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The Public Contracts Regulations 2015

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Specific exclusions for service contracts
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10.—(1) This Part does not apply to public service contracts—

(a)for the acquisition or rental, by whatever financial means, of land, existing buildings or other immovable property, or which concern interests in or rights over any of them;

(b)for—

(i)the acquisition, development, production or co-production of programme material intended for audiovisual media services or radio media services, that are awarded by audiovisual or radio media service providers, or

(ii)broadcasting time or programme provision that are awarded to audiovisual or radio media service providers;

(c)for arbitration or conciliation services;

(d)for any of the following legal services:—

(i)legal representation of a client by a lawyer within the meaning of Article 1 of Council Directive 77/249/EEC(1), as amended from time to time, in—

(aa)an arbitration or conciliation held in a member State, a third country or before an international arbitration or conciliation instance, or

(bb)judicial proceedings before the courts, tribunals or public authorities of a member State or a third country or before international courts, tribunals or institutions;

(ii)legal advice given—

(aa)in preparation of any of the proceedings referred to in paragraph (i), or

(bb)where there is a tangible indication and high probability that the matter to which the advice relates will become the subject of such proceedings,

provided that the advice is given by a lawyer within the meaning of Article 1 of Council Directive 77/249/EEC as amended from time to time;

(iii)document certification and authentication services which must be provided by notaries;

(iv)legal services provided by trustees or appointed guardians or other legal services the providers of which are designated by a court or tribunal in the member State concerned or are designated by law to carry out specific tasks under the supervision of such tribunals or courts;

(v)other legal services which in the member State concerned are connected, even occasionally, with the exercise of official authority;

(e)for—

(i)financial services in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments within the meaning of Directive 2004/39/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) as amended from time to time,

(ii)central bank services, or

(iii)operations conducted with the European Financial Stability Facility and the European Stability Mechanism;

(f)for loans, whether or not in connection with the issue, sale, purchase or transfer of securities or other financial instruments;

(g)which are employment contracts;

(h)for civil defence, civil protection, and danger prevention services that are provided by non-profit organisations or associations, and which are covered by CPV codes 75250000-3, 75251000-0, 75251100-1, 75251110-4, 75251120-7, 75252000-7, 75222000-8, 98113100-9 and 85143000-3 except patient transport ambulance services;

(i)for public passenger transport services by rail or metro; or

(j)for political campaign services covered by CPV codes 79341400-0, 92111230-3 and 92111240-6, when awarded by a political party in the context of an election campaign.

(2) In this Regulation—

(a)“audiovisual media services” and “media service providers” have, respectively, the meanings given by Articles 1(1)(a) and 1(1)(d) of Directive 2010/13/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council(3) as amended from time to time;

(b)programme” has the meaning given by Article 1(1)(b) of that Directive as amended from time to time, but also includes radio programmes and radio programme materials; and

(c)programme material” has the same meaning as “programme”.

(1)

OJ No L 78, 26.3.1977, p17, last amended by Council Directive 2013/25/EU (OJ No L 158, 10.6.2013, p368).

(2)

OJ No L 145, 30.4.2004, p1, last amended by Directive 2010/78/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 331, 15.12.2010, p120).

(3)

OJ No L 95, 15.3.2010, p1.

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