Recital (32) · International Procurement Instrument

(32)In line with the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making^note and with a view to, inter alia, reducing administrative burden, in particular on Member States, the Commission should regularly review the scope, functioning and efficiency of this Regulation. Such review would address, inter alia, the possibility of making use of any means available in order to facilitate the exchange of information, including electronic procurement facilities such as the standard forms for the publication of notices in the field of public procurement, pursuant to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1780^note, as well as the burden incurred by contracting authorities and contracting entities when applying this Regulation. The Commission should report on its assessment to the European Parliament and to the Council and, where appropriate, should submit appropriate legislative proposals.

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contracting authority
means a contracting authority as defined in Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU;
contracting entity
means a contracting entity as defined in Directives 2014/23/EU and 2014/25/EU;
contracts
means public contracts as defined in Directive 2014/24/EU, concessions as defined in Directive 2014/23/EU and supply, works and service contracts as defined in Directive 2014/25/EU;
country
means any State or separate customs territory, without such term having implications for sovereignty;
economic operator
means an economic operator as defined in Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU;
estimated value
means the estimated value of a contract calculated in accordance with Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU;
evidence
means any information, certificate, supporting document or statement that aims to prove compliance with the obligations set out in Article 8, such as:
goods
means goods referred to in the object of a public procurement procedure and in the specifications of the relevant contract, but does not cover any input, material or ingredient incorporated in the supplied goods;
interested party
means any person or entity whose interest might be affected by a third-country measure or practice, such as undertakings, associations of undertakings or the main cross-industry organisations representing social partners at Union level;
non-covered procurement
means public procurement procedures for goods, services or concessions regarding which the Union has not undertaken market access commitments in an international agreement in the field of public procurement or concessions;
score adjustment
means the relative diminution by a given percentage of the score of a tender, resulting from its evaluation by a contracting authority or a contracting entity, on the basis of the contract award criteria defined in the relevant public procurement documents.
subcontracting
means arranging the execution of a part of a contract by a third party and does not include the mere delivery of goods or parts that are necessary for the provision of a service.
tenderer
means a tenderer as defined in Directives 2014/23/EU, 2014/24/EU and 2014/25/EU;
third-country measure or practice
means any legislative, regulatory or administrative measure, procedure or practice, or combination thereof, adopted or maintained by public authorities or individual contracting authorities or contracting entities in a third country, at any level, that results in a serious and recurrent impairment of access of Union economic operators, goods or services to the public procurement or concession markets of that third country;