Article 34 Joint procurement

The Agency may be associated, at its request, as contracting authority, in the award of Commission or interinstitutional contracts and with the award of contracts of other Union bodies or agencies.

In the context of collaborative activities with Member States, such as those referred to in Chapter IV of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1835, the Agency may use joint procurement procedures.

In the case of a joint procurement procedure between the Agency and the contracting authority from one or more Member States, the procedural provisions applicable to the Agency shall apply.

Where the share pertaining to or managed by the contracting authority of one or more Member States in the total estimated value of the contract is equal to or above 50 %, or in other duly justified cases, the procedural rules of Directive 2014/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council^f1, Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^f2, or any other legal act of the Union which may be applicable in light of the subject matter in question, shall apply.

The Agency may use joint procurement procedures with contracting authorities of the host Member State to cover its administrative needs. In such case, Article 133 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012 shall apply mutatis mutandis.