TITLE III

PARTICULAR PROCUREMENT REGIMES
CHAPTER II

Rules governing design contests

Scope
Article 78
This Chapter shall apply to:
1. design contests organised as part of a procedure leading to the award of a public service contract;
2. design contests with prizes or payments to participants.
In the cases referred to in point (a) of the first paragraph of this Article, the threshold referred to in Article 4 is calculated on the basis of the estimated value net of VAT of the public service contract, including any possible prizes or payments to participants.
In the cases referred to in point (b) of the first paragraph of this Article, the threshold refers to the total amount of the prizes and payments, including the estimated value net of VAT of the public services contract which might subsequently be concluded under Article 32(4) if the contracting authority has announced its intention to award such contract in the contest notice.