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1. To award public and concession contracts, the contracting authority shall respect the thresholds laid down in Article 4, points (a) and (b), of Directive 2014/24/EU when selecting a procedure referred to in Article 167(1) of this Regulation, and respectively the threshold laid down in Article 8(1) of Directive 2014/23/EU for concessions. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this Article, for contracts awarded by, or exclusively in the interest of, Union delegations in third countries, the applicable threshold for public supply and service contracts shall be EUR 300 000, instead of the threshold for public supply and service contracts laid down in Article 4, point (b), of Directive 2014/24/EU. Article 152(5), Article 178(1), Article 179(3) as well as points 11.1(m), 14 and 18.1 of Annex I, which refer to procurement by Union delegations in third countries, shall also apply to European Parliament offices in third countries.

2. Subject to the exceptions and conditions specified in Annex I to this Regulation, in the case of contracts the value of which exceeds the thresholds referred to in paragraph 1, the contracting authority shall not sign the contract or framework contract with the successful tenderer until a standstill period has elapsed.

3. The standstill period shall have a duration of 10 days when using electronic means of communication and 15 days when using other means.