# Directive 2009/81/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 July 2009 on the coordination of procedures for the award of certain works contracts, supply contracts and service contracts by contracting authorities or entities in the fields of defence and security, and amending Directives 2004/17/EC and 2004/18/EC (Text with EEA relevance), Annex VIII: Requirements relating to devices for the electronic receipt of requests to participate and tenders

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Devices for the electronic receipt of requests for participation and tenders must at least guarantee, through appropriate technical means and procedures, that:
(a) electronic signatures relating to requests to participate and tenders comply with national provisions adopted pursuant to Directive 1999/93/EC;
(b) the exact time and date of the receipt of requests to participate and tenders can be determined precisely;
(c) it may be reasonably ensured that, before the time-limits laid down, no-one can have access to data transmitted under these requirements;
(d) if that access prohibition is infringed, it may be reasonably ensured that the infringement is clearly detectable;
(e) only authorised persons may set or change the dates for opening data received;
(f) during the various stages of the contract award procedure, access to all data submitted, or to part thereof, must be possible only through simultaneous action by authorised persons;
(g) simultaneous action by authorised persons must give access to data transmitted only after the prescribed date;
(h) data received and opened in accordance with these requirements must remain accessible only to persons authorised to acquaint themselves therewith.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/81/annex/VIII (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2009-81/annex-VIII
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