Article 50
1. As regards procurement for the operation of the agency, the provisions of the general Financial Regulation and Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 shall apply. 2. Executive agencies may ask to be associated, as contracting authority, with the award of Commission or interinstitutional contracts. 3. By way of derogation from paragraph 1, for the supply of goods, provision of services or performance of work that the Commission or interinstitutional offices are able to carry out, the executive agencies shall first use them before applying a procurement procedure.