Without prejudice to the application of penalties laid down in the contract, candidates or tenderers and contractors who have been guilty of making false declarations or have been found to have seriously failed to meet their contractual obligations in an earlier procurement procedure shall be excluded from all contracts and grants financed by the Community budget for a maximum of two years from the time when the infringement is established, as confirmed after an adversarial procedure with the contractor.
Brez vpliva na uporabo kazni, ki so določene v pogodbi, se kandidati ali ponudniki in izvajalci, ki so dali lažne izjave, ali za katere se ugotovi, da v večji meri niso izpolnili svojih pogodbenih obveznosti v prejšnjem postopku za oddajo javnega naročila, izključijo iz vseh naročil in dotacij, ki se financirajo iz proračuna Skupnosti, za največ dve leti od ugotovitve kršitve, ki se potrdi v kontradiktornem postopku proti izvajalcu.