24It is thus clear from a combined reading of Articles 9, 14 and 16 of Directive 92/50 that when, as in the present case, contracts concern services which fall under Annex I B, the contracting authorities are bound only by the obligations to define the technical specifications by reference to national standards implementing European standards which must be given in the general or contractual documents relating to each contract and to send a notice of the results of the award procedure to the Publications Office. The other procedural rules provided for by that directive, including those relating to the obligations to invite competing bids by means of prior advertising, are, by contrast, not applicable to those contracts.
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