Article 1

Requests concerning the applicability of Article 34 of Directive 2014/25/EU submitted in accordance with Article 35 of that Directive (‘requests concerning the applicability of Article 34’) shall contain at least the information laid down in Annex I to this Decision. They shall follow the structure of Annex I to this Decision.

Where an independent national authority that is competent in relation to the activity concerned has adopted a reasoned and substantiated position as referred to in Article 35 of Directive 2014/25/EU, that position shall accompany the request.

Except under the particular circumstances referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article 40(1) and where generalised use of electronic means of communication has been postponed pursuant to Article 106(2) of Directive 2014/25/EU, the requests referred to in paragraph 1 and the positions referred to in paragraph 2 shall be transmitted by electronic means to the electronic mailbox indicated for that purpose on the Commission's website and communicated to the Member States.

Where a request as referred to in paragraph 1 or a position as referred to in paragraph 2 is transmitted by other means than electronic means of communication in accordance with Article 40(1) or Article 106(2) of Directive 2014/25/EU, they shall be transmitted in triplicate by post or other suitable carrier to the Commission address published on its website and communicated to the Member States.