Procurement
Article 43
1. As regards procurement, Title VII of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 shall apply subject to paragraphs 2 to 5 of this Article and any specific provisions of the constituent act or the basic act of the programme the implementation of which is entrusted to the PPP body. 2. For contracts with a value between EUR 60 000 and the thresholds laid down in Article 175 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 the procedures set out in Section 2 of Chapter 1 Annex I to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 for contracts with a value not exceeding EUR 60 000 may be used. 3. The PPP body may be associated, at its request, as contracting authority, in the award of Commission or inter institutional contracts and with the award of contracts of other Union or PPP bodies. 4. The PPP body may conclude service-level agreements as referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 20, without having recourse to a public procurement procedure. The PPP body may conclude a contract, without having recourse to a public procurement procedure, with its members other than the Union for the supply of goods, provision of services or performance of work that those members directly provide without having recourse to third parties. The goods, services or work provided under the first and second subparagraph shall not be considered part of the contribution of the members to the budget of the PPP body. 5. The PPP body may use joint procurement procedures with contracting authorities of the host Member State to cover its administrative needs or with contracting authorities of Member States, the European Free Trade Association States or Union candidate countries which participate in it as members. In such cases, Article 165 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 shall apply mutatis mutandis . The PPP body may use joint procurement procedures with its private members or with contracting authorities of countries participating in Union programmes which participate in it as members. In such cases, Article 165 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 shall apply mutatis mutandis .