Art. 33. Controls on the acts of the award procedures

1. The proposal of award shall be subject to the approval by the competent body according to the regulations of the contracting authority or entity and in accordance with the terms thereby provided for, running from the reception of the proposal of award from the competing body. In absence, the time limit shall be of 30 days. The time limit shall be interrupted by any request of clarifications or documentations and shall newly run since the clarifications or documents are dispatched to the requiring body. Once those time limit expire, the proposal of award shall be intended to be approved.

2. The approval of the concluded contract shall take place in accordance with terms and procedures similar to those referred to in paragraph 1. The approval of the contract is subject to the controls provided for in the respective regulations of contracting authorities or entities.