S.L. 601.6 Art. 4Purchase of clean and energy- efficient road transport vehicles.

(1) These regulations shall apply to procurement through:

(a) contacts for the purchase, lease, rent or hire-purchase of road transport vehicles awarded by contracting authorities or contracting entities in so far as they are under an obligation to apply the procurement procedures set out in Public Finance Management Act;

(b) public service contracts within the meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on public passenger transport services by rail and by road and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70;

(c) service contracts set out in Table 1 of the Schedule in so far as the contracting authorities or contacting entities are under an obligation to apply the procurement procedures set out in the Public Finance

Management Act. These regulations shall only apply to such contracts for which the call for competition has been sent after 2nd August 2021 or, in cases where a call for competition is not foreseen, where the contracting authority or contracting entity has commenced the procurement procedure after that date.