Article 42. Design verification.

1. In contracts relating to the works, the contracting authority and the granting body verify the compliance of the project with the needs expressed in the guidance document and its compliance with current legislation. The verification takes place during the development of the design in relation to the specific level envisaged for the contract. In the case of joint design and execution assignment, as well as in public-private partnership contracts, the verification of the technical-economic feasibility project is completed before the start of the assignment procedure and the verification of the executive project drawn up by the successful tenderer is carried out before the start of the works. 2. To ascertain the coherence of the project in its various phases with the design guidance document, the RUP, if he does not personally carry out the verification, follows its development in parallel with the design, guaranteeing the cross-examination between the person carrying out the verification and the designer. The verification activity is incompatible, for the same project, with the planning, coordination of the relative safety, management of the works and testing activities. 3. The verification ascertains the conformity of the project with the requirements possibly issued by the competent administrations before the start of the assignment phase and, if successful, fulfills all filing and authorization obligations for construction in seismic areas, as well as reporting the works to the civil engineering office. The projects, accompanied by the certification of positive verification, are deposited using interoperable telematic methods in the National IT Archive of Public Works of the Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport. 4. The validation of the project used as the basis for the tender is the formal document reporting the results of the verification. The validation is signed by the person responsible for the relevant procedure and makes precise reference to the final report of the person in charge of the verification and to any counterarguments of the designer. The notice and the letter of invitation for the assignment of the works must contain the details of the validation of the project used as the basis for the tender. 5. Annex I.7 indicates the contents and methods of the verification activities, as well as the subjects who provide it. The costs resulting from the verification of compliance with the project documents are included in the resources allocated for the construction of the works. EFFECTIVE FROM: 1 July 2023