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Contracts may be made by direct agreement:

(a) where the contract for the purchase or hiring of goods, for the provision of services or for building works involves an amount not exceeding the limit laid down in the implementing rules provided for in Article 126 of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Communities, the Centre being bound, however, as far as possible and by all appropriate means, to enable suppliers who are likely to be able to supply the goods and services in question to compete;

(b) where the purchase or hiring of goods, the provision of services or the building works are so urgently needed that it is not possible to wait for one of the tendering procedures specified in Article 45 to be carried out;

(c) where the award of contract procedure or invitations to tender do not give any result or where the prices quoted are not acceptable;

(d) where for technical, practical or legal reasons, the supply of goods and services can be carried out only by a particular contractor or supplier;

(e) for contracts for the supply of additional goods and services or for additional building works which technically cannot be separated from the main contract.