ARTICLE · 26 MARCH 2013

New Rules For The Performance Of Public Contracts And Public Work Concessions

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Effective 1 July 2013, the Royal Decree of 14 January 2013 will introduce new general rules for the performance of public contracts and public works concessions.

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Vincent Ost

Maxime Vanderstraeten

Effective 1 July 2013, the Royal Decree of 14 January 2013 (hereinafter, the "Decree") will introduce new general rules for the performance of public contracts and public works concessions.¹ In practice, the Decree will have a significant impact, as it will affect the general terms and conditions of purchase for all procuring entities in Belgium, valued at billions of euros on an annual basis.

Structure

The Decree will replace the Decree of 26 September 1996 and the General Contracting Conditions annexed thereto and merge the provisions of these two documents.

The first chapter of the Decree sets out the provisions applicable to all government contracts (Arts. 10 to 73). The Decree then provides for rules specific to public works contracts (Arts. 74 to 103), public works concessions (Arts. 104 to 114), supply contracts (Arts. 115 to 144), and services contracts (Arts. 145 to 160).

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