Article 99. Verification of possession of the requirements.

1. The contracting authority verifies the absence of automatic causes of exclusion referred to in Article 94 by consulting the virtual file of the economic operator referred to in Article 24, consulting the other documents attached by the economic operator, as well as through interoperability with the national digital data platform referred to in article 50-ter of the digital administration code, referred to in legislative decree 7 March 2005, n. 82 and with the databases of public administrations. 2. The contracting authority, with the same methods referred to in paragraph 1, verifies the absence of the causes of non-automatic exclusion referred to in article 95 and the possession of the participation requirements referred to in articles 100 and 103. 3. Economic operators cannot be asked for documents proving possession of the participation requirements or other documentation useful for the purposes of the award, if these are present in the economic operator's virtual file, are already in possession of the contracting authority, as a result of a previous award or conclusion of a framework agreement, or can be acquired through interoperability with the national digital platform, data referred to in Article 50-ter of the code referred to in Legislative Decree no. 82 of 2005 and with the databases of public administrations. EFFECTIVE FROM: 1 July 2023