Article 72. Restricted procedure.

1. In restricted procedures, any economic operator may submit a request to participate in response to a call for competition containing the data referred to in Annex II.6, Part I, letter B or C as the case may be, by providing the information requested by the contracting authority. 2. The minimum deadline for receiving requests for participation is thirty days from the date of transmission of the tender notice pursuant to article 84 or, if the pre-information notice is used as a means of calling a tender, from the date of sending the invitation to confirm one's interest. 3. Following the evaluation by the contracting authorities of the information provided, only the economic operators invited may submit an offer. The minimum deadline for receiving offers is thirty days from the date of the invitation to submit offers. 4. If the contracting authorities have published the pre-information notice not used for calling a tender, the minimum deadline for the submission of tenders may be reduced to ten days provided that the following circumstances concur: a) the pre-information notice contains all the information required in Annex II.6, Part I, letter B, section B.1, provided that such information is available at the time of publication of the pre-information notice; b) the pre-information notice was sent no less than thirty-five days and no more than twelve months before the date of transmission of the contract notice . 5. The contracting authorities referred to in Article 1, paragraph 1, letter d) of Annex I.1 may set the deadline for the receipt of offers in agreement with the selected candidates, provided that the latter have a deadline identical to draw up and submit their offers. In the absence of agreement, the deadline cannot be less than ten days from the date of sending of the invitation to submit offers. 6. When for justified reasons of urgency it is impossible to respect the minimum deadlines set out in this article, the contracting authority may set : a) for the receipt of requests to participate, a deadline of no less than fifteen days from the date of publication of the tender notice; b) for the receipt of offers, a deadline of no less than ten days from the date of sending of the invitation to tender. EFFECTIVE FROM: 1 July 2023