivalent certificates from bodies established in other Member States. They shall also accept other evidence of equivalent quality assurance measures from economic operators.