Če v državi, kjer ima ponudnik svoj sedež, državni organi ne izdajajo potrdil, zahtevanih v drugem odstavku 42. člena tega zakona ali pa taka potrdila ne zajemajo vseh primerov, navedenih v 1., 2. in 3. točki drugega odstavka 42. člena tega zakona, jih lahko nadomestijo z lastno pisno izjavo, overjeno pred pristojnim organom države, kjer ima tak ponudnik svoj sedež ali pisno izjavo, dano pod kazensko in materialno odgovornostjo.
Where the official bodies in the country in which tenderers are established do not issue the certificates required in Article 42(2), or where such certificates do not cover all the cases mentioned in points 1, 2 and 3 of Article 42(2), they may be replaced by their own written declaration legalised before the competent body of the state where such tenderer is based, or by a written declaration given under the criminal and material liability.