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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-2/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-2/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/2",
  "legislation_title": "Decision (EU) 2016/245 of the European Central Bank of 9 February 2016 laying down the rules on procurement (ECB/2016/2) (recast)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-2",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Duration and extension of contracts",
  "text": "1. The term of a contract including any extensions shall not exceed 4 years, except to the extent that its subject matter or another legitimate reason justifies a longer duration.\n2. If a contract is concluded for a fixed term, its term may be extended beyond that initial term under the following conditions:\n(a) the contract notice or, in the case of a procedure under Chapter III, the request for a proposal, provided for the possibility of extension;\n(b) the extension is duly justified; and\n(c) the extensions were taken into consideration when determining the applicable procedure in accordance with Article 4.\n3. Otherwise, the term of a fixed-term contract may only be extended in the situations described in Article 6(1).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/2/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:14:06.564858+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}