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<strong>ESA</strong>/REG/001, rev.2<br />

Annex VI,rev.1<br />

Page 13<br />

4. A copy of the recommendation shall be kept in the files of the PRSE.<br />

5. In order to ease the review process, copies of the recommendation may be send in<br />

parallel by electronic mail.<br />

6. In case of conflict, the written recommendation shall be considered as the original.<br />

<strong>ARTICLE</strong> 27 :<br />

TIME LIMITS AND SUSPENSION OF TIMES LIMITS<br />

FOR THE DECISION BY THE HEAD OF THE<br />

PROCUREMENT DEPARTMENT<br />

1. Pursuant to Article 53.4 of the Agency’s Procurement Regulations, the Head of the<br />

Procurement Department shall, within 10 calendar days after receiving the<br />

recommendation of the IOE, issue a written decision to the claimant and the IOE.<br />

2. All communications and notifications established during this period shall be copied<br />

to the IOE and the PRSE.<br />

3. Where pursuant to Article 28 of the present Implementing Instruction or for any<br />

other reason, the Director General or the Head of the Procurement Department in<br />

order to reach a decision suspend the procurement process under review for a given<br />

period, the 10-day calendar period foreseen under Section 1 above shall be<br />

automatically suspended by the same period of time.<br />

When the suspension period ends the 10-day calendar period foreseen under Section<br />

1 above shall resume and the Head of the Procurement Department shall issue his<br />

written decision to the claimant and the IOE within the remaining time period.<br />

<strong>ARTICLE</strong> 28 :<br />

POWERS OF THE HEAD OF THE PROCUREMENT<br />

DEPARTMENT.<br />

1. Further to the powers established under Article 12 of the present Implementing<br />

Instruction the Head of the Procurement Department in order to reach his decision<br />

shall have the right to:<br />

a) Call for a meeting with the claimant and the IOE, in order to resolve the claim<br />

by mutual agreement. In such cases the minutes of the meeting shall be taken<br />

down by the IOE and shall be signed by the participants at the end of the<br />

meeting and copied to the PRSE.<br />

b) Call for a meeting with the IOE for the sole purpose of establishing any facts<br />

that may assist him in his decision. In such cases the minutes of the meeting<br />

shall be taken down by the PRSE and shall be signed by the participants at the<br />

end of the meeting and copied to the PRSE.<br />

2. Any decision by the Director General not to follow an interim measure<br />

recommended by the Head of the Procurement Department pursuant to Section 1<br />

above shall in no case constitute the basis for a further claim by the claimant.

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