The award of contracts concluded in the Member States on behalf of the State, regional or local authorities and other bodies governed by public law entities, is subject to the respect of the principles of the Treaty and in particular to the principle of freedom of movement of goods, the principle of freedom of establishment and the principle of freedom to provide services and to the principles deriving therefrom, such as the principle of equal treatment, the principle of non-discrimination, the principle of mutual recognition, the principle of proportionality and the principle of transparency.
Za oddajo naročil, sklenjenih v državah članicah v imenu države, regionalnih ali lokalnih in drugih oseb javnega prava, veljajo načela iz Pogodbe in zlasti načelo prostega pretoka blaga, načelo svobode ustanavljanja in načelo svobode opravljanja storitev ter načela, ki iz teh izhajajo, kot so načelo enakopravnosti, načelo nediskriminacije, načelo vzajemnega priznavanja, načelo sorazmernosti in načelo transparentnosti.