Article 19. Digital principles and rights.

1. Contracting authorities and granting bodies ensure the digitalisation of the life cycle of contracts in compliance with the principles and provisions of the digital administration code, referred to in Legislative Decree no. 7 March 2005. 82, guarantee the exercise of digital citizenship rights and operate according to the principles of technological neutrality, transparency, as well as protection of personal data and IT security. 2. In implementation of the principle of uniqueness of sending, each data it is provided only once to a single information system, it cannot be requested by other systems or databases, but is made available by the receiving information system. This principle applies to data relating to the planning of works, works, services and supplies, as well as to all procedures for the awarding and implementation of public contracts subject to this code and to those excluded from it, in whole or in part, whenever they are impose communication obligations on a database or an information system. 3. The activities and administrative procedures connected to the life cycle of public contracts are carried out digitally, according to the provisions of this code and the code referred to in Legislative Decree no. 82 of 2005, through the platforms and digital infrastructural services of the contracting authorities and granting bodies; the data and information relating to them are managed and made accessible in an open format, according to the provisions of the code referred to in Legislative Decree no. 82 of 2005. 4. The owners of databases adopt the necessary organizational and review measures of internal processes and regulations to automatically enable digital access to the information available in the databases of which they are owners, through interoperability of information systems according to the provisions and methods of the code referred to in Legislative Decree no. 82 of 2005. 5. The contracting authorities and granting bodies, as well as the economic operators who participate in the activities and procedures referred to in paragraph 3, adopt technical and organizational measures to safeguard IT security and the protection of personal data. The contracting authorities and granting bodies ensure the training of the personnel in charge, guaranteeing their constant updating. 6. The contracting authorities and the granting bodies ensure the traceability and transparency of the activities carried out, the accessibility of data and information, the knowledge of automated decision-making processes and make the platforms used accessible within the limits set out in Article 35. The platform managers ensure their compliance with the technical rules referred to in Article 26. 7. Where possible and in relation to the type of procedure of assignment, the contracting authorities and the granting bodies use automated procedures in the evaluation of the offers pursuant to article 30. 8. The regions and autonomous provinces ensure compliance with the provisions of this Part and support for the contracting authorities and to the granting bodies. 9. The provisions of this Part constitute the exercise of the informative, statistical and IT coordination function of the data of the state, regional and local administration, referred to in article 117, second paragraph, letter r), of the Constitution. EFFECTIVE FROM: January 1, 2024