Procurement
Article 121
1. For the award of service, supply and work contracts, the procurement procedures shall follow the provisions of Chapter 3 of Part 2, Title IV of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 and Chapter 3 of Part 2, Title III of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002, as well as Commission Decision C (2006) 117 of 24 January 2006 on the rules and procedures applicable to service, supply and work contracts financed by the general budget of the European Communities for the purposes of cooperation with third countries. Those provisions shall apply in the whole area of the cross-border programme, both on the Member States' and on the beneficiary countries' territory. 2. The provisions under paragraph 1 shall be included in the written agreement concluded between the participating countries as referred to in Article 118. 3. In the case of cross-border programmes implemented under transitional arrangements referred to in Article 99, paragraph 1 shall not apply to the part of programme implemented in the Member States' territory unless otherwise decided by the participating Member States.