These Regulations amend the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/01) (“the Public Contracts Regulations”) and the Utilities Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (S.S.I. 2006/02) (“the Utilities Contracts Regulations”). The amendments implement Article 6 of Council Directive 2004/17/EC (O.J. L 134, 30.4.2004, p.1) (“the Utilities Directive”) concerning the co-ordination of procurement procedures of entities operating in the water, energy, transport and postal service sectors. Most of the provisions of that Directive are already implemented by the Utilities Contracts Regulations. Article 71 of the Directive allowed an additional period for the implementation of article 6.
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