Article 162. Notices on the existence of a qualification system.

1. Pursuant to article 141, paragraph 4, letter a), contracting authorities and granting bodies may establish and manage their own qualification system for economic operators. The system is made public with a notice referred to in Annex II.6, Part II, Section H, indicating the purposes and methods for knowing the provisions relating to its operation. 2. When a tender is called with a notice referred to in paragraph 1, the tenderers in a restricted procedure, or the participants in a negotiated procedure, are selected among the candidates qualified with this system. 3. The contracting authorities and granting bodies indicate in the notice on the existence of the system the period of effectiveness of the qualification system. For contracts of an amount equal to or greater than the thresholds referred to in Article 14, they shall inform the Publications Office of the European Union in accordance with the procedures set out in Article 84 of any change in this period of effectiveness using the following reporting templates: forms: a) if the period of effectiveness is changed without terminating the system, the template initially used for notices on the existence of qualification systems; b) if the system is terminated, an award notice referred to in 'Article 163. EFFECTIVE FROM: 1 July 2023