# The Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006, Regulation 4: Economic operators


(1) In these Regulations, an “economic operator” means a contractor, a supplier or a services provider.
(2) When these Regulations apply a utility shall not treat a person who is not a national of a relevant State and established in a relevant State more favourably than one who is.
(3) A utility shall–
(a) treat economic operators equally and without discrimination; and
(b) act in a transparent and proportionate manner
(4) In these Regulations a relevant State is a member State or a State listed in column 1 of Schedule 4; the agreements with the European Union by which the provisions in relation to public procurement are extended to those States are specified in column 2 to that Schedule and the statutory provision designating them as European Treaties under section 1(3) of the European Communities Act 1972 is specified in column 3 of that Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2006/2/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/utilities-contracts-scotland-regulations-2006/regulation-4
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