Article 207. General contractor qualification system.

1. The general contractor is a company having as its object the exercise of a commercial activity or a cooperative company, or a consortium of production and work cooperatives provided for by law 25 June 1909, n. 422 and by the legislative decree of the provisional Head of State 14 December 1947, n. 1577, or a stable consortium as defined by this code: a) in possession of the professional, patrimonial and financial requirements referred to in paragraph 2; b) for which the reasons for exclusion referred to in articles 94, 95, 96, 97 and 98. 2. The qualification system of the general contractor is established with the regulation referred to in article 100, paragraph 4, based on rankings carried out on the basis of the gross amount of the award procedures to which the general contractor can participate. The general contractor cannot participate in procedures of a gross amount higher than that of the registration classification, certified with the system referred to in this article, but can join with another general contractor in order to jointly achieve the classification necessary to participate. 3. On a transitional basis, until the date of entry into force of the regulation referred to in paragraph 2, the status of general contractor is certified by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport upon request of the interested party, with an act which remains effective for three years. Until the aforementioned date, when the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport does not promptly issue the certificate, the general contractor can participate in the tender procedure and conclude the contract by exhibiting the previous certificate in his possession, even if it has expired. EFFECTIVE: July 1, 2023