Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2017/472 of 15 March 2017 amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2080 as regards the periods for the submission of tenders

Article 2(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/2080 is replaced by the following:

1. The periods during which tenders may be submitted in response to subsequent partial invitations shall begin on the first working day following the end of the preceding period. They shall end at 11.00 (Brussels time) on the third Tuesday of the month. However, the period which starts in July shall end at 11.00 (Brussels time) on the third Tuesday of September and no period shall start in August. In December the period shall end at 11.00 (Brussels time) on the second Tuesday. If Tuesday is a public holiday the time limit shall be 11.00 (Brussels time) on the previous working day.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 15 March 2017.

For the Commission,

On behalf of the President,

Phil Hogan

Member of the Commission