{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "eur/1997/2519",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 2519/97 of 16 December 1997 laying down general rules for the mobilization of products to be supplied under Council Regulation (EC) No 1292/96 as Community food aid",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-1997-2519",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The award shall be made no later than three working days for purchases in the Community and four working days for purchases outside the Community from the expiry of the deadline for the submission of tenders to the tenderer who submitted the lowest tender respecting all the conditions of the invitation to tender, in particular the characteristics of the products to be mobilized, hereinafter referred to as ‘the supplier’.\n2. Where the lowest tender is presented simultaneously by a number of tenderers, the contract shall be awarded by the drawing of lots.\n3. In the case of supply foreseen free at port of landing or free at destination, the contract may nevertheless be awarded for a supply to be carried out at the alternative stage of delivery free at port of shipment or ex works specified in the tender notice.\n4. When the contract is awarded, both the supplier and the unsuccessful tenderers shall be duly notified by letter or written telecommunication within the period referred to in paragraph 1. If the supplier is notified after this period has expired, he shall have the right to withdraw his tender within the first working day following.\n5. For each invitation to tender, two separate deadlines for the submission of tenders shall be indicated in the tender notice. If the contract has not been awarded on expiry of the first deadline, the Commission may postpone the award using the second deadline. Tenderers shall be informed by letter or written telecommunication within the period referred to in paragraph 1.\nIf necessary, new conditions of supply may be laid down for the second deadline.\n6. The Commission may decide not to award the contract on the expiry of the first or of the second deadline, in particular where the tenders submitted are outside the range of normal market prices. The Commission shall not be required to give reasons for its decision. Tenderers shall be informed of the decision not to award the contract by written telecommunication, within the period referred to in paragraph 1.\n7. Where the products are mobilized in the Community, the results of the invitations to tender shall be published in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.\nWhere products are mobilized outside the Community, the results of main invitations to tender will be published periodically in the C series of the Official Journal of the European Communities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/1997/2519/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:58:32.016847+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."
}