Article 24. Virtual file of the economic operator.

1. The virtual file of the economic operator operates in the national database of public contracts which allows the verification of the absence of the causes of exclusion referred to in articles 94 and 95 and of the requirements referred to in article 103 for the subjects carrying out public works, as well as the data and documents relating to the requirements referred to in article 100 that the economic operator enters. 2. The economic operator's virtual file is used for participation in the award procedures governed by the code. The data and documents contained in the virtual file of the economic operator, in terms of effectiveness of each of them, are automatically updated through interoperability and are used in all award procedures in which the operator participates. 3. The administrations responsible for issuing of the certifications or information referred to in articles 94 and 95 guarantee to the national database of public contracts, through the platform referred to in article 50-ter of the digital administration code, referred to in legislative decree 7 March 2005, n. 82 and access for interoperability to its databases, pursuant to Article 23, paragraph 3, of this code, the real-time availability of the information and digital certifications necessary to ensure the entire digital life cycle of public contracts . Violation of the obligation referred to in the first sentence is punished pursuant to Article 23, paragraph 8. ANAC guarantees accessibility to the economic operator's virtual file to contracting authorities and granting bodies, economic operators and bodies of attestation referred to in article 100, paragraph 4, limited to the data of respective competence. The ANAC may prepare updated lists of economic operators already ascertained in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 1 and the methods for using the assessments for different award procedures. 4. For the purposes referred to in paragraph 1, the ANAC identifies, with its own provision, adopted in agreement with the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport and with AGID within sixty days from the date of entry into force of the code, the types of data to be included in the virtual file of the economic operator, concerning participation in award procedures and their outcome, in relation to which verification through the national database of public contracts is mandatory. EFFECTIVE FROM: 1 January 2024